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Martello Tower

In the 60's the tower was derelict but us children could get across the very unsafe wooden bridge across the moat and explore the inside. Very dangerous with rotten floors and deep drops!

A memory of Aldeburgh by cyclemotor

Crown Hill

Showing the original Crown Hotel, and obviously pre the clock tower.

A memory of Grange-Over-Sands by Helen Roberts

Luton Always My Home

I was born in Luton in 1981 I know that's not that long ago but it holds alot of memories for me I grew up in stopsley Luton Bedfordshire in 112 Littlefield rd.i had a good childhood but my dad left us when I was 7yrs old and then ...Read more

A memory of Luton by jennyannegregory

Meeting Colin Hall And Peter Nicoll Tower Ballroom Blackpool

met colin and peter with my friend 1956/7 in the tower ballroom blackpool, then met colin again and went to earby for a night with his friends. happy times I have never forgotten. just hope colin is well and hope he is happy. if anyone knows colin please tell him I still remember. thankyou,

A memory of Earby in 1956 by Rita Coates

The Alley Beside The Tradesman's Arms In Cove

This alley had the vicarage on its other side. You had to go under or beside a no-cycling bar to get through - there was one at the other end too, and they were brilliant for hanging upside down on. The ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Christine Higgs

Danbury Village School C.1950

One of three sons, Peter Came a local historian and former pupil of Danbury Infants and Juniors School who later became a teacher at Maldon School wrote extensively about the village in preparation for a book which ...Read more

A memory of Danbury in 1950

Hail The Day!

One year, for Ascension Day, a curate at St.Luke's decided that we, the choirboys, should ascend the church tower and sing appropriate hymns. (Was it the Rev. Pollett?) All of us lads dutifully made our way, fully robed in cassocks, ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

Pheasant Beating

I spent many a Saturday, walking the woods of the tower, beating sticks and making noise. After a good 8 hours trudging up and down slopes and in the mud, they feed us a bowl of bad stew and beer. There was always a joke about who ...Read more

A memory of Hoghton in 1983 by Vicky Keating

Charles Street In The 1910s

My grandma was born Eleanor ('Nellie') Roberts at Back 62 Charles Street on the 27th November 1911 to Lillian Elizabeth and Richard John Roberts, she was the second eldest of 6 girls, Lillian 1908, Florence May 1915, ...Read more

A memory of Tredegar by Lee Hutchings

Aberaman

Having been born and reared in Aberaman, I spent many hours in the playing fields, even before it was named King George's field.  Locally it is known as the hayfield, and even now is a source of pleasure for football and dog walkers. ...Read more

A memory of Aberaman in 1955 by Dorothy Charles

Captions

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Caption For Derwent Water, Lodore Hotel 1893

Shepherd's Crag towers through the trees over the Victorian Gothic buildings of the Lodore Hotel at the southern end of Derwent Water.

Caption For Wool, Thatched Cottage C1965

Behind (centre left) stands the tower of Holy Rood parish church.

Caption For Coventry, Church Of St John The Baptist C1884

It was restored by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1877, though the corbelled turrets on the tower are early 19th-century additions.

Caption For Booton, The Church C1965

The details on the towers are particularly remarkable. This is a comparatively modern building - it was built between 1875 and 1900 by the Rev Whitewell Elwin.

Caption For Monzie, The Castle 1899

Set in parkland, the four-storey battlemented central section of the castle is supported at each corner by a three-storey round tower. There is an older building to the rear.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1949

Here we see the view southwards along South Street, from the taxi rank (left) to the tower of St Mary's Parish Church (right of centre). This was the B3157 to West Bay and Burton Bradstock.

Caption For Reepham, From Church Tower C1965

The tower from which this photograph was taken belongs to one of three churches that occupied a single churchyard.

Caption For Norwich, Chapelfield Gardens 1901

Then the City Corporation filled in a reservoir and demolished the water tower to make this delightful park.

Caption For Largs, The Church Of St Columba 1897

Another famous monument, the round tower at Bowen Craig, commemorated the defeat of the Norsemen in 1263.

Caption For Newport Pagnell, From The North Approach 1956

Samuel Pepys described this fine parish church as 'very fair and like a cathedral', mostly 14th- century with a 16th-century tower that dominates the townscape, its south side faces the

Caption For Widnes, St Paul's Church 1900

This photogrpah shows the church before the tower at the far end had an additional section placed on the top in 1907.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Tow Path Scene C1955

Behind are the church tower and the chimneys of Brakspear's Brewery.

Caption For Newport, C1965

The tower of the church dates from the 14th century. Otherwise, much of the church was rebuilt in the late 1800s.

Caption For Oxford, Carfax Tower 1922

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

Caption For Nonington, Church C1955

A timbered barn stands opposite the entrance to this 13th-century church with its small square crenellated tower.

Caption For Ludham, Post Office Corner 1931

Behind it is the parish church of St Catherine with its large flint tower. The church contains a beautiful rood screen and a rare medieval painting of the Crucifixion.

Caption For Maidstone, The Museum 1898

The courtyard, with the then-pinnacled tower of St Faith's visible in the background.

Caption For Colchester, High Street And Town Hall 1901

The impressive Victoria Tower of the Town Hall rises to a height of 162 feet.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church 1898

The chuch was re-built c1220 and was once graced with a tower.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1890

This photograph was taken from Lambeth Bridge, and shows the Houses of Parliament before Victoria Tower Gardens were laid out on Millbank.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate And Cathedral 1908

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the cathedral, whose modest spire (added when the tower was rebuilt in 1904) rises behind

Caption For Fyfield, St Nicholas's Church C1955

The church is of flint, with a Perpendicular ashlar-faced tower.

Caption For Marhamchurch, The Church C1960

It has a low tower, nave and north aisle, with a south transept on the far side. Within, a curious niche in the west wall may be the entry to an anchorite's cell of c1400.

Caption For Castleford, Ledsham Village C1965

Dating from the 8th century, All Saints also has a 15th-century tower; the church was restored in 1871. The nearby vicarage was built in 1821.