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Memories Remembered
Memories Remembered After reading Brian Keighley’s story of his memories in Lifton, my memories came flooding back and has prompted me to recall a few of my own. I was born in Lifton 18 months after my sister Jean in 1927 at Rock ...Read more
A memory of Lifton by
An Old Mans Memories
I was born in 1922 in the village of Mundford. My Father was the village policeman. The village was then a self-contained society and provided all the necessities of life, including a doctor, blacksmith, carpenter and general ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 by
Balham Hill Flats
I lived in Hillier Road Battersea from 1952 - 1964 and went to Honeywell primary school. As a 15y.o in 1962 the highlight of my week was going to the Balham Hill flats with my mates to a club run by Mrs Boyland. I had several friends ...Read more
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A Winter Crossing On The North Sea
I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting to ...Read more
A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by
Holes, Hoardings & Hythe Ferry
On returning from the Middle East, my family holed up across the water at Fawley. A big city was very exciting for me and after getting off the Hythe Ferry it was all bomb craters up to about the Dolphin. Above Bar was ...Read more
A memory of Southampton in 1954 by
Football Matches Between Port&High Clarence
I happened upon this site purely by accident, but it brought back some great memories. I am Pete Boland, young brother of Owen, a keen & very good footballer. I remember as a kid the matches ...Read more
A memory of Port Clarence by
School Days
Hi Lads, It's great that after all this time there's been some contact in relation to school days at Bank Hall. It would be really good to meet up as Carl suggested, time is flying by and if I leave it much longer I will never ...Read more
A memory of Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1975 by
Part 13
He then ran a wet fish trade from a horse and cart, but also ran a fish and chip shop. Last time I was in Houghton the fish shop was still there. In Newbottle Street, just up from the school and on the same side. Gran was very proud ...Read more
A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by
Part 11
And had an inter-house sports day annually that was highly contested. The school was divided into four houses, St Columbus, St Aiden, and St Patrick and St Cuthbert’s. Church attendances were very high, poor Fr. Tuohey had to give ...Read more
A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by
School Uniform And Schooldays
This was 1958 the time when I seriously got into drainpipes, drapes and rock 'n roll music. I was at Walbottle Secondary Modern School. I used to take in the leg width of my jeans by hand using a needle and thread to ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1958 by
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What with regimental bands, parades, and reviews by land, and the Solent continually alive with yachts, steamboats, and battleships, it can never be dull.
A guidebook from this time advised visitors to Lyme to arrive by sea, for 'the journey by land is too tedious to be undertaken for pleasure'.
The church of St Thomas stands in the village, and nearby can be found Byland Abbey and Newburgh Priory.
The Working Men's Club Union Convalescent Home at Pegwell Bay had a Mrs M E Boyland as superintendent, and B T Hall as secretary.
It is all here because this point along the River Deben has a steep shingle bank upon which boats can be landed or launched at any state of the tide.
Before the Great War, Amble was one of Northumberland's smaller fishing ports; the biggest catches tended to be landed at North Shields, Blyth and Newbiggin.
They were noted as being fast sailers, and needed to be, as their catches often had to be landed in time to be loaded on to scheduled express fish trains.
The village main street is little changed, although Bel and the Dragon on the right is no longer also a garage.
The corn has obviously been cut by hand and piled into small stacks to dry before threshing.
It was winded by hand by means of an endless chain which hung from a chainwheel at the rear of the cap down to the ground.
Much of the job of excavating the site had been accomplished by hand, an arduous task necessitated by the close confines of the work and its steep backdrop.
On St Matthew Street opposite once lay Gilbert's Rugby Football Museum, where rugby balls had been made by hand since the first half of the 19th century.
