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Balloon Woods Wollatton
Balloon Woods. Most people says it was a hell hole. Yes some parts of it was. But to a child it was good. There were more quite a few blocks. Some had four floors, these were called Tansley Walk, Bealey Walk, Hartington Walk ...Read more
A memory of Wollaton in 1971 by
Pastures Avenue, Nottingham
I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more
A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by
Little Waltham
I used to live in Little Waltham when I was eight until 19. We lived in a thatched cottage without electric, and no central heating, only an open fire and kitchen range. The windows used have patterns on them in the winter. In ...Read more
A memory of Little Waltham in 1954 by
The Dumps
My mum and dad owned the Lonsdale off-licence during the 1960s and 1970s. I went to Brampton Manor, a few teachers stick in my memory but Dr Groom has to be the world's best physics teacher. I remember bunking off, walking over the dumps ...Read more
A memory of East Ham by
Sixpenny Handley, The Roe Buck Inn
My ancester Edward Dutch built and ran this hotel after the village fire in 1892 - as recorded in the censuses of the time. Take a look at my family history at www.thedutchfamily.co.uk/h_dutch.htm
A memory of Sixpenny Handley in 1890 by
Childhood Days
I too have happy and sad memories of Thurnscoe. I started school in 1952 at Hill Infants. Mrs Cartlidge was our teacher. I still remember where I sat behind the door and being given a small blackboard and chalk on my first day there. ...Read more
A memory of Thurnscoe in 1952
Beckley Parade
This view from Downs Way shows Beckley Parade and my uncle's shop which was next to the houses, the first house belonged to Councillor Turville Kill. My uncle's shop was a greengrocers and he and my aunt moved from here to the ...Read more
A memory of Great Bookham in 1961 by
My Great Grandparents In Kirkoswald
My Great Grandparents, James & Annie Robinson and their daughters Caroline & Jane, moved to Kirkcoswold in early 1900's. Annie died in childbirth soon after. James remarried Mary Hetherington and had a ...Read more
A memory of Kirkoswald in 1958 by
Growing Up Miss Patricia May
My memory is my first day of school. I hated it - all I wanted to do was go home, I did not want stay there. My family lived in Port Isaac all my life and generations before us. Myself and my sister were very happy in ...Read more
A memory of Port Isaac in 1959 by
Growing Up Miss Patricia May
This is another place I rememeber well when I was growing up. My auntie and uncle lived in the village of St Minver, they were called Mr and Mrs worden. My uncle was Ern Worden and he used to dig the the graves, and my ...Read more
A memory of St Minver by
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Worth lies just to the east of Crawley, beside the busy M23 and not far from bustling Gatwick Airport.
Once this was a water splash, then a footbridge and now a modern bridge has been built with a wider road and footpath. The stone houses beyond cluster together as the lane goes uphill.
Some were used for the cottage industry of glove making, but most were farmhouses, and the village is still an agricultural settlement with a working farm at its centre.
From here we can see Richmond to the east and the sweep of Swaledale to the west. The painter Turner was very fond of this place.
Bisley's church of St John the Baptist dates back to the 13th century, and it has a 15th-century porch believed to be made from a single oak.
Here we see motorists in the village—they are probably touring the area.
Prestbury, close to Cheltenham Racecourse, has the reputation of being one of the most haunted villages in England.
The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.
A little south-west of Witley, the route passes the tile-hung Dog and Pheasant pub on the A286 Haslemere Road; it stands opposite the village cricket ground with the 1923 village hall.
With its long winding street and fine houses, Long Melford is one Suffolk's most celebrated villages.
This old manorial village 5 miles north of Sheffield was part of the industrial revolution: it established small craft workshops making nails and parts for the burgeoning factories in Sheffield
Once known as 'Coveshoo', Cliffe was a meeting place for the Great Councils of Kent in Saxon times.
Invariably the village shop and post office (left) was the social hub of village life, and Ardingly is no exception.
Lower Slaughter is best visited on a crisp winter's day, when the stream is full and the houses stand clear against the morning sun.
The village is noted for its granite quarries, which furnished stone for the Duke of Wellington's sarcophagus in St Paul's Cathedral.
Pump Cottage (in the middle of our photo) was—as the name suggests—the source of the village's water-supply. It dates from about 1860. The well pre-dated the cottage by a decade.
The openness of the village is readily apparent in this photograph: it ranges along a brook, criss-crossed by modest Urban District Council railed footbridges.
The Victorian school stands right on the edge of the cliff above the fishing harbour. This view shows the upper part of the village before it was altered by 20th-century developments.
Behind a dry stone wall All Saints' Church sits in the centre of the winding main street of the village.
Looking north east, past the Turk's Head towards St Edward's Church, the scene is little changed today.
Reedham, in the broad, silent expanses of the Yare valley, was once a thriving North sea port. The chain ferry pictured offers the only passage across the Yare between Norwich and Yarmouth.
Morcombelake, situated on the high road between Lyme Regis and Bridport, is now famous as the home of the Moore's biscuit factory.
Craster oak-smoked kippers are considered to be the best in England, and anyone paying a visit to the village really should not leave without buying some.
The Square is the heart of the village, just behind the harbour basin.
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