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Memories

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A Picnic At Exmouth Cricket Club

Last week we had a really lovely day out with our granddaughter Anna Norfolk. It was a beautiful sunny July day and far too hot for staying at home so my wife and I went in search of a beach and a cooling sea breeze. ...Read more

A memory of Exmouth in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Amenities The Good Old Days And They Were!

Brown Edge was a brillant place to live, and I have fond memories of the village. Perhaps in my youth I did not really appreciate what I had, the village store (Keiths), the butchers, Harrisons and Sammy ...Read more

A memory of Brown Edge in 1969 by Linda Mitchell

The Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway In Old Colwyn

What an interesting photograph of a grey painted tram heading for the 'Queens Hotel' terminus which was just over half of a mile away. It would take just over five minutes and three tramstops to reach ...Read more

A memory of Old Colwyn in 1920 by John Owen

Croxley Station 1940 1945

Hi, my name is Brian Nicoll. My mother, father and I lived in 10 Frankland Rd from 25/9/35 when I was born until 1956 when I got married. As a small boy I used to have a friend called Roger Gosney who lived over the ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by Brian Nicoll

Tithby Or Tythby

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

The Creasey Family At Worth, West Sussex

My great-grandmother's family were farmers in Worth, and nearby Copthorne and Charlwood in the mid-nineteenth century. Great-grandma was Eliza Creasey and she married great-grandad George Allen in the chapel at ...Read more

A memory of Worth in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

Lost Times

My memories are of Okenden in the early days, my father was born there and was from a family of 11 children, he was called Arthur Oakley, he lived there when the local bobby walked the streets pushing his pushbike, and if he did any ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1959 by Howard Oakley

Personal Reflections

I was born in Sandleaze, Worton in 1957. I was brought up at 1 Mill Road near the Marston boundary. I remember many things about the village especially the Rose and Crown Pub and the Mill. I remember with pride the war ...Read more

A memory of Worton by Teresa Lewis

Memories

I was born in East Harlsey in 1946 and was educated in the village school which of course is now a private house, or is it two.  I remember there being two classrooms and, if my memory is correct, the teacher was a Mrs Lyle??   I seem to ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1946 by Peter Clark

The Swan

I became landlady of The White Swan as it was then, with my husband Gordon, who has since died. It had previously been run as an up market restaurant, but had not been successful. We concentrated on the village life, bringing the ...Read more

A memory of Old Weston in 1979 by Angela Cain

Captions

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Caption For Broxbourne, The Parish Church C1955

The town of Broxbourne runs along the old north road, and was originally one of the largest parishes in the county.

Caption For Coningsby, High Street C1965

As with the other streets in the village, the High Street has also had more than its fair share of change.

Caption For Coningsby, High Street C1965

As with the other streets in the village, the High Street has also had more than its fair share of change.

Caption For Downham, The Church 1921

The church of St Leonard has a tower of 15th-century origin, but there has been a church on this site since the 13th century.

Caption For Preston, Fishergate 1903

This is a close-up of the many and varied shops that graced Fishergate just a year after the first Preston Guild of the 20th century.

Caption For Chippenham, The Weir C1960

From the town bridge, we can see the sluice gates in a lowered position.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

Opposite are Chapel Cottage, Chideock Court, Alice Cottage, and Chideock Post Office (far right).The enamelled sign ove the door offers the services of the day: 'Post Office for Money Order, Savings Bank

Caption For Paignton, Torbay Road 1896

The large shelter and the Jubilee fountain replaced the grand wrought iron gates of Torbay House as the focal point of Torbay Road.

Caption For Wembley, Stadium C1960

Built on the site of a failed attempt to erect a structure to rival the Eiffel Tower, this building, apart from its twin pepper-pot towers, cannot be said to be a thing of great beauty.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1894

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1894

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

Caption For Stamford, St Mary's Church 1922

The tower and spire of St Mary's church dominates the view.

Caption For Harpenden, High Street C1960

The A6 road runs across the Common at Harpenden, under the 'Baa Lamb' trees and into the High Street.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Silver Street 1906

Appropriately still running beside trees at Burley Villas and Abbeyfield (centre), Silver Street was named in the Middle Ages for the Latin word for a wooded setting, rather than the precious metal.

Caption For Bangor, The Front 1897

Brighton made the seaside fashionable for the upper crust, and its wider popularity was settled when the railway made the connection in 1841.

Caption For Headingley, The Cricket Ground Pavilion 1897

This was to become the home of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company.

Caption For Headingley, The Cricket Ground Pavilion 1897

This was to become the home of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company.

Caption For Eastham, Stanley Lane C1965

This is the old village centre.

Caption For Ware, High Street 1925

We are looking westwards; the building on the right was originally the Town Hall.

Caption For Preston, Church Street 1903

This is a close-up of the many and varied shops that graced Fishergate just a year after the first Preston Guild of the 20th century.

Caption For Hodder River, Lower Hodder Bridges 1858

The name Hodder means 'pleasant stream'.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, High Street 1929

The fine saloon car in the foreground, probably a year-old Morris 20, bearing the registration number YU6523, appears in many contemporary photographs of Stanstead Abbots - does it still survive today?

Caption For Bashall Eaves, The Village C1955

Bashall Eaves stands on the banks of the river Hodder in the parish of Mitton.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

The Devil's Arrows is nowadays composed of three stones.