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War Time In Holcombe Rogus

Hi everyone. I lived in Holcombe Rogus during the war years. My Father Leeming Greaves and Kathleen Korner had leased the Prince Of Wales Hotel. My brother Joseph and I attended the local School, I was 9 years old at ...Read more

A memory of Holcombe Rogus in 1942 by Jessie Sichter

Hammett's Farm.

This building was known to us as Hammett's Farm, properly West Orchard Farm, in the Higher End area of St Athan. Arthur Hammett and his wife ran the farm and I occasionally helped to deliver milk from the farm around the village from a ...Read more

A memory of St Athan

Barry Island In The 50s And 60s

I traveled to Barry Island every summer because it was the nearest seaside to Brynmawr where we lived. The excitement of seeing the sea was overwhelming, and every time I would be sick on the old coach taking us ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island in 1953 by Jackie Haynes

Southend Technical College

I remember the many years, 1964 - 1975 attending “night school”, and also working at Southend Tech, Engineering Dept. All gone now, first the original College building which used to be where the Odeon cinema is now, ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Alan Rivers

The Bakery, Tatsfield

Hi My family (The Watsons) owned the bakery which was a substantial building in the village centre. It housed the bakery itself (my Uncle Dick Watson was the baker in those days). It was also a hotel with six bedrooms, plus it ...Read more

A memory of Tatsfield in 1955 by Barry Watson

1961 To 1977

My family lived in Goodyers Ave. Dad had #65 built in 1960/61 for around £13k by the next door neighbour who sold us the plot. Best mates were Antony Draper [Oakridge Ave], Chris Francis [Craighall Ave],Caroline West [Links Drive] ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by Nigel Peart

A Holliday At A Manor House

My name is Donna Boyd then Wilson. l went in 1968 then again in 72. I have good memories - so good I would have went back again if I could. l remember the long walks through the woods also walking down ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Donna Boyd

Ferry Approach

My dad opened his first shop in Ferry Approach, a cafe, it was situated directly outside the woolwich foot tunnel with plenty of dock workers and factory workers passing by every day and a constant stream of traffic queuing for the ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by Barry Mansfield

Langley 60s And 70s

I lived at Trenches Farm caravan site in the mid 60s and early 70s when I was a teenager and I went to the youth club opposite the Red Lion pub it was the best time of my life I had very good friends once we went on a 20 mile walk for ...Read more

A memory of Langley by Barry Budd

Weekends At Chapel Row

I didn't live in Bucklebury but was born in Cold Ash where I lived prior to moving to Thatcham. Unfortunately my father died as the result of a motor cycle accident when I was eight years old, and social care being what it was ...Read more

A memory of Bucklebury by grahamfsmith

Captions

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Caption For Walditch, Village 1899

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left), in

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Churchgate Street C1955

On the right are the Edwardian buildings occupied by Marlow's from 1925 to 1975, Watson's Post Office and the Queens Head.

Caption For Stonyhurst, The College 1899

There are two of these large man-made ponds at the front of the college.

Caption For Caton, Croftlands C1955

Thomas Berry, a yeoman farmer, built this house on the site of an abbey in 1745.

Caption For Portchester, Yachting C1965

Prehistoric Cams Most people enjoying a round of golf on the Cams Hall Estate today are probably unaware of the existence of the 429 pieces of worked flint that were recovered during topsoil stripping

Caption For Aberdovey, The Harbour 1901

Three tall ships are visible; the one on the far left is just setting sail.

Caption For Pembroke Dock, The Car Ferry To Neyland C1960

Brunel used Neyland as a terminus to connect to Ireland and the Atlantic, and his imprint remains everywhere, such as the name Brunel Avenue.

Caption For London, Clock Tower And Westminster Bridge C1890

The cast iron bridge was built in the 1850s, with Sir Charles Barry, the Houses of Parliament architect, acting as consultant.

Caption For Dartford, C1960

Dartford was home to two of the world's most famous rock stars, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and this is how they would remember the town of their youth.

Caption For Saltash, The Tamar Bridge C1965

The completion of the road bridge in 1961 signalled the end of the Saltash Ferry. The

Caption For Saltash, The Ferry 1924

The earliest record of a ferry here dates from 1337.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge Under Construction 1890

This murky view looks west from the Pool of London towards what was to become one of the mechanical wonders of the late 19th century.

Caption For Fowey, From Hall Walk C1930

The popular walk overlooking Fowey and its harbour is reached via the Bodinnick Ferry.

Caption For Bursledon, The River Hamble C1955

Until the beginning of the 19th century the only crossing of the Hamble was by ferry. The

Caption For Leeds, The Grammar School 1888

The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.

Caption For Leeds, The Grammar School 1888

The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.

Caption For Leeds, The Grammar School 1888

The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.

Caption For Llandough, The Merry Harrier C1955

This is the second incarnation of the pub – the original was destroyed by fire in 1907.

Caption For Lymington, The Ferry C1955

A 1947 Humber Hawk makes its way off the ferry. The

Caption For Barry, Broad Street 1899

We are looking towards the corner of Island Road, with Brook and Williams's printers and bookbinder's shop and works on the right; this block of shops later became one of the first department stores in

Caption For Reedham, The Ferry C1955

The chain-ferry at Reedham is one of the last survivals of its kind: it is a raft hauled across the river by means of a wheel pulling on a chain.

Caption For Hambleton, The Shop, Carr Lane C1955

W J Seddon was a grocer, a newsagent and other things besides, a very useful shop in a rural area, especially as every time a villager went into Poulton, the Shard Bridge toll had to be paid.

Caption For Birmingham, Paradise Street And The Town Hall 1896

Designed by Charles Barry, the Birmingham and Midland Institute opened in 1856, the foundation stone having been laid by Prince Albert in November 1855.

Caption For Birmingham, Paradise Street And The Town Hall 1896

Designed by Charles Barry, the Birmingham and Midland Institute opened in 1856, the foundation stone having been laid by Prince Albert in November 1855.