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Playing In The Corn Fields

I lived in the cottage next to the Chapel, and played with Wendy, we used to cycle to Upware and Wicken fen. At one point we would sit on the haystacks after the farmers had finished them. I would go horse riding ...Read more

A memory of Swaffham Prior in 1966 by Mary Whiting

Memories From David Cheverton Of Hope Cottage Heath Road

In 1953 I attended Bradfield Primary School which in this year of 2007 celebrates its centeniory year. I have fond memories of many cricket matches during my time at the school ...Read more

A memory of Bradfield in 1953 by David Cheverton

My Holidays

I was born in Skelmersdale in 1958 to Wilfred Conder and Freada Price. I moved to Newcastle in 1960. My mum used to take me there for my holidays. Her parents lived on Hollands Lane in a cottage. I have not been back since 1980 for ...Read more

A memory of Skelmersdale in 1966 by Billy Conder

The Cottage

My father was an Officer in the USAF. In 1954 he was transferred to Fairford RAF Station, and we came to live in The Cottage, Sherborne. I was 9 years old and I loved every minute of living in Sherborne. Mr. Hooper ...Read more

A memory of Sherborne in 1954 by Barbara Farmer

Early Schooldays

My memories of Byfield, where I lived on the brand new council estate, in Lovett Road, are idyllic. I was there from age 6 to 10, then we moved to York. We children had to walk what seemed like miles, in all weathers, to the ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1954 by Rosemarie Delaney

My Childhood Years In Stebbing

My Grandparents, Harry and Hannah Young lived in the first cottage on the left as you enter the village. I spent most of my school holidays there with them and my Mother and I were evacuated to live with them during ...Read more

A memory of Stebbing in 1940 by Vera Webster

The Cottages

The cottage nearest to the telegraph pole was my grandmother's.  My uncles Ted and Bob lived there with her until they moved to Woodbine Farm,  Langtoft.  After they left, gran moved in with my family at the other end of the ...Read more

A memory of Gristhorpe in 1950 by Polly Reynolds

Bolingey

I lived in Bolingey as a child, until 1959, and this picture has strong memories for me. My family had a cottage somewhere to the front and right of the chapel on the hill. The location was called "Crow Hill" and I think the cottages ...Read more

A memory of Bolingey in 1959 by Anthony Bennett

Grandmother's Abode

At the bottom of the hill on the right I believe that tall building belonged to the local bakers. The low building next to it - this side of the bakers - is a thatched cottage where my grandmother lived. My mother grew up ...Read more

A memory of Wroxall by M Allen

Our Honeymoon

These pictures bring back delightful memories! We spent a week of our honeymoon in the 16th century mill at Lydia Bridge.  Across the lawn was a view of the brook and early spring flowers.  We stepped outside to the sound of the ...Read more

A memory of South Brent in 1999 by Elizabeth Goehringer

Captions

2,020 captions found. Showing results 1,057 to 1,080.

Caption For Milland, The Cottages 1901

In the picture an old farmhouse stands next to farm buildings; the two semi-detached stone cottages alongside probably housed farm workers.

Caption For Ferring, Sea Lane C1960

On this road leading to the sea front, the cottage on the left has flint walls and a thatched roof. The front garden is decorated with staddle stones.

Caption For Wimborne, West Borough 1908

With the towers of the Minster in the background, this street lined with red brick and white-rendered Georgian cottages has a pleasing elegance and symmetry.

Caption For Horning, The Village 1934

Horning is blessed with a wealth of reed-thatched cottages with eye- browed dormers, as well as other more unusual buildings—the house alongside where the car is parked has crow-stepped gables, revealing

Caption For Wellow, High Street, Looking East C1955

This view looks in the opposite direction, east past the Manor House on the left with cottages and the former Ebenezer United Methodist Chapel of 1869 beside the raised and railinged pavement.

Caption For Feckenham, Alcester Road 1967

It is interesting to note that the brick cottages in the centre have a timber-framed gable end, revealing a much older origin than the brickwork suggests.

Caption For Shalford, Braintree Road 1909

The cottages on the right were almshouses. They are gone now.

Caption For Wanborough, High Street C1965

The building is now two private cottages. The road to the right leads to Callas Hill and Foxhill.

Caption For Brynmawr, Llanelly Hill C1960

Near some cottages below the summit of Pen Cyrn mountain, it is just possible to make out the flat ridge on which the former Llangattock tramroad was built from the Nantyglo Ironworks to Llangattock.

Caption For Warborough, The Post Office C1960

The post office in this pretty black and white cottage opened in 1840, the year the Penny Black stamp first appeared.

Caption For Lockerley, Butts Green C1955

This pleasant, peaceful and picturesque area has some cottages scattered about and little else. There is a stone church close to the nearby railway line.

Caption For Lincoln, The Glory Hole 1906

All the cottages on the left were demolished by 1910. Both sides of the water were reached by stairs from the High Street.

Caption For Lincoln, The Glory Hole 1910

All the cottages on the left were demolished by 1910. Both sides of the water were reached by stairs from the High Street.

Caption For Springfield, The Plough 1906

The smithy, opposite, has given way to a garage; and the row of cottages (with a sign saying 'Cyclist's Rest') are long-since demolished.

Caption For Mayfield, High Street C1955

Middle House and Walnut Tree Cottage, just visible on the left of the parked car, are two timber-framed buildings which have survived from the period when Mayfield gained its prosperity from iron working

Caption For Ansdell, Fairhaven Hotel 1923

The Gordon Road and Commonside areas of Ansdell still had white­washed fishermen's cottages.

Caption For Bonsall, Via Gellia, Tufa Cottage 1886

Tufa Cottage, on the Via Gellia road from Cromford to Bonsall, was constructed entirely from blocks of tufa, the stone deposited by lime-rich water in this limestone country.

Caption For Bronygarth, The Post Office C1955

This is now a private house called Rose Cottage; the building has been painted white, and is almost completely unrecognisable, with just its roofline remaining the same.

Caption For Sandsend, East Row 1925

In the 12th century, Sandsend was recorded as having 53 tenants' cottages belonging to the lord of the manor. The area is known as Dunsley Bay, and Sandsend is really two villages.

Caption For Ayot St Lawrence, The Village C1955

The sleepy centre of this village, with its picturesque half-timbered cottages and winding lane, was captured from a point near the ruins of the old 14th-century church, which was partly demolished by

Caption For West Overton, The Village Centre C1955

This quaint old pair of 18th-century cottages are built out of the local sarsen stone. Beyond is the Old Manor, dating from the early 16th century.

Caption For Tideswell, Market Square C1955

Roses twine around the doorway of the cottage on the right in this 50s photograph of Tideswell's Market Square, with the Belle Vue Hotel (now gone) in the centre background.

Caption For Cadnam, Twin Oaks 1932

at all in over 30 years.The old war-time nissen hut, at one time such a familiar sight in the British countryside, has gone, replaced by a car park and children's playground, and the thatched cottages

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

Both are delightful, with old Devon cob cottages and attractive gardens in an area of fine scenery. It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.