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Childhood In Addlestone
I have many memories of Addlestone having lived there from 1940 to 1964. My family lived in Bourneside Road, at the far end was Coxes Lock Mill and the mill pond. We knew almost everybody that lived on Bois Hall estate. I ...Read more
A memory of Addlestone by
Shopping With My Mum In Heathfield...
I remember in the 1960s going to Heathfield with Mum on the bus (we lived at Corner Farm, Swife Lane). We would go shopping and often would go into the Bluebird. Seeing that name in this picture brought ...Read more
A memory of Heathfield in 1965 by
Cookridge Once Fields And Farms
I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge ...Read more
A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by
Ye Olde Gate House
This picture is of the Old Gate House, taken from the West Street side. The sign over the front door was "Ye Olde Gate House". It was a very old house and is shown on some of the old maps of Wilton. It had two addresses - The ...Read more
A memory of Wilton in 1920 by
Happy Days
i was born in Algers Road, Loughton in 1942 and moved to Chigwell in 1944, then back to Buckhurst Hill in 1947. My dad worked as a lorry driver for W.C.French. My brother Chris and friends used to walk up to Buckhurst Hill High ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1947 by
Unchanged Lerryn
Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. It has barely changed in a hundred years. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, Lerryn lies at the tidal ...Read more
A memory of Lerryn in 2004 by
The Watford To Rickmansworth Railway In The Second World War
Croxley Green station is now - in the 21st century - merely a shadow of its former busy life. My Auntie Dorrie (Doris Lacey) worked at this station throughout the Second World War ...Read more
A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by
The Slate Islands Easdale
THE SLATE ISLANDS By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more
A memory of Easdale in 2005 by
Runcorn Hill On A Summer's Day
Runcorn Hill was a wild place when I knew it back in the early 1960s. I remember even now the smell of the trees and the shade they brought on hot summer days. Yes, we had them back then, when spring came after winter ...Read more
A memory of Runcorn in 1960 by
Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s
What memories your comments conjure. How I loved the 'rec' as a child. We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout. The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by
Captions
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It was the home town of General Hector MacDonald (1853-1903), who enlisted in the 92nd Highlanders at the age of 17.
This wild and rocky landscape in Wester Ross is typical of the Highlands. The looming quartzite peaks of Beinn Eighe are in the background.
Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop.
Fishing and agriculture played an important part in the economy of the area, but it was the opening up of the Western Highlands to tourism that gave the town the boost it so desperately needed.
The Highland clearances brought a fresh influx, and to this day there are more Gaelic speakers in Glasgow than in the Highlands and Islands.
The Campbells fought well, but Montrose's Highlanders fought the better: this was a time for clans to settle accounts with the Campbells.
The statue is of Burns's Highland Mary, who was born at Auchnamore Farm nearby. The statue was erected in 1896.
It was served by a branch line of the Highland Railway from Fodderty Junction. Are these girls laundresses at one of the hotels?
During his visit to the Highlands, Dr Johnson was entertained here by the 5th Duke. The town was originally closer to the old castle, but was relocated in the mid 18th century.
Fishing and agriculture played an important part in the economy of the area, but it was the opening up of the Western Highlands to tourism that gave the town the boost it so desperately needed.
Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop.
From their sources on the high land, the numerous rivers run across this landscape and make their winding ways toward the coast.
THE MAIN EAST-WEST thoroughfare in Bearsden, one of Glasgow's northern suburbs, is named Roman Road, for it follows the line of a roadway constructed by the Romans in AD 142 along the south side
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