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Upleatham Church
I remember that The Green Howards (Army) did a renovation on the church some years ago. It could be anywhere between 1960 / 1970 ish, but I do remember that as a philatelist, a First Day Cover was issued and I bought one. ...Read more
A memory of Upleatham by
1901 Wickhambreux
Sarah Clayden Rudd nee Wacey and her daughters lived in Wickhambreux. They were listed there at the time of the 1891 census as living 'the green' and in 1901 she and her daughters, Sarah and Rebecca, are living there and ...Read more
A memory of Wickhambreaux in 1890 by
Church Street Camberwell
1950s. This is the view down Church Street from the cross road which we all knew as and called "the green" which is to the left of this picture. The large double fronted shop on the right was at the time a Joe Lyons ...Read more
A memory of Camberwell in 1950 by
Caretaker..
My name is Rachel Page and my grandmother was known as Betty Tapping. She was caretaker at Haydon Hall for many years.I remember her looking after me while she would do her job. I used to watch her wax the floors. I ...Read more
A memory of Eastcote in 1976 by
Buses In The Snow
I remember the green double decker buses revving up Crays Hill in the snow and jamming their tyres against the curb to try and get up. We lived in Elm Bank on the hill and sometimes witnessed the buses sliding side-ways back ...Read more
A memory of Crays Hill in 1977 by
Pier Walk
When we were at Shoebury on holiday Mum and Dad always took me on the pier. We went out by train and usually walked back providing the weather was good. I can still remember the platforms either end and the green trains with the ...Read more
A memory of Southend-on-Sea by
Ice Cream Cart
Can anyone remember the horse-drawn ice-cream cart, the guy had as I remember a green cart, a white coat and a whistle. His ice-cream was really good proper stuff, then soft ice-cream came along and that was it, he must have just ...Read more
A memory of Crook by
Approximately In 1950
During the Second World War my gran owned a grocery shop at 7 Stoke Road, Water Eaton and my grandad used to take a barrow round the streets selling slabs of salt. I remember looking out of my window (at about 3 or 4 years ...Read more
A memory of Bletchley by
Growing Up In Lower Belvedere
My first real memory of Belvedere was that of starting school at St Augustines Primary around 1954. I can recall a wind up gramaphone which the teacher would frantically wind up to keep the music playing, even a ...Read more
A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by
Days Gone By
My family arrived in Seaforth late in 1939 after we were shipped back from Gibraltar where my father was stationed with the Kings Regiment. Early memories of our house in Holly Grove are vague. My sister Maureen and I, along with ...Read more
A memory of Seaforth in 1940 by
Captions
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The Green has always been a focus for village life, and has several fine old buildings surrounding it.
At 42 acres, Great Bentley's village green is the largest in England. In its time, it has held tea parties, dancing, football, cricket, flower shows, horse-races and prize-fights.
About a mile south, along the B3411, is Frimley Green.
In the distance is the church, partly obscured by the Hospital of the Holy Trinity founded in 1573 by Sir William Cordell of Long Melford Hall.
Moving down the lane away from the green there is a row of architecturally more mixed houses, some 1840s Estate houses, others older before the Estate went into picturesque Tudor mode.
We are looking from the start of the High Street towards the green. A
The Green Congregational Chapel replaced an earlier one near to the Kings Mills.
Houses from different eras mix well around the greens. Adjoining the village today, a huge distribution centre is developing on the former air crew training base.
Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond. Note the kerbside petrol pumps on the right, a common Irish feature until recent times.
The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.
A view looking east along the green to Trinity College, with the Bank of Ireland on the left. This bustling scene shows a horse-tram snaking over the cobbled street.
This estate village, now owned by the Downshire family, was established around a wide green in the 17th century on land previously part of the Jervaulx and Coverham monasteries, abandoned in 1539.
Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.
Compared to photograph 57007(overleaf), we can see that Tice and Son are still in business, but the old steam bakery, which was next door, has been demolished. The green is now fenced.
The precincts have two closes.
The precincts have two closes.
The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.
The trees on the green in the estate village of Bolton Abbey at the entrance to Wharfedale had just been subjected to a severe pollarding when the Frith photographer called to take this photograph.
The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
The huge growth in Middlesex's population has meant the creation of many golf courses on the green fields and heathlands of the county.
When suggestions were made in the early 1960s to convert this village green into a formal crossroads, the local Women's Institute galvanised villagers into action and turfed the whole area
The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
As a lady opens her gate to enter the grounds of the attractive house, she turns to watch the little tot on his tricycle about to ride over the green, perhaps to make sure he is being supervised.
The Green has attractive Georgian houses - note the fine portico and parapet of High House on the left. Went House is in the centre.
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