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Third Issue Of My " Barking Ramblings".
Living in the prefabs in Ilford Lane I could walk into town up Fanshawe Avenue, or go via Tanner Street and then Glenny Road or, and my memory may be playing tricks on me but I think it was Harpur Road and then up by ...Read more
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Church Road Memories.
I lived in Flat(a) at 144 Church Road in the 1960s. I remember Crystal Palace Park with its pet corner and imitation dinosaurs. I also remember swimming in the new swimming baths with my family. There was a little shop with a ...Read more
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Brief Memories Of My First School: Noak Hill
It was 1947, when my parents were told they would be able to move from their one room in a house to a Prefab in Harold Hill. My mother was pregnant. You didn't start school until you were 5. The closest ...Read more
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Happy First Holiday In Polperro 1958
My very first holiday away from mum and dad as a 17 year old on my way to Polperro from Morden in Surrey. My father saw me off on the train in London with instructions to change at Liskeard then catch the next train ...Read more
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Shoemaker Well Street Ruthin
Anybody have any information on my third great grandfather and grandmother Thomas Davies born in Llanbedr abt 1832 and Mary Davies born abt 1837 in Upton, Liverpool He was a shoemaker in Well Street, Ruthin. They had a son ...Read more
A memory of Ruthin in 1860 by
'down Yer 'wey'.
Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more
A memory of Godalming in 1942 by
Ww2 Memories At St.Catherine's
I boarded at St. Catherine's from 1942 until 1948, which I believe was connected to Middlesex County Council during that time. I was 3 years old when I started, my home was in Victoria Square, Clifton and my parents ...Read more
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Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School
I attended Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School from September 6, 1963 until February 1969. Although I had passed my 11 Plus examination very highly (highest in the southwest of England) and wanted to go ...Read more
A memory of Lawrence Weston in 1963 by
What An Education!
It's pity that there are no images of Cannock's schools on this archive. Cannock actually had a number of schools long before many other towns. Primary education for all didn't come into effect until the Education Act of 1870 made it ...Read more
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My Days In Rosedale Abbey
My Life in Rosedale Abbey - Raymond Beharrell During the last war my brother and I lived in York very near to the main railway yards. The area was always on the target for the German bombers, being railway sidings. ...Read more
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The rectory also fell into ruin – the ruins act as an unusual gateway to the new rectory in the background.
AT the start of the Victorian era, all the roads around Enfield had been turnpiked.
Hest Bank was the seaward side of the village, right at the southern side of the mouth of the River Kent.
Business interests in the town realised they had to do something, and a canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1793.
The nave of St Mary's acted as the parish church for the town, while the large chancel was used by a secular College of Canons, responsible to the King, whose duty was to pray for members of the
The bandstand was the original feature at the end of the pier, and the Royal Italian Band (advertised on one of the kiosks on the landward end) were one of the first visiting bands to have
In the wake of the war, under the auspices of the Housing Act of 1919, the country set about building 'homes fit for heroes'.
In 1882, under the Salford Improvement Act the 22ft-wide bridge was made 77ft-wide to eliminate this bottleneck, and the river was culverted for over 250ft.
Construction of St George's Dock was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1761.
Wycombe Cricket Club ground, it can now be seen re-erected at Chiltern Open Air Museum, complete with a toll-gate.
It was soon apparent that 'Illustrious' was too small for all that was required of her, and in January 1859 HMS 'Britannia' (120 guns) was commissioned under Capt Robert Harris to act as a training
An 1821 Act of Parliament specified financial limits within which Worthing Town Commissioners could purchase land to erect a building to hold their meetings and provide and maintain a town clock.
On 12 July 1545 the heads of the five incorporated guilds, four of whom were aldermen or councillors of the new Corporation, voluntarily handed over all the lands and goods of the guilds of St
Balfour's Education Act of 1902 placed 'board schools' under borough or county councils (Local Education Authorities), authorizing them to establish secondary and technical schools as well
The Artisan Dwelling Act of 1875 allowed governing bodies across the country to demolish slum properties, and in 1876 the area around Townend Bank, near the top of Park Street, was earmarked for
Sited on an old cattle market, the Sands Leisure Centre was opened in 1983 to provide much valued modern gym and leisure facilities, as well as acting as a well-used venue for theatre and musical
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