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Memories
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Wreck At Hordle Cliff
As a young boy of 9 or so, living in Barton on Sea, sometime around 1952, I remember a ship washing up in a storm on the beach at Hordle Cliff. During the time before it was re-floated, the local youth had the opportunity to ...Read more
A memory of Hordle in 1952 by
My Home
I lived in the Wheatsheaf for 20 years. My parents Len and Desi Murphy were Landlord and Landlady from 1950-1977 The pub had only a beer licence when Dad took over. What a great photo. I remember the Catholic church bell ringing and the ...Read more
A memory of Midhurst in 1950 by
The Best 53 Years Of My Life
I came to know Drummore when I met my husband in 1957. We married in 1960 and this year is our Golden Wedding. My memories of Drummore include Crawfords shop, The Queen's hotel with the great family feeling you got ...Read more
A memory of Drummore in 1957 by
Lost Memories Of Childhood
I was a patient at the RLCH Heswall in the 1940s . Although my family came from Liverpool I was sent to the hospital with what we knew as a diseaesed hip bone which I later heard referred to as Perthe's Disease. I guess ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1940 by
Netherthong Public Houses Part 1
This chapter is a work in progress and as it is more than the 1000 words allowed in this memory, I have split it into 2 sections. The current title is : Public House, inn, alehouse, tavern, pothouse, beer ...Read more
A memory of Netherthong by
Netherthong Public Houses Part 2
This is the second part of my ongoing research into the public houses in Netherthong. There is reference to two inns in Thongsbridge in 1853 - the Rose & Crown publican Hiram Earnshaw, and the Royal Oak ...Read more
A memory of Netherthong by
Wartime Memories Of Hay Part Three Final
Wartime Memories of Hay: Part Three. (Continued) Apart from Ration Books and the coupon implications for restricted purchase of food and clothing, my own recollections of life in Hay during World War ...Read more
A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by
Little Tudor 1900s To Present
Little Tudor was the cottage that my grandmother resided in when she was a young girl. It is located on The Green in Holyport, Maidenhead. She and her brothers and sisters grew up here in the 1900s. I visited it last ...Read more
A memory of Holyport in 1941 by
Birth.
I was born in Crystal Place Road Dulwich in July 1930. I did not know the full address until a few months ago. My family moved to Grove Park when I was six months old and my mother died in March 1932. My father died when I was thirteen. I ...Read more
A memory of Dulwich in 1930 by
German Aircraft
In the early 1940s my father was a coastguard stationed at Barry Island. I was about 5 years old and I vividly remember that one day I was sat on my 3-wheeled bike at the top of the hill and a German aircraft flew over at a ...Read more
A memory of Barry Island in 1940 by
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The woman in front of The Ship is wearing rather dated clothes for 1910 - the outfits of the women in the background are more representative of the period.
The Hydro had become the Grand Hotel by this date, and it had been extended.
The village, thought to date to Saxon times, takes its name from the nearby hill-fort. On the left here is the Maltsters' Arms, still a thriving public house.
The church of St Peter, standing further up the hill, has a nave and aisles dating from the early 13th century.The town name is believed to have come from the pagan worship of Thunor.
The tower dates from the 14th century, and the chancel from the 17th. In the graveyard is a Russian cross taken from Sebastopol by Sir C Van Straubenzee.
The market hall dates from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and was used as a corn and produce market on the ground floor and a cloth market upstairs.
The vehicles are up-to-date - a new Austin A30 van is delivering to the shop on the left. In the far distance beyond the road sign is now a housing estate.
The white plastered cottages clustered around the tiny village green and its war memorial date from the 17th century onwards.
Dating from 1220, St Andrew's Church has a commanding view over the village centre.
The bridge is built of ragstone and dates from the 14th century. A further bridge has been built since these photos were taken.
The origins of Punch and Judy are in fact Italian, dating back to the Pulcinella of the commedia dell'arte, and first appeared in London in a marionette show around 1666.
The Lodge, a house dating from about 1500, belongs to the National Trust and houses Axbridge Museum. It takes its name from a carved king's head on the corner, the sign of the King's Head Inn.
Some interior features are very old; for example, the font and arcades on each side of the nave date from 1200.
A close-up showing the foundations of the original Chapter House dating back to the early 18th century.
The nave dates from about 1230, and is the work of English masons of the school of Glastonbury.
A coach and horses passing through the town at this date must be one of the last revivals of the great coaching days.
Parts of the first tower remain integral with the present church, which dates from 1574. A yew tree in the churchyard has been certified by dendrologists to be over one thousand years old.
The choir stall seats and benches are believed to date from around 1430 to 1440; the screens and canopies are later.
The sailing fishing boats are beginning to be replaced or converted to motor power at this date.
Dating back to 1309 and rebuilt in 1403, the bridge is now preserved. Six of the arches are original; however, the central one was raised in 1822 to allow barges to pass through.
The church itself dates from Saxon and Norman times, when the village was an important centre of the Royal Forest of the Peak, a hunting preserve of Norman monarchs.
The centrepiece of West Burton's village green in Wensleydale is this stepped obelisk, dated 1802. In this photograph, a group of people all carrying walking sticks (perhaps they were ramblers?)
This extravagant building is located on the shore; it mostly dates from the late 19th century. In the middle is a block built by Henry VIII in 1542 as a small fort opposite Calshot Castle.
This view was taken looking up the Market Place; on the left was a three-gabled building, probably dating back to the Tudor period.
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