Places
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Books
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Memories
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The Queen's Visit
I cannot be specific as to the date of the Queen's visit because I was very young at the time. On the left hand side of the road you can see what was at one time the post office but which later became a carpet shop. On the ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1956 by
Durham Buildings
The pub over the road did a singalong every Saturday night ending in a very long finale of "Hit the Road Jack - Don't you come back no more, no more ,no more, no more", and so on. I don't know about the pub but I doubt if anybody ...Read more
A memory of Battersea
Campsbourne Junior School Around 1960
I attended Campsbourne Junior School between 1958 and 1961. I arrived during the 2nd Year at the age of 8, having moved from St Michael's School in Highgate. I was placed in the top stream and my class teachers were ...Read more
A memory of Hornsey by
Late Childhood Memories Of Watchfield
Like others on the site I have very happy memories of living in Watchfield (1956 to 1966).My father was the Hall Manager of Kitchener Hall (RMCS) and we lived in army quarters in Hill Road. The houses were two ...Read more
A memory of Watchfield by
Always Think Of It As Home.
I was born in Dovercourt hospital 24th December 1959. I lived above the Home and Colonial shop in the high street where my lovely Dad Mr. Roe was manager. My lovely mum Margaret often used to work there when my sister's Bren ...Read more
A memory of Dovercourt by
Dr Barnardos
Lived in barnardos Woodford bridge from 13 years old till I was 15.december 1962 I moved into brittania house.mr and Mrs Rowland were the house masters.very happy times in there and like somelse mentioned the easter egg was ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Bridge by
Geneva House School
I went to the school when I was about 4 or 5, it was situated near Exeter road, near Kilburn Underground Station on Shoot up Hill. My memory is a bit vague but it closed down & they built Telephone House on the ...Read more
A memory of Kilburn by
Cycle Accident In 1961
I was a “Christmas Casual” postman in 1961 based in Pinner Sorting Office near the old Langham Cinema. I was allocated a “round” in Northwood Hills which meant riding my rickety old Post Office bike via Pinner Green. Letters ...Read more
A memory of Pinner Green by
Old Roman Terrace
Hi my name is Morgan Smith and I was born at 61 Queen St. Swinton in my Nan Callis' house on the 9th 7 1948 then moved to 248 Wath Rd Mexborough into a terraced house across from the jet garage on Roman terrace. I went to Roman ...Read more
A memory of Mexborough by
St. George's School, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, London, Nw7.
I too was a pupil at St. George's, probably from 1944 to certainly no later than 1950 when I was shipped off to a boarding school in Sussex where I remained until leaving at age 17 in 1956. I was ...Read more
A memory of Mill Hill by
Captions
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In front is the 1911 grave of Villebois, a horse wounded in the Boer War and brought back to England by Lord Chesham.
PROBABLY the best-known and most prominent feature of the walled town is the Five Arches, which date back to about 1328.
The young man's body was brought back to St Donat's, where it lay in state in the great gallery, looked down upon by the portraits of his equally dead ancestors.
This area dates back to the Middle Ages.
There have been important grammar schools in Thetford right back to 1566, when the Free Grammar School and hospital were founded by Sir Richard Fulmerton.
Set off the main road, this square accommodates considerably more parked cars today.
The quarries, which roofed Victorian England from London to Birmingham and back, now offer various tours, and the Ffestiniog narrow-gauge railway carries passengers, rather than slate, to the coast at
The so-called Giant's Grave in the churchyard of St Andrew's is actually a pair of tall Norse-influenced Saxon crosses with two hog-backed grave slabs in between.
Part of this building dates back to the 16th century.
The back was occupied by a farmer, while the front housed a flourishing girls` school run by the Misses Bell, sisters to Nether Alderley`s rector.
Separated from the old town of Warrington by the Mersey and also (since the 1890s) by the Manchester Ship Canal, with Thelwall we are now back in that part of the county that was always Cheshire.
Ven House c1955 Further downhill along London Road, Ven House is set back from the road beyond a forecourt.
The railway station at the back of this picture is the reason for Dorridge's existence.
Dating back to Norman times it was one of a number of collegiate churches established in the county; others included Penkridge, Tamworth and Wolverhampton.
On the left is the post office: back in 1822, when Charles Greaves was post-master, it cost a small fortune to send a letter.
Once it was at the heart of a great dairying region, but now all around are vast wheat fields where combine harvesters ply back and forth.
Though it seems we are looking back into an era long past, already the trams are electric-powered.
The Duke of Montagu, who lived there, held the post of Ambassador to the Court of Louis XIV, and brought back with him an impressive collection of French furniture and china.
It was brought back from Italy by Sir Hubert Miller, the Lord of the Manor; similar statues adorn many of the buildings in Upper Froyle, giving it the name 'The Village of the Saints'.
Behind it, constructed in 1905, is the transporter bridge: vehicles and passengers crossed on a suspended platform which was dragged back and forth above the river.
The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.
We are looking back towards the Parade and Marine Terrace from the Harbour Pier, with fishing boats and pleasure craft afloat on the rippling water.
Tickenhill Manor at Bewdley was given to the Mortimer family by William the Conqueror, coming back to the Crown at the time of Edward IV.
The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham, dates back to the 13th century.
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