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Farleigh Dene. Cliddesden
My father, Syd Cheale, was an evangelist with the European Christian Mission and we cared for many children and teenagers at Farleigh Dene in Cliddesden, Basingstoke. Dad and Mum told them about the Bible and Christianity. My ...Read more
A memory of Oakley in 1961 by
American Tracing Roots To Mountain Ash
My name is George Reese---and I am in the US. My relatives came mainly from Glamorgan, but a few from England. About 20 years ago, I started to research my family roots. My mother gave me a small Bible, ...Read more
A memory of Mountain Ash in 2008 by
Hither Green Lane
From Martin's description it sounds as if he lived in Hither Green Lane [as did I in the 50s and 60s] There were allotments behind the houses, an inevitable draw, since we were forbidden to go there, and would be shouted at and ...Read more
A memory of Lewisham by
Sisters Of Mercy In The 1950s
I had the great misfortune to attend St Josephs Primary Roman Catholic School, Stanford-Le-Hope in the early to mid 1950s. The nuns there were far too fond of wielding bamboo canes split halfway down the middle ...Read more
A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1953 by
Woodages On Friston St.
My granddad William (Bill) Woodage lived at One Friston St Fulham SW. He married Violet Fraser and had Anne. My mom married there in 1958 and moved to the US. Mom and my sister moved back in '64 when my dad went to Vietnam. I was ...Read more
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Friars Children's Home, 31 Bradford Street, Bocking
My mother wrote her childhood memories about 10 years before she died in 1992. She was sent to Friars Children's Home for the sole purpose of working when she was 14 in about 1926. I think that her ...Read more
A memory of Bocking in 1920 by
Ray Griffiths Holiday Memories
I have wonderful memories of Pembroke Dock. We used to holiday there once a year at my mothers aunts. The first memories i have of holidaying there was in 1947 when I was 8 years old. The poor old town had taken a real ...Read more
A memory of Pembroke Dock by
The Garden City
I began my nursery training here, my house was initially Empire, then Canon Fleming.......with Miss Souter as my mentor and trainer. I was the youngest of a group of 7 girls, all hoping to gain the coveted NNEB qualification. ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1965 by
Very Recent Visit 2013
Not quite a historical memory. But only last year I began some serious searching into my father's mother's family. She died when he was a wee child, and he lost touch with her family. He is now 94 years old, and this year I ...Read more
A memory of Hythe in 2013 by
Baptism And A Marriage
I was baptised in the Parish Church just beyond the trees on the left. My sister-in-law lived in the cottage on the far right - almost next to the Vicarage garden. In the late 40's and 50's I used to walk to Church Street from ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1940 by
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Horse-drawn trams began in Worcester in 1881 with three routes, all of them passing through The Cross.
Although the village is close to the river Soar, it was not until the arrival of the railway that it began to expand.
The Victorian restoration began in 1859 and was carried out by ecclesiastical architect John Hicks of Dorchester, whose assistant draughtsman at this time was the young novelist Thomas Hardy.
In 1877 the hall was sold again, and then began a chequered existence of rentals and military occupation in wartime.
The history of Finchale began in about 1115 when St Godric built himself a hermitage.
Here we see Grainger Street before work began on electrification of the street tramway.
In 1867 the Church School was built opposite, and the Grammar School began to struggle - fee-paying students were sent to the cheaper option.
The river sailing season began each year with the Easter regatta at the Tamesis Club.
The story of the town as a popular holiday destination began when the railway arrived in 1877.
Almost at once, the steam ships began to take over; other places were more suited to that kind of shipping.
The process of regeneration began with the redevelopment of the Market Square in 1997.
England's oldest agricultural show began here in 1799. The market town is bisected by the 75-mile River Wharfe.
In the 18th century, The Red Lion was a popular stopping point on the London to Portsmouth road before the stage coaches began the long haul up to the wild and treacherous wastes of Hindhead Common, the
Construction began in 1853 and was finished in 1855, although the viaduct only came into service a year and half later.
Although close to the River Soar, it was not until the arrival of the railway that it began to expand.
Two mighty rivers, the Aire and the Calder, join at Castleford, and water power began the industrial revolution in this old Roman settlement.
Farnham had been an ecclesiastical estate since the 7th century, but it was Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester from 1129-1171, who began building a castle when he ordered the raising of a motte and tower
The work John de Courcy began in 1180 was meant to signify that everything had changed, but unlike most castles, it was not to bring peace.
In 2000, the Eel Pie Club was founded in the Cabbage Patch pub in London Road to 'preserve and continue the heritage of Richmond Rhythm & Blues in the area where it all began in the 1960s - Eel
The variety of shops in Morden was to alter after the underground railway station opened in 1926 and large-scale retail development began.
There has been a bridge at Warrington since the 13th century, when the town centre began to develop in its present location away from the medieval village off Church Street.
John Laird started his ship-building in Bidston Pool; he moved to the Mersey when the dock building began here.
Carileph began its construction in 1093. He designed the greater part of the cathedral as it stands today; the new building was completed to the bishop's designs in around forty years.
It was he who began the rebuilding of Brancepeth in 1817.
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