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Memories

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Crathorne Arms

I lived in Hutton Rudby but we had family friends in Crathorne, the Gibsons. They lived in Rose Cottage opposite the post office and village shop. I use to work on weekends for Redvest Bolton, a local farmer and landlord of the ...Read more

A memory of Crathorne in 1959 by Bill Eden

18 Emsgate Lane .The Post Office In 1948

I am tracing family history. I would like to know who was running the Post Office in that year in 1948?My mother Marjorie Edna Webber was an assistant there. I also have family memories of Mattie and ...Read more

A memory of Silverdale in 1948 by Jean Davey

Chideock School

I started school at the age of five following in the footsteps of my brother John and sister Pam and walking each day to school from Quarr Lane, sometimes we used the footpath starting at Frogmore farm and coming out above the ...Read more

A memory of Chideock in 1943 by Patricia Homewood

Raf Bletchley

Was stationed at R.A.F. Stanbridge as my first posting out of RAF Cosford (Boy Entrant 20th) in May 1955. Lived at RAF Bletchley and travelled to and fro by gary to Stanbridge. Moved up to Stanbridge the following January and lived ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1955 by John Stevenson

I Need Help To Find Long Lost Relatives

Losing my mother and father, I know very little of my family on my mother's side. I do know she worked in her grandfather's shop. He owned 3 shops, a tobacconist, a hairdressers, a store, on the ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by Deidre Smith

Post Office

My gran & grandad started their new life here after they were wed in 1934. They had 2 more children then my gran took her bike to the local newsagent where she was knocked down by an army lorry. She died later, leaving her 3 ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1930 by Karen Villadsen

Brings Back Memories Of My Childhool.

I lived in Blurton from 1964 to 1983. My memories of Critchelow's Corner, called so because of the Critchelow sisters who ran the Post Office, is of walking past this corner to get to Gom's Mill and then walk ...Read more

A memory of Blurton in 1974

Drayton St Leonards 1936

1936 - my father Ernest Eldridge and mother Violet and myself Barbara moved from Dorchester on Thames to Drayton St Leonards. My mother's friend May Rusher (wife of Frank Rusher) arranged for the cottage next ...Read more

A memory of Drayton St Leonard in 1930 by Barbara Gibson

Mile Oak 1938 To1950

Hi Roger Dale, thanks for adding to my memories of Mile Oak, you need to check your dates! We still lived at 222 in 1949, a year I can never forget as my father died in the front room of 222 on New Year's Day 1949, in October ...Read more

A memory of Mile Oak in 1948 by Frank Piner

Captions

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Caption For Penarth, Alexandra Park C1955

The 1950s proved somewhat of a flat period for the park. 1951 witnessed the scrapping of its bandstand – a £62 repair estimate was deemed too costly, while 1956 saw the removal of its weather station.

Caption For Swindon, Victoria Road To Regent Circus C1955

This was built in 1896 at a cost of £10,000 on land presented by W V Rolleston.

Caption For Lepe, The Beach C1955

In the 1970s a six-bedroom property with staff cottage in Lepe cost £70,000.

Caption For Southport, Cambridge Hall, Art Gallery, Library And Bank 1887

The complex was built on a site previously occupied by a row of cottages adjacent to Cambridge Hall, and opened in 1878 having cost around £14,000.

Caption For Belfast, Methodist College, Mc Arthur Hall 1897

A Limerick architect provided the design of the building, though his estimates of cost proved to be low - help from the all-powerful American Methodists was welcome.

Caption For Sheffield, The Town Hall 1896

In 1898 the city accountant broke the news to the rate payers that the building had cost over £182,000.

Caption For Rhyl, The Pavilion And Victoria Pier C1867

A poster on the pier pavilion proclaims that 'Chris Reynolds and his Splendid Band' are playing tonight. The pier was demolished in 1972.

Caption For Helensburgh, Colquhoun Square 1901

During the main season, rooms cost from 3s 6d a day and dinner was 4s, which was slightly less than what the top Glasgow hotels were charging.

Caption For Southport, London Square 1902

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

The promenade seen here was built in the 1880s at a cost of £350, but it was destroyed in the catastrophic 1953 floods.

Caption For Warwick, The Old Bridge 1922

In c1790 the Earl of Warwick offered to pay most of the cost of a new bridge, which was to be erected upstream.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

The promenade seen here was built in the 1880s at a cost of £350, but it was destroyed in the catastrophic 1953 floods.

Caption For Chiddingstone, The Church 1891

The latter, with its unusual cover, cost £3. 10s.

Caption For Exmouth, The Pier And The Steamer 1922

The vessel we see here took trippers along the cost of Lyme Bay, visiting other resorts along the way.

Caption For Cambridge, River Cam C1965

This is still one of the main punt hiring stations in Cambridge today, although the modern-day prices reflect the passage of time - at the time of this photograph, it cost 3s 6d to hire a punt and 3s a

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge C1900

This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London's river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have

Caption For Maybole, Culzean Castle 1904

Patterson's other work included Chillingham Castle (1803) and the rebuilding of Brancepeth Castle (1817) for William Russell of Sunderland at a cost in excess of £120,000.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street 1893

To its right stands the cathedral-like front of the Baptist church, built by George Morgan in 1877 at a cost of £4200. The huge wheel window over the double porch is flanked by twin towers.

Caption For Louth, Mercer Row C1955

The town is more famous, though, for its superb and grand church, crowned by its 295 feet high spire, built in the early 1500s at a cost of £305.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Greenock, Princes Pier 1904

The pier and railway station were rebuilt and extended between 1892 and 1894 at a cost of over £62,000.

Caption For Milford On Sea, C1955

In 1960 a new 3-bedroom bungalow with a garage and two WCs cost £4,700.

Caption For Bournville, Mary Vale Road 1949

Initially 143 homes were built, which were sold at cost price. A 999 year leasing arrangement ensured that gardens and open areas could not be built on.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.