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Borwick The Day My Father Brought Borwick

Borwick 1946/1947 Sarah Gilbert daughter of Paul and Mary Postlethwaite. On our return to England after out stay in Italy the idea was to look for a four bedroom house to buy. At the time we were staying in ...Read more

A memory of Borwick by sarah_gilbert

Bexley Tec' School For Girls, 1965 66 And Beyond.

I started in the 6th form in September, 1965, Mrs. Taylor was our form mistress, Miss Fuller the Headmistress, Mrs. Richards for French, Miss Simms for English. In those days my name was Ruby Little; I ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by vikkifenlon

Hither Green

I lived in Theodore Road and I was one of 11 children. the only vehicle in our road was a motorbike and sidecar. I can remember Cutlers hardware shop. On Hither Green Lane as well as the fish and chip shop I can't remember the owners name. ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by fpt81

Cabot Knewell, Family Butcher At Graham House, Boxford

Cabot Knewell, with wife Joan (nee Joan I Smith), was the master butcher at Graham House, 6 Broad Street, Boxford, from the mid 1940s to the 1970s. To the right is the Fleece. To the left, Riddlestons ...Read more

A memory of Boxford by clive

Being A Nuisance In The Tower

Aged about 12, I remember once creeping up the spiral staircase in the tower and banging on the door of the 6th form common room, just to annoy the prefects, then legging it and being chased by some big ugly mush. ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster by Daniel Walker

Cliff View House And Martello Tower

Cliff view house was a small school just behind the esplanade .It is now an old peoples home.It was what was known as a crammers, a place designed to push pupils through common entrance exam, It was 1973 and I was ...Read more

A memory of Seaford in 1870 by Ian Briton

Loving In Stubbington

I was born in stubb, 11 south ways. Went to mr farthings school , He was the head Master, I remember mr fletcher and mrs upsson? My maiden name was madgwick mum and dad were sent to south ways. I was there 5 years before ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1948 by Margaret Waterhouse

"Woolies"

In 1958 I was a pupil at Blackpool Grammar School on Raikes Parade. At lunchtime it wasn't unknown for some of us to leave the school premises and walk down to FW Woolworths store near to the Tower. Here, a virtual cornucopia of ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1958 by Martin Stewart

Presthaven Sands

Does anyone remember presthaven sands in the 60s and 70s,we would spend potters fortnight there every year,sometimes in the chalets in gronant,does anyone remember jobie's bingo in gronant by the bridge going over to presthaven,the ...Read more

A memory of Gronant by Paul Roberts

Plane Crash Into Methodist Church In 1950s

Does anyone else remember a plane crashing into the tower of what I think was the Methodist church at the top of the High Street sometime in the 1950s? I vividly recall going up to see it with my mother when ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by parkhousepr

Captions

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Caption For Old Sarum, Castle

The garderobe pits - the medieval toilets - are shown on the foreground, with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind.

Caption For Witchampton, Village 1904

Beyond the ornamental lych gate framed by these cottages is the church of St Mary and St Cuthberga, whose brown and grey stone west tower is Perpendicular.

Caption For Bildeston, The Square C1960

The war memorial, clock tower and telephone box grace the Square.

Caption For Chester, The Town Hall 1888

It was designed in the Gothic style of the late 13th century by William Henry Lynn of Belfast, and completed in 1869; the tower is 160ft high.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall 1889

The fine tower at the west end of St Andrew's, built by Thomas Yogge in 1481 and now housing a peal of ten bells, used to look out over Guildhall Square, which is now a car park.

Caption For Rye, The River Rother 1901

The Ypres Tower and the spire of St Mary's church are clearly visible in this picture of Strand Quay and the River Rother.

Caption For Cowling, The Village C1953

This view looking east down Colne Road in the main street of the village of Cowling, near Keighley, shows the prominent monuments of Wainman's Pinnacle and Lund's Tower on the escarpment of Earl Crag on

Caption For Axmouth, The Village 1898

The early Norman church of St Michael was altered and enlarged in 1330, and a perpendicular tower was added in the 15th century.

Caption For Southampton, The Old Town Walls 1892

This must have been a huge operation, considering that there were one and a quarter miles of walls, seven gates and 29 towers.

Caption For Cockermouth, Main Street 1906

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

Caption For Burnley, Ormerod Hall 1895

This photograph shows the house with its two towers. The stable block is linked to the house by an archway (right).

Caption For Rye, Ypres Castle 1912

The Ypres Tower of c1250 was sold in 1430 to John de Ypres as a house. This is inexplicable, bearing in mind the French raid of 1377. A prison from 1518 to 1865, it is now a museum.

Caption For Measham, The Parish Church C1965

The church of St Laurence dates from the 14th century; its tower was rebuilt in the 1730s.

Caption For Brampton, The Church C1960

The tower was rebuilt in 1635 and a modern Lady Chapel was added in 1920; its roof is lined with heraldic shields.

Caption For Cockermouth, Main Street 1906

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, New Church C1885

In this view we see the shape of the original tower of the church, which was damaged by fire in 1902 and rebuilt by the Marquis of Zetland.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, St Mary's Church 1927

This is probably the most beautiful of all Leicestershire churches, floating here above the trees and grassland, its magnificent late 15th-century tower dominating the market place and the south side of

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College 1890

On May Day morning a famous Oxford tradition is upheld when the dons and the Magdalen College choristers gather at the top of the Perpendicular bell tower to sing a Latin hymn.

Caption For Cardiff, City Hall 1925

The clock tower is sixty metres high, and is visible from afar. The architect was E A Rickards, a devotee of the baroque style.

Caption For Colchester, The Castle Walls And The Town Hall 1907

Jumbo can be seen to the right of the town hall's soaring tower. The lower archway of the three within the castle was a fireplace.

Caption For Helensburgh, The Esplanade 1901

The clock tower has been incorporated in the tourist information office.

Caption For Forth Bridge, 1897

The steel towers stand 360 ft high and are supported on granite piers. The deepest foundations are 88 ft below high water.

Caption For Bury, Holcombe Hill 1896

The Peel Tower on Holcombe Hill was erected in 1852 to the memory of Sir Robert Peel.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.