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School

I lived and went to school in Ogbourne St Andrew, I think the headmistress was a Miss Platt and very authoritarian. I always remember school dinners because we were not allowed to leave anything it all had to be eaten. Fried tomato ...Read more

A memory of Ogbourne St Andrew in 1966 by First Name Last Name

Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a young ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970

The Dumps

My mum and dad owned the Lonsdale off-licence during the 1960s and 1970s. I went to Brampton Manor, a few teachers stick in my memory but Dr Groom has to be the world's best physics teacher. I remember bunking off, walking over the dumps ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Brett Jolly

Whitethorn Morris At Letchmore Heath

The Three Horseshoes is an attractive pub facing the village green and the war memorial at Letchmore Heath, a beautiful place between Elstree and Aldenham just outside Watford. This pub regularly attracts morris ...Read more

A memory of Elstree in 2006 by John Howard Norfolk

The Second World War

There was an air raid shelter under the green opposite the Three Jolly Wheelers pub. It comprised a number of concrete passageways. My mother my sister and I would use it on occasions when there was a particularly bad air ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1945 by Colin King

The Slate Islands Easdale

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

Early Years Of My Life

I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own. I ...Read more

A memory of Micklethwaite in 1930 by Christine Elliot

Caretaker..

My name is Rachel Page and my grandmother was known as Betty Tapping. She was caretaker at Haydon Hall for many years.I remember her looking after me while she would do her job. I used to watch her wax the floors. I ...Read more

A memory of Eastcote in 1976 by Rachel Page

Buses In The Snow

I remember the green double decker buses revving up Crays Hill in the snow and jamming their tyres against the curb to try and get up. We lived in Elm Bank on the hill and sometimes witnessed the buses sliding side-ways back down ...Read more

A memory of Crays Hill in 1977 by Helena Mead

Pier Walk

When we were at Shoebury on holiday Mum and Dad always took me on the pier. We went out by train and usually walked back providing the weather was good. I can still remember the platforms either end and the green trains with the ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Alan Perry

Captions

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Caption For Kings Norton, The Village Green C1960

It remains one of the leafier suburbs, though in 1936 the city council destroyed much of its appeal by demolishing the lovely old cottages which clustered round the green.

Caption For Reeth, The Green 1960

Here we see the extensive village green at Reeth, the largest village in Swaledale.

Caption For Benenden, Village 1901

A pony and trap stand on the main road which passes by the foot of the green on the left, around which are the tile- hung yeomens' cottages and the village pub.

Caption For Rockbeare, The Crown And Sceptre C1955

When this view was taken, the road was the A30 to the west country and already notorious for delays during the summer.

Caption For Tettenhall, Lower Green C1965

The survival of the green helps Tettenhall retain just a hint of its village character, though it is very much part of Wolverhampton now.

Caption For Houghton, The Clock Tower C1960

The memorial shelter and clock tower were erected to the memory of G W Brown by Mr Whymper in 1902. We cannot see the clock; it was made by J R Ingram of St Ives.

Caption For Leigh, The Village 1906

Another iron-making village, situated on a tributary of the River Mole, Leigh (pronounced 'Lye') is centred on this demure, triangular village green with its covered pump.

Caption For Waterbeach, Greenside C1960

The Green was the traditional site of the Feast, which featured a procession led by a brass band.

Caption For Ashover, Eastwood Grange C1955

Nether End c1955 Baslow, situated 8 miles west of Chesterfield and 12 miles south of Sheffield, was once a part of the parish of Bakewell, but became independent in July 1869, taking with it

Caption For Tolpuddle, Martyrs Seat And The Village C1960

The memorial seat commemorates the six agricultural labourers who met beneath the sycamore tree (centre) in 1834, and were transported to Australia for taking an illegal oath during an initiation

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Street C1965

The imposing early 19th-century building to the right is timber-framed, with the ground floor of the house imitating stone blocks; the shop front has fluted Ionic pilasters.

Caption For Kettering, Bus Station C1965

Until the 1960s, most people relied on public transport, and the green-liveried buses of United Counties carried workers and shoppers in and out of town on busy timetables.

Caption For Littlehampton, Beach Hotel 1890

Littlehampton had been an important port in the Middle Ages and even a Tudor royal shipyard, but it declined until reviving with the canalisation of the Arun in 1723; it was most successful during Victorian

Caption For Lilbourne, Main Road C1955

The small village of Lilbourne had a market charter granted in 1219 by Henry III, but it clearly never developed into a fully fledged town.

Caption For Bolton By Bowland, Yew Tree Cottages C1955

The cottages and mature trees are typical of Bolton-by-Bowland. This beautiful village, once famous for its skilled bowmen, stands on the edge of Bowland Forest.

Caption For Stokesby, The Ferry Inn C1935

A step away from the green by the staithe is the inn, which is now called the Stokesby Ferry.

Caption For West Burton, The Village 1909

The villagers bought the green from the lord of the manor in 1969. The Black Bull dates from the early 18th century; it was a pub until 1924, and is now a house.

Caption For Pirbright, The Village Pond 1908

Although the pond has diminished in size, little else has changed.

Caption For Sutton, The Green 1894

The road to London passes through The Green, which was preserved by the 1810 Act of Parliament that enclosed the rest of the former common land of the parish for agriculture.

Caption For Grantham, St Peter's Hill C1955

The large trees have gone, but they were replaced in 2004. The 'bus station next to the library and museum has moved – and so has the library.

Caption For Grantham, St Peter's Hill C1955

The large trees have gone, but they were replaced in 2004. The 'bus station next to the library and museum has moved – and so has the library.

Caption For Mitcham, Lower Green C1962

Mitcham is a town with two greens. This view is of Lower Green, and on the right, out of view, is Cricket Green.

Caption For Moseley, The Green C1965

This must be one of the smallest and one of the most recently created greens in the country.

Caption For Shipton Under Wychwood, The Green 1952

The memorial at the edge of the green was erected in 1878 as a memorial to seventeen parishioners who perished during their voyage to New Zealand.