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Memories
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Linwood C1968
This picture is of Queenie Shuttler's cottage. She used to keep a cow and made the most delicious cream. Her brother, Les Shuttler, drove me to and from the bus stop, about 4 miles away at the White Hart, Poulner, to go to school at ...Read more
A memory of Linwood in 1968 by
Part 15
I remember Peter went in one day for a cup of tea, and stayed chatting. The horse got fed up waiting and came home five miles away. Peter was fuming; he had to walk home, and lost half a day’s earnings. He was ribbed rotten about ...Read more
A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by
The Harp Inn
During the 2nd world war years 1944-1946, I lived at the Harp with the Edwards family. We were accommodating the Americans from the Wem area, and also the Land army from nearby Edstaston Hall. The Harp was a hive of activity, and a ...Read more
A memory of Quina Brook in 1941 by
Black Bridge
The black bridge was a railway foot bridge situated at the bottom of Duke Street for the residents who lived in Locomotive Street. The signal box was there as well, and the crossing gates which had to be opened to allow vehicles such as ...Read more
A memory of Boston in 1940 by
Sale Locarno
I will always remember going to Sale Lido for the dancing. The Manager was called Ronald.B. Bloxham, he had a Van Dyke beard and he encouraged the lads to request a dance with a girl, and chat them up. It became the Locarno Ballroom later. We used to go to the local cinema called the Savoy.
A memory of Sale in 1954 by
My Home Town 1947 1969
I was born in Liebenrood Road Maternity Hospital Reading in 1947 and for my first 5 years I lived in Salisbury Road, moving to Whitley until I left in 1969. I remember as a young child having many photographs taken at Jeromes ...Read more
A memory of Reading by
Fleet Airarm
I was 17years old when I came to work at the Fleet Air Arm at Worthy Down. I wanted to join the army but, my Father wouldn't allow me to. So I joined the Naffi, and they sent me to Worthy Down - I loved my time there. Once I was ...Read more
A memory of Worthy Down in 1952 by
Childhood In Minster
My two brothers, my sister and I were all born in Minster in what is now called Turner Cottage but was then "The Swifts". My granddad was a village postman and my best friend's granddad was also a postman and we ...Read more
A memory of Minster in 1968
Holbeach Marsh
We moved to Holbeach Marsh in 1952. I came from a large family of six boys and five girls. My father and two of my elder brothers worked for Mr Caldwell, on his farm. I went to Holbeach St Mathews school from 1952 until 1955 with my ...Read more
A memory of Holbeach in 1952 by
Monument To The Duchess Of York
('Unknown', but somewhere in the region of 1825.) I saw this delightful Chantrey monument to the Duchess of York today in the belltower end of St. James's, Weybridge. The inscription is rather sad because, ...Read more
A memory of Weybridge by
Captions
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The River Don flows under Station Lane bridge on the Duke of Norfolk's land. Cottages in the village date from 1845; just to the right was the old Forge Mill.
The river is clearly tidal here - the nearby Tees Barrage was not completed until late 1994, and it was formally opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in the summer of 1995.
In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having landed at Pevensey to claim the English throne from King Harold, marched here and built a timber castle.
In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.
The town of Richmond grew up round the Norman castle, which was begun around the year 1071 by Alan Rufus, a son of the Duke of Brittany, and William the Conqueror's man in these parts.
In 1519 a Bewdley girl gave birth to his illegitimate son, later created Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. This boy died of consumption when he was aged only 17.
The Town Hall is down Duke Street on the right.
The figurehead, which may represent the Duke of Wellington or his brother, Richard Wellesley, was salvaged after HMS Wellesley (1815) was sunk by enemy action during the Battle of Britain in September
It was built by Robert Stewart, first Duke of Albany, Guardian of Scotland on behalf of the captive James I. The principal feature is the four-storey keep-gatehouse which rises 95 ft high.
Halland Park Farm is the remains of the mansion built in 1595 to replace Laughton Place as the principal house of the Pelham family, who were earl, duke, bishop, lords, knights and baronets.
Racing on the Downs was started in 1802 by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and the course remains largely unchanged.
The stay of Mrs Simpson, the future wife of the Duke of Windsor, at Beach House is commemorated in the modern tea room in the old stables.
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in opening it, named it after his father, the Prince Consort, who had died in 1861.
The Duke of York Inn is on the left-hand side of the square, and the church is nearby.
With the first Duke already in his grave, revenge fell upon Murdoch and other members of the Stewart family.
An additional claim to fame is the fact that the then HRH Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh spent part of their honeymoon here in 1947.
An additional claim to fame is that the-then HRH Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh spent part of their honeymoon here in 1947.
Eastbourne owes its development to the 7th Duke of Devonshire: after the railway arrived in 1849, he enthusiastically developed his estates here into a huge resort, with nearly three miles of seafront
This dock, the largest of all the docks, was officially opened by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on a royal visit on 13 July 1905.
A priory was located here until the Reformation, when the village was purchased by Richard Duke, who converted some of the monastic buildings into a home.
It was later burnt down, some say by a drunken Irishman who objected to the Duke's politics.
Carr's other work includes the Crescent (1780-84) and the Great Stables (1789) at Buxton, Derbyshire, commissioned by the fifth Duke of Devonshire after seeing some of Carr's work at Wentworth Woodhouse
It has been the property of the Duke of Albermarle, the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
Carr's other work includes the Crescent (1780-84) and the Great Stables (1789) at Buxton, Derbyshire, commissioned by the fifth Duke of Devonshire after seeing some of Carr's work at Wentworth Woodhouse
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