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The Bull Hotel

yes remember the bull demolished i and built Macfisheries supermarket in its place left my job with my mate Dave Palmer, we were both employed by Billy Horsborough who was the manager for better buying supermarket and the green grocer ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge by mercia2005

Little Smeaton School

My Mum Jessie Bull previously Johnson now aged 95 was I at the school certainly 85 years ago as she won a race for running and received a small cup of which she is still very proud of to this day. ...Read more

A memory of Little Smeaton by sue2fred

1973 Demolition Year For The Market Buildings

I arrived in Wolverhampton when demolition of the market buildings was under way. The buildings in front of the church (in the photo) must have already been long gone, but the buildings on the side ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton

Peter Full

I knew Peter very well, used to eat in his café everyday . He had seemingly endless kids and made the best curries. I can't recall his wife's name but she was a lovely lady, half his size. Everything else stays in the café.

A memory of Barkingside by shortstop112

Don Everall Trelawne Holidays

50 years ago I got on a Don Everall Coach at 9pm at the Bull Stake Darlaston. We travelled through the night arriving around 8am on Bodmin moor where we changed coaches for the remainder of the journey to ...Read more

A memory of Trelawne Manor by g.sheldon

Not Humberside

Humberside was created from 1 April 1974 and lasted to 1 Apr 1996. Kingston-upon-Hull is Yorkshire and not Humberside. Note from the Editor: Many thanks for your comment. I do understand your frustration, however, ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull

Sileby My Early Life

I was born in Mountsorrel 1938 and soon moved to Sileby 10, Mountsorrel Lane with my mother Mabel Foukes [nee Burton]. My father Thomas was in the army and my mum worked at Newbold Burton and Lawson Ward. I remember convoys of ...Read more

A memory of Sileby in 1940 by David Foukes

Doddlebugs And V2s Plus!

I moved to Lymington Road, Dagenham, in 1939, across the road from the school. At first I attended Green Lane School - same as Dudley Moor. I even had the same piano teacher. Miss Hoggard. But she gave up on me. In the ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Joan Fitzgerald

Broughton Astley Pre 1950

This is my second entry about Broughton Astley and may contain some references to items in my first reminisces. As a person 'born and bred' in Broughton Astley, I have fond memories of the village as it was 'in ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley by Reuben Reynolds

Jenny Brough

Harry and Margaret Coupland (my Aunt) 1949/50s they had a market stall in Hull market. I remember visiting them, Harry had a large greenhouse in the garden full of tomatoes. Son, Peter and wife moved from a nissen hut into ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1940 by Margaret Allen

Captions

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Caption For Brookhouse, The Village C1955

The inn on the right is the Black Bull, and Leslie Speckling was landlord at the time.

Caption For Irthlingborough, Bull Hotel And Cross C1955

The Bull Hotel, rebuilt in the 1930s, is a somewhat pedestrian and incongruous mock-Tudor effort, while the house on the left is now a bistro.

Caption For Reeth, The Green 1960

Cars and buses are parked haphazardly on the green, which is surrounded by public houses such as the Black Bull (centre) and the King's Arms (right).

Caption For Caton, Brookhouse C1960

Re-set in the bridge opposite the Black Bull Inn, by which the photographer stood, is a hollow plague stone where villagers left money to pay for their goods.

Caption For Ribchester, The White Bull Hotel C1955

The Romans established a fort here, Bremetennacum, in AD80 by a ford across the Ribble, and the pillars supporting the porch of the White Bull Hotel are said to have come from one of its

Caption For Redditch, The Star And Garter, Crabbs Cross C1965

Bull baiting, bare- knuckle boxing and cock fighting all took place, often watched by up to 500 men.

Caption For Deal, Sandown Castle 1906

The pier has always been popular with fishermen, and catches of bass, bull huss, cod, conger, dab, dogfish, flounder, mullet, plaice, pouting and sole are common.

Caption For Corringham, Bull Inn C1950

The Bull dates largely from the 17th century, though the wing on the right, with its projecting gable, is two centuries older.

Caption For Needham Market, St John's Church 1922

On the next corner is the 16th-century Bull (John Esling was the landlord), now closed.

Caption For Sproughton, Lower Street C1955

The herd of dairy cattle is making its way to Hall Farm, which included the former tithe barn dating from the 17th century.

Caption For Harlow, High Street 1903

The eight daily coaches would have passed the Bull and Horseshoes at Potter Street, the Queen's Head at Churchgate Street, the Green Man at Mulberry Green and the George at the end of the High Street.

Caption For Long Sutton, Market Place C1950

In the Market Place at first sight all looks broadly unchanged, but since 1950 the Bull has been entirely rebuilt in rough replica, and the Crown and Woolpack has had its stucco removed, but the chemist's

Caption For Wigston, Bell Street C1965

Looking towards Bull Head Street, a mixture of building periods come together to provide a pleasant moment in Wigston.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

Caption For Market Deeping, Market Place 1900

As its name implies, Market Deeping is a market town with a large, triangular market place, lined with pubs such as The Bull for the farmers and coaching inns for travellers, including The Deeping Stage

Caption For Chatburn, Bridge Road C1955

Beyond Martin's Bank and the shops is the Black Bull Inn, which carries a date stone of 1855.

Caption For Basildon, Whitmore Way 1961

The Redgrave Road area of Vange did have a few pre-New Town shops near the Bull public house in Bull Road, and were reasonably near other old shops, which were mainly on the A13 road at Vange and Pitsea

Caption For Chatburn, Gisburn Road C1950

The Brown Cow and the Black Bull, built in 1855, were voted 'excellent', as was Hudson's ice cream shop, which was housed in what was originally the toll bar premises.

Caption For Ranworth, Reed Stacks C1930

Reeds reach their full height in autumn, so reed cutting and stacking is done early in the next year so that the reeds dry throughout the summer.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite it is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

Caption For Woolston, Portsmouth Road C1960

On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

Caption For Dartford, High Street 1902

The ornate façade of the Bull Hotel with its massive lanterns, on the right, conceals a Georgian galleried yard.

Caption For Dartford, High Street 1902

The ornate façade of the Bull Hotel with its massive lanterns, on the right, conceals a Georgian galleried yard.

Caption For Streatley, The Village 1904

The Bull at Streatley public house is on the left.