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Memories

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Milk And Fish!

In the 1950s we spent several family holidays in the South Hams, staying at the Dairy in Stoke Fleming. We lived in south west London and travelled overnight on the A30 in my Dad's wet fish van, my brother and I sleepiing on a ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming

What Used To Be.

The place where the Lydgate tunnel is a left over mound of ground found in the back field. There used to be 2 pubs and a black smithy that fell in and was rebuilt. They used to live and work in the ...Read more

A memory of Lydgate by Nicola Roberts

Spring Cherry Blossom In Welling

In a front garden opposite the back entrance of Brampton Primary School in Alexander Road, stood a huge cherry tree. During the month of April it magically transformed into a spring version of winter wonderland. a ...Read more

A memory of Welling

The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Croydon

My first time visiting this site and a message from "Simon" prompted me to add a message. I too remember with fond memories the old Parish Church Infants School. I remember my first day to Facing the church was a pathway on the left leading to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Carol Day

Best Years Of Our Lives

My name is David Cannon I was born in Dagenham in 1947 at my maternal grandmothers house but immediately moved to Alfred’s Way Barking opposite the Volunteer pub to live with my Gran and Grandad Cannon. They had lived in Barking ...Read more

A memory of Barking by David Cannon

Hornsea Convalescent Home For Children

this place held a lot of bad memories for me, I was sent 3 times in the 60s a lot of cruelty , especially once you left the nursery and was old enough to be on the dormitory up the flight of stairs. the nurse ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Margaret Kelly

Happy Days.

I had a dream the other night about Enton Hall in WITLEY. I was a student at Guildford Tech in the early sixties. I did a two year hotel reception course and was looking for a job near my home in Godalming. Suddenly out of nowhere my Dad ...Read more

A memory of Enton Hall by Janet Magri

Norway Lodge School

I attended Norway Lodge School in Menston in the early 1960s. It was so called because it was built exactly like a Norwegian chalet. The younger girls were taught by Little Miss Maunder and the older girls by Big Miss Maunder. The ...Read more

A memory of Menston by Anne Carter

A Teenager Amok In Edenbridge

As a fourteen year old, I lived for a while in a then new house in Stangrove Road. It was a welcome change in many ways from the old brick house we had been in in Oxted, Surrey. One night I thrilled my school friends ...Read more

A memory of Edenbridge by Richard Strange

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 913 to 936.

Caption For Sherborne, Kings School 1912

These buildings date back to 1879.

Caption For Lancaster, The Town Hall 1912

He also donated the new Town Hall, which stands at the back.

Caption For Atherstone, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School C1955

The school has a charter dating back to the 16th century.

Caption For Bath, Great Pulteney Street 1887

Go back into town and cross the Pulteney Bridge with its small shops into Argyle Street.

Caption For Bath, Victoria Park 1920

Brought back as spoils of war, they were later given to the park in 1874, and the columned baldocchinos were erected by a Captain Huth in 1914.

Caption For St Ives, Market Square 1898

The market here dates back to medieval times, when it was one of the most important in existence.

Caption For Formby, Post Office And Village C1955

They were set back from the road, and the existing pavement and shops gave way to a pull-in for about a dozen cars; several of the mature trees were also felled.

Caption For Sherborne, Newell C1955

The Crown has changed little since this photograph was taken although the parking facilities have increased on the road at the front of the building.

Caption For St Margarets At Cliffe, The Village 1898

A little back from the shore in the older part of the village, we see a rural-looking scene along a dusty, unmetalled road.

Caption For Pwllheli, West End Promenade 1898

The popular 3 ft 6in gauge tramway ran for four miles along this dune-backed coast to Llanbedrog.

Caption For Arnside, From The Beach 1894

Set where the old county of Westmorland reaches down to the sea, this bracing small seaside resort and ship-building port enjoys splendid views of the fells at its back.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral 1890

This view from an upper window across Eastgate shows the north side of the minster with the back wall of the cloisters on the left.

Caption For Horley, Constitutional Club 1905

This view looks back along High Street.

Caption For Greywell, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1904

Prettily situated among trees and fields, the church of St Mary the Virgin is small but contains many treasures, including a silver chalice dating back to Elizabethan times, a 500-year-old font and

Caption For Overstone, The Solarium Hotel C1955

North-east of Northampton, Overstone is a linear village dating back to the 18th century.

Caption For Amport, Village 1898

The workers were demanding a rise from 8s to 12s per week and although most of them got what they wanted, by 1846 the average weekly local wage was back to 8s.

Caption For Romford, The Oldchurch Hospital 1909

The Romford Union Workhouse dates back to 1838.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, The Wharf C1955

The few waterside industries of Kingston were based off the High Street with their wharves backing onto the Thames.

Caption For Burnley, Manchester Road 1952

The River Irwell, beside which Bacup lies, powered the first mills in the town, and the Irwell Mill, whose square tower rises at the back, was one of several providing employment in the town

Caption For Bacup, St James' Street C1955

The River Irwell, beside which Bacup lies, powered the first mills in the town, and the Irwell Mill, whose square tower rises at the back, was one of several providing employment in the town

Caption For Uttoxeter, Carter Street And White Hart C1965

The White Hart dates back to the 17th century.

Caption For Amberley, Church And Castle 1906

Amberley Castle, seen on the right, dates back to Norman times and was strongly fortified in 1377.

Caption For Clayton Le Moors, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church 1899

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Burnley Road, Clayton-le-Moors dated back to 1819, and predated all other Roman Catholic churches in the area.

Caption For Sonning, The Lock 1917

Back to the river and downstream of Reading, Sonning Lock itself has been entirely renewed but the cottages remain.