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Bradford That I Remember
I lived in Bradford from birth 1944 until 1965 when we moved to Canada. So I have lots of memories. One of them was on Saturday mornings in the 50's walking to town down Manchester Road. There were so many shops to look in and ...Read more
A memory of Bradford by
Car Project.
The Morris car depicted in the photograph was overhauled and bodied by my late father, Arthur Parker, in 1951-2. He had removed the body from a c1937 Morris 8 van, overhauled the mechanics and the chassis, and built from scratch a new ...Read more
A memory of Duston in 1951 by
Turpins The Bakers
I'm have somewhat distant relationship with Lee Green: My grandparents owned a greengrocers in Weardale Road and I was told that there were soirees at the Turpins where Fred Turpin used to play the piano ..... a lot of Chopin I ...Read more
A memory of Lewisham by
My Father Visited A Leversuch Family In Eversley
I have no personal memories of Eversley but my father Percy Norman Pearson born 1910, who died 2003, talked fondly of holidays spent in Eversley with an aunt whose surname was Leversuch when he was a ...Read more
A memory of Eversley in 1920 by
Cooling Castle Farm
To the right of the photograph is a driveway into the interior of the original castle that was the entrance to Castle Farm operated by F.Elms & Sons and in particular my uncle Harry Elms. He bought the Farm in about 1930 having ...Read more
A memory of Cooling in 1955 by
Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction company. ...Read more
A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I
Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox fur ...Read more
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A Privilege To Grow Up Here!
I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill by
Looking Fo Nick Martin
In 1969 my friend Nick Martin, who lived in Hawkhurst, and I, hitch-hiked across to the Taj Mahal in India. Sadly I have lost touch with Nick and I wonder whether any of your contributors may be able to help us get back in contact again. John Hague
A memory of Hawkhurst by
Northolt Wonderland
I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more
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They would not have been able to afford the fees, for one thing: they were 10s 6d entrance, and a guinea a year subscription.
Twinkle-toed holidaymakers were able to 'Dance to the Melotones'.
The hob was fond of children, and was able to cure ailments.
The hob was fond of children, and was able to cure ailments.
Passengers occupying the roof seats were able to enter the hotel directly through an upper door, saving them the nuisance of having to clamber down from the coach.
This development of 178 dwellings was built in 1952-55, so these children will have been able to go to the brand new school in the village.
As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.
Although they do not have immediate plans to raise them, they may be able to create 3-D computer images of the stones using ground–probing radar, and thus 'raise' them virtually.
Here we see busy shoppers, but little traffic - one man (centre right) is even able to pause in the middle of the road to pick something up!
At Acle, on the river Bure, wherries and sailing craft glide by under the old bridge, their masts lowered.
He was able to combine his knowledge of the countryside with his skill as a writer, using prose and imagery to illustrate his great love for creation.
As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.
Providing a mixture of both residential and commercial property, Peabody Road was still enough part of the shopping centre to be able to boast Curzon and Son's betting shop, Tottles' newsagents, the
The port was able to send twenty ships to Calais in 1347, thanks to the financial success of the wool trade, but its privileges were curtailed by Henry VIII in favour of Poole, and the
Today, beside the war memorial, there is a captured German submarine gun; this was presented to Chepstow to commemorate the bravery of Able Seaman William Charles Williams, who was awarded the Victoria
They were able to occupy the house again in 1975.
narrow passage leading down to St Mary's Street was home in 1900 to a fishmonger and hairdresser, as well as the Hole in the Wall Inn, previously the Coach and Horses (although it is hard to imagine being able
The old rogue lived to a respectable, though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respect- able local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's
However, if they were able-bodied they had to do menial tasks to earn their keep.
Although expected to be able to withstand the elements on this exposed stretch of coast, it was badly damaged by gales in the winter of 1900, and was finally dismantled by Bournemouth
Perhaps some can just remember the time of this photograph, of being able to sit in a quiet, fairly plain bar with a glass of cold beer, with no machines, and no music.
This view from the water meadows is a very well known one, and relatively little changed today, although it would look very different to a late medieval traveller – he or she would be able to see fourteen
Until 1948 divers had only been able to reach and explore Chamber 9.
They were also able to wave to passers-by.
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