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Stiperstones Poem
THE STIPERSTONES T’was long ago the Ludlow people vexed the Devil very sore He vowed to stone their homes and steeples until they were no more On Cranberries Hill he then collected his apron full of rocks and stones With ...Read more
A memory of Stiperstones by
Bull Ring And Market
I have just been back to Wakefield for a short break. I knew what to expect before I set off. But still don't know whose idea it was to do away with the old Bull Ring which I thought made it look more like a city. Why take ...Read more
A memory of Wakefield in 1959 by
Childhood In The 1950s
It breaks my heart to see how the years, short-sighted councillors and rapacious businessmen have ruined this once noble and beautiful seaside resort. How could anybody have countenanced destroying this view for the ...Read more
A memory of Bridlington by
Caerphilly
I used to live in Bartlett Street next to the bus station. My first job in Caerphilly was as a delivery driver for Harris & Ash DIY merchants, they were situated in a double fronted shop opposite the castle, although I came ...Read more
A memory of Caerphilly in 1966 by
Training To Be A Bricklayer
During my chidhood I was to perform lots of different tasks that would make life for my mother a little easier. I did not know it at the time but she was actually training me for my working life. Not ...Read more
A memory of Intake in 1951 by
Service On Hms Impregnable 1877 1879
My grandfather, Uriah Hazlehurst, served on this ship from 2nd April 1877 until 2nd March 1879 with a short break between 6th to 19th August 1878 when he was with 'R. Adelaide'. He went on to serve in the RN until 4th October 1895 when he was discharged to Plymouth Hospital.
A memory of Devonport
Greyhound, Fox & Central Garage
This photo has the 3 places that were a big part of my early working life. I worked in the garage from 63 through 69, the owner was Charles Holland who lived next door, we used the fox pub most evenings & weekends ...Read more
A memory of Keston in 1963 by
Wartime Evacuee 1939 1940
In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more
A memory of Caton in 1930 by
East Kent Coastal Holidays In The 1950s/60s
As a child the East Kent coast was a regular destination for our 2 week family summer holiday. We usually stayed in Westgate. In the late 1950s the excitement started with the journey from ...Read more
A memory of Westgate on Sea by
Norwood Middx As Well
icecream bike box...tonys.....came..corona lorry came ..orange pop tizer...cherry ade.........prefab 1951/2....garden out back......shed coal......little fire living room....gas fridge..fitted tin doors ...Read more
A memory of Norwood Green by
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The fine old farmhouse sits on a brick base and is hung with tiles and swathed in creeper.
At least they faced these buildings with bricks instead of the grey and grim concrete so popular thirty- odd years ago.
The White Horse is a timber-framed building of 1694, later encased in Victorian brick when the far bay was added. On the left is the corner of the shop, with its penny bubble gum dispenser.
Many of the houses along this street feature the locally made brown bricks.
Originally timber-framed, it was rebuilt again in brick, as seen here.
The Frogmore Café (left) offered busy shoppers a break until 1969, when it was taken over by Sketchleys the cleaners.
The Gaiety Theatre dominates the corner where the Aldwych breaks off from the Strand.
Here we see a fine example of a white weatherboarded Kentish smock mill with a two-storey square brick base and wooden staging for access to the sails.
Built of brick in 1790, the cone housed a central furnace around which glassmakers worked in what must have been hellish conditions.
The camera looks north towards the large green; on its right is the three- storey early 19th- century red brick Royal Oak pub.
In a not unattractive red brick, end-of-village group, it is impossible not to notice the Black Horse pub, with its well- mannered frontage and attractive pantiled roofs.
The Red House on the left, one of the best houses in Wendover, is built in brick with earlier Georgian box sash windows with characteristic thick glazing bars and fine pedimented doorcases
Built in yellow brick in 1839 in what is known as 'Commissioners Gothic', the present All Saints' was relocated by Sir Edmund Turnor to this site, a quarter of a mile away from the site of the medieval
The bridge has since been replaced, but part of the brick wall to the right remains.
Since 1895 the two buildings to the right of the mill have been replaced by a four- storey brick-built roller mill.
Fahy's, on the opposite corner, is now Hector's Sandwich Shop, and the paving slabs have been replaced with a rather attractive combination of red bricks in white flags.
High Street c1955 Mayfield's attractive High Street, with its raised brick pavements and fine architec- ture, speaks of the days when Mayfield was an important iron town.
The Victorian brick building (centre) was Carter's cycles and Wells's electrical shop. Next is Bond's fish and chips, with a sweet shop at the end of the row.
The ubiquitous St Catherine breaks through what would have been the skyline.
The camera looks north towards the large green; on its right is the three- storey early 19th- century red brick Royal Oak pub.
It is an exuberant William and Mary cum Queen Anne style building in brick and stone, and is now offices. Beyond is Sutton's Seeds and several houses, all now demolished.
The red-brick of Montrose, at the top of Crock Lane, is the prominent building on the skyline (left).
Montrose is the distinctive red-brick house with dormer windows at the top end of Crock Lane (centre). Holy Trinity Parish Church is visible below it (left of centre).
The windows of the grand red brick and tiled houses are wide open, which suggests that a welcome cool breeze is coming in off the sea. The chalk cliffs are part of the White Cliffs of Dover.
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