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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
Post Office
I remember walking to this post office many a time as I used to live with my nan etc. at Churt House Cottage. The post office was run by a lady of the name Mrs Heaps. I used to go there for the big bottles of Tizer.
A memory of Frensham in 1957 by
Old Red Lion Inn
With the help of Brian Faulkner of newspaperdetectives, I have been able to identify the building on the left as the old Red Lion Inn. The Inn fronts on High Street, and Market, formerly Red Lion Gate, is the one running away from ...Read more
A memory of Guildford in 1870 by
Shops In Gants Hill
I grew up in Gants Hill and would like to share my memories of shops in the area... The Toy Shop in Cranbrook Road (now Burtons Newsagent). This was a double fronted blue painted shop with a newsagent on the left and a toyshop ...Read more
A memory of Gants Hill by
Mid 1960s Mid 1980s
My parents David & Valerie, and younger brother Roger Angus lived at 'Rosevine' opposite the Rectory. The then vicar, Christopher Leach lived in the Rectory with his wife and children Godfrey and Hilary. Additionally, they ...Read more
A memory of Combpyne by
Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial
Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon. We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the village, ...Read more
A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by
Growing Up In Caerbryn
I was born in Caerbryn in 1949 and I lived at 4 Caerbryn Terrace along at that time with my granny and grandad, mum and dad and my sister Gill who is thirteen months older than me. The terrace was then just the twenty houses ...Read more
A memory of Cae'r-bryn in 1959 by
Growing Up In Filton
I was born in Plymouth of Welsh parents, there was no work in Newport Wales when my Father got out of the Navy, so, we moved to my Grandparents house in 50 Wallscourt Rd Filton, until our house 13 Canberra Grove Filton became ...Read more
A memory of Filton in 1966 by
Happy Days
The castle is beautifully restored now but when my sister and i were wee it really looked like a haunted ruin. We used to scare ourselves silly running through the middle door to get to the playpark on the other side.
A memory of Dundee by
I Know That Car
Born in Harwich in 1940, I have many fond memories of Church Street both as a schoolchild and as a teenager. The car parked on the left of the picture is an Alvis estate car which had the exceptionally nice wooden side panelling. It ...Read more
A memory of Harwich in 1954 by
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The beacon on Pendle Hill is said to be Saxon, and the field known as Kirkacre was in existence when Alfred the Saxon was chieftain.
The Devil’s Arrows is nowadays composed of three stones.
The attention of the children and the men is attracted momentarily from the movements of ships and the sea by the novelty of a camera.
The WB&SSPCo paddler 'Victoria' disembarks trippers on to the steep-shelved beach in Lulworth Cove.
The shop on the left is Jarman's the photographers.
The turnpike road through Charmouth was run by the Bridport District Trust from 1764 to 1877.
Passengers on a Douglas boat take in the sights, sounds and smells of Belfast Harbour.
Around AD 120, a mansio was built on a slight rise overlooking the site of the fort.
Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.
The conglomeration of boats assembled closely within the harbour are under the supervision of two men, one on the far left, the other on the right.
The road running through the village is the A59 from Clitheroe to Skipton.
Running at right angles to each other, Eastham Rake and Bridle Road link at the junction with Stanley Lane and the A41 - New Chester Road.
The steepness of the High Street (known as Up-a-Long and Down-a-Long) meant that the mail had to be delivered by donkeys.
Previously a corn mill, the building was converted to manufacture hand-made paper in 1713.
The Icknield Way was a pre-Roman, Iron Age trading route running along the northern border of Hertfordshire.
A wine merchant's shop run for over a century by the same family, a butcher making sausages using recipes his great-grandfather used 80 years ago - these are in King and Castle Streets.
In the shallow recess stands a pump which was used by the boys to collect their washing water until washrooms and indoor toilets were installed in 1922.
In the shallow recess stands a pump which was used by the boys to collect their washing water until washrooms and indoor toilets were installed in 1922.
During the 17th century, smuggling around the coast of Britain became a highly lucrative trade, and could be just as vicious as it sometimes is today.
The White Swan public house, first mentioned in 1722, stands on raised ground just beyond the beached punts to the left of centre.
Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.
The first section of the canal, between Preston and Carnforth, opened in 1797.
This was dubbed at the time 'the largest room in the world'.
Piper Bank appears in the census returns of 1851 and on maps of Rossendale as a place name.
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