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A Winter Crossing On The North Sea
I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting to ...Read more
A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by
Growing Up In Tideswell
Memories abound about my childhood, jumping and leaping like a rabbit at Eastertime. I remember staying at my grandmother's (Norah Gregory, a marvellous woman from the no-moaner generation), or at my Great Aunty Jessie's ...Read more
A memory of Tideswell in 1976 by
We Knew This As Four Wents Pond!
We lived at Henfold a couple of miles from here, I used to be a pain in the neck to my older brother who used to come & fish at this pond. I caught my first "Red throat minnow" here. In the winter when it ...Read more
A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1952 by
Sweeping Staircase
I also have memories of St Nicholas, and was a pupil at the school from 1949 aged four, till 1952. Miss Garrard was the headmistress, and I seem to remember she was very kind. I had a kindergarten teacher who was absolutely ...Read more
A memory of Mickleham in 1949 by
Bicycles And A Happy Hunting Ground.
Being the offspring of parents otherwise engaged, and only partially supervised by a succession of Nannies, whose only concern was that we should be clean and respectably dressed when we got up to mischief, we ...Read more
A memory of New Milton in 1950 by
Many Memories
I was born in Madeley in 1951. My father was a coach driver for A.L.Jones of Victoria Road. I spent a lot of my early years sitting on the front seat of the coach, and sometimes on the engine cover next to Dad. I'm sure ...Read more
A memory of Madeley in 1963 by
How Good Barking Was In The 1950s
I was born in Shirley Gardens in 1935, right opposite Barking Park where I spent most of my childhood at Barking open air lido. What a magnificent place that was! My father was a policeman in Barking so we always ...Read more
A memory of Barking by
Old Manor Cafe
My memory of Blackwater started when I was 14, for those of you who don't know what the Old Manor was, it was a transport cafe, which stood on what is now a supermarket site, on the right, at the junction with Rosemary Lane. In the ...Read more
A memory of Blackwater in 1960 by
My Father
My father worked for BP Llandarcy from the 1960s. I was born in 1971 and some of my earliest memories are the smell of my dad coming home from Llandarcy. He worked on a machine called the catreformer. He rescued my first cat Sooty from ...Read more
A memory of Llandarcy in 1974
Etchingham Banks
I lived on Wedds Farm from around 1948 to 1963. My father, George Couzens, a wartime Battle of Britain fighter pilot, was manager of the farm which was owned by Mr A. Howeson. They had met in the RAF during the war. I believe ...Read more
A memory of Ticehurst in 1957 by
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Apart from the need for something stronger, it was believed that the small arches restricted the flow of the Ouse and led to the formation of ice during the winter.
Next to him is Elizabeth's the outfitter's and then Mr Winter's jeweller's shop.
The pavements have been removed and the post box in front of the Butter Cross has moved into Little Minster Street, next to the Vickers shop (right) that is now O2.
In the 1980s, the Historical Society made a good job of tidying up the approach to Sawley Abbey, and one enthusiast is in attendance on Sundays (not in winter) to explain the ruins.
Robert left an endowment of £1 a year for the clock in the tower to be wound, and ten shillings (50p) for the curfew bell to be rung daily at 5am and 8pm in summer, and at 6am and 8pm in winter
Also appearing in 1902 were Thornley Dodge and Madame Isa Stanley; for those who liked to show off their expertise there was dancing at the Winter Gardens.
It was laid out as 'winter gardens' with flower beds, where deck chairs could be hired. There was a bandstand which was converted into a café; later came a putting green.
Rugby Club won the Sussex Trophy in 2003, and their home ground is in nearby Cuckfield, which is also used by athletes from the Haywards Heath Harriers during the summer months - during the winter
The minster finally became a cathedral in 1836. Hidden in the crypt are the remains of the original St Wilfred's church.
The tower was thought to date from the 12th century, but repairs in the winter of 1994 revealed a much earlier window, dating from about AD 980, in the south wall of the ringing chamber on the second
They appear to have been on the point of surrendering when one of them, said to be a servant of Sir John Winter, put a match to a barrel of gunpowder.
By 1937 the town was being promoted as both a summer and winter resort, and hotels now occupied much of the sea front and the area behind it.
Richard Edmondson made an application under the General Pier and Harbour Act; his plan was to have a pier 307 yards long, with a grand pavilion, a conservatory or winter gardens, a theatre, a concert room
After the spire was removed in 1802 numerous schemes were drawn up to restore the building's former grandeur and in 1860 it was hoped to add a further 20 feet in order to give it a 'minster-like
This was the period of 'the Little Ice Age', when there were severe winters and the Thames frequently froze over, so farming life was hard.
The heavy clay soil, known to farmers as 'three-horse land', held water in winter and became deeply cracked in dry summers, and was difficult to work.
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