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Bomb In Yew Tree Road
I lived just round the corner from where the bomb dropped (In County Road) and well remember the event. The bomb dropped beside a tree and there was in fact one fatality of the man whose house faced the tree, he was sitting in ...Read more
A memory of Ormskirk by
Born On The Graig
"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, ...Read more
A memory of Graig in 1940 by
Bowes Arms Public House
The building on the right of the photograph with the sign above the door is, I believe, the Bowes Arms Public House. My 3xgt grandparents, Martin and Ann Bell, were the licencees. When Martin died in 1883 Ann took ...Read more
A memory of Barnard Castle in 1890 by
Brambletye School One Easter
It was wonderful to read ‘Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971’ including a mention of the catering staff: "The food was always prepared and brought to the ends of the tables in large ...Read more
A memory of Brambletye House in 1964 by
Broken Biscuits !
I was brought up in Welling in the 1950s and 60s and Welling Corner played an important part in my life! I can see Woolworths on the right of this postcard. This was where everyone went to buy ... well anything! It was the broken ...Read more
A memory of Welling by
Bulphan School
I was at Bulphan School 1948 to 1954-55 and well remember my days at school with Daphney Thomas. Maraget Walls, Tess Cross, Pat Cross, Yony Ballard, Maureen Batchford, and Barbara Batchford. Happy days they were too. The teachers ...Read more
A memory of Bulphan in 1949 by
Calypso Coffee Bar
I lived in Loughton, and have fond memories of the Calypso Cafe. When I used to go there it was a well-known bikers' cafe. Some evenings there would be over a hundred motorbikes parked outside. There was also a pub next ...Read more
A memory of South Woodford in 1966 by
Can Any One Tell Me?
Spent a while looking at Glyndyfrdwy on Google maps and came across 3 areas just below Glyndyfrdwy that look like very large limestone mounds. There appears to be derelict remnant of miners? houses by these rocks. The area ...Read more
A memory of Glyndyfrdwy in 2009
Carrog Memory, As A Ww2 Evacuee.
I first visited Carrog in 1939 as an evacuee, at the start of World War 2. I was accompanied by my two sisters, having travelled by train from Birkenhead on the Wirral. All the evacuees were escorted to the Church ...Read more
A memory of Carrog in 1940 by
Charnwood Forest Children's Convalescent Home, Summer 1950
It was July/August of 1950 when I was sent here from my home town of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent at the age of eight, to convalesce after a serious post-operative infection. My first ...Read more
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This photograph shows Witton Gilbert's war memorial in its original position on part of the dene on a popular and well used walk down to a bathing hole where people used to swim, and where parents brought
Additional land followed; after what appears to have been some behind-the-scenes 'discussions', the architect Charles Nicholson was appointed in 1932 to design the present attractive and well-detailed
In the foreground of the photograph we can see a beautiful and well-preserved timber-framed house, known as Savages.
The Lake Hotel had opened in 1872 with a floating landing stage, a subaqueous telegraph linking it to the booking office for ferry steamers, a skating rink, a bowling green and well laid-out
No longer an eating place, it was well patronised in its day, and well situated in pleasant country near the River Wyre; it was not far from Meadowcroft, the home of Miss Poole, who opens her garden annually
The castle at Acton Burnell was built at the end of the 13th century by Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor of England.
As with so many other towns in the area, it was the Leeds and Liverpool canal which brought about the growth of Burnley, and there is a large piece of that canal history alive and well at the
Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.
Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.
The scene is similar today, and well conserved, but all the shops are now engaged in tourist-related trading.
Pinora, recorded in the Feet of Fines in 1232, is a village of considerable beauty and well-manicured charm.
On the left is the Grange Hotel, a large and well-known pub.
The docks are now a museum, and well worth a visit.
He was chamberlain to Pope Alexander VI, and acted for the Italian Bishop of Bath and Wells, Cardinal Adriano de Castello (1504-1518).
Built in 1704, St Peter's was a very popular church and well attended.
A temporary concert stand was built in front of the bandstand in 1942, and over 80 attractions were held in the park during 1943, including concerts by both local and well-known bands and orchestras
The town hall is a considerable ornament to the town, and the market-house is a commodious and well constructed building'.
Thomas Bekynton celebrated his first mass as Bishop of Bath and Wells on 13 October 1443.
Many of the town’s inns were now large and well established: these included the Boar’s Head, which stood on the site of Woolworth’s.
It is largely due to Bruff that the centre of Clacton still retains that airy and well laid out
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