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Childhood Memories

Knutsford holds a special place in my heart as I was born there in 1956 and spent nearly eight years of my childhood growing up in this then safe and close community. I have very strong memories of family, home, school and friends ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford in 1962 by Julie Nunn

My Memories Of Bilsington

I can remember moving to Bilsington village when I was just over seven years old. I attended Bilsington Primary School and have clear memories of Miss Fellows (the Headmistress). She had a kind heart I think but at the time ...Read more

A memory of Bilsington in 1970 by Creina Lightle

The Great Linford

I had heard of The Great Linford and can trace genealogy back to the one subjects that lived on the Great Linford although it is not named after any of my ancestors. In 2000, I had the opportunity to vist London and rented a car ...Read more

A memory of Great Linford in 2000 by Paul Linford

Number 19a Bus From Bognor Regis

Brings back memories of watching the driver remove the 'Limited Stop' board from the front of the Bus and to change back to Number 19. Use to live above Strattons Shop; my Bedroom use to overlook the Bus Stop and Overtons Garage.

A memory of Churt in 1965 by Charles Burton

Family Day Out Clerkenwell To Caterham 1925

The above photo depicts Dorothy Connor (nee Step) aged 10, with her late Mother Elizabeth Step (aged 46) and her Sister, Florence Step (aged 21) having alighted from the 159a Bus which brought them from their ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by Elisabeth Connor

My Early Years

On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by Sue Tomlinson

My First And Last Jobs In Hull

This is a photo of the Derringham Branch of the Hull Savings Bank where I started as a junior bank clerk at the age of 16 on 31st August 1965, probably around the time when this photo was taken. It certainly ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1965 by David Farrow

Stepping Back In Time

It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford in 1995 by Brenda Mccartie

Summer 1980

My memories of the heath are from 1980 when my mother - Kathleen (Topsy) Whybrow and father bought me and my brother to the heath in the summer of 1980 for five months.   My parents had emigrated to NZ and gave myself and my brother ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Heath in 1980 by Sarah Mc Gee

The 50s At School

I remember starting school at the 'old' school and then after 3 years moving to the new school - it seemed huge and daunting and many of us got lost in the first few weeks. Pyrford was great to grow up in then - we had fields to roam ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Ron Hardie

Captions

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Caption For Ingleton, The Village 1890

Ingleton is set amid the spectacular scenery of the River Greta and Clapham Beck.

Caption For Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

Caption For Cartmel, The Beck 1914

Ducks dabble peacefully in the beck which runs through the centre of the village, while a mother proudly poses with her baby.

Caption For Morland, The Village 1893

'Morlund', an ancient spelling preserving the word 'lundr', suggests that hereabouts Norse settlers entertained a superstitious awe for a wood or sacred grove set upon or close by moorland

Caption For Arkengarthdale, The Red Lion, Longthwaite C1960

Arkengarthdale is a little-visited but very beautiful dale which runs into Swaledale from the north-west at Reeth.

Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool.

Caption For Ingleton, The Village 1890

Ingleton is set amid the spectacular scenery of the River Greta and Clapham Beck.

Caption For Kettlewell, The Village C1955

This view shows the bridge over the Cam Beck at the top end of Ketttlewell, a charming village in the heart of Upper Wharfedale.

Caption For Coniston, The Parish Church 1929

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, The Bridge 1897

The bridge spans the River Eea, which was used by the mill close by.

Caption For Hayburn Wyke, The Waterfall C1960

A small wooden bridge across Hayburn Beck leads to the rocky beach, where the stream cascades over large gritstone boulders into a pool on the beach below.

Caption For Brough, The Village C1955

Church Brough is clustered around the parish church of St Michael, and there is also an area of the town known as Brough Sowerby.

Caption For Swainby, The River C1970

Some of the sandstone cottages in the village of Swainby are still known as the Miners' Cottages, remembering the village's brief spell as an iron mining centre during the 19th century.

Caption For Wilberfoss, Beckside C1960

Not far from Pocklington is Wilberfoss, once a home to the ancestors of the slave emancipator, William Wilberforce.

Caption For Muker, From Rigg Road C1955

This is a classic view of the picturesque former lead mining village of Muker in Swaledale, taken from over the Straw Beck from the Rigg Road.

Caption For Sydling St Nicholas, The Stream And Bridge C1955

This is locally known as Back Lane, and leads to Waterside Path.

Caption For Clapham, Brokken Bridge C1955

Two little girls walk arm-in-arm across the tree-shaded ancient packhorse bridge which crosses Clapham Beck in the centre of the village.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, The Village 1912

The board on the house on the left proclaims that the building belongs to W H Duckworth, cycle and motor engineer.

Caption For Ambleside, Tarn Hows C1955

This is a classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background.

Caption For Thornton Dale, C1965

The railed and culverted Thornton Beck runs through the village of Thornton Dale, east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors.

Caption For Marske, Village 1913

Marske is an attractive and unusual Swaledale village, neither nuclear nor linear, nestling in a fold of hills just above the River Swale.

Caption For Hutton Le Hole, The Ford C1955

Most cottages here were built in the century from 1750, and accommodated coal miners.

Caption For Addingham, The Church C1955

This scene of the parish church of St Peter at Addingham, standing in its walled churchyard on the village green and reached by a stone bridge over the beck, has not changed substantially since this photograph