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Ellis Street, Crewe
Although I was born in Nantwich (1956), in the Barony hospital, I grew up in Crewe until the age of about twelve. We lived in Ellis Street, which then, if memory serves me right, only had three houses, even though we were in number 8! ...Read more
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My Youth In Farnham Common By Peter Harrison
I spent my youth in Farnham Common and have nothing but happy memories. We lived in an old house called Glenwood in Templewood Lane. In those days (The 1950's and 1960's) there were very few houses. As ...Read more
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Forest Hall
My name is Brian and I lived at 26 Granville Drive. In those days the road ended at about No 40 and then there were fields all the way to Backworth. Joyce Dick was a particular friend. We all went to St Bart's Church and what a great vicar we had - George Foster. The Ritz was a must on Saturday.
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Happy Times In Maldon
My family and I moved from London in 1955 to Maldon, following a visit the year before with our Sunday School outing, and we moved near to the Prom. We had such happy times living there and as children my friends and I used to ...Read more
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The Wherry Dyke
The 'Wherry Dyke', Somerleyton, was the home of 'Ripplecraft Co' which built and hired out the Broads Cruisers that the picture shows. It had been owned by Sir Francis Cockeral, inventer of the Hovercraft, who tested his original ...Read more
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Early 1950s
I was born in Dartord where I lived in Stanham Road until I moved at the age of 9 years. Childhood friends I remember are Anthony Artist, Janet Cork, Michael Burville (not sure of spelling of surname). My next door neighbour was the ...Read more
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James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990
Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings in ...Read more
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Boyhood Memories
I was born in 89 Abbot Street, just off Sunderland Road, in 1932, then we moved to the Gateshead end of Redheugh Bridge. When the Second World War started we moved to 20 Brussel Street. The Davidson family lived in the flat above ...Read more
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The Fleetwood I Left Behind
I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then being ...Read more
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Pontrhydyrun Avondale Road
I am Roger Davies of 11 Avondale Road, DOB 19.09.43. Went to Sebastopol Infants school 1948 and then to Griffithstown Junior Mixed - Bryn Jones prior to 11+ ! West Mon 1954. - Harrison, Garnet, et al. Recall ...Read more
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Captions
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This leafy suburb of Tunbridge Wells boasts a broad and spacious green, fringed by cottages and trees.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.
The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.
This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.
Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.
Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.
As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.
The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
At the Stamford Road end of the street, the newly-built showroom of Tutty's sold kitchen units and appliances.
As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.
This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.
Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.
Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.
This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.
Trees shade the broad square.
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