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The Corringham Bull
The Corringham Bull brings back memories for me too. I remember very well the legendary publican Charlie Abbott, better known as 'short change Charlie'. I left Corringham in 1963 but I sometimes return for a visit and have a ...Read more
A memory of Corringham in 1952 by
Shirley Avenue
I lived as a child in Croydon. My memories were the shops, tea at Alders, a special treat of milk shake at Macdonalds (there was only one at that time and it tasted better!). There was a sweet shop at the bottom of Shirley Avenue where ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1980
A Yokels Tale
A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more
A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by
Manor Road Sidcup
I was born in Farnborough hospital in June 1956. My mother is Austrailian and my father grew up in and around Bridgwater in Somerset. From the period of 1956 -1960 we lived in the top flat at 12 Manor Road (now sadly gone), the ...Read more
A memory of Sidcup in 1956 by
My Beginning...
My name is Russell Ham. I was born on May the 10th, 1962. I was adopted at about the age of six weeks, I think. The best thing that ever happened to me. I arrived at number 5, Thomas Street, in the summer of 1962, to the home of ...Read more
A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1962 by
My Grandad Hwood
I am the grandson of Harold Wood, the son of Enid his daughter, who is now the last desendent of H. Wood who is now 82. My grandfather started the buseness in 1922 with one vehicle. In 1965 after building the business to over ...Read more
A memory of Heckmondwike in 1920 by
Hayle Coppersmiths
The Cornish side of my family (Penberthy's) came from Hayle and were mostly all coppersmiths and engineers, apprenticed in Ventonleague I believe, but like many of the Cornish, they had to leave for a better life elsewhere at the ...Read more
A memory of Hayle in 1890 by
Living In Stratford During The London Blitz 1940 41
I remember living at no 41, Louise Road, Stratford E15, during the Blitz, and attending Water Lane School. At school each day as the teacher called out our names for Attendance, I noticed how each ...Read more
A memory of West Ham in 1940 by
Greenhow Terrace
I married Helen in 1967 and the only property available to rent was in Benwell. As we were both far too young to know better we took a bottom flat in Greenhow Terrace. That's where it all went wrong, Benwell was being demolished and ...Read more
A memory of Benwell in 1968 by
Chivenor 1949
I was 19 years old, in the R.A.F. at Chivenor from October, 1948 to June, 1949 and was at the dance-hall in Barnstaple one of those nights in April, 1949. Across the room was the loveliest girl I had ever seen, brown wavy hair to her ...Read more
A memory of Barnstaple in 1949 by
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The people and their leaders sought a better world after years of war and hardship. Alas, their high hopes may have been in vain, if laughter is the measure.
The people and their leaders sought a better world after years of war and hardship. Alas, their high hopes may have been in vain, if laughter is the measure.
This gateway, an innovative design brought back from the Crusades to the Holy Land, had its entrance on the side; this made it battering ram-proof, and brought invaders into the line of fire of defenders
A bitter election campaign in 2005 saw the Tory leader Michael Howard criticise south-east expansion plans when there is no firm commitment to infrastructure.
This time, though, the town was better prepared and the results were less disastrous.
During the middle years of the 18th century the 'self help' movement flourished, and whenever evening classes were available, working men took the opportunity to 'better' themselves.
The Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr (better known as Thomas à Becket) is at the end, through an archway to the left.
A bitter election campaign in 2005 saw the Tory leader Michael Howard criticise south-east expansion plans when there is no firm commitment to infrastructure.
In Sheffield's east end, housing was of a better quality than that around the pre 19th-century town because most of it was built after 1864.
The Campbells fought well, but Montrose's Highlanders fought the better: this was a time for clans to settle accounts with the Campbells.
Thanks to the Trust, the Edge is now better cared for and understood than ever before and they have proved worthy successor custodians to the Stanleys.
to say that one place is more historic than another - because everywhere is equally historic when it comes down to it - it is indeed true that some places' histories are more interesting or better
The shops were for the better-off, as the lady in her trap and the man-servant holding the horse show.
The modern city attracts a very different version: 'every day, in every way, it seems to become better, cleaner, prettier, with more attractions, more facilities, more life … It even seems to grow
Some of the surrounding fields have been sacrificed to housing development, but there no longer seems any danger of the castle suffering the same fate.
Some of the surrounding fields have been sacrificed to housing development, but there no longer seems any danger of the castle suffering the same fate.
The Liberal mayor Edwin Oakley, who gained office in 1891, was far- sighted; he sensed that Luton's future and prosperity depended on new industries and better infrastructure.
Some of the prisoners fared better because they were held in the relatively healthier environment of Portchester Castle.
His vision of this new seaside resort was as a retreat for the upper middle classes and the generally better off.
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