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One of my earliest memories was walking to the shops with my mother. We passed along a road called Kingstanding Road, there were a lot of men mending the road and I asked my mother about them as I had not seen them before, she hurried ...Read more
A memory of Kingstanding in 1942 by
The Friend I Never Knew
I hope this doesn´t distress anyone - that is not my intention, but does anyone recall the name of the young boy from east view who shot himself ? The reason I ask is, that for many years I lived and played there and hung ...Read more
A memory of Bargoed in 1976 by
Ham, Sweet Ham!
I moved to Ham in 1959 from Kew and left in 1984 after coming back from a short spell of living abroad with work. I went to St. Andrew's school (now St. Matthias' church) then, St Richards with St Andrews on Ashburnham Rd. We lived in ...Read more
A memory of Ham in 1965 by
My Birth Place
I was born at Sutton on Trent in 1938 and, as it was then, No.1 Station Road. My Dad worked for Nottinghamshire County Council, as a Road Foreman. Memories of my time spent growing up in the village were brought back at a ...Read more
A memory of Sutton on Trent in 1940 by
Mishaps In South Croydon
The pub in the middle distance on the right is The Red Deer. On the triangle, which is formed by the junction of Brighton Road & Sanderstead Road, where incidentally I later lived & two of my children were born, ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1959 by
Mayday Hospital Croydon
I am Irish and did nurse training in the Mayday Hospital from 1962 until 1965. The work was very hard, but we, the student nurses, enjoyed a good social life. I loved visiting all the shops in Croydon but had very little ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1962 by
Finchley Road & Frognal Station, Looking East
Having lived from 1938 to 1959 in the adjacent Lymington Road, which backs onto the Richmond-Broad Street Line serving this station and having passed it daily to and from my way to school/work, I ...Read more
A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1950 by
University College School, Frognal
This was a Boys Grammar School. Their uniform was a cap and blazer with broad black and dark red stripes. During the war a number of the large houses in Frognal were evacuated by their wealthy owners, ...Read more
A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1950 by
Born At Barony Hospital
I was born, illegitimately, in Barony Hospital, Nantwich and lived in Church St, Crewe, moving to Cliffe Road when the "slum" houses were demolished and the police station was built there. I moved from my first school ...Read more
A memory of Crewe in 1954 by
Childhood
I was born in Milland in 1942 at Great Trippetts Cottages. My father, Goody Luff, worked at the farm and had married the 'Nanny' from The Coombe. As with many farm cottages we had no running water or electricity. We relied on the well ...Read more
A memory of Milland in 1940 by
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The broad thoroughfare reflects not only the market town but also its link with the sea. Below the cobbles still runs the Belfast River, which once had quays allowing ships to come off the Lagan.
Two oil tankers, the Arkendale H and the Wastdale H, collided in fog and smashed into the bridge.
This village has grown around a road junction on the Horsham to Brighton road.
Hoghton Tower, set on a hill and visible for miles, dates from 1565. King James I beggared the Hoghtons by overstaying on a visit with all his retainers.
Laindon and Langdon Hills had always been separate villages with long histories, and even appeared as separate entries in the 1086 Domesday Book.
It now has a much larger traffic island around it, and during the holiday season it is a very busy place indeed. Butlin House (left) has been replaced by a functional modern building.
George Hilton`s business (extreme left) had expanded across the road to the newly built brick building on the right of the photograph.
The Pilot Boat Hotel (left) is pictured in the time of Robert Warren, advertising livery stables, carriages and transport for invalids, as well as daily coaches to and from Bridport, which was
Attributed to Pearson and built in the Early English style, this large, red-brick church was built in 1896-7, so it was relatively new in Francis Frith's photograph.
The street names survive to this day, but only a tiny section remains of the walls themselves, moved and repositioned near the former East Gate.
AT LAST he [Troy] reached the summit, and a wide and novel prospect burst upon him with an effect almost like that of the Paci?c on Balboa's gaze.
During the 1920s and 30s, Worthing continued to rapidly expand.
Other sports are popular in the town, notably cricket, and the club's ground is certainly in a very attractive setting; it has enthralled appreciative crowds since 1894.
In 1635 the town archery butts stood at the eastern entrance to Twickenham in Richmond Road - a reminder of the need for a standing army in a constant state of readiness for war abroad.
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