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Memories

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Schooldays

I was born in Hayfield Cottages, Auldgirth in April 1931. My first year at school Mrs Garthwaite was my teacher. She lived in the house just north of the school. In the mid 30s my brother Bob and I saw an airship fly over Barbra Mill. ...Read more

A memory of Auldgirth in 1930 by Samuel Jardine

The Bus

My family purchased and converted an old single decker bus for us to have holidays in. It was parked on a small piece of land opposite the church. An old Gypsy caravan was parked just inside the gate to the land, I was told that it had ...Read more

A memory of Lowsonford by Alan Yardley

Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial

Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon.  We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the ...Read more

A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by Don Thurlow

The Nag''s Head

One didn't have to travel to London in the past to watch pro bands plying their trade. The Nag's Head public house was a much attended venue during the late 1960s and early 1970s for watching many of the (what was then known as) ...Read more

A memory of Wollaston in 1969 by Mick Austin

My Grandparents

My grandparents come from Elsecar and Wentworth, in Mill Lane, you may have seen the Roundhouse,Can`t miss it really just up from Pondside. When my real grandad died my grandmother remarried a man named Stanley Horn from Harley. ...Read more

A memory of Elsecar in 1952 by Susan Sutton

The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

Burns Pit Disaster

From his seat, by the fire, my grandad could see the great mound of the spoil heap of Stanley Burns Pit. It was the site of a horrific explosion, on 16th February 1909, in which 168 men and boys lost their lives. He would ...Read more

A memory of Stanley in 1900 by e5484.suddes

A Lovely Girl And A Bonny Place

It's a bit unfair to say my memory is from 2000, as it actually goes back to when I was born (1980) and only ends last year (2008). My earliest memories are of being at my Aunty Stella's. She wasn't really an ...Read more

A memory of Denton Burn in 2000 by Aidan Henderson

Number 1 Kersemill Cottages

I started being accident prone at an early age it seems. My parents lived at the above cottages with me and my big sister. My dad was a meal miller and worked at the meal mill just up the the road to the right I think, ...Read more

A memory of Kersemill in 1956 by Val Litten

St Mary School

At the top of the town towards the flats is St Mary's church.  I used to attend St Mary's school which was situated behind the church.  One day when everyone turned up for school it had been burned to the ground, I think I was ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1965 by Jackie Thompson

Captions

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Caption For Empingham, Nursery Close C1960

On the left are RDC houses perhaps built in the 1950s. Further down, a large barn and an old house beyond.

Caption For Chippenham, The Market Place C1955

This view was taken looking south to the Bear Hotel at the top end of the car park. The new Bear Hotel was built some time after 1750 by John Provis, a painter, and leased out.

Caption For Manchester, Old Trafford 1897

Here we see the stand of the Lancashire Cricket Ground, called Old Trafford, as it looked just over a century ago.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Old Tithe Barn 1900

The Great Barn, or Tithe Barn, is part of Barton Manor Farm, which comprises 8 or 9 buildings grouped around a large open courtyard.

Caption For Ruislip, High Street C1965

The camera looks away from the original village centre into the alternative Ruislip of the 1930s and towards the Metropolitan line station of 1904.

Caption For St Michaels, Garstang Road C1960

Glebe Farm and the tithe barn disappeared in the 1960s; the original thatched roof was under corrugated iron sheeting.

Caption For Avebury, The Cove 1899

The barn and outbuilding seen here were demolished in the 1940s as part of the long-overdue restoration programme.

Caption For Slaidburn, Hammerton Hall 1921

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. The Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the Hall grounds.

Caption For North Harrow, The Tithe Barn, Headstone Manor C1965

The camera looks at the early 16th-century Great Barn, which was originally one of four opening onto the farmyard; a second smaller one has quite recently been particularly well restored from a skeletal

Caption For Sudbury, Friar Street Congregational Chapel 1900

Here we see the interior of the chapel as designed by Frederick Barnes in 1859, with the classical sanctuary filled with the organ.

Caption For Sproughton, Lower Street C1955

The herd of dairy cattle is making its way to Hall Farm, which included the former tithe barn dating from the 17th century.

Caption For Abbotsbury, The Tithe Barn 1890

The Great Barn of Abbotsbury Abbey was built in about 1400.

Caption For Eastcote, Field End Road 1964

Eastcote is a mediaeval settlement; it is only as one emerges from the shopping parades of the 1930s grouped around the underground station into a series of timber-framed vernacular buildings of the 16th

Caption For Bury, Church From The River 1898

The tour has to reach Bury by road, but until the 1950s you could get from Amberley to Bury by ferry. The wharf was restored in 1997 with concrete steps.

Caption For Stamford, Barn Hill 1922

Just a few yards up the hill from All Saints' Church, Barn Hill is a far cry from the commercial bustle of Red Lion Square.

Caption For Clayton Le Moors, Wesleyan Chapel 1897

Barnes Square Methodist Chruch was built in 1863, replacing an earlier building which had become too small. John Mercer laid the foundation stone.

Caption For Sydling St Nicholas, East Street C1955

The initials of the courtier and his wife are carved on a timber in the village's tithe barn.

Caption For Oakham, The Hawthorne Horse 1932

Situated at the corner of Cemetery Road and Station Road, this topiary horse was a local attraction. It was in the paddock of Mr J Littler, a veterinary surgeon.

Caption For Bocking, Bradford Street 1902

Villagers pose for the camera outside their homes in this little village near Braintree. This was the earliest English settlement of the Knights Templar, who were given the manor in 1135.

Caption For Appleton Le Street, The Village C1960

The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Barn Street 1906

Looking down Barn Street towards the spire of St Martin's Church, the Bethesda Baptist Chapel can be seen on the right.

Caption For Easington, Seaside Road From Church C1955

Easington is set alongside the coast of the North Sea, some five miles north of Spurn Point.

Caption For Polgooth, Village C1955

The old village is seen from near the Wesleyan chapel, looking across to Van Vean Farmhouse in the trees on the far side.

Caption For Twickenham, Richmond Road C1955

In 1965, the municipal borough of Twickenham was merged with those of Barnes and Richmond (against the wishes of many residents) to become the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames under the