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Tsb
I used to work in the TSB down School Road in 1965/1966. I walked up from Glebelands Road swinging my wicker basket. Sometimes I got a lift off the milkman, it took me longer but he was very nice. I spent my time watching them build Boots and the new precinct.
A memory of Sale in 1965 by
Birchington, Epple Bay And Minnis Bay
Birchington with two bays and a village atmosphere 'in town'. A rail station with the most wonderful ice cream parlour opposite - wicker chairs on those old fashioned curved steel bases and circular wicker ...Read more
A memory of Birchington in 1955 by
How It Is Now
The shop shown is now a Costa Coffee and the pub next door is a restaurant, once the White Hart where Charles Dickens stayed.
A memory of Stevenage in 2012 by
Yorkletts Shop
I'm so pleased to see the picture of the post office in Yorkletts. I spent several childhood holidays with my Nan and Gran at Yorkletts, and struggle to recall anything but vague memories of the place. But I do remember walking down ...Read more
A memory of Yorkletts in 1956
Dunoon Best Holidays Ever
Each year, the excitement mounted as summer drew near. Dad would drag out the large wicker hamper and Mum would start to fill it with clothes, wellies and tins of food from Galbraiths or the Co-op. By school's end, the carriers ...Read more
A memory of Dunoon
Fetcham Towards The End Of The Second World War
I lived for the first 6 weeks of my life in Fetcham. I was born 19.8.45. My family had moved to Fetcham to escape the bombing in London & my father, who had fought in the 1st World War, was working ...Read more
A memory of Fetcham in 1945 by
Sense Of History
There is a sense of history by walking along Church Street with its deep guttering, for the times when and where horses were the transport and along to the Church, the Palace Of Eastry, Eastry Court and then Eastry farm and the C. of ...Read more
A memory of Eastry by
Battersea Arts Society
I remember the Plough ... it was where my dad, Chas Ross, and a group of other artists held their meetings; they called themselves the Battersea Art Society, this was during the 1960's. My dad, who painted every spare ...Read more
A memory of Clapham by
Meridian Sewing Factory
My mum used to work at the Meridian sewing factory, her maiden name was Valerie Dickens, which then became Valerie Smith. I think mum left there to have me and I was born in 1978. If anyone has memories of the Meridian or knows ...Read more
A memory of Clowne by
Margery Dickens
Margery Dickens was one of five children who were born in Wibtoft in the 1920s, she went to Little Claybrooke school, she walked every day and was expected to collect wood on the way home. She came from a very poor family, she shared ...Read more
A memory of Wibtoft in 1920 by
Captions
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The teashop on the left (supplying trays for the beach) was one of the many refreshment places in this historic little town - a favourite haunt of Charles Dickens.
There is a story that when Charles Dickens lived at nearby Gadshill, he had a tunnel constructed that led under the main road and came up in his garden on the other side in the parish of Shorne; here he
Among the many old buildings in this stretch of the High Street is the Tudor brick Eastgate House, seen on the right, and now the Charles Dickens Centre.
The Exchange looks here much as it did when Charles Dickens ascended its steps to give his reading.
This busy fishing resort was also a favourite of Charles Dickens; he found the sea air inspired him to complete his novel 'Nicholas Nickleby' here.
Broadstairs was the queen of all watering places as far as Charles Dickens was concerned; he first visited here in 1837, and subsequently wrote 'Nicholas Nickleby', 'Barnaby Rudge', 'The Pickwick Papers
It has been claimed, probably erroneously, that it is the original of 'the Old Curiosity Shop' made immortal by Dickens as the home of 'Little Nell'.
This busy resort was also a favourite of Charles Dickens; he found the sea air inspired him to complete his novel 'Nicholas Nickleby' here.
Lord Nelson and Charles Dickens are reputed to have stayed there.
The Marquis, it is true, had no more life outside Dickens's brain than Sam himself, but its counterpart in our everyday world is said to have lain in North Street, the King's Head, a vast establishment
A cart horse of Dickens & Co, brewers and wine and spirits merchants, waits patiently between trips. Lighter loads were taken around town by handcart.
On the right is The Saracen's Head, a former coaching inn that features in Dickens' 'The Pickwick Papers'.
Goods are being packed up into large wicker hampers, and perhaps some stallholders have already repaired to one of the town's many inns - 'market fresh' was a local expression for having
They would arrive on an early ferry with their wicker baskets and 'set up shop' along the promenade or on the beach.
Charles Dickens stayed here when reporting on the shipwreck of the 'Royal Charter' in 1859.
As Dickens pointed out: 'Gin drinking is a great vice in England'. The simple pleasures of a pot and a pipe wre largely ousted.
Designed to protect the docks from landward attack, they were never needed militarily, except for the kind of exercises Mr Pickwick (and his creator, Charles Dickens) witnessed, but they provide 90
This building survives because it is thought to be the premises of Little Nell's grandfather in Charles Dickens's novel 'The Old Curiosity Shop'.
Designed to protect the docks from landward attack, they were never needed militarily, except for the kind of exercises Mr Pickwick (and his creator, Charles Dickens) witnessed, but they provide 90
It was the 'clean and commodious ale-house' where the love-lorn Mr Tracy Tupman stayed in Charles Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers'.
It was the 'clean and commodious ale-house' where the love-lorn Mr Tracy Tupman stayed in Charles Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers'.
Wicker baskets carried by the ladies (in the right-hand rowing boat) were very much a feature of life until quite recent times.
Charles Dickens was a frequent visitor to the castle and in the 1980s the TV drama series By the Sword Divided was filmed here.
However, when Charles Dickens visited the house, he was more impressed by the earl's huge gooseberries than his huge house!
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