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The Ghost

My dad, even though married he was one for playing the field. Mother was taking care of my brother's kids (his wife had died, he was a Flight Sargent), Mother was miles away and Dad played about. One afternoon he had picked up ...Read more

A memory of Royston by Roland Mitchell

St Mark's Church, Magham Down

The church was a mission hall, part of Hailsham Parish. It was constructed of green painted corrugated iron. There was just one large room, with a curtained vestry at the rear. There were two services a month, a ...Read more

A memory of Magham Down in 1954 by Barbara Margaret Fletcher

Up The Overs

Walking free through the wet grass leaving dark trails. Ahead the meadow rises to the mill bank where we stand in silence. Silent and smooth the deep mill race slides towards the wheel. Turning away we follow the bank upstream to ...Read more

A memory of Kempston in 1950 by Brian Walker

During The War 1942

During the summer of 1942 my uncle who was an American soldier lived in several place in the Savernake Forest and eventually was billeted in "the big house" (Tottenham House)and kept a wonderful journal. I will cut and ...Read more

A memory of Savernake Forest in 1942 by Kristin Simpson

Bishopsbourne School

I loved school. There was one teacher, Miss Castle, she lived with her sister in a house attached to the school. One day Miss Castle gave us all a small Union Jack flag and told us to stand beside the school wall as ...Read more

A memory of Bishopsbourne in 1940 by Mary Meller

Growing Up In Wonderland

In the mid and late forties I attended Kingsmuir Boarding School in what is known today as Alderford Grange. It was owned and mastered by Ms Francis. We were told that the building had once been the Inn attached ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham in 1945 by Paul Erland

Argent Street Grays

I too, was born in Argent Street, No 85, next door to Potters Shop. Only the alleyway divided our house from them, and two doors away from The Castle. I have fond memories of growing up in the early sixties, and my adventures ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1958 by Mike Walker

Bradwell On Sea

My Nan and Grandad used to live in a bungalow on Bacons Chase. I can remember leapfrogging over these mushroom looking concrete things that lined the road to the Bacon Farm/House. Back in those old days I still remember ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell on Sea in 1970 by Ann Mc Gaw

School Days

I lived at 27 Radnor Street, last but one tennament to be flattened. My first year of school was at the "new high school", on Bouquanaran; 10 class rooms open, we had to scramble among the bricks to get to class. Then I went to ...Read more

A memory of Clydebank in 1940 by Amy Worrick(Sullivan)

High Cross House And Dorothy Elmhirsts Steinway Grand Piano

On the beautiful Dartington Hall Estate there is a unique “International Modernist House”, now used as a gallery, just to the north-east of Dartington Hall School. High Cross ...Read more

A memory of Dartington Hall in 2012 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

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Caption For Macclesfield, Churchwallgate C1955

This view has changed little, although the pub's black and white walls have been painted over.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Gardens, Trendell's Ruins 1925

To the south, close to the wall separating the park from Abbey Close, are what look like the remains of a medieval church, Trendall's Ruins.

Caption For Foxearth, St Peter And St Paul's Church 1904

The tower with its tall lancet windows divided by louvres and its broach spire, designed by Henry Woodyear in 1862, blew down in 1947.

Caption For Winchester, Station Hill 1909

Anyone familiar with the centre of Winchester will know the station approach. One feature that sets this scene apart from that of today is the amount of advertising.

Caption For Barry Docks, 1899

SS 'Margaret Jones' is loading coal at one of the moveable tips on the vertical wall side opposite the mole on No 1 Dock.

Caption For Amesbury, St Mary And St Melor's Church C1955

He put in the vivid coloured tiles on the east wall, and he is responsible for the Perpendicular south aisle and west end. The outline of a chapel remains in the east side walls.

Caption For Navenby, The Church C1965

The path between the hedge and the stone wall is named the Cat Walk.

Caption For Danbury, The Griffin Hotel 1903

It contains some 15th century woodcarvings from Danbury church - as well as some wall-stencilling identical to that in the church - and oak beams that came from a ship.

Caption For Leeds, Victoria Hall 1888

The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

Caption For Aylesbury, Parson's Fee C1965

Parsons Fee leads south-west from Market Square past Prebendal House, the home of John Wilkes, the radical MP for Aylesbury from 1757 to 1764, and behind high brick walls.

Caption For Moreton In Marsh, The Redesdale Hall C1955

The clock turret of Moreton's most prominent building displays the date of its construction as 1887, and on the south wall is the coat of arms of the Redesdale family of Batsford Park who

Caption For Leeds, Victoria Hall 1888

The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

Caption For Belbroughton, Church Road C1960

This large village near Clent has Georgian and Tudor architecture and sandstone walls.

Caption For Llanrwst, Gwydyr Castle 1895

The fortified manor of the Wynn family, built at various stages from around 1490, is seen with carefully tended beds and wisteria and ivy-clad walls.

Caption For Ashwell, West End C1951

The first token reference to the growing traffic can be identified in the reflective pillar mounted on the boundary wall (centre).

Caption For Bury, Church From The River 1898

We are on the navigable and tidal River Arun.The church of St John the Evangelist has a shingled broach spire; flint and stone are used for walling and buildings.A ferry with landing steps connected

Caption For Silchester, The Village C1965

One of the surviving features is the recently excavated Roman amphitheatre; it was built in the 1st century AD to accommodate over 4,000 spectators, who sat on wooden seats above the surrounding walls.

Caption For Dover, Castle C1965

But the great keep, the inner bailey and much of the curtain walling were built by Henry II between 1168-86, at the then colossal cost of £3,000.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1901

Lincoln's celebrated Stone Bow is the later 15th-century medieval gate into the walled town, above which is the basically Tudor city Guildhall.

Caption For Cossington, The Village C1965

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th- century rectory and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality set behind the low wall on the left of the photo- graph.

Caption For Greatham, Front Street C1955

On the left are the boundary walls of the Hospital of God at Greatham, founded in 1273 – this was not a hospital in the modern sense, but accommodation for the elderly and the poor, the earliest present

Caption For Yeovil, The Park And Church 1900

All the houses on the left went to make way for the inner ring road and its roundabout; the gable on the far right belongs to The Armoury pub, which does survive.

Caption For Kingsclere, George Street C1955

In this photograph it is worth noting the old Hovis sign on the wall of H Pearce & Sons.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle From The Ferry C1890

This great citadel was erected by Edward I of England between 1285 and 1322 as one of a chain of castles by which he kept a secure footing in Wales.