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Places
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Memories
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Geoge And Dragon
I lived in Wingate in the 1960's. My Mother and father Jean and Syd Price had the George and Dragon pub for a while until it was pulled down. My Grandmother, Gina Richardson, also had the pub which I think was known as the Top ...Read more
A memory of Wingate in 1960 by
Memories Of Sandy
I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy ...Read more
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St George's Sunday School?
I am wondering if anyone can tell me the following; I am trying to find out what year the Prestyberian ittle school was built. I know it was up nearer the old original Black Lion, but can anyone give me a date as to when it was built, or a picture, many thanks.
A memory of Little Sutton by
Bomb Blast `siding` Margaret Street/Victoria Street.
I recall as a young boy of 7 or 8, that I was among a group of friends playing on the siding at the bottom of Margaret Street. We, as friends, found the bomb on the Rhigos Mountain and carried ...Read more
A memory of Treherbert in 1943 by
Those Were The Days
I was born in the home of my grandparents John and May (nee Hulse) Yeomans in Mere Road, my mother being the former Kathleen Yeomans. My immediate neighbours on either side were Jack and May Platt and ...Read more
A memory of Weston in 1940 by
Barking Lake
Not sure of the date; one of my memories is being over the park the whole day fishing and catching a jar full of stickle backs. The were so packed in I think when I got them home they were nearly all dead.
A memory of Barking in 1942 by
Growing Up In Penge (1947 Onwards)
I have said that my early life began in Penge in 1947, but that is only as far back as I can remember. Although I was still only two then, I do have a very good memory. I can remember while I was in a pram outside ...Read more
A memory of Penge in 1947 by
Family From Bibury
My memories from / about Bibury are: I was born there in Bibury Cotts - 15 April 1947. My parents were married there - George Lacey / Joyce Iles. My grandparents lived at number 8 Arlington Row. My parents marriage was actually a ...Read more
A memory of Bibury in 1960 by
Easebourne St. Easebourne, W Sussex
We lived in Wisteria Cottage - my married name was Bowers then - which adjoined The White Horse Inn, which you can just see on the left towards the end of the picture. There seems to be another building in ...Read more
A memory of Easebourne in 1997 by
School Road Nursery
I am researching my family and was wondering if anyone knew of the School Road Nursery at Yardley Wood. I have recently been given an old family photo which was sent to Mrs A Horton, at that address. I think the photo ...Read more
A memory of Yardley Wood by
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In the centre of the picture stands the forge, which is believed to date back over 670 years, although it is thought that horses and ponies were shod here long before that.
The windmill is long gone, but the 12th-century church, to which the tower was added later, is famous for its pavement of 20 brasses dating from 1320 to 1529.
Its parish church of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century, but it has suffered a great deal of Victorian restoration.
The parish church of All Saints dates mainly from the 14th century.
Somerton's Market or Butter Cross is dated 1673. It adjoins the Town Hall, which is also 17th-century.
Powers were sought in Parliament to establish new residential areas, and many of the squares and avenues of modern- day Cheltenham date back to that period.
The ruins date from the 12th to the 15th centuries; the tower, which was built between 1492 and 1524, is the latest part.
A former rectory, the great hall of this beautiful building dates from around 1300, although parts were added later in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Behind the latter is a medieval vault known as Ye Olde Crypt which dates from c1230. There are also crypts beneath No 34 Eastgate Street and Nos 11 and 13 Watergate Street.
By this date all the major hotels, apart from Blossoms, offered garage facilities for guests' automobiles.
There is a great deal of attractive Georgian architecture, and a church dating back to the 12th century, with a beautifully decorated 15th-century font and handsome Carolean pulpit and reading desk
Parts of Little Comberton's church date back to at least the 12th century, though there was considerable rebuilding in 1887.
The present horse on this site dates from 1778 and was the first of several figures cut in the chalk downs of Wiltshire during the next half-century.
The long, galleried Granary possibly dates back to the reign of Charles II, and is now part of the Museum.
The circle dates from the Bronze a In the background is the great boss of Kestor.
Other finds at Wallington House, Wicor Shore and Portchester Harbour have been dated from the Mesolithic period (10,000 BC to 4,000 BC), while flint and stone artefacts from Titchfield and Wallington
Dating back to the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the Oxford Union consists of various buildings in the style of the Gothic Revival.
Parts of the present Parish Church, which is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, date from just after the construction of Wisbech Castle in the late 11th century.
The building in the photograph, which is known as Chelwood Gate, stands as an entrance into Ashdown Forest; a map of the area dated 1693 has Chelwood Gate clearly marked.
The building - with the date 1510 on its gable - is reputedly where four local Puritans met before sailing to the New World aboard the Mayflower.
What does exist at this date is the Golden Lion Hotel, the first building to be erected in New Hunstanton.
It dates from 1817. It was restored to working order in 1967 - about 12 years after this picture was taken - and is open to the public. Today it stands amid a housing estate.
Most of the buildings date from the 14th and 15th centuries, but there are traces going back to medieval times. The Pilgrim's Hall is little altered from the 15th century.
Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.
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