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Childhood Memories 1939 1945

My Dad, Sid Brooks was the rural village police constable (P.c.200) for Cropwell Butler, Cropwell Bishop and Tythby We, Mum (Dorothy) and my younger brother Mick lived in the Police House on Radcliffe Road, ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by peterb6136

Happy Memories

My favourite memory when I first went to Anston Park was dinner lady, Mrs Bunfield. She was so lovely and kind and used to hold my hand in the playground, I was really shy then. I loved my time at the school.

A memory of Dinnington in 1958 by Jeanie Brookes

Anston Water Rats

My father, Eric Gray born 1925, lived in Laughton Common can remember a saying he used when he was at school - Anston water rats, Dinnington Bugs, Laughton Commoners will bash their lugs. Can any one else remember this saying or ...Read more

A memory of Dinnington in 1930

North Anston. The Place Where I Was Born.

My name is Ivan Richardson. I was born into the Original Mill Cottage in Mill Lane. My Father worked for Norman Bennett. When he left the Farm to go to Kiveton Wire Works. We had to get out of the Tied ...Read more

A memory of North Anston by kath2ivan

'sticks And Stones'

Our Lady's R.C. Primary School, King Edward Ave, Dartford, opposite West Hill Hospital. Does anyone remember attending this school particularly in the 1970's. Mr. Rapley was the Headmaster at the time and later Mr. Pimento. I ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by blancmangeface

Great Memories

Hello my name is Leslie Bennett,I was born n brought up in anston,I still live locally in dinnington.i have great memories of friends and places in anston,like spending most of the school holidays in anston stones,playing on the ...Read more

A memory of North Anston by lesbennett87

Gorton Ragamuffin

I spent my early years in Beyer street off Gorton Lane living with my grandparents the Abernethy's before my dad bought his house in Railway Street. Ragamuffin described most of us in those days..holes in pants and cardboard in shoes ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by jijosu55

Greenhithe High Street

As a child I visited my Nan and Grandad in Greenhithe High Street. (1959) Grandad worked at Everard's and my dad also followed in his dads footsteps. Dad worked for Everard's for many years as did relatives. Unfortunately Dad ...Read more

A memory of Greenhithe by annepsterson_80

Worslade Road/Smallwood School 1963 Onwards

I was born in The Weir at Balham1963 and lived at 3 Worslade Rd Tooting. I went to Smallwood Sch until my parents moved to Hastings, East Sussex in the early Seventies. My memories are of playing out in the ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1963 by Sharon Sherman

Queens Park

I remember when I started school - I think it may have been Brierley Street, but I left Crewe in l956, aged 8, so I am not sure, but we lived on Nantwich Road in a flat above the Co-op. From the late 1940s my dad (Sydney Alston) used to ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1954 by Jaques Alston

Captions

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Caption For Reading, Berkshire County Council Buildings 1912

It is an exuberant William and Mary cum Queen Anne style building in brick and stone, and is now offices.

Caption For Brent Eleigh, The Street C1960

The weather- boarded former water mill, trading as Brent Eleigh Tools (centre left), was converted into a dwelling c1990; the mill machinery and stones were preserved in the conversion.

Caption For Stourpaine, Manor Road C1955

Behind the lychgate at the end of Manor Road rises the flint and stone tower of Holy Trinity parish church.

Caption For Garstang, Council Offices C1955

The first clerk was John Noble, who was also clerk to the Gas Company, agent for the Royal Insurance Company for School Attendance, and partner in the coal merchants Noble & Alston.

Caption For Great Bowden, The Village 1922

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664, and Stone

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1955

It is a double-pile brick building with five bays of cross casement windows and stone dressings.

Caption For Polegate, The Horse And Groom C1955

Something of a road-house in 1920s Sussex vernacular style in timber- framing, brick and stone, it is a landmark along a dull suburban main road.

Caption For Caversham, Bridge Street 1908

The 1869 bridge seen here replaced an odd 18th-century one: it was made of timber on the Berkshire south side and stone on the Oxfordshire or Caversham side, owing to a cross border disagreement.

Caption For Swanage, From Durlston Castle 1892

Former 'quarr houses' and stone workings (bottom left) can be seen here beside Durlston Bay (lower right) which revealed fossils of the first marsupial-type mammals that succeeded the dinosaurs.

Caption For Wallasey, Capitol Roundabout C1960

The road directly ahead is now pedestrianised with attractive brick and stone flag walkways, benches, trees and ornate lanterns draped with flower baskets.

Caption For Ollerton, Thoresby Hall, The Queen Victoria Room C1965

To the north of the house Warner's have built a brick and stone-dressed bedroom block and a spa and health club.

Caption For Kings Lynn, The Town Hall 1891

This magnificent tour de force of flint and stone chequerwork was built in 1421 for the Guild of Holy Trinity, a wealthy group of merchants.

Caption For York, Minster C1890

Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railways, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.

Caption For Cranbrook, Stone Street 1902

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at

Caption For Garstang, High Street C1960

The Market Cross, which once had two lamps attached to its worn pillar and stone base, was repaired in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Caption For North Tidworth, Holy Trinity Church C1965

Built of flint and stone, it has a Perpendicular nave, chancel and west tower.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle Grand Entrance 1890

This side of the castle was defended by a moat; there was once a drawbridge where the steps and stone bridge appear in this picture.

Caption For Wymondham, Market Place And Cross C1965

The fine half-timbered octagonal market cross, resting on timber stilts and stone arches, was built in 1605 after a fire destroyed a good proportion of the town.

Caption For Coleshill, The Church C1955

The present church of 1860, by G E Street, the architect of London's Law Courts, is a simple flint church with brick bands and stone dressings.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Memorial Theatre 1922

Built out of red brick and stone, it was completely at odds with its surroundings.

Caption For Felbridge, The Garage 1928

The Roman engineers used a mixture of iron slag, sandstone and stones for their solid construction on this part of the route.

Caption For East Burton, Village C1955

Opposite is a brick and stone cottage with a tiled roof (centre right).

Caption For Mansfield, Toothill Lane C1950

The timber framing on the corner building is not genuine; it and the render conceal 18th- and 19th-century brick and stone houses (the furriers is now an estate agency).

Caption For Wymondham, Market Place And Cross C1965

The half-timbered octagonal market cross, resting on timber stilts and stone arches, was built in 1605 after a fire destroyed a good proportion of the town.