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Brampton Road Primary School
I began my school days during the 1950's at Brampton Road Primary School, Bexleyheath. My over-riding memory is a time of innocence, wonder and happiness, where we were given freedom to learn and be creative in a ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
Winnville
Winnville opposite Askrigg Post Office was the residence of George Winn and his wife Elizabeth. George was born in 1808 in Nappa Hall Askrigg along with his brothers Richard Metcalfe Winn and John Winn who became the vicar of St Andrews ...Read more
A memory of Askrigg in 1860 by
Colindale The Early Years
I was born in the house on the corner of Woodfield Avenue and New Way Road in 1944 and lived there until the end of the 1970s. My birth was in fact on Friday the 13th of October, which coincided with the dropping of a V2 ...Read more
A memory of Colindale in 1958 by
Horney Common As A Child
I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more
A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by
Lightning Strikes
This is August 1953, I was 10. We were playing cricket on the clay field with some older lads, the stumps were iron and came from Spencers steel works which was nearby and stuff like this was easily got. Anyway I remember it was ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1953 by
Happy Times In Maldon
My family and I moved from London in 1955 to Maldon, following a visit the year before with our Sunday School outing, and we moved near to the Prom. We had such happy times living there and as children my friends and I used to ...Read more
A memory of Maldon in 1955 by
A Butcher's Lad
Mr Purvis the butcher, whose shop stood on the corner of Talke and Audley Roads, was my Saturday morning employer. He always wore a striped apron and a straw boater hat and sported a rather slick moustache. His manner with the ladies ...Read more
A memory of Alsager in 1954 by
Growing Up In A Small Village
My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. I ...Read more
A memory of Twycross by
River Row
My family lived in the end cottage in River Row,our garden backed on to the river and railway line beyond.My brother and I were aged 3 and 4 years old and I can remember waving to my father as he went to work in the pits, the train was a ...Read more
A memory of Treherbert in 1951 by
The Farnborough Puddle
I used to love The Puddle, I used to go there every weekend during term time from when it opened at Easter every year, until in closed in October. I would try to go every day during the summer holidays, but I didn't always ...Read more
A memory of Farnborough in 1964 by
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It is sad to see so many pictures of this era showing a preponderance of women, following the loss of so many men in the Great War which finished five years before.
The annual fair was inevitably accompanied by excessive drinking, and the first man found sleeping it off in the hedgerows the following morning was given the honour.
Thought to have been used since the Bronze Age, the track through the valley was one of several routes followed by packhorse drivers, who carried goods across the moorland hills between Lancashire
Following a surprise attack, Raby fell to the Parliamentarians, but not to be outdone Sir George Vane retook it, and managed to hold onto it despite being besieged in 1648.
The virtual absence of motor traffic suggests that this photograph may have been taken in 1956, during the Suez Crisis petrol rationing, which did not end until the following year.
Then follows the workshops of Uppingham School (1897) and across the lane the primary school with safety rails outside. The school had only about ten more years of life.
To the left of the man coming up the road is the building which was the town's first station, but it could not handle through traffic following the opening of the Ulverston and Lancaster
The Normans followed, but the base of their tower is all that remains.
Extensions were added to the palace over the following century after it was first built.Then in 1647 Bishopthorpe was sold to a Colonel White, who added further to the building.
This lovely pastoral scene on the Nonsuch Park estate demonstrates that although the internal combustion engine was making rapid progress in the years following the First World War, most farming communities
Now a hotel, the Old Court House was built by Sir Robert Brooke - he had bought the estate for £946 (an enormous sum of money for the times) following the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII
brought heavy industry to the region (indeed, they were for a long time the major employers in the town), it was not long before other industries associated with engines and heavy machinery followed
He was a well-known local figure, but unfortunately that did not help him when he found himself competing with the chain-stores that followed him into the town centre.
As an illustration of just how far we have civilised ourselves over the past fifty years, consider the following: cycles are parked against the kerb and outside the cycle shop without security.
Extensions were added to the palace over the following century after it was first built. Then in 1647 Bishopthorpe was sold to a Colonel White, who added further to the building.
Following a visit by Edward VII in 1902, the town styled itself 'Royal Ramsey', and why not? After all, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had also visited the town back in 1847.
The chief benefactors of the church were the Peel and Hargreaves families, and Peel Street and Avenue Parade follow the route of the carriage drive from Accrington House, one of the homes of the Peels.
incumbent was the Rev William Davy (1743-1826), who printed twenty-six volumes of his 'System of Divinity' (unreadable, apparently, although you are welcome to try if you can find a copy) and followed
Other sections soon followed, with the Lancaster bypass opening in 1960 and the Thelwall Viaduct, which takes the road high above the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, being completed in
Every year on the Saturday nearest Johnson's birthday, there is an official gathering around his statue, followed by a supper in the Guildhall.
Few streets still follow their original medieval plans, though not all have been lost since 1945. Butcher Row went long ago.
These conditions are not only attractive to visitors, but also to those who have chosen to live in the coastal towns of Sussex following their retirement, some of whom can be seen enjoying a competitive
Following the closure of these buildings, the trade in coal significantly diminished, but an increase in other commodities, like timber imports, redressed the balance.
It was then known as the George and Dragon, but re-christened the Assheton Arms following the elevation of the squire to Lord Clitheroe.
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