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Happy Days
I have many fond memories of Bodiam and the Castle, from when I was 1 year old in 1943, until I was 15. Along with dear Mum and my two sisters, our whole extended family on my mum's side consisting of several families would move to ...Read more
A memory of Bodiam in 1950 by
A Family Business
To anyone local to Dorchester this was a familiar scene day in and day out for almost 50 years. My grandfather Ben Courtney started selling 'fruit and veg' in 1947 from hand-carts on the roadside. His son Doug started in 1950 ...Read more
A memory of Dorchester in 1955 by
Pavenham 1945 1970
This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that ...Read more
A memory of Pavenham by
A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury
My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more
A memory of Westbury on Trym by
The Laws Kingennie
The Laws was a beautiful mansion-house in a perfect setting. The drive from the gardener's cottage (Mr Robb) up to the big house was a wonderful journey past mature trees, past the famous rock-gardens and lily pond, the ...Read more
A memory of Kingennie House in 1940
Our Street
Our Street was named Aston Street at the back of the Kings Arms pub in Rochdale Road. It was an amazing little street with a tripe shop and pies at the top of the street, a garage next door which housed Johnny Raffo's Ice Cream Vans, ...Read more
A memory of Collyhurst in 1949 by
What Happened To Me
My name was Lynette Evans I’d just like to say hi to everyone that has shared memories of Splott. I remember so much, so clearly, I was barely 3 years old when I moved from Llanharran to Portmanmore Road. It was a ...Read more
A memory of Splott in 1964 by
My Time 1952
I have some lovely nostalgic memories of the J.S.S.C Latimer, where I was stationed in 1952. Most of the period I was a provost policeman. There were 3 of us and a provost corporal, cpl Burrows, [I believe came from Wiltshire]. ...Read more
A memory of Latimer in 1952 by
Evacuated To Great West Farm
My mother Eileen and her brother Ian Carter were evacuated to Great West Farm, Quethiock in 1940. Here are her memories of that time:- On June 16th 1940 we were evacuated from Marvels Lane School, Grove Park, London ...Read more
A memory of Quethiock by
Bower Yard
We have many happy memories of the Bower Yard in 1962. We moved into our first marital cottage at 75 on the day we got married. The cottage was mid terrace overlooking the river and the wharfage on the opposite side. We paid ...Read more
A memory of Ironbridge in 1962 by
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A local character, Miss Barrow, lived in Ancaster House where she was well known for her vegetable garden.
It was also possible to sail to Douglas from Barrow, Silloth, Whitehaven and Glasgow.
Here, a local passenger train is on the up line for Barrow, having left Grange station.
Lewis`s (left) has a fine array of braziers, bins and barrows outside.
We are looking westwards to the snout of Goggin's Barrow (right), Black Head (centre), and Redcliff Point (left) above Weymouth Bay.
George Borrow, the 'gentleman gypsy', was lucky to have been born in this pleasing old country town.
This was once a magnificent chambered long barrow that was covered with a brilliant white chalk mound.
Other street names were taken from ships that had been built at Vickers shipyard in Barrow.
In this High Street view there is a dairy, Preston's Library (where you could borrow a novel to enjoy whilst lounging in your deckchair), and a branch of International Stores, which quickly saw off old-style
Ivy-covered Littlemore Cottage (left) stands beside the stream from Water Barrows; gritty heathstone- walled 17th-century Cockles Cottage is on the right.
For many years the river at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the
This was once a magnificent chambered long barrow that was covered with a brilliant white chalk mound.
In pre-world war two days, most travellers toured their patch by train and tram, hiring a barrow-boy if necessary to trundle their wares between calls.
Opposite, on the corner of King Street, Mrs Burrows was continuing a long-established blacksmith's business at the 16th-century forge.
Lynn had forgotten to do so, and Barrow Council had to publicise for the architect 'Ira' to unveil himself to them.
The Great Western Railway ordered two fast triple-expansion steamers, costing £55,000 each, from the Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness, for the Weymouth-Jersey summer service.
Tourism was also hampered by the depression of the 1920s, and there was to be growing competition from the other seaside resorts after the Second World War which would diminish visitor numbers further.
It is possible that bodies were left here on funerary platforms to decompose, before a skeletal burial was carried out later in one of the many long barrows that surround the area.
George Borrow, the 'gentleman gypsy', was lucky to have been born in this pleasing old country town.
Displays of various kinds decorate the entrance hall; these may include photos of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who made numerous visits to Barrow to launch ships from
Certainly people as different as George Borrow and Lee Chapman have looked back on their days in the town with affection.
To the left are round barrows breaking the now contracted sky line, the wandering bunches of sheep, the wheeling plovers, the friendly white-tailed wheatears, and the skylarks innumerable filling
The landscape of hills, bar- rows and earthworks remind us of the beginnings of civilisation with the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements and hill forts.
It was built to help ships navigating the River Lune and to guide ships to Glasson docks - it was not built for the benefit of Barrow-in-Furness, as the town was only a small fishing hamlet at the time
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