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Childhood Memories
Knutsford holds a special place in my heart as I was born there in 1956 and spent nearly eight years of my childhood growing up in this then safe and close community. I have very strong memories of family, home, school and friends ...Read more
A memory of Knutsford in 1962 by
Maes Y Llan Where I First Lived
These houses are in Maes-y-llan.My father Den and mother Hilda Wildblood with my sister Anne were the first to live in Number 6 when the houses were built in 1948 I believe.I was born in 1954 and it was my first home and ...Read more
A memory of Meifod in 1955 by
My Early Years
On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My grandfather ...Read more
A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by
Living At The Cloch
I was a lighthouse keeper at the Cloch lighthouse from 1967 until 1972. I lived there with my wife Edna and our two children Andrew and Karen who should have been born there but she was overdue and so had to be born at the ...Read more
A memory of River Clyde in 1967 by
Sunday Mornings
My mother in law, then Marie Elizabeth Burston born 1921 in Wales, whilst in service at Hartlebury House used to go to church every Sunday morning. The postman played the big organ. Every morning she had to give him and the gardener ...Read more
A memory of Painswick in 1930 by
Stepping Back In Time
It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of ...Read more
A memory of Cinderford in 1995 by
Coopers And Booths
My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This is ...Read more
A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by
"Anne's Cafe"
I was born in Annes Cafe, Boroughbridge in 1940 (we were lodging there). Dad used to have a few beers in the Crown and the Three Greyhounds during WW2. Mum and Dad told me they used to go "skinny dipping" in the "fish ladders?" We ...Read more
A memory of Boroughbridge in 1940 by
Bush Hotel
My great granduncle and aunt managed the Bush Hotel - certainly in 1901. He was James Price, born in Ifton (Ilton?) Monmouthshire c. 1862 and his wife, Mary Pearce born in the same place C 1865.
A memory of Chepstow in 1900 by
Torpoint Memories
I was born in Tor House Torpoint in 1933. Tor House was purchased by my Grandfather R S G Norgate, Royal Navy, in the early 1900s. My Uncle Dr Robert Norgate inherited the property in 1934. My Brother Joseph and I lived with my ...Read more
A memory of Torpoint in 1943 by
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A great effort was made to tame the wild landscape across which Bournemouth grew up.
Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town, astride the Bourne Stream.
The pond is in central Ewell; the wall separates it from the grounds of Bourne Hall on the right.
Here we see another church in an attractive location near the small village of Bekesbourne, which contains 18th-century cottages and some modern housing.
The Square stands at the very heart of the town, astride the River Bourne.
A view across the River Bourne, a tributary of the Thames, with a hay cart fording the river and horse and cart and mounted horseman looking down from the bridge at the lower end of Brighton Road.
This view captures well the qualities of old East Bourn, now called the Old Town.
Mow Cop could be said to be the birthplace of the Primitive Methodist movement, for it was here in 1807 that Hugh Bourne (1772-1852) and William Clowes (1780-1851) held their first meetings.
A windmill was first recorded in Bourn in 1279.
Bournemouth pier stands above the original mouth of the River Bourne.
This was Southampton's main entrance until the 1930s.
This view looks north along the A15 towards the church of St Guthlac and Bourne.
Bournemouth's Pier stands above the original mouth of the Bourne Stream.
Mow Cop could be said to be the birthplace of the Primitive Methodist movement, for it was here in 1807 that Hugh Bourne (1772-1852) and William Clowes (1780-1851) held their first meetings.
The lake is now restricted to boaters; they may take out a skiff, but no private motor boats or any such thing noisy and anti-social.
The Tilling Bourne quietly adds its own liquid note to this peaceful scene as its flows past The Compasses, one of two pubs in this small village on the main Guildford to Dorking road.
This is the A15 road coming in from Bourne, which makes the traffic island a very busy place - it is now much smaller than it is in the picture.
It lies along the slopes of a narrow valley at the head of a stream that flows towards the Tilling Bourne. This
In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a holiday home on lonely heathland, close to the mouth of the River Bourne. Other
The Library and adjacent buildings on the left are of more recent date than those on the right because there was a regular problem with flooding on this side of the road, caused by the local Bourne stream
This crowded beach scene shows minstrels performing on the sands.
Cattle seek the summer shade and the cool waters of the Bourne at this ancient farm.
They face onto the road leading to Wareside village centre.
This is the A15 road coming in from Bourne, which makes the traffic island a very busy place - it is now much smaller than it is in the picture.
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