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My Childhood Home And Its Spelling

I do remember that the signpost on the main road pointing towards Bratton had it as 'Bratton Seamore". My first home was Bratton Hill Cottage, since demolished and the land developed. My Father worked ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Seymour by Steven Brunt

Mandrake Road

My siblings and I were all born at Weir maternity hospital in Balham, we lived on Mandrake road and we all went to Fircroft primary school opposite our house. I was at Fircroft from 1976-1982. Mr. Chaimings was the headmaster then, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Sylvia Amoah

Street Life

Welling in the Fifties had never been short of colourful characters plying their trade in and around the suburban Streets. I can fondly recall three from my childhood, the most memorable being the old rag and bone man who sat perched on ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

The Leeds And Sunderland Cup Final

I watched so many cup finals on black and white television when I was a boy never dreaming of the day that I might actually be there. But it happened in 1973! Would you believe my neighbour was a long retired ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1973 by John Howard Norfolk

Bognor Childhoo Holidays

I came down to Bognor with my family for a three week holiday every summer in the late 50s early 60s, first from Redhill and then from Godalming, Surrey It was mostly on the train, and the last time we came it was in ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis by Canon David Frost

Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).

Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by John Franks

The Shop On The Corner

What a big surprise stumbling across this photo of where I lived during the 1960's. The caption on the photo dates it as c.1965. I can perhaps be a bit more accurate on the date. The shop called Mould was sold in 1962 ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham by Jill Wicks

The Village Was Home

I was born in 1950 at Orsett Hospital, a few minutes before my twin sister and on my mothers birthday no less. We lived at 28 St James Avenue East until 1968. The house was in fact that of my maternal grand parents and my ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by Chris Doggett

Manchester Road

Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1955

Grandfather Hatcher

My grandfather, Frederick John Scott Hatcher, married a Guernsey girl, Alice Bougourd. There are Bougourds buried in the Churchyard at Haselbury. I believe the family lived in Haselbury Plucknett, and I know that ...Read more

A memory of Haselbury Plucknett in 1860 by Jill Harris

Captions

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Caption For Polegate, The Road To Jevington C1955

This village view looks north past Street Farm on the right, and although the big barn on the right has gone, the houses all remain.

Caption For Clifton, Bridge 1897

Bristol is where Brunel's steamships 'Great Western' and 'Great Britain' were built, though both were too big to use the Floating Harbour.

Caption For London, Houses Of Parliament 1890

From the south bank, near Westminster Bridge, completed in 1862, this view shows the bell tower known universally by its great bell, Big Ben.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Marine Parade 1898

Further east is The Kursaal of 1902 with a big dome.

Caption For Mablethorpe, South Promenade C1950

There were numerous chalets which could be hired for the day or week along the promenade, and the big wheel is also to be seen in the far distance – it has now gone.

Caption For Haworth, General View C1955

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

Caption For Liverpool, The Royal Liver Building C1955

The famous Liver birds, which gave the city its name, look out across the Pier Head from clock towers 295 feet tall, whose faces are each 25 feet in diameter and larger than those of Big Ben

Caption For Harborne, Princes Corner C1965

Of Harborne's pubs, the Bell, Old Church Street has survived for three hundred years; its bar is in the passageway.The Junction, High Street has one very big room, an island bar, and some fixtures

Caption For Dittisham, Greenway Quay C1960

In World War II the big house was commandeered for housing American officers, and Christie moved to the thatched cottage on the quay.

Caption For Coombe Bissett, St Michael's Church C1955

The south tower is ashlar-faced, with big buttresses; it is Perpendicular, as is the north arcade and the clerestory.

Caption For Kents Bank, Drawing Room, Abbot Hall C1955

One big change, however, is that a donkey does not go to the nearby railway station to collect their luggage any more.

Caption For Sandilands, Sea Lane C1955

The biggest change is that the shop is now twice as big: it includes the post office, and takes up the whole of the downstairs of the semi-detached house.

Caption For Hose, The Black Horse, Bolton Lane C1955

The cantilevered pub sign over the front door advertises Home Ales from the Home Brewery in Nottingham, now a cog in Scottish & Newcastle's big wheel, but still producing good real ale.

Caption For Uppingham, School Chapel C1965

The building attached to the chapel on the right is the Big Schoolroom (1863) reputedly in the style of Oakham Castle.

Caption For Dublin, Sackville Street 1897

The big Greek portico of the General Post Office of 1818 is prominent in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Birmingham, The Art Gallery And Museum 1896

the gallery came from wealthy glass manufacturer Thomas Osler, whose firm made the famous glass fountain centrepiece for the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace.The clock tower is known as Big

Caption For Holker, The Village 1912

Standing by the gatehouse to the 'Big House' - Holker Hall - these four local schoolchildren from Holker pose for the camera on a wet day.

Caption For Winchelsea, The Church 1894

This is a magnificent view of the semi-ruinous church of St Thomas, designed to be a big proud church, but probably never finished.

Caption For Chepstow, The Castle C1950

In addition to big name stars of the day, many local people took part.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, Houseboats On Severn 1931

In the Stourport basin, in dry dock by the big wharf, boats can be refurbished; the basin, reached by the canal through locks, was built to accommodate and service longboats with a full

Caption For Padstow, Church Chapel Stile 1901

extends from the west shore for nearly half a mile; in a big swell and falling tide it becomes a vicious mass of white water.

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 Charlcombe, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1907

With the grassy downs behind, this is a most delightful medieval church: small and intimate, set in a well treed churchyard, with a most unusual stone bell turret, battlemented and carried on big corbels