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Boyhood
I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 by
Swmming In Hounslow Lynne Lowe Nee Barnett
I attended Chatsworth and then Twickenham County ,was a member of Hounslow swimming club . As Hounslow Baths were closed in the winter months the club used Heston Baths and we always stopped at Rossi’s in ...Read more
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The Old Becoming New!
I arrived in Weaverham in one of its transition periods. ICI had built many houses to house its workers in all the surrounding villages including Weaverham. So Weaverham had already transformed in a way when I got there, but ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham in 1955 by
My Mothers Wartime Memories
Or it could be late 1930s. My mother Ivy Eaglestone, at the age of about 11, was evacuated from London with her brother Leslie to stay at The Black Horse with Mr and Mrs Hughes, Elizabeth and Joe. They had 4 children: ...Read more
A memory of Trowbridge in 1940 by
Weekends At Chapel Row
I didn't live in Bucklebury but was born in Cold Ash where I lived prior to moving to Thatcham. Unfortunately my father died as the result of a motor cycle accident when I was eight years old, and social care being what it ...Read more
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Astrall Hall
We holidayed in Torquay in july 1965 we was a group of kids from The Hollies children's home in sidcup Kent..by what I remember the YMCA hotel was called the castle hotel..would this be the same one or was there more then one YMCA hotels in Torquay in those days
A memory of Torquay by
Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978
I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more
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Public Baths
I lived at 12 Grange Park Road from 1956-1971. Whilst there, once a month we used to use the Public Baths across the road, as we only had an outside toilet, and normal bath night at home consisted of a strip wash in the ...Read more
A memory of Thornton Heath by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
The Milton Road Coronation Party. 1953?
A large wooden hall was built on land behind Mr and Mrs Chrime's house in Milton Road and we had a street party for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. I remember seeing bits of the ceremony on ...Read more
A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1953 by
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A Roman villa was unearthed at Carisbrooke in 1859 and found to cover an area of some 120 feet by 55 feet.
Dancing to the accompaniment of the small band playing on the left is clearly a popular pastime.
This view brings out the tremendous bustle of Brighton's beaches, dotted with small sailing boats and lines of bathing machines.
A vast caravanopolis now covers the cliff tops above Sandy Bay, once a smuggling cove and now Littleham's bathing beach.
Even in wartime the strict dress code for Weymouth beach remained, though many of the soldiers and sailors stationed in the town would seek out lonely coves in the vicinity for a spot of
Exmouth's long beach offers safe bathing, and its gently shelving sands allow easy access for boats.
This was for many years the popular image of surfing and bathing at Newquay, when plywood surfboards were the order of the day - this was long before the coming of wetsuits and fibreglass
Another view of Bath Street, looking back towards the church.
Bath Street, leading off the Market Place, is one of Ilkeston's main shopping streets.
Its College for boys, situated on the road to Bath, was built in the 1840s in the popular Gothic revival style.
The Town Hall was built on the site of the town watermill.
Currently, there are huge breakwaters built of boulders, which have been constructed in an effort to attenuate the scouring action of the water.
Another general view of Matlock Bath, looking up towards the wooded Heights of Abraham on the skyline.
For away-from-it-all families, the open parkland extension of the Strand was ideal for a quiet riverside picnic, where the children could don bathing trunks and enjoy the unique delight of Medway mud
Cromer developed as a seaside resort in the early 19th century - it is mentioned as a bathing-place in Jane Austen's 'Emma'.
This road was cut in half when a new by-pass was built round the town.
Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.
Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long promenade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay.
Bathing is possible along some of the beaches at Cowes, particularly at Gurnard Bay.
The photographer seems to be the centre of attraction as the family from the left-hand house peer over the hedge.
The photographer seems to be the centre of attraction as the family from the left-hand house peer over the hedge.
Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.
King George III put Mudeford on the map when he visited the then tiny village in 1803.
For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.
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