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General Store Whiteparish
My parents owned the General Store which features as photograph 16 of the 18 available. The picture must be at least circa 1961 since my parents did not purchase it until that year (You can see the names AG & N (Alan ...Read more
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Vicarage Road Football Stadium And Watford Football Club
I first saw Watford play - in their old blue and white colours - at the end of the 1955-56 season. The only cover was the so called "Main Stand" and on the opposite touchline the "Shrodells ...Read more
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'greetings'
Not so much a memory, more of a mystery! Sorting through some old papers, I came across a driving license issued in April 1952 by Kent Council to my dad. The address was given as 'Greetings', Benenden, Kent. The mystery is that I was born ...Read more
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Edgecoombe, Selsdon 1957 61
I remember Selsdon well as my family lived at 68 Edgecoombe, the long road on the opposite side of the wood at Selsdon not to be confused with Selsdon Woods. We had two ways to get to Selsdon shops. Through the woods opposite ...Read more
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Sparnham House, 36 West Street
I was living in Sparnham House in 1960, but don't recall the umber mine you mention, though my father (Brian Baker) did say there had been one, once. Outside Sparnham there used to be a tap which was supplied by a ...Read more
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Stranger In A Foreign Land
Hello, I am just a a visitor to Coseley I came in the late 1980’s and stayed here ever since. I went to the Coseley Secondary School during that time and loved every moment. Yeah, as always there were some disputes along the ...Read more
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The Mighty Slide Of Stephens Park
When very young I used to go with my father to the huge allotments opposite the parade of shops in Wrotham Road. It was always on a Sunday when the hut shop was open for the sale of seed, fertiliser and garden ...Read more
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The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.
I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more
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Slough A Time In A Life
Monday 7th July 1958, aged 8, moved to Britwell, Slough from Merstham in surrey with my brother Martin, Mum & Dad (Joan & Ron). Transport was a problem - we didn’t have any. There was only room for three of us in the ...Read more
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Windmill Road, Brentford 1945
My parents, Nora & Harold (Jock) Palmer, lived at 112 Windmill Road, Brentford where I was brought up, along with my twin brother David and older brother Michael. Later we were joined by sister Janis and brother Jeremy ...Read more
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In the distance is the tower of St Mary's, founded shortly after the Norman Conquest but almost totally rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries thanks to endowments from local salt merchants.
In 1854 the Hewitt and Short Blue fishing fleet moved from Barking to Gorleston.
This view was taken shortly after the Royal Baths opened.
The view beyond the promenade is across the Wyre to Knott End- on-Sea, the short pier serving as the landing stage for the passenger ferry across the estuary.
The Ellesmere Canal was busy, and more and more workers were needed to handle the goods and repair the barges; thus the port grew.
Humberside and the North-Eastern Ports
outward expansion, the countryside, in the form of ancient woodlands, riverside walks and moorland, was still within relatively easy reach of most late Victorian Sheffielders, at the end of a short
Woolbridge Manor is another Dorset building with Thomas Hardy associations, for it was here that Tess of the D'Urbervilles spent her short and disastrous honeymoon with Angel Clare.
Medieval jugs, iron keys, Norman stonework and animal bones bring together its troubled and relatively short-lived past.
Shortly after it was dedicated in 1927, the Prince of Wales (the future Duke of Windsor) came from Bournemouth to lay a wreath in the presence of schoolchildren.
It is situated a short distance west of Trinity College.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, a centre for cod, haddock and mackerel, but it fell into decline with the development of steam trawlers, which tended
This short road leads to the promenade and pier.
This short road leads to the promenade and pier.
Only a short distance from the vigorously booming Llandudno, this faded lime- washed farmhouse reminds us that earning a living in the less hospitable reaches of the valley was somewhat more
The charming Sydling Water flows through the village after a short journey from its source in the surrounding hills.
This picture of the new pier was taken shortly after it opened.
Lullington Church stands a short walk away from Alfriston village, across the White Bridge over the Cuckmere.
It was a focal point of this popular coastal resort, providing a short bracing walk over the briny and a welcome meal afterwards.
A short extension to the left, the children's Pea-Nut Ward, was opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in July 1955.
A busy port became the Royal Mail route, and then came the beautifully-engineered harbour and a lighthouse.
Mary's was given to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln in 1100, an event which probably took place shortly after its building.
At the foot of the ladder today, there is a short promenade with beach huts.
The old Pier, shortly before it was taken down, has a forlorn air about it.
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