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Driftbridge Stables
I was too young in the 1950’s to use the Hotel and pub but I learnt to ride at the Driftbridge Stables, that used the land, stables and coach houses from when the hotel had been a Coaching Inn. Having learnt to ride on Nutmeg, ...Read more
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Windmill Road, Brentford 1945
My parents, Nora & Harold (Jock) Palmer, lived at 112 Windmill Road, Brentford where I was brought up, along with my twin brother David and older brother Michael. Later we were joined by sister Janis and brother ...Read more
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Family Connections.
The gentleman with the scythe over his shoulder was my grandfather. His name was Joseph Jackson, born in 1849 at Bootle in Cumberland. He spent most of his life as a tenant farmer, first at Canleton Farm near Egremont also in ...Read more
A memory of Greenodd in 1920 by
Washington Brady Square
One of three children who lived at Hillthorn Terrace, just next to the railway lines. I can remember as if it was yesterday when the coal train used to travel from Washington "F" Pit down towards Brady Square, through ...Read more
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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
Cappels Shop
I remember going into Cappels shop in the late 1970s and buying kali and liquourice. I also remember going down to Coach bridge, swimming with my friends, and a man called malcolm used to come over on his penny farthing, good times were had by all.
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Grandmother Lived In Penny Bridge Manor
My grandmother Sarah Hewitt was supposed to have lived in Penny Bridge manor and had a sister, I think, who drowned crossing the river - before the bridge was put in, maybe? - but I cannot find any information on her or her family. I would really appreciate any information. What a beautiful place!!
A memory of Penny Bridge by
Daffodils In June
Just a short note: I am writing my first novel due to be published in December. While travelling through Devon recently, I was still stuck for the name of the central character of the book, now I have it, her name is Fenny Bridges Thank you for the inspiration. Dorset Burroughs
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My Mothers Was Evacuated To Penny Bridge During Ww2
My mother Iris Woods was evacuated to Penny Bridge during WW2. She first stayed at Penny Bridge House with the Stanley sisters - Franny & Alice? She then was moved to Mrytle Cottage to ...Read more
A memory of Penny Bridge in 1940 by
Button Oak
I lived in Button Oak during 1942/43 and worked in the Wyre Forest for 'Bob' Harris who was the Forester. Along with two of my mates, Denis Mills and Hubert Till, I made frequent trips into Bewdley to go to the pictures or get my hair ...Read more
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Penny Bridge was named after the local Penny family, who built the bridge in Elizabethan times.
Penny Bridge over the River Crake was a creek port under the control of Lancaster; there was a quay by the bridge.
The fourth pillar was cut up and used as foundations for Penny Bridge over the River Tut, which runs through the town.
The fourth pillar was cut up and used as foundations for Penny Bridge over the River Tut, which runs through the town.
W J Seddon was a grocer, a newsagent and other things besides, a very useful shop in a rural area, especially as every time a villager went into Poulton, the Shard Bridge toll had to be paid.
This is one of the fine strong stone bridges spanning the River Ribble.
The old bridge over the River Aire was rebuilt in 1765 and survived 32 years before its demolition in 1797.
The residents of Walney found this situation unsatisfactory, and against the strong, and expected, opposition from the railway company, a bridge was eventually completed.
It was always a bottleneck, and fifty years before our photograph one form of entertainment would be to sit on the low parapet of Salford Bridge, clay pipe in hand, and watch the farm carts fight their
Victorian engineering may have had its successes with its railways, bridges and steamships, but not every invention made it into the handbook of classic designs.
Victorian engineering may have had its successes with its railways, bridges and steamships, but not every invention made it into the handbook or classic designs.
The bridge itself fell into disrepair; in 1931 it was closed to vehicular traffic, although people could continue to walk across it if they paid their penny.
(plimsolls 6½d a pair, paddling shoes 4½d); souvenir shops selling ashtrays, paperweights and snowstorms, all 'Presents from Clacton- on-Sea'; a postcard shop; a tobacconist (Woodbines five for a penny
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