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My Earliest Memories.
I lived in Westgate Crescent from 1936 to 1946. I suffered a severe head injury when hit by a speeding car on the Bath Road just past Eddy's cafe a few days before Christmas in 1940. I was 5 years old. We had heard that a shop ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham in 1940 by
Bower Way
Way back in the late 1930s and early 1940s I lived in Westgate Crescent and used to walk the length of Bower Way every day to Cippenham school, carrying my gas mask in a cardboard box. I used to be friends with Tony Rimmer who lived in ...Read more
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Born And Lived In The Area
I used to have a hair cut at the bowling alley, when I could afford it. If not it was Smiths on bath Road.# Went to Westgate school. Mr. Rackstaw? Mr. Good?? Terry Davies? Was a milk lad for Ron Botley. Neville & ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham by
Local Store
I lived in the shop on the corner of westgate and percy street old basford.till we moved to australia in 1965.I went to guildford leaving at 15 in 1961.We kids had great times together the Bigham boys Sue Robinson who lived at 111 percy ...Read more
A memory of Old Basford by
Childhood Memories In The 1950s And 1960s
I was born in Dartford and at the age of three I was adopted and brought up in Westgate. I can recall the good old days of the steam trains running through Westgate from London and I can remember ...Read more
A memory of Westgate on Sea by
Elmshott Lane Junior School
My history predates yours by about 20 years. I went to the infants school first and then to the junior school where I passed the scholarship to Slough Grammar in 1944/5. I remember Mr Santer who caned me on the hand ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham in 1940 by
Family Research
Whilst I will be visiting Milverton before too long, I have no personal memories as yet. I have however found a letter written by my birth mother on 21st Nov 1956 her address was Milverton Somerset. Her name was Margaret Elizabeth ...Read more
A memory of Milverton by
A Day At Westgate
I used to live at Catford and my parents lived across the road to me, through out the summer holidays we could get cheap train travel, so we used to go to westgate, with the children, oh oh where has that cheap travel gone. this was ...Read more
A memory of Ledbury by
More Caddy''s Memories And Also Queenie
I too remember the tall fizzy Ice creams at Caddy's, I suspect they were simply called Ice Drinks or something. As someone else mentioned (but I can't find it now) The Parlour was between Long Causeway and ...Read more
A memory of Dewsbury by
Mercian Way Park
This is Mercian Way Play ground and not Cippenham Park in Station Road. We played here only in school holidays, otherwise we played on The Green , 15 - 18 a side football or cricket every evening in the Summer between 1800 - 2030 or ...Read more
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Captions
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This street in a medieval and famous city is serenaded by the majestic Westgate Towers.
This view was photographed from the tower of the Westgate.
A pleasure boat builder was located at Westgate Bridge at this time.
Further up into the Market Place from G66002, we see the town's library at number 14 Market Place (left) before its move to new premises behind Westgate in the early 1960s.
A large demonstration was held, which turned violent when soldiers confronted crowds close by the Westgate Hotel.
Opposite is the Westgate Hotel, which was the gathering place for the Chartist march which had set off from Blackwood, Nantyglo and Pontypool.
Others included The Bell Hotel and The New County in Southgate Street and The Fleece in Westgate Street.
The next tower along is the west gate; it has a small barbican to its front.
This view was taken from beside the Town Hall of 1836, looking north to the corner of Westgate.
In this view from Westgate the conical trees survive.
From left to right we see the Westgate Tower, the Henry VII Tower, the Great Gatehouse, and the Barbican Tower.
Through all this, Basildon town centre continues to keep pace; the Westgate Shopping Park opened in 1999, and the HMV shop in Eastgate in 2001.
Beyond Westgate Street lies woodland and countryside, including Hardwick Heath.
Opposite is the Westgate Hotel, which was the gathering place for the Chartist march which had set off from Blackwood, Nantyglo and Pontypool.
The west gate into the walled town is thought to have been situated near here.
This is the bottom or western end of Westgate.
Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.
At left is Westgate Street where only 40 years earlier ran the course of the Taff.
All Saints' Church looks out over the marshes by Church Farm, and stands at the west gates to the castle (not now the public entrance, which is from the Wartling Road).
Locals refer to 'the Island' by the bridge at Westgate.
It was at a house in Westgate in February 1555 that Bishop John Hooper spent his last night before being burnt at the stake in St Mary's Square.
By 1960, the pedestrian crossing over Westgate had been moved to its present position, in the foreground of this view.
The bridge was eventually demolished in June 1934, and the Beck was covered over during the Westgate clearance scheme.The phenomenal growth of the cotton trade in the town led to inevitable pollution of
On the right is the 60ft-high west gate to the once huge priory, which was surrounded by a high wall one mile long.
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