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270 memories found. Showing results 81 to 90.

Waterfoot Is Still My Home After 54 Years.

I was born in 298 Burnley Road East on August 18th 1945. The Nurse who delivered me was Nurse Bowe, who was a good friend of my Gran's (Teresa Whittaker, nee O'Brien). All my Aunties and Uncles were born in ...Read more

A memory of Waterfoot by Judith Mc Creath

Nursing Auxillary In Abraham Cowley Unit, Chertsey

I moved to Sandy Lane, opposite Lindsey Smith nurses' accommodation in Virginia Water. There were twelve of us auxillaries from Scotland as far as Kent. We all used to go out to the local pub ...Read more

A memory of Virginia Water in 1984 by Gillian Weston

St Peter Ad Vincula

Not a memory obviously but a fact discovered when doing family research. My Great Grandfather's eldest sister was married to a Grenadier Guard in The Chapel Royal at the Tower. Her husband Giles was stationed there at the time. The date was 1860.

A memory of London in 1860 by Beryl Chandler

The Rose And Crown

Ivy Myers. I wonder how many people from Chalfont remember the "Rose and Crown", a Benskins pub. My father owned it from 1946 until 1950. There was also the “Kings Head” which was on the corner of Joiners Lane. Of ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1949 by Ivy Jones

1949 1966

I was born at 16 Roding Avene, the prefabs right next to the River Roding. Across the main London Road was Delayneys, also the Masters Match factory with its tall chimmney. I remember seeing the chimney being knocked down, the man at the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Yvonne Tilbury

Southminster Then Burnham

We moved to Southminster, Whitby Road and lived there till 1980 when we came to Burnham, where I live now. On 12th March 2008, I lost Glad so since then and now, live alone. I worked at St Peters School for seven ...Read more

A memory of Burnham-On-Crouch in 1860 by Henry Perrin

My Long Walk To School

I lived with my parents in Southborough until I was 17 years old. My Gran also lived quite near to us. My dad and all his brothers and sisters went to St. Peters School on the common. So did my older brother and two young ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1946 by Ann Morgan

I Played Piano At The Swan

I was directed to this site by a friend who was convinced one of the contributors must have been my brother, because it mentioned that his father ran a fish stall in South Harrow Market (our father did) and how green ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by David Lowe

Ightham Village

My sisters Rita, Susan and me all attended Ightham Primary School, the headmaster was Mr Foster, he travelled every day from Maidstone by car, Mrs Kath Gordon, Miss Tomkins being the other teachers, Mrs Hussey replacing Miss Tomkins ...Read more

A memory of Ightham by Janet Le Saux

Living In Godmanchester

Growing up in Godmanchester was a good experience. We lived in St Anne's Lane and I went to school there as well, then went to school in Park Lane. Then in 1956 I went to the Secondary Modern, starting at Brookside and ...Read more

A memory of Godmanchester in 1950 by Danny Evans

Captions

379 captions found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Caption For Colchester, North Hill 1891

The church on the right is St Peter's - the town church.The tower was completed in 1758.

Caption For Swaffham, Market Place 1891

This admirable market town, with its Queen Anne and Georgian buildings, was once hailed as 'the Montpellier of England'.

Caption For Ribchester, The Almshouses C1960

These attractive almshouses on Stydd Lane, complete with a well for their water, were built by John Shireburn in 1728 to house five Catholic spinsters or widows.

Caption For Sudbury, Market 1904

Sudbury had a corn and cattle market on Thursdays with a general market on Saturdays.

Caption For Limpsfield, Village 1906

The long village High Street running down from the ridge overlooking the Weald and the 13th-century church of St Peter is lined with picturesque tile-hung cottages.

Caption For Oughtrington, The Church C1955

In 1862 George Charnley Dewhurst, a wealthy Manchester cotton magnate, bought the Oughtrington estates and became a benefactor to the village.

Caption For Woolhampton, The Church And School C1955

St Peter's Church was completely Gothicised in the mid 19th century.

Caption For Stockbridge, High Street C1955

The Test is famous for excellent fishing.

Caption For Kingsbury, The Church C1955

The Church of St Peter and St Paul overlooks the River Tame and was founded c1150 by Osbert de Arden.

Caption For Dorchester On Thames, High Street C1965

The abbey church of St Peter and St Paul is all that remains of an Augustinian abbey built on the site in 1170.

Caption For Wallingford, The Diving Stage C1955

Not to be outdone by Benson, Wallingford also had a diving stage in the mid 1950s.

Caption For Field Broughton, St Peter's Church 1897

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.

Caption For Borehamwood, St Michael's Church C1965

The foundation stone was laid in October 1954 by the late Princess Margaret and blessed by the Lord Bishop of St Albans.

Caption For Goodworth Clatford, The Village C1965

This is another picturesque Hampshire village, home to a good selection of perfect whitewashed thatched cottages.

Caption For Flitwick, The Church C1955

Flitwick is a village that has been the subject of substantial population growth during the 1980s and 90s, tripling its physical coverage with ease.

Caption For Grantham, Bee Hive Inn 1893

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

Caption For Grantham, Bee Hive Inn 1893

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

Caption For Northleach, Market Square C1955

It suffered traffic problems until the recent construction of its bypass.

Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1634 and retains its oaken interior and a great screen which is considered to be one of the finest of its type in England.

Caption For Bedford, Bunyan's Statue And St Peter's Church 1921

In this splendidly evocative view from the High Street/St Peter's Street/Dame Alice Street junction, the photographer looks north along the Broadway towards the leafy De Parys Avenue, past the policeman

Caption For Dorchester, High West Street 1930

The tower of the medieval St Peter's Church, seen here on the left, dominates much of Dorchester's High Street.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill 1900

The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Village C1955

The tapering village green leads up to St Peter's Church.

Caption For Bournemouth, Town Centre C1955

By the 1950s, Bournemouth was at the height of its popularity and one of the most prosperous towns in England, as this view of the town centre shows.