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Doon The Brae In 1950

When my family moved here I was only 7 and there was only a cottage on the left at bottom of Brae and a row of four terraced houses on the left, they were holiday homes for my grandmother and her sisters. We lived there with no ...Read more

A memory of Mid Calder by Doreen Knox

Fair And Lake Wandle Park, Croydon

A travelling fair each summer here was both a delight and a way to earn a few shillings when the fair ended. I would help dismantle the rides and stalls, working hard from morning to evening for about five shillings ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1947 by Philip Harfleet

Mini Fishing

I remember fishing here with our mini bottles. Catching minows with wine bottles with the bottom knocked out ( hard to find ). Remember once being trapped under these arches with the river rising and being surrounded by the cows ...Read more

A memory of Shipston-on-Stour in 1960 by Michael Bailey

Memories Of Wandsworth Building Tech Garratt Lane.

I was most surprised when my Google search revealed memories from so many years ago. I went to the Building Tech in Garratt lane when I was 13 in 1949. It was an escape tunnel for me from a ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by dwcreasey

A Childhood In Selsdon.

My parents had a chicken farm in Selsdon Vale, where I was born in 1948. I lived there until I left home to go travelling and then to university, at the age of 18, in about 1966. This was about the same time that Selsdon Vale was ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Helen Krasner

War Time In Holcombe Rogus

Hi everyone. I lived in Holcombe Rogus during the war years. My Father Leeming Greaves and Kathleen Korner had leased the Prince Of Wales Hotel. My brother Joseph and I attended the local School, I was 9 years old at ...Read more

A memory of Holcombe Rogus in 1942 by Jessie Sichter

The Volunteer Inn

Volunteer was built in 1703 and as far as we can find out, it possibly became a pub in 1840s.  It ceased trading in 1973 when it was sold by the brewery to the Gray family.  The Grays converted it back into a house.  We ...Read more

A memory of Twyford by Penny Smith

Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

Abbotsham School In The 1960's

Growing up at Fairy Cross, Alwington and as our village school had closed in the late 1950s we had to catch the school bus daily morning and afternoon to Abbotsham Primary School. (Shown in the centre back of the ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsham by Derek England

Sixties Longleat

Many fond memories of Longleat over the last 46 years: the freedom we all enjoyed as villagers to roam across the estate - the sixth Marquess was always very generous in this respect. The remains of the American hospital were still ...Read more

A memory of Longleat in 1966 by Geoff Pridmore

Captions

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Caption For Overton, St Mary's Church C1955

The church has 13th-century walls, 14th-century arches supported by Norman piers and a fascinating old door.

Caption For Corsham, Almshouses, The Schoolroom 1907

The south, or Tropenell, chapel is Perpendicular, as is the chancel arch and the tall north chapel.

Caption For Wetherby, The Bridge 1909

In this picture, the River Wharfe flows placidly under the arches of the ancient bridge.

Caption For Chertsey, Lock And Bridge 1890

This view looks east past the lock to the graceful seven-arched stone bridge.

Caption For Postbridge, The Village 1931

Postbridge takes its name from the arched bridge that was built to carry the post road from Princetown in the south-west to Moretonhampstead in the north-east.

Caption For Mablethorpe, Butlins Amusement Park C1950

The fun fair with its big wheel has been entirely replaced with a much more spectacular amusement park complex including the Dunes Theatre.

Caption For Greenwich, The Royal Naval College And Riverside Walk 1951

Our tour now heads north-east to Greenwich to a much grander building.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Library C1960

It is a much used and valued facility for everyone.

Caption For Bagshot, Viaduct 1901

Children idly watch the photographer - and each other - from either side of the road, and wagons stand under one of the arches in Kemp and Sons' yard.

Caption For London, The County Hall C1955

Though it sits heavily on the Embankment, its broad facades and massed arches in the Piranesi style bring it a monumental dignity.’

Caption For Aysgarth, The Village 1908

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single-arch bridge.

Caption For Aysgarth, The Village 1908

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single arched bridge.

Caption For Chepstow, Castle 1893

Sadly, the intricately carved lintel and arch over the main doorway above the steps have been obscured here by ivy.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

The hatch cover of the square-rigged wherry 'Widgeon' has been lifted away in sections for its cargo of planks to be offloaded - they are stacked neatly under the stone arches of the mill.

Caption For Shoeburyness, Ness Road C1955

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door.The honey-pot style telegraph poles carry lines to the surrounding buildings.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate 1908

Up until the 1930s specially designed trams travelled through Bargate, with dome-shaped tops to fit the arch.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate 1908

Up until the 1930s specially designed trams travelled through Bargate, with dome-shaped tops to fit the arch.

Caption For Paignton, Church Screen 1889

This late 15th-century chantry screen is a monument to the Kirkham family, whose tombs lie underneath the two ornate arches.

Caption For Glastonbury, Abbey, The Lady Chapel C1960

Taken from a position further back than 80576 (note the arches probably added in the 19th century that have since been removed).

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral, Choir East 1887

The stone is from Chilmark, ten miles to the west, and the slender black shafts supporting the arches are of Purbeck marble.The wooden choir seats can be seen in the foreground: to the right is the

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Mill From Longbridge C1955

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.The Millers House seen here is all that remains of a much larger building; it is now almost invisible from

Caption For Southwold, Church Screen And The Jack 1893

Today, Jack can be found on the northern arch of the West Tower.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate C1955

The original Norman arch dates back to about 1175, and the tower was added a century later.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Newton Viaduct 1898

Here we see the impressive masonry-arched Newton Viaduct.