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The stone pillar with a ball finial records the death of William Sparrow in 1729.
Here we see the headmaster's house at Repton, which is known as the Hall.
This provided ashes which were made into balls to be used for washing and scouring, many of which were sent to London for use there.
It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.
It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.
Visitors could also attend a fashionable fancy dress ball.
Generations of visitors have been asked the same question: 'How many balls are there on the balustrades?'
As well as the ever- popular ball games, picnics and simply watching the boats go by, the Strand at Gillingham also offered a paddling pool, a boating pool, a children's playground, miniature
The pole is topped by a weathervane featuring a running fox on a golden ball.
The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.
The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.
The shopping parade was built between 1960 and 1966 by Wallis, Finlay, Smith & Ball on the site of a house of some historic interest called Fountainville.
The problem with this type of design was that enemy gunners were offered a fairly large target, though it was hoped that cannon balls would bounce off the rounded edges.
Notice the factory chimneys and their puff-ball smoky emissions.
The clock tower on the left was added to the Town Hall in 1834.
The links had opened in the same year as the photograph, on 25 April 1910: the first ball was driven off by the local MP, Lord Willoughby de Evesby.
This street is so called because the Market Place, Frenchgate and Ryder's Wynd all drained into it.
The old boathouse is selling beach balls, lilos, straw hats and so on, but most important from the parents' point of view is that the shop is offering teas and beach trays.
Though no longer working in the 1950s, it still looked smart with its black cap, finial ball and lightning conductor.
Over the years the Town Hall, on the right, has been put to many uses.
