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King's Oven
In the 1960s I took my parents to stay in a bungalow a short distance from the Warren House Inn. The bungalow was called The King's Oven, and we rented it for a week. It had been used as accomodation for the tin mine inspector when he ...Read more
A memory of Dartmoor by
The War Years
My partner was evacuated from East London to Rostherene during the war years and has many fond memories of this place. It has lead me to look into it and hopefully surprise him shortly with a visit. He stayed at Shaw Green Farm along ...Read more
A memory of Rostherne in 1941 by
Childhood Memories
This is the street where I was born in 1940, our house is just out of sight, but when I left school in 1955 I worked for a short while in the shop adjoining the post office. Sadly my father, who was in the Army, was posted to ...Read more
A memory of Sandhurst in 1955 by
Queen Mary
My mother, Heather Carter, her sister Roma and my sister Janet Davies were all married in St Martin's, which was very high church, the smell of incense is still strong in my mind. I remember, though I don't know quite when this was, old ...Read more
A memory of Ruislip by
Growing Up In Milford
My mother was in the WAAFs during WWII. She met my father (an American G.I.) at a dance in Henley. They married in 1944 and after the war, my mother traveled to the United States as a war bride. I was born in Nebraska in April, ...Read more
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Those Were The Days.
i am the Tony Williams that used to live in Hatherop road, Infant, Junior, Senior Schools Hampton. i moved to Bristol in 1953, i now live in Frome Somerset. I had lots of good happy memories of Hampton especially going fishing at ...Read more
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Wilburton Primary School
This is the school I went to, and really enjoyed my time here. Mr. Gothard was the Headmaster. We also had a lovely Welsh teacher in the middle class, and I think Miss Yarrow took the little ones. (A very short walk through ...Read more
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Life In Oxshott In 1940s And 50s Royal Kent School
I remember my first day at the Royal Kent School – 8th November 1948 – as recorded at entry no. 1450 in the school's original Admissions Register. It was a few weeks into the Autumn term, as in September ...Read more
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Going To The Shops...
As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more
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Whetstone Hey Shops
I remember the triangle of shops at the top of Whetstone Hey in(1962), when I was about 7 years old. If you came up Whetstone Hey, from Valley Drive, on your left was Wartons Newsagents (what we called The Paper Shop). It was ...Read more
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Ruts either side of this ravine prove the use of this short cut to West Mark.
A short distance from the coast road, modern village developments and camp sites many be found near East Runton Green or Lower Common.
Load Street is short but wide.
Lullington Church stands a short walk away from Alfriston village, across the White Bridge over the Cuckmere.
A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
This short, 2-mile canal was opened in 1773, and is an extension of the River Ure.
Yealmpton, always pronounced Yampton, stands on the River Yealm near to the end of its short journey from Dartmoor to the sea.
The two Bittell Reservoirs, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and some pleasant countryside are all just a short stroll away for the lane`s residents.
'In short a sight shocking to all beholders' (Manaton Parish Register).
The church site may have been used at an earlier date and lies only a short distance from the line of The Devils Highway, a former Roman road.
Although this scene appears tranquil, the railway line runs close to the river here, and now the M2 motorway runs only a short distance further south.
Another view of the charming seaside town and port, this time looking to the prominent landmark, the 70 ft mound and ruined castle of 1821.
After the major restoration of the chancel which took place shortly after this photograph was taken, all the walls were whitewashed, and remain so today.
Boys wearing ties, jackets and short trousers, and girls with neat ankle socks and strap shoes are typical of school-age children of the 1940s and 50s.
Besides watching clowns, jugglers, musicians and conjurors, short sea trips in the little sailing boats were immensely popular.
As well as general cargo shipped through the port, the amount of fish landed at St Andrew's Dock during this year, amounted to 1,580,959 cwts.
They were con- verted into a hotel, as seen in this view, but shortly afterwards the building was reconverted back to twenty-nine flats.
The Centre's shorts-only rule applied to everyone, partly as a security measure to distinguish authorised from any unauthorised users.
The railway reached Portrush with the construction of a short branch line from Coleraine on the Belfast to Londonderry line.
Following the railway journey, which was frequently a short one, the day-trippers could find suitable refreshments in the Pontsarn Hotel.
Notwithstanding the 'shorts only' rule, some of the boys found comfort from a blanket draping their knees.
In a few short years four large homes for sufferers from tuberculosis were established in the resort.
The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
This is one of several short parades of shops along the main road through Penn.
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