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The Best Time Of My Life
I was 8 when I moved to Steventon. We used to live in Didcot while I was a baby. I enjoyed Didcot and liked the town side of it. Also we moved here because my mum and dad wanted to live in the countryside while I was ...Read more
A memory of Steventon in 2007 by
Colchester 1960s
Lived Colchester late 1950s to late 1960s. Fond memories of picnics in the castle grounds with my young sister and baby brother. Boats on the lake. Military tattoo. Returned after years away and though there was change, much remained the same - thank goodness.
A memory of Colchester in 1961 by
The War Years
I now reside in New York but during the war I was evacuated from London to Fairbourne. It was the first 5 years of my life but I still remember much of it. I went to school there as well as Barmouth. The vicar was called Mr Hopkins ...Read more
A memory of Fairbourne in 1940 by
My Family Church
This was the church I attended with my family as a child from 1950-1966 when I moved away to college. My father is buried at the end of the path up to the entry to the church. The rector for some time was Rev. Cottrell with three ...Read more
A memory of Edgware in 1950 by
My Grandparents
My grandparents come from Elsecar and Wentworth, in Mill Lane, you may have seen the Roundhouse,Can`t miss it really just up from Pondside. When my real grandad died my grandmother remarried a man named Stanley Horn from Harley. ...Read more
A memory of Elsecar in 1952 by
Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s
What memories your comments conjure. How I loved the 'rec' as a child. We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout. The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by
Steamin At The Square
thot id better leave a memory ciz nae other has left ane 4 newmill,poor show.1999 was the 1st time i got steamin,i remember it well,drinkin at newmill square wee the old boys.i drank about a quarter bottle o ...Read more
A memory of Newmill in 1999 by
Hensons Of Scawby Brook
My great-great-grandfather worked as a gardener and groom at Scawby Hall in the 1800s. He was John Henson. His son, also John, worked there, and also his daughter, Maud Alice. She was a parlour maid but died aged 23 in 1883, ...Read more
A memory of Scawby in 1880 by
The Raf Estate
We lived on the RAF estate in Ickenham during the late 1950s, in a semi-detached house at 14 Nettleton Road. Every RAF home mirrored the next; their furnishings were also identical. You could move from Scotland to England (which we ...Read more
A memory of Ickenham in 1957 by
Miner's Hall,Glyncorrwg
My memories are from the 1950s to the 1970s. My grandparents lived opposite the Miner's Hall for many years. (28 Cymmer Road). My grandfather was a bricklayer in the pit and also the Treasurer for the Miner's Hall. I ...Read more
A memory of Glyncorrwg in 1960
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A baby fashion note is the coach-built pram in the foreground, a pre-requisite when cars were still luxury items.
It provides a detailed study of both clothing and baby carriages of the period. This spot is at the end of St Nicholas Cliff, looking south over the Valley Road footbridge towards the Spa.
Note the unmarked and unmade road, the baby high chairs on sale on the right, the coffe tavern beyond it and Olivers, the boot and shoe chain, further down the street on the right.
The only person on the street is a girl holding a baby by the house opposite the barn.
These children are part of the post-war baby boom. Although on a busy road junction in central London, the wards had rural views thanks to the extensive Brompton Cemetery at the back.
The Pearts' eldest daughter Amelia (17) holds her baby brother, George; the twins take a rather damp seat on the seaweedy rock, and Jennie and Tom watch the photographer put them all in the frame for
These days, Bourn is probably best known for Bourn Hall clinic, renowned the world over for its pioneering work with test-tube babies.
It is believed that this picture was taken in August 1952; the couple are John and Dorothy Sherwood with their baby daughter Anne.
This uncompromising modern building opened on 10 October 1952, and was soon filled with the post-war baby boom and the children of Woolston's new housing developments.
Two mothers with contrasting baby transport pass the market place. Still a going concern, Hinckley's busy market draws people from a wide area of Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Perhaps it is Monday, for the washing is out, and from the nappies there seems to be a baby in the family.
Children from the rather plain terraced houses have been given the job of taking the baby out for a pram ride.
The building, containing Davey's ('Baby Linen and Fancy Goods') and Reynolds grocer's shop, is virtually unchanged.
The bench ends are remarkable; they include a baby in swaddling clothes, Nebuchadnezzar eating grass, and even a mermaid, which is said to be modelled from life from a mermaid who would creep ashore
The breakwater timbers have a worn look about them, but they still served their purpose, and formed little pools for baby crabs to hide in. Children enjoyed catching them until a big one appeared!
Note the unmarked and unmade road, the baby high chairs on sale on the right, the coffee tavern beyond it and Olivers, the boot and shoe chain, further down the street on the right.
Wakelin's (left, in Sutton House) declared itself to be 'the cycle, sport and baby carriage store of the county'.
A baby girl waits in her pram for her mother to come out of the first shop on the right. The Railway Hotel in the distance is still trading. Today's shops include a butcher's and a newsagent's.
'Sea Piece' is the name of the bronze from which water sprays; it depicts a legendary sea-horse with a triton and baby triton astride its back.
He died at the house in 1820, though not before he had taken his baby daughter in his arms to see the sea, boasting to locals 'one day she will be your queen'.
Here ducks dabble peacefully in the beck which runs through the centre of the village, while a mother proudly poses with her baby.
He wrote The Water Babies while he lived here. Kingsley and his wife are buried in the churchyard. Inside the church is a curious sarsen stone hidden beneath a trap door.
Raphael Park`s peace and quiet is ideal for taking baby for a promenade in a beautiful perambulator. This spot was part of the Gidea Hall Estate bought by Herbert H Raphael in 1897.
Outside, a young lad propels his baby sister around in an orange box on wheels. The business was later taken over by Debenham's.
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