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James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990
Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings ...Read more
A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by
Childhood Holidays
I will never know why, but we used to take the train to Lundin Links, and then taxi to Lower Largo. I don't know when these holidays started (I was born in 1957 and there are certainly photos of me around 3 years old). ...Read more
A memory of Lower Largo in 1965 by
Cooksons Leadworks Part 2
1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1965 by
Aberbargoed
I was born in Pill, Newport, Mon, in 1938 and with my grandmother Charlotte Selina Jane Rossiter used to visit relatives in Aberbargoed. As in other memories, I shall never forget passing beneath the endless drums in the air ...Read more
A memory of Aberbargoed in 1940 by
Old Southall Remembered
I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more
A memory of Southall
919 Argyle Street 1961 To 1966
My grandparents lived at 919 Argyle Street for many years and as a child my mum, sister and I lived with them, it was cramped, very cramped, and when I had mumps I slept in grannie's bed in the "hole in the wall" and ...Read more
A memory of Glasgow by
The Fleetwood I Left Behind
I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then ...Read more
A memory of Fleetwood in 1970 by
The Stone Family Of Margate
What wonderful memories I have of my childhood holidays in Margate. Reading others memories bring them all racing back. The children born just after the war were so lucky. Although we really had nothing as regards money ...Read more
A memory of Margate in 1880 by
I Lived In Midford
The family moved to Midford when I was 15 (1966)... We lived in The Laurels, as you go down Midford hill heading away from Bath our house was to your right over the valley.... I used to work in Bath (David Gregs) and rode a ...Read more
A memory of Midford by
Synagogue
Brynmawr, my home town, although I haven't lived there for nigh on 40 years, it's still home. I have good and bad memories of Brynmawr. I was always regarded as a blacksheep, rebel, so the bad memories are of my own making. But ...Read more
A memory of Brynmawr by
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One early visitor to the new resort was Mr Tregonwell, who bathed in the sea and walked the dunes of Mudeford.
High above the East Cliff promenade are the turrets and flags of The Royal Bath Hotel, one of the town's leading resorts at this time.
By the 1950s the first high rise hotels had appeared; also, Bournemouth's old trams had given way to trolley-buses, hence the overhead lines.
A quiet day in the Market Place when it reverts to its more usual function of bus station and car park.
The jetty has played an important part in English history, as it was from here that Admiral Nelson set out to join his fleet and fight many of his most famous battles.
This photograph shows the holiday season in full swing.
Their poster proclaims 'on with the show', and they have attracted a large crowd, some watching from the ledge in front of the bandstand.
Beyond the overdressed Victorian beachgoers are a number of stalls selling ice creams and other refreshments.
At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort.
The only attractions on offer here are boat trips and donkey rides; to the far right, on the water's edge, are a number of wheeled bathing machines.
The ugly iron railings do little to enhance or exploit this fine dolmen; it is sad that it may well be the price society has to pay for preserving one of the oldest man-made monuments in Britain - it dates
This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be. The
Given the difficulties with bathing, the sea front was given over to recreational use; it was a place to sit and relax, watch the ships in the Solent, hire a boat to explore the coastline or seek
By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be. The
As well as portable gangways, boat-carts were also used to get trippers to and from the sailing boats.
All the familiar seaside fun is here: happy holiday-makers digging in the sand, deckchairs and bathing machines fill this evocative picture of Edwardian Broadstairs.The steps and the lift house are
The quality of Brydon's work is well brought out in this view; I have heard visitors commenting on the remarkable survival of so much Roman work!
More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.
Some consider the Talbot Inn to be the best, in architectural terms, in the whole of the country, and even the finest in England.
Pronounced 'clibbery', Cleobury Mortimer is famous for the crooked spire of its church.
Felixstowe was a genteel seaside resort built around a wide shingle bay which offered excellent, safe bathing.
Nailsworth may not be the most attractive town in the Cotswolds, but the student of industrial archaeology will find it a fascinating place to visit.
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