Maps

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Memories

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Not 1960?

The four pinnacles on the tower were removed after WW2 because a bomb dropped in Wraysbury Road made them unsafe. I was born in '45 (and baptised in St. Mary's) and was still living in Wraysbury Road in 1960. I do not remember the ...Read more

A memory of Staines by Terry Smith

Avenham Colonnade, Preston (1946 1964)

As a child (b1940) I lived at 3 Avenham Colonnade from 1946 until I married in 1964. The late Georgian terrace (built abt 1836) comprises 6 houses built on the slope alongside Avenham Walks ("The Top Walks") . ...Read more

A memory of Preston in 1946 by Mike Lambert

Edna Molesworth Nee Gardner

My grandparents lived in the Lantern House. Granddad, William Gardner, was a shepherd; Granny Mary Eleanor was a midwife and nurse for the area. She used to ride with the Doctor in a horse and trap to visit their ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1940 by Roger Molesworth

Growing Up In Eccles 1951 To 1968

I lived in the Red Bull from age 6 to 23. I have so many good memories, from playing in the surrounding countryside - the chalk pits, the clayhole reservoir, the woods, the ruined cement works etc. The village ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1951 by David Clifton

Forest Hill

My memory of Forest Hill, London, is Horniman's Museum and Horniman's Park. The museum had a wonderful, huge clock. We lived in Forest Hill from about 1952 or 53 to about 1961, I think. Someone held a fancy dress Coronation party for ...Read more

A memory of London by Marion Del Favero

My Birthplace

It's the 5th February 1953 in the front upstairs bedroom of 15 Elm Street, and Abercwmboi welcomes a new resident - me! The house belonged to my grandparents, William Joseph and Claudia Morris. I was to remain a resident there for ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi in 1953 by Martin Wale

Pupil

I attended Caterham School in the 90's, and very little had seemed to have changed since Victorian times. I'd be interested to know what the tower thing in the centre of the building is/was, it's purpose and why it was removed.

A memory of Caterham

Wartime Memories Of Lewisham And New Cross

My mother, then called Billie Gwilliam, was living in New Cross in South London with her parents Bill and Connie Gwilliam during the Blitz of the Second World War, and has many memories of what it was ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham in 1940 by Julia Skinner

Still There...

My family have lived in and around Rayleigh since the early 1900s. I was born in the early 1960s and just about remember the High Street being two-way. Woolworths has now been replaced by ASK and Grants by a card shop, general store ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh by Ian Gale

Lancaster Or Wellington Bombers

Coincidentally Colin (Hayes) I lived near by you in St. George's Avenue! And around the same time I used to regularly cycle over to Southend Airport with a friend. Here we used to plane spot - do you ...Read more

A memory of Southend Airport by Barry Wenden

Captions

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Caption For Aldeburgh, River Alde 1901

Stretching away to the south is the Alde, passing the Martello Tower on its left; it runs adjacent to the shore for a further ten miles, a quite remarkable feat considering that the sometimes violent

Caption For Thorne, Market Place C1960

At Thorne the church of St Nicholas has a late 13th-century tower and early 20th-century glass.

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 to the original tower in 1904) rises behind

Caption For West Overton, The Village Centre C1955

Behind it rises the slim tower of St Michael's Church, a late Victorian construction.

Caption For Great Barford, The Bridge C1955

The 15th-century tower of All Saints, the Anchor pub and the elevation of the bridge, which is medieval in origin with 19th-century additions, add up to a classic photograph of the entrance to the village

Caption For Nottingham, Market Square 1902

This friendly, unhygienic mix was replaced in 1927 by the present Council House, in an overpowering, municipal baroque style with a giant portico and towering dome.

Caption For Pettistree, The Church C1960

The 15th-century tower has flushwork patterns on the buttresses and parapet. The eastern buttresses are unusual in that they are extensions of the nave west wall.

Caption For Bicester, Church Street C1955

Here we are looking along Church Street towards the 13th-century tower of St Eadburg's Church.

Caption For Baildon, From The Bank C1960

In the background can be seen the tower of the parish church of St John, built in 1848.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar C1950

Again, the pinnacled twin western towers of the Minster can be seen in the background.

Caption For Alton Towers, 1956

In the late 1860s the then Earl hired John Mason Cook, son of pioneer travel agent, Thomas Cook, to promote the gardens at Alton Towers.

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey 1908

The abbey was embellished by its lofty twin towers in the early 1700s.

Caption For Churchill, Clock Tower C1955

This fine clock tower was built to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.

Caption For Cove Hithe, Church And Ruins 1892

The original church was left in ruins after the Civil War, and the smaller replacement was built within the ruins, its tower a useful navigational aid for mariners offshore.

Caption For Dublin, The Castle, The State Entrance 1897

Dublin Castle remained the centre of British power in Ireland from King John's time onwards. The Norman castle burnt down in 1684 and little survives.

Caption For Lanivet, St Benet's Abbey 1931

At a later date, stone from the cloisters and the top of the tower (seen behind) was taken to build a farmhouse.

Caption For Hessenford, The Church C1955

It is in the Early English style, with a chancel and nave, and a small west tower with a pointed spire containing one bell.

Caption For Redruth, Fore Street 1898

This view is dominated by Tower House, the premises of John Evans & Co, outfitters.

Caption For Wednesfield, The Canal And Flats C1965

A massive building programme changed the face of Wednesfield in the 1950s, and tower blocks like these seemed for a while to be the answer to the housing problem.

Caption For Horndean, The Village C1955

The company began in 1847, and the brewery tower dates back to 1869.

Caption For Billericay, High Street C1965

The brick tower of St Mary Magdalene's church dates from the 15th century.

Caption For Painswick, St Mary's Church C1965

Its tower houses an impressive peal of 12 bells, and in the nave are an ornamented Tudor tomb and a 17th-century font.

Caption For Kingsbury, The Church C1955

The Norman nave survives, but the chancel and tower were added in the 13th century.

Caption For Witchampton, Village 1904

However, both the cottage and the 15th- century church tower have lost most of their ivy.