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Lovely Friendship At Raf Compton Bassett
When I was posted to Compton Bassett in 1951 I was feeling rather low, and remained so until I formed a friendship (just friendship) with a lovely girl, a member of the WRAF known as 'Woodie' My ...Read more
A memory of Compton Bassett in 1951 by
Derbys Old West End
My father had a scrap-yard in Nuns Street. It was right next to the bridge over Markeaton Brook. I remember always asking to be picked up so I could look over the bridge - I don't know why! Markeaton Brook was filled with old ...Read more
A memory of Derby in 1949
The High Street Sayer's Store 'nim' And Phyl Alen
My name is Barbara Tester and I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. My beloved (late) husband, Brian Tester, was born on 26th July, 1930 at No. 1 Station Cottages, 1 Station Road, Ardingly. His ...Read more
A memory of Ardingly in 1958 by
Childhood Memories
I lived in Alderley Edge as a child between 1947 and 1955. I remember going for walks on the Edge, and being told about a legend that Merlin and King Arthur and his knights were sleeping inside a cave there, waiting to be ...Read more
A memory of Alderley Edge in 1954 by
Holidays With Grandad
Thank you for showing the photo of Bank Houses, the house on the right was where my grandad lived and I spent a lot of very happy holidays there. His garden was aways full of lovely things to eat and as I lived in an ...Read more
A memory of Somersham in 1954 by
The Fox And Goose Public House
Hello from Australia. I was hoping that someone looking through these "memories" might remember The Fox and Goose Public House on Penn Road. I think that this is the picture of it. My mom was the cleaner ...Read more
A memory of Penn by
Fair Oak As It Was
My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more
A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by
Ladd Family 1878
My grandfather Ernest Ladd, born Eastry 1878, is buried in the churchyard. Although as a child when visiting my grandmother we would tend the grave and put flowers on it, I only have a vague recollection of its location. My mother ...Read more
A memory of Eastry in 1950 by
Where I Learned To Swim
Is the pool still there? I bet it isn't ... I'd like a pound note (sorry, Coin!) for the Ttmes I went here swimming and generally fooling around. I also learned to dive from the top board too, and my faves were the bombs ...Read more
A memory of Harlow by
Brookhouse
I used to live at Brookhouse with my parents, great aunt and maternal grand mother. Brookhouse was split into 3 houses at the time (131, 133, 135 Holcolme Road). My grandfather (Thomas Lomax) visited at Christmases and holidays. My ...Read more
A memory of Tottington in 1955 by
Captions
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Oakham CC have a fine ground at the Lime Kilns Field, Brooke Road, which was extended to county size.
The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man.
Ten years and one world war later, time seems to have stood still in the town.
This photo shows the stereotypical municipal park with its formal gardens, water features and children's playground.
Bristol cigarettes and Brooke Bond tea could be purchased at the Post Office Stores, run by M S Beevers at the time of this photograph.
Wallop means 'valley of the stream,' and if we look closely we can just see the Wallop brook on the left of the road.
Izaak Walton fished here in the Meon, reflecting that the valley 'exceeds all England for swift, shallow, clear, pleasant brooks and store of trout'.
Downstream beyond Marlow the Thames reaches Cookham, where it blunders about and divides into three channels before turning south by chalk cliffs.
Its location at the entrance to Brook Lane is a mixed blessing.
We are standing on the small brick-parapeted bridge over the Walthambury Brook.
The Fighting Cocks Inn can be seen on our left, but the Hero of Inkerman was demolished to make way for the new by-pass, and was re- built further to the left.
Mr Brooks' grocery shop has been gone for many years now.
Winsford's granite cross commemorates the dead of both World Wars.
During and after the First World War Blandford became well-known as a military training area, with a large army base nearby.
Before the arrival of the LCC Harold Hill housing estate, Noak Hill was an isolated hamlet; however the thatched weather-boarded cottage on the right still remains to this day.
In all, with additional areas added, the park totalled a grand 102 acres, which follows the Roath Brook between fashionable Cyncoed and Penylan to the east and Heath, Cathays and Roath
The rustic bridge parapets over the brook also look like John Hicks's work.
The rustic bridge parapets over the brook also look like John Hicks's work.
It looks horribly dated now, but this was state-of-the-art opulence in 1965.
The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.
Tiny brooks fill the air with the sound of running water, and the village church is a charming medieval survival.
Taken from Overton Hill, this view shows the town with the Mersey estuary in the distance beyond the sand dunes.
The 15th-century tower has flushwork patterns on the battlements and buttresses.
In the middle of Great Whyte stands the 'dummy clock'.
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