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Burghfield Common
I was 1 of 9 children, we were placed at 83 Hunters Hill. I went to Garlands Schhool. My friends were Sharon Mallem, Jackie Baily, Jackie Bruce, Connie Sharky. I remember others ie the Farmers, Beals, Kemps, Longs,and ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common in 1972 by
Cam House
Hi. I have lots of memories of Cam House throughout the 60's. My name is Desmond Lapham. My Mother Sybil Lapham was a long time domestic in Cam and also worked in most of the other houses as was her friend Connie Bowers who worked in ...Read more
A memory of Shenfield by
Childhood
I was born in Blands school house in December 1945 where I lived with my eldest sisters Sheila and Janet and later my brother Keith. My mum looked after the children and my dad ran the school as headmaster, At the side of the ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common in 1946 by
Cows Lane
Hi, I am writing to see if anyone remembers the history of 'Cows Lane', Little Sutton. Many years ago a land-owner called Benich owned the lane, it was originally called Benich Lane, does anyone have any memories of this or old ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton by
Family Holidays In The 1950s
I was born in 1942 and brought up in Walthamstow in NE London. We were a working class family and Dad always managed to provide us with 2 weeks' holiday somewhere. How we came to holiday in Wroxall is still a bit of a ...Read more
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Going To The Shops...
As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more
A memory of Wembley by
Growing Up At Tombuie Cottage
My name is Drew Ramsay and my father retired from Calcutta India back home to Dundee in 1963 when I was 13 years old. He leased Tombuie Cottage for 5 years as a holiday home which came complete with a little over ...Read more
A memory of Tombuie Cottage by
Halcyon Days
During the Second World War a land mine fell by parachute in Courtleet Bottom, somewhere near the junction with Rydal Drive, I believe they called in the navy bomb disposable team. I went to Barnehurst School, Mrs Mumford was the ...Read more
A memory of Barnehurst in 1940 by
Hartford Bridge Aircrash 1943
Does anyone have any memories or details of a Douglas Boston of 88 Squadron crashing after attempting a landing returning from a raid in 1943? It would have been around November I think. My father was ...Read more
A memory of Hartford Bridge Flats by
Hest Bank /Bolton Le Sands
I lived with my grandparents in Bolton le Sands. I used to cycle to Morecambe most mornings, to J. W. Blands, painters and decorators, where I was apprenticed, hail rain and snow. I knew every inch of the coast road, the ...Read more
A memory of Hest Bank in 1960 by
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The Roman road from the bridge over the Wye at Chepstow ran through what is now the racecourse, which stands on land formerly belonging to the Clay family of Piercefield House.
On the left is a landing stage or quay where we can just see a 2- ton crane.
The extension, apart from its importance as a landing stage for steamers, also sported a restaurant and a bandstand.
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.
In August 1405 a substantial French army in excess of 10,000 men landed here at the request of Owain Glyndwr.
Doubling as a landing stage for steamers, North Pier was the first of Blackpool's three to be built and opened in 1863.
By 1894 Brighton's West Pier had been extensively rebuilt, and a landing stage had been added together with a new pavilion.
He was also a land-agent, who sold plots at Laindon and Langdon Hills for £5 a time.
He was also a land-agent, who sold plots at Laindon and Langdon Hills for £5 a time.
Carrog, or Llansantffraid Glyndyfrdwy, is in the heart of the lands of Owain Glyndwr, the marcher lord.
Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals.
Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals.
They initially consisted of a jetty leading to a landing stage for boats, but they soon became fashionable promenades extending over the sea.
Steamboat trips ran from a landing stage.
Until the area became too built-up, Southbourne was used by pioneer aviators as a landing ground for their flying machines.
Passengers from Falmouth disembarked at the quay here when the tide prevented a landing at Truro.
In 1927 Malcolm Campbell achieved a land speed record of 174.88 mph on Pendine Sands.
Swanage pier is really a landing stage of immense proportions.
It is thought that the Romans used Freckleton Naze as a landing place.
In the early days of private aviation, the company's founder Tom Wilson often serviced the string-and-sealing-wax aircraft flown by the pioneers who used Freshfield beach as a landing strip
Saltwood dates back to at least the year 833, when it is mentioned as a land grant by King Egbert.
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