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A Fine Summers Evening Shattered
Sunday 25th of June 1944. A lovely summers day but at 9 o'clock in the evening the air raid siren sounded and a few minutes later a V1 flying bomb came roaring over the housetops, apparently going to miss us - but ...Read more
A memory of Chingford in 1944 by
The School Of The Holy Child, Laleham Abbey
heads the label in a dictionary of music that I received as a prize in Upper IA. No date. It must have been 1955. My name was/is Margaret Morley. I joined the school on my return from Malaya in 1951, followed by ...Read more
A memory of Laleham
The Awakening
On the right of the photograph the second shop belonged to Arthur Sansom, the Newsagents and Confectioners. It has a sign board above the shop front: PICTURE POST. In the Easter holidays of 1959 at the age of 14½, I took my first ...Read more
A memory of Locksbottom
My Barmouth Holidays
In 1946 my dad decided we would join an aunt and uncle holidaying at Barmouth. They had hired a little caravan for two weeks at Caerdaniel farm Llanaber. Dad dug out his prewar camping gear [we were camping at Clevedon in September ...Read more
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Good Mates And Grown Ups
I was born in 1937 at Steed Road Muswell Hill. 1938 moved to 137 Northview Road opposite the alley leading to the playing fields. Used to go that way to school at Crouch End sec mod. First school Campsbourne Road Primary. It ...Read more
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Life Above Corals Coal Shop
my parents moved to an empty flat above the coral coal shop in bank street.my Father worked for corals coal as a delivery driver.The flat was an extra bonus i was born in Dover 1954 and when we left there we moved to a place ...Read more
A memory of Ashford
Wargrave In Berkshire About 1966.
I used to work for a company called David Greig, they had provisions shops in many towns with the flagship shop at that time (mid sixties) being the one at Reading. I worked mainly in the Orpington shop and was asked to ...Read more
A memory of Wargrave
Hythe Ferry And The Liners
From 1954-60 I travelled from Blackfield to the Gregg School in Winn Road. It was a 'long and winding' road by bus, so it became an adventure to travel by the Hythe Ferry. A walk or run up the pier, or a fun ride in the ...Read more
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A Beginning
My Grandfather, Richard Summersgill, was born in Prescot, Lancashire on July 9, 1864 the son of Richard and Ellen Gore Summersgill. He emigrated to USA in 1888. His friend Peter Kelly worked at the Pilkington Glass with him, and they ...Read more
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Memories Of Days Gone By
I was born in Mark Street, Palmers Buildings. Around 1953 our family moved to Whitby Gardens, Holy Cross. Attended St Aidan's school. I worked down the Rising Sun from 1955 for three years then enlisted in the Army for six ...Read more
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The opening of the steelworks was followed by the building of a chemical plant at Baglan Bay by British Petroleum.
If you follow its line, you can just see that it extends way beyond the Pavilion. In 1907 it was extended to make it nearly twice as long as it is today.
Its replacement was this column, 60 feet high and bearing the following inscription: 'This column was erected by the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, by the permission of John Shaw Leigh, Esq,
One of the new towns acquired by Cheshire following the border change in 1974, Widnes developed in the 1800s along with the new chemical industries.
The castle, at the medieval limit of navigation for the River Rother, was licensed in 1385 following French raids on Rye and Winchelsea.
The corporation laid a circuit of tracks around the building which in-bound trams followed.
gabled Renaissance-style Town Hall, built on the corner of Pinstone Street and Surrey Street, was designed by E W Mountford and completed in 1896; its official opening by Queen Victoria took place the following
During the Dissolution they were closed on the orders of Thomas Cromwell, Chief Minister to Henry VIII, in an attempt to destroy any cult following that might exist.
chancel are the tombs of some of the Fytton family, including Sir Edward (1550-1606) who became Lord President of Munster, and Mary Fytton who was a maid of honour to Elizabeth I, but was soon disgraced following
It was opened in 1859 and closed, following flooding, in 1948. This locomotive is now used on the Tal-y-Llyn railway.
The 35ft statue of Queen Victoria, designed by the architect J S Gibson and the sculptor H C Fehr, dominated the centre of the new city square following its unveiling by the Prince of Wales on 12 May
The River 1903 Amid a grove of tall poplars on the banks of the River Stort are the weather- boarded malting mills, which helped to lay the foundation of the town's prosperity following the passing
Famous for the quality of its beaches, Millport developed as a resort following the construction of the harbour and the introduction of a ferry service to and from Largs.
Then Cameron of Lochiel arrived with about 700 clansmen, followed by the MacDonalds of Keppoch. The royal standard was raised, and the fight to regain the throne for the house of Stuart was on.
The buildings are shaped here to follow the curve of the road. The first shop on the right is now a florist. Morgans, 'Complete House Furnishers', has become the Alamo restaurant and bar.
The street is now a cul-de-sac, following the opening of the by-pass in the 1980s.
The road through the village follows the route of the Guildford to Arundel turnpike, completed in 1809. Medieval glass was also made near here in Sidney Wood.
Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1500s, this became the parish church for the town.
Built in 1890 by Sir Thomas Jackson in limestone following the 17th-century collegiate style and blending in well with surrounding buildings.
In the years following the end of the second world war, John Harker Ltd built several estuarine tankers on the foreshore at Sharpness. One of them might be in the background of this picture.
In 1955 the Grammar School would have been in preparation for its 25th anniversary the following year.
Here, farmers smartly dressed in three-piece suits follow one of the flocks to market.
In our post-industrial age you can now follow the same road out of Risca to the Dan-y-Graig nature reserve, which is situated on land given to the Gwent Wildlife Trust by the Risca
The sign above the entrance of Cambridge Hall indicates that the picture was taken around 1901-02 following the accession of King Edward VII.
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