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Reply To Andrew Davis

I had a chum at St Nicolas School who lived in a flat in Dene Street, Dorking. I remember taking the bus home with him for tea. After we roamed around the town for a bit before I caught my 470 bus home to Epsom. My memory of ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham in 1952 by Stewart Cockett

Beck Road South Now Waterside Road

I lived with my family, the Widdowsons, at 6 Beck Road South from 1938 to the late 50s. Dad, Douglas, was the Branch Manager at the Co-op at Register Square in town. I remember playing cricket on Crane Hill with ...Read more

A memory of Beverley in 1940 by Joan Roseveare

Kay Key Moss Farm Witherslack

My great-great-great-grandfather JOSEPH FLETCHER Esq lived at Kay Moss Farm (as it was called then), now known as Key Moss. He is buried along with 3 of his children who died young and 1 daughter Ellen at St Paul's ...Read more

A memory of Witherslack in 1870

Ash By Sandwich 1789 1848

Ash is three miles west from Sandwich, a village lying 2 and a half miles south-westfrom Richborough Castle. The Church of St Nicholas has an interesting interior with monuments and effigies. Zachariah Pettman ...Read more

A memory of Ash

Brought Up In Tongue End

I, like my brothers, sisters and father went to the primary school in Tongue End, at the time I started Mrs Vantol was Headmistess but was later replaced by Mr and Mrs Gore, the school had around 30 children. Meals were ...Read more

A memory of Tongue End by Garry Baker

Woodford Bridge And St Paul's Church

I grew up living in Moreton Gardens, my maiden name was Nicholls. I have 2 sisters Pat and Laura. My dear mum used to take us to church every Sunday morning, and I used to sing in the choir. I have some ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green by Anne Westbrook

My Birthplace

My mother, Lily Mathtews and I, were both born in the same miner's cottage at 109 Station Rd, just cross from the Welcome Church. She was born in 1903 and I in 1932. My granny, Ada, was an artist and moved to 8 Sunnyside, and during ...Read more

A memory of Cramlington in 1940 by Charles Mc Gregor

Memories Of My Gran

I was born in Tean and in about 1957, when I was 8 yrs old, I was allowed to travel to Cheadle alone on the PMT service buses. I was 8yrs old. My gran would meet me at the cinema stop on Butlers Hill. She would ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1957 by Janita Plant

Ghost Bride

There is a story about a ghost that haunts St Nicholas, Laindon. The story goes that centuries ago, a young woman on leaving the church on the arm of her new husband, tripped and fell down the steps outside the church. She broke her neck ...Read more

A memory of Laindon by Ann Martin

Treasured Memories

My family moved to West Horndon from Millwall during the war, my nan and grandad already lived at 13 cadogan and we lived at 9, later to be changed to 29. I lived in the village for twenty four years, got married at St ...Read more

A memory of West Horndon in 1940 by Beryl Lloyd

Captions

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Caption For Ilfracombe, Lantern Hill 1899

Lantern Hill and the Chapel of St Nicholas are not just a focal point for visitors; for centuries the light on the chapel was a vital navigational aid for mariners.

Caption For Bramber, The Church 1890

The sturdy church of St Nicholas was originally the castle chapel, and probably dates back to the 11th century.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Market 1922

The market has always done brisk trade, but it is most renowned for seafood and chips.

Caption For Sutton, Wesleyan Church 1913

The new Wesleyan Church, seen here from Church Road (now St Nicholas Way), was a sumptuous and unusual building.

Caption For Abingdon, Market Place 1924

Frith's photographer was looking east, past the Town Hall on the right, towards St Nicholas's Church and the abbey gateway.

Caption For Burton, The Church C1960

The parish church of St Nicholas, like many of Wirral's fine buildings, is constructed from local red sandstone.

Caption For Bath, View From The Abbey 1929

The other dome to its right belongs to the covered market. Beyond is the quirky 1830s St Nicholas's parish church, now with the very modern Podium Shopping centre to its right.

Caption For Salthouse, The Village And The Church C1955

The church of St Nicholas overlooks the village and the sea; it was built in c1500, but its tower formed part of an earlier church.

Caption For East Dereham, Bishop Bonner's Cottage 1898

This thatched cottage with its distinctive pargetting (moulded plaster decoration) was home to one of East Dereham's more infamous sons, Bishop Bonner, the Rector of nearby St Nicholas's Church in the

Caption For Scarborough, St Nicholas Cliff C1955

It provides a detailed study of both clothing and baby carriages of the period. This spot is at the end of St Nicholas Cliff, looking south over the Valley Road footbridge towards the Spa.

Caption For Burton, The Village C1955

Very little has changed, except that the unsightly telegraph poles have now gone, along with the shutters on St Nicholas House to the right.

Caption For Abbotsbury, Market Street C1955

The mostly 15th-century church of St Nicholas rises above the narrow street of stone cottages.

Caption For New Romney, Composite C1955

St Nicholas' Church, New Romney, dates from the 12th century.

Caption For Worcester, The Cross 1923

The Cross lies between Foregate Street and High Street, and derives its name from a cross that once stood there. Foregate Street was the main thoroughfare in the 1920s.

Caption For Exeter, The Cathedral, The Nave Looking East 1896

It was completed by Bishop Grandison and rests on blue-grey columns of Purbeck marble. On either side of the golden gates in the Great Screen are altars to Blessed Mary and St Nicholas.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head 1949

The village church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is Norman in origin and was partially rebuilt during the 13th century.Within a few decades the church was extended; the west tower with its octagonal spire

Caption For Wickham, Bridge Street C1950

The front doorsteps at the house on the left lead on to the road - not user-friendly, perhaps.In the distance we can see the spire of St Nicholas's Church; nside, the church has no aisles.

Caption For Guisborough, The Priory 1885

Near the Priory is the church of St Nicholas, which contains the Brus Cenotaph, on which are carved ten knights representing members of the family. Robert de Brus died at Guisborough in 1145.

Caption For Abingdon, The Market Place C1955

The origins of St Nicholas' Church date back to the 12th century. It was built by Abingdon Abbey to cater for their lay servants, their tenants and passing pilgrims.

Caption For Broadwoodwidger, The Church C1950

Standing above the valley of the River Wolf, the Church of St Nicholas is first recorded in 1288 when a Parochial Quota of £13 was paid to the Deanery of Tavistock.

Caption For Worth, St Nicholas's Church And The Lychgate C1960

The fine Anglo-Saxon church of St Nicholas was a principal church in pre-Conquest times.The 18th-century Worth Abbey is on the site of a town house called Paddockhurst.

Caption For Bramber, The Village Street C1950

The Norman church of St Nicholas is perched on a small hill near the castle ruins. There was a railway station nearby, but the line is now closed. Lavender Cottage dates back to the 15th century.

Caption For Barry, All Saints Church C1945

The church was built on the site of the former coastguards' cottages; it was built in two stages - the first was consecrated in 1908 and the second in 1915 - a great deal of stone used for its construction

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1955

Here we have a clearer view of the tall Town Hall building to the right, and beyond it lies the premises of the National Provincial Bank.