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Memories
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Grand Living At Moresdale Hall, Lambrigg
We came to a deserted Moresdale Hall in the 1980s and spent several years refurbishing it. Because it had 2 front doors and 2 staircases we were able to divide it and share it with my brother's family. It ...Read more
A memory of Moresdale Hall
Huddersfield Old Infirmary.
I did my nurse training in Huddersfield 1966 - 1969. As Huddersfield Royal Infirmary was not due for completion until after I started training, my nursing career began at Huddersfield Old Infirmary, situated in the ...Read more
A memory of Huddersfield by
Feeling Homesick
You know I haven't come across anyone who did their 8 weeks' training at Vindi in the summer months, most people you talk to remember most of all the severe winters. I am no exception, I remember going down to the ship from the ...Read more
A memory of Sharpness in 1960 by
Those Lovely Days
These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and look ...Read more
A memory of Greylake in 1955 by
Those Were The Days 6
Continuing up the street on the right was a long parade of various shops and we come to Salisbury Ave on the corner was a large modernistic furniture shop later the shop nest door became a KFC and across the street next to the ...Read more
A memory of Barking in 1950 by
Early Years
I was born at 37, Ravenshill Road in 1955. I can remember a man on a bike sharpening knives and scissors on a grinding wheel attached to the front, also a man with a pony and trap would take you for a ride round the block for a penny. ...Read more
A memory of West Denton by
Netherthong First World War History Part 1
Netherthong War Memorial My full history of Netherthong can be seen on http://historyofnetherthong.co.uk 'We shall never forget.' M. Hirst, who lived at 33 Outlane, compiled a large book full of ...Read more
A memory of Netherthong by
Netherthong In The First World War Part 2
Throughout the course of the First World War many local organizations raised money to send parcels to local soldiers. This was particularly relevant at Christmas and the presents included shirts, socks, ...Read more
A memory of Netherthong by
I Used To Come To Comerfords!
I bought my first motorbike from Comerfords in Thames Ditton (would have been at top right of this picture) in October 1973 - a Yamaha FS1e moped in 'Blackcurrant' metallic. But for up to two years earlier I would ...Read more
A memory of Long Ditton in 1972 by
Where I Was Born
My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more
A memory of Sole Street in 1946
Captions
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It looks much the same today, with attractive flower- beds, although it has been reduced in size to aid the flow of the traffic.
The pier extensions were constructed with the aid of the 'walking man', a huge metal scaffolding contraption that moved along the seabed to enable the building process.
that he could find no evidence to support the plague story; church records showed no unusual increase in the number of recorded deaths, and that the inhabitants of Newark were in fact sending financial aid
The view down the hill can bring in the hills beyond Belfast Lough; it could once have played a part in communications to bring aid as required.
On the Widnes side of the bridge the world's first double- decker bus service was started in 1909 especially to meet passengers from the bridge and give them a ride into the centre of the town
The flat-roofed Foreshore Centre (left) contained a first-aid room as well as an information bureau, left luggage office and lost children's shelter.
The High Street starts to curve its way around the church, and motorists were no doubt aided by the solid white line in the middle of the road.
But erosion of the coastline prompted the demolition with gunpowder of the church in 1809; the towers, known as the Two Sisters, were sold to Trinity House, who restored them as a navigational aid.
By mid-summer the signpost on the lamp standard would have been removed under new war-time emergency regulations and, in the face of increasing food rationing, the branch of United Dairies on the left
The wealthy Morgan family of Tredegar Park came to its aid and rebuilt parts of the castle and the adjoining house in 1809.
When this photograph was taken, the road had been open for two years, an arid, treeless swathe, but manna from heaven in an urgent world.
When this photograph was taken, the road had been open for two years, an arid, treeless swathe, but manna from heaven in an urgent world.
At the time of this photograph, the fun fair belonged to Billy Butlin, and the Figure 8 was an exciting ride fifty years ago.
Throughout the 1950s and 60s the standard of living continued to rise, and people invested in household aids such as washing machines, fridges and televisions.
The arid area of grass and the 1950s housing (both family and sheltered) could, with a lightness of touch, have provided a more special entrance to the village from the north, under the shadow of
Throughout the 1950s and 60s the standard of living continued to rise, and people invested in household aids such as washing machines, fridges and televisions.
On the extreme left is the Elecricity Service Centre.Throughout the 1950s and 60s the standard of living continued to rise, and people invested in household aids such as washing machines, fridges
Communal action and a progressive Town Council aided development with the building of promenades, bandstands, concert halls and the provision of a good water supply and drainage.
A ride called the 'Galloping Pigs' once appeared in the Cattle Market, perhaps emphasising the link with a market town.
The barges made the first part of their journey upstream with the aid of steam tugs; here we see a tug returning to the coal quays - its funnel would be lowered to miss the arches.
The accuracy of the time shown on the ten-foot dials was kept under observation by the firm with the aid of an electric signal box from Greenwich, using the under-sea Telegraphic Cabling System.
Seven free schools were set up where 120 boys and 120 girls were both clothed and educated; 20 scholars from further afield were granted aid; ten almshouses were built; 50 blankets were given
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