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School Holidays

In the long summer holiday my friend and I would pack up our picnics and bike all the way to Stirling from Sauchie, then we would climb up the many, many steps to the top of the tower and enjoy the wonderful view over Stirling and ...Read more

A memory of Stirling in 1972 by Jayne Seaman

Wenover C Of E School

I used to go to Wendover Primary School when it was situated beside the clock tower. The head master was then H. J. Figg Edgington. I began in Mrs Tott's class, then Mrs Connolly's, then Mr Spencer's, then Gertrude Agatha ...Read more

A memory of Wendover in 1958 by Glenys Houghton

Dorothy's Memories

l was born in the High st Sedgley a small house next to the old The Old Crown pub, in 1936, my father Samuel Britton was born in Sedgley (as was his mother and father and others going back to the start of the records of Sedgley ...Read more

A memory of Sedgley by dy31pg

Selsdon From 1964 1970

I lived in Selsdon as a kid from 1964 - its my earliest memory. We lived in Benhurst Gardens, up the top of Old Farleigh Road. We were lucky as kids to have 'the Rec' as we called it, and the Bird Sanctuary very near to go an ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Clare Benson

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

Early Days 1956

Wonderful Experience spent my sixteenth birthday at the school, Memories fade, I believe my house master was a Mr Morrell? My badge was all blue, I had to go to his room for my assessment sat in front of a blazing log fire. We had a ...Read more

A memory of Whitby in 1956 by Philip Wells

Still Clear Memories Of My Birth Town

I notice many other contributors focus on the shops in the town centre and I will cover these in my next ramblings but start with my schools. I was born in March 1949 at Upney maternity hospital and my first ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

Summer Holiday 1972

Hi, I remember falling in love for the very first time while holidaying at Tower caravan park at Jaywick in 1972. I thought the girl looked like Brigit Bardot at the time. Her name was Elaine from Battersea. It was the first ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1972 by Karl Turner

Captions

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Caption For London, Albert Bridge C1900

In 1879 this beautiful bridge of three airy spans, topped with decorative towers, was made free for public access.

Caption For Crosby, The Windmill C1960

Great Crosby Mill, Liverpool is a tall brick tower mill with a domed cap. It had four common cloth sails and a fantail.

Caption For Stratton, Sanctuary 1906

Over the thatched roofs rises the dark green tower of St Andrew's Church.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Wendover, Coldharbour Cottages, Tring Road 1899

This wonderful range of 17th-century thatched timber-framed cottages sweeps down the Tring Road towards the clock tower.

Caption For Overton, St Mary's Church C1955

Seventy-five years ago, Overton's church tower was flat; nowadays its spire looks out over the River Test which rises close by.

Caption For Helston, The Parish Church C1950

The fine 103ft tower has a peal of eight bells.

Caption For Raglan, The Village 1906

The church tower continues to dominate this scene, but the village has grown a lot in the last century, with new schools, new housing and a new surgery.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Abbot's Church 1898

The tower has a fine spire divided by two decorative bands above the spire lights. The chancel was rebuilt in c1800 in yellow brick. Children walk across the green.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

The tower was rebuilt in flint faced with brick in about 1390, at the time when the city took it over from the Cathedral Priory.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle Bridge 1914

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

Caption For Oxford, High Street 1922

The even older tower is 13th-century. This impressive photograph highlights the contrast between Oxford's distinguished architectural styles and the modern cars and fashions of the 1920s.

Caption For Hemswell, All Saints Church C1955

Its tower dates from the 1760s; the bulk of the remainder was rebuilt in the 1860s, although there is medieval work inside, including the nave arcade.

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1904

The town features slightly in his novel 'Two on a Tower', which was written at that time. Hardy was fond of sitting in the Minster with only the organist and his music for company.

Caption For Brampton, Market Place C1955

The sloping Market Place leads up to the white-paint- ed clock tower of the town's octagonal Moot Hall, which was built in 1817.

Caption For Bristol, The Harbour C1935

The 285ft high spire of St Mary Redcliffe towers above the city docks.

Caption For Hemingbrough, The Church C1955

The needle-thin 15th-century spire of St Mary's parish church at Hemingborough seems disproportionate to its low, 13th-century central tower.

Caption For Bishops Lydeard, West Street C1955

The beautiful 15th-century tower of the church of St Mary the Virgin, beyond, is of the Somerset type, and stands over a hundred feet high.

Caption For Withypool, C1965

The squat tower of St Andrew's Church can be seen above the old Methodist chapel (centre).

Caption For Prestbury, Deep Street C1960

Peeking over the roof of the bow-fronted pharmacy is the castellated tower of St Mary's church, a building that dates from the 12th century, and largely rebuilt in the 15th century.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Memorial Theatre From River 1922

As well as a theatre, there was a library of rare Shakespearean books, and the view from the tower was highly recommended.