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Reading In The 60's
I was born in Caversham, Reading. I used to go to a riding school at Sonning Common, owned by Rosemary Drayton and remember the riding school and farm at Bugs Bottom owned by Frank Stokes. I loved the ice cream sold at The ...Read more
A memory of Reading in 1968 by
The First Holiday At Potter Heigham
We hired a riverside chalet called 'La Dak' on the Martham side of the river, there were two families sharing. I remember there was no car access to the chalet so we had to park the cars next to the ...Read more
A memory of Potter Heigham in 1968 by
Kilcreggan Memories
My aunt and uncle lived in Windward House on Shore Road, Kilcreggan, during the 1960s and early 1970s. My uncle was deputy headmaster at Greenock High School and travelled over to school every day on Ritchies' Ferries or the ...Read more
A memory of Kilcreggan in 1968 by
I Used To Come From South Manchester To St Oswald's Church With My Mum &Dad 1967ish
I remember coming from the other side of Manchester because my Mum and Dad (Betty & Dennis Turner - Dad was lay reader in the church for that time). I was ...Read more
A memory of Collyhurst in 1967 by
Kirdford School In The Sixties
I went to school in Kirdford for a couple of years in the sixties and have fond memories of it. The school headteacher was Miss Dunsmore and there was a Miss Dadswell and a Mrs Heaver I think. The toilet block was ...Read more
A memory of Kirdford in 1967 by
Visiting The Corner House
I visited Weobley in the late 60s as a child with my Mother to visit our Herefordshire cousins. We stayed with Mum's Great Uncle Fred (Frederick Hope) and his daughter, Mabel Hope. They lived at the Corner House and I ...Read more
A memory of Weobley in 1966 by
Tynemouth Beach
I remember this beach well, especially the open air swimming pool which is also on a photograph here in this collection , I remember going on a school swimming session weekly ( Preston High school ) now john spence and dreading ...Read more
A memory of Tynemouth in 1966 by
Battersea Town Hall
The impressive entrance on Lavender Hill actually led into the Council Offices, where I started work when I left school in 1966. At that time they had changed very little since their Victorian origins; there was a grand ...Read more
A memory of Battersea in 1966
1960's Tunnel Memories
I clearly remember these Land Rover "Tunnel Patrol" vehicles although I was only 7 in 1965. I thought that they were real Police vehicles (were they labelled "Tunnel Police" I wonder?) and I remember being puzzled by the ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead in 1965 by
Shopping With My Mum In Heathfield...
I remember in the 1960s going to Heathfield with Mum on the bus (we lived at Corner Farm, Swife Lane). We would go shopping and often would go into the Bluebird. Seeing that name in this picture brought ...Read more
A memory of Heathfield in 1965 by
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This leafy suburb of Tunbridge Wells boasts a broad and spacious green, fringed by cottages and trees.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.
The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.
This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.
Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.
Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.
As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.
The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
At the Stamford Road end of the street, the newly-built showroom of Tutty's sold kitchen units and appliances.
As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.
This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.
Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.
Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.
This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.
Trees shade the broad square.
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