Places
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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Little Green/The Old Forge
I visited the house with my 2nd cousins as their mother, Ethel Smith, and my grandmother, Rosa Matilda Smith, lived in the house with their family for many, many years until the last of the Smiths living in the house died, ...Read more
A memory of Mells in 1972 by
Lived Worked And Played Here
My mother was born in keepers cottage in Battle Wood, who grew up and later got married in Battle church. My grandfather, Leonard Glyde was a fireman during the second world war stationed at Battle fire station. I was born ...Read more
A memory of Battle by
My Ancestral Ties To Pembroke
Greetings from Canada. Although I have never visited England I have long had a great admiration of Wales. My Great Grandfather who was born in London in 1835 of Welsh parents wrote many notations in margins of a Family ...Read more
A memory of Pembroke by
The Real Family Of Axmouth Devon Uk
My Grandmother ELLEN REAL was born in Axmouth 1875. Her grandmother was a Lace Maker and one of a few lace makers who contributed to making Queen Victoria's Wedding Veil. My father (William Tom Sparkes) told me ...Read more
A memory of Axmouth in 1947 by
Wonderful Times
Having spent many happy holidays in Hemsby, my friend Avril and I decided to sign up for a season in Seacroft, we were just 18 and up for what was then an adventure away from home. It was a very happy time, we made many friends with both ...Read more
A memory of Hemsby by
Home
I grew up in Welling in a house on Ridley Road. My mother lived in that house for over 60 years until she died this past January. I have 3 sisters - that was a tiny house with 1 bathroom, at times we seemed to really fill the place - felt more ...Read more
A memory of Welling by
The 40/50s
It was the 118 bus Colin. It went from Clapham Common to Mitcham Cricket Green. I also remember well those wonderful Leo's ice lollies. After those awful slabs of lard between 2 wafers that went soggy they were magic - Walls's! My family ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham by
The Wonder Shops Of Plumstead Road
When I was a teenager back in the late 1950's I loved travelling by trollybus to explore Woolwich. At the time I lived at home in Welling but Woolwich always had much more of interest to offer. There was the endless ...Read more
A memory of Woolwich by
Emigration To Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa has been my Home Base for nearly fifty years, having lost my faith of a future in UK during a troublesome strike by miners which was crippling the UK economy - no doubt the miners thought that the closure of the ...Read more
A memory of Ottawa by
My Early Years In Longton 1870s To 1940s
I was born in Longton in 1933 at 151 High Street Post Office, Longton. All my childhood was spent there with my grandmother, Sarah Wright and my great aunt Matilda Ward (my grandmother's sister). Between them ...Read more
A memory of Longton by
Captions
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With allowances for wars and disasters, the pier is home to the oldest end-of-the-pier summer show in England—its roots go back to 1921.
It remained a Parliamentarian garrison for five years, and then the Luttrells were permitted to buy it back.
Vegetables would be grown mostly by the villagers themselves in their own back gardens; most would bake their own bread and cakes.
Originally the village extended no further than Back Lane, Coldstream Lane, the High Street and the houses in the vicinity of the green, which we see in this photograph.
Unusually for this era, there is a walker with a back pack.
This view is almost identical to R84007 (page 28), but the photographer has stepped back to include Huins on Market Place corner and its neighbours, E A Hodges and Boots the Chemist.
This magnificent church, now mainly Perpendicular, dates back to Norman times – the evidence for this can be seen in wall friezes and arcading in the chancel.
Over the years it has had various owners, and very little maintenance took place; it is now (in 2002) Club Eze, and is in the process of being brought back to its original condition.
St Wilfrid's Church dates back to 1865, and contains a stained glass window dedicated to two brothers.
The view from the tennis court shows the little-seen back elevation of Holme Hall.
Beyond Barclays bank, on the left, the United Reformed Church is set back from the street.
Bull baiting is recorded in Ashburton as far back as 1174 and, you would imagine, posed a serious threat to life and limb in such a confined space.
Formerly, it was a sea mill: the tide entered the pool, now ornamental, above it and then drained back down again.
This view shows the back of the building.
The house itself ceased to be inhabited in 1934, but in recent years it has been renovated back to its former glory.
Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure.
Pierrot were in vogue right up to the Second World War, and their origins go back to the London success of the mime play 'L'Enfant Prodigue' staged in 1891.
The Hall was originally built in the early 17th century, and is in a beautiful position, overlooking the Cartmel Sands and backed by the Furness Fells.
This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place
Written records of St Mary's Church date back to 1210.
This view of Welton, looking back up the main street, has changed dramatically in recent years.
On the opposite side of the road from the parade of shops is the Ilford works, built to develop everyone`s holiday film, and with a wartime history of processing the films brought back
Most of the trees remain, but they have been severely cut back.
Centre left stands the Bear Hotel, a lovely old coaching inn dating back to 1432.
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