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Best Childhood Ever
I was born in Easington Coliery in December 1940. Grew up in Canada In Dene Avenue. My dad worked At the pit as a wagonwayman in the Hutton Seam. Grandparents were from Cornwall Stret, East.I had a tha best childhood ...Read more
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Wolverhampton Street Community
Wolverhampton Street seemed to almost be a village on its own. There was Burgins and Bytherways newagents, Masseys wet fish shop, Davis's grocers, Smiths greengrocers, Sherratts electrical, Bryans diy, Robinsons ...Read more
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May And Baker (Dagenham East)
The May and Baker factory, close to the railway station at Dagenham East was once one of the largest factories in the area. The company was best known for developing the drug quinine to combat malaria, often simply ...Read more
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Researching My Family In Pembroke Dock
As a six year old in 1949 I was taken to Pembroke Dock to visit my Grandparents, from whom we were almost estranged. My only memory of the visit is looking out of the upstairs window above their butcher’s ...Read more
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Northwood Road & Swalecliffe
My mother was 19 when I was born. We were living above The Wool Shop in Swalecliffe, on the corner, opposite the railway bridge I actually have an uncanny memory of that time. I must have been under 2 years old, as we ...Read more
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Saturday Morning Ride From Lodge Farm Stables, Known As `robinson's'.
I'm on Bess, the pony with the white blaze who is watching the photographer. I' m leaning out of the saddle trying to hide, although we'd agreed to be photographed. We'd met the ...Read more
A memory of Hoddesdon
Peel Street School
My grandmother and her brothers and sisters attended this school as did my mother and moi. I have many memories of the school. Endless games of football in the yard, rain or shine. Two frightening headmistress Lord and Riley. ...Read more
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Western Esplanade, Alexandra Y.C. Dinghy Park. A Post Ww2 Facility.
As the classic 18ft long local dayboat classes became more expensive to build and maintain, there was an explosion of smaller, cheaper racing dinghy classes all round the UK, ...Read more
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Looking Westwards, Towards Thorpe Hall Boulevard Junction With The Esplanade.
In 2014, across the road there are tennis courts, and from Google Earth it looks like a thriving Sports Centre. If there were tennis courts on that site in 1963, hardly ...Read more
A memory of Thorpe Bay by
Looking Westwards, Towards Thorpe Hall Boulevard Junction With The Esplanade.
In 2014, across the road there are tennis courts, and from Google Earth it looks like a thriving Sports Centre. If there were tennis courts on that site in 1963, hardly ...Read more
A memory of Thorpe Bay by
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Attempts by earlier generations to turn West Bay into a leading holiday resort never quite worked, though a great many caravans and holiday flats bear testimony to its popularity.
The bus station was built to incorporate a parade of shops, seen here beneath the canopy.
At Douglas, passengers can land at all states of the tide.
This excellent view captures the eastward expansion of the town in the late 19th century very well.
Robin Hood's Bay is one of many beautiful villages which cluster around the steep-sided coves where the North York Moors reach the North Sea.
The paddle-steamer is not approaching the Cobb wall on a busy day.
The lighthouse, seen here from St James's Green, was built in 1890: 'the light is of 800 candle power and occulates twice every 20 seconds'.
The town's first inhabitants were men who worked for 11 years in the 18th century constructing the Trent & Mersey Canal's nearby Harecastle tunnel.
We are looking across Main Bay (now Viking Bay) towards the harbour, the pier and the prominent mansion Fort House (now called Bleak House), prior to its extension and castellation in 1901.This house
The Great Barn of Abbotsbury Abbey was built in about 1400.
Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road.
This scene has hardly changed for many years; the beach at Polridmouth is still only accessible on foot.
This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.
The harbour is the site of the original Tor Quay, which served the little village of Tor Mohun inland.
Rothesay is the chief town of the County of Bute, and is situated in a well-formed bay, which affords safe anchorage in high wind.
The bus station was built to incorporate a parade of shops, seen here beneath the canopy.
Robin Hood's Bay is now half the size of the original village - the centre section slid into the sea, taking with it the new road.
Rothesay is in an ideal location in the sheltered 'sweet Rothesay Bay', to quote the popular song.
This view looks north-eastwards from East Cliff, over the older administrative and commercial heart of what used to be called Bridport Harbour.
Immediately south of the church whose spire can be seen behind, is The Bury.
Part of the old Ramper Road, this end of Victoria Road passes the Congregational church where Mr W Gornall was a great supporter.
On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.
The earlier pub on the site, made famous by the music hall star Florrie Ford, was demolished in the early 1920s, and rebuilt to a vaguely similar design.
Compare this view with the 1960s view A15142.
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