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Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties
My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play ...Read more
A memory of Lancing by
The Ellor Twins
I was born in Mexborough in 1953 an identical twin with my sister Kathryn. Our mother is Mabel Ellor (nee Brewster) who was a teacher at Roman Terrace School which my sister & I attended. My father is Ron Ellor a pianist, ...Read more
A memory of Mexborough in 1953 by
Harworth 'old' Village
The large Horse Chestnut tree to the right was very popular when conkers were in season with boys searching the ground and throwing whatever came to hand at the tree to try and dislodge the nuts that were temptingly out of ...Read more
A memory of Harworth in 1964 by
A History Lesson
I have lived nearby for 10 years and this place eluded me for a while. Tancreds Ford is still a ford but the bridge is the modern equivalent. The reason I am posting this is because it was on the old smugglers route! Contraband ...Read more
A memory of Frensham by
Woodlands Holiday Camp Swimming Pool
I was brought up in Kemsing at the foot of the Downs and we children would walk up to Woodlands Holiday Camp to swim for a shilling or so. On a fine weekend you could take your swimming things and some ...Read more
A memory of Sevenoaks in 1960 by
Lofthouse's Newsagents
So I see it now again after so many years the shop on the corner with that sign Lofthouse's Newsagents above the entrance I went under many times to collect my comics hot from the presses of D.C.Thomson of Dundee: Beano ...Read more
A memory of Worksop by
Living In Rye
Hi, I lived in Rye until I went into the army in 1955. I went to the Primary School in Ferry Road, then to the Rye Secondary Modern. When the Seond World War was on we were living at Cadborough, then we moved to Military Road, a ...Read more
A memory of Hastings in 1940 by
My Grandparents
My grandparents lived in Trenholme Bar at 2 Sstation Cottage, they were Joseph and Mable Forth, my grandfather worked on the railway as a signalman untill around 1953. I can remember my mother taking me and my brothers and ...Read more
A memory of Trenholme Bar in 1960 by
Childhood
I went to Dogdyke Primary School until i was 13 years old, I lived at Tattershall Bridge. Dogdyke was split by the River Witham, on the Tattershall side was The Packet Inn pub, where the ferry used to cross, and the Dogdyke pumping ...Read more
A memory of Dogdyke in 1954 by
First Holiday
My first holiday was when I was 9 years old (in 1958) and my parents and I came to Goodrington. We stayed at Beech Hurst which if I remember correctly was in Youngs Park Road. It was lovely. I made friends with a girl who lived ...Read more
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To the east of Kingsbridge is the road to Torcross and Slapton Sands.
Looking at a tranquil summer scene like this, it is difficult to imagine the furious weather to which Torcross is sometimes exposed.
A superb view of the Chain Pier from the west, showing clearly the pier head, which was designed primarily as a landing-stage for cross-channel traffic; it opened in 1823.
This area was called Crouche in 1400; the name derives from Old English 'cruc' or cross, but does this mean cross-roads or near to the cross?
Before the construction of the Tamar suspension bridge, this was one of the few ways to cross the river.
It was the toll house, and until 1914 it cost a halfpenny to cross.
Today it costs 60p to cross.
Here the Roman Fosse Way climbs out of the Avon valley to cross Banner Down on its way to Cirencester, the Roman town of Corinium.
Entering the village from Clitheroe, the road dips to cross Heys Brook.
Until the county council rebuilt it in the 1930s, tolls had to be paid to cross.
A set of lights enables people to cross the road in safety between the Health Centre and the chemist, second shop from the end on the left of the picture.
The bridge was built in 1863 to replace the ferries that had been used to cross the river since the Middle Ages.
Previously, travellers had to cross at Kildwick a few miles to the west, and considerably further from the burgeoning Yorkshire mill towns.
The Floating Bridge was for many the only way to cross the river at this point.
New bungalows pronounce the village's popularity as a place to retire or commute from, but the tolls charged by Shard Bridge Company to cross the river were a sore point.
It was at Slaidburn that many of the ancient pack-horse trails used to meet or cross.
London Road, the old A1 before the town was by-passed, becomes Lombard Street before turning right into Castle Gate with its many former coaching inns; it then turns left beyond the castle to cross
On the left traffic waits to cross the junction of Stonecot Hill with Sutton Common Road.
The railway was so busy a century ago that a footbridge was built so that visitors did not have to wait to cross the line to get to the beach.
It was to be another 25 years before the double-deckers were allowed to cross the town boundary.
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