Places

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Maps

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Memories

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Dunmurry In The 60s & 70s

I lived in dunmurry for 16 years from 1960 until 1976 the things that i remember in the village were the two barber shops the first one was beside jack norths sweet shop on the bridge where as a young boy i remember being left ...Read more

A memory of Dunmurry by carole.chambers19

Balfour House Milton Of Balgonie

I was born and bred in the Milton and remember playing in this house in its ruined state in the 70's. This was the first house in Fife to get electricity iam led to believe. My grandparents lived a stones throw away ...Read more

A memory of Markinch by garyt33

Third Issue Of My " Barking Ramblings".

Living in the prefabs in Ilford Lane I could walk into town up Fanshawe Avenue, or go via Tanner Street and then Glenny Road or, and my memory may be playing tricks on me but I think it was Harpur Road and then up ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

Dunbar And Spott Village

I was born in Haddington and lived in Spott village for first two years before moving south to Sussex. Summer holidays were always taken in Spott and Dunbar, so fond memories of the area. Rekindled when my son played two seasons with Edinburgh Rugby

A memory of Dunbar by matkinsesq

The Hewer Alias Radbourn Of Northleach And Turkdean

Earlier this year I visited Northleach my husband's Ancesters hail from there. His great great Grandfather William Hewer alias Radbourn bought Leygore farm in 1832, a farm of 800 acres according ...Read more

A memory of Northleach by Pam Hewer

Search For Memories Of My Family

Does anyone from Thornley have any memories of my family who lived in the village? Anthony Mcguinness (grandfather), Mary Alice Mcguinness nee Mcguigan (grandmother), Mary Mcguinness (mother born 1925, died 1979) ...Read more

A memory of Thornley by tulatew

Woodfield House

My childhood memories are locked in Brynygwenin. I lived at Woodfield House this was a semi detached house. We shared a pump where we drew our water. This was, indeed, a luxury not having too far to collect drinking water. I was ...Read more

A memory of Brynygwenin

Music

Was'nt in the WAAF, bit too young, but I was at Bletchley Park in 1950/51, with the Ministry of Aviation, training to be a Teleprinter Op before going to Birdlip Radio Station, and then Croydon Signals Centre. We went one evening to see a ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley

Newcomer Road

That must have been just before we moved in to number 57 newcome I was actually born in the prefabs at the bottom of newcomer road . We did move next door to you & I do remember Mr & Mrs cote and I do remember you .My mother was ...Read more

A memory of Shenley by happysalcombe

War Time Home

I lived in Shenley from the age of 10 to 15. They were my war years. I went to the boys school in Shenley and then to Hillside Senior School Borehamwood. They were very happy days, removed from the London bombing. My brother and cousin ...Read more

A memory of Shenley by tomsaunders71

Captions

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Caption For Toddington, High Street C1965

Village green, church and public house are all in close proximity, but the village atmosphere in Toddington was already under threat at the time of this photograph.

Caption For Moulton, Cross Street C1955

Moulton is a village of narrow winding lanes, lined by stone-built cottages and houses, nowadays with traffic calming and one-way systems.

Caption For Willaston, The Old Hall And Smithy C1940

The Hall is situated close to the village green along Hadlow Road.

Caption For Sedlescombe, The Village Pump C1955

Sedlescombe is a hillside village near Battle, with a large green.A local mill made the best gunpowder in Europe.An iron pot containing a large number of coins of Edward the Confessor was found in

Caption For Bottesford, Market Street C1955

On the A52 between Nottingham and Grantham, Bottesford is the most northerly settlement in the county.

Caption For Lymm, The Cross 1897

In the distance a lone horseman rides into Lymm village as it basks in the hot sunshine which has compelled the draper, the ironmonger, and Whitelegg the grocer to put up protective awnings and blinds.

Caption For Blockley, Composite C1960

A large village, equidistant from Moreton in Marsh and Chipping Campden but not distant enough to develop into a market town itself, Blockley harnessed the water power of its deeply cleft valley

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Green C1965

This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller.

Caption For Bolney, Post Office 1957

Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, High Street C1965

One of Berkshire's finest villages is Sutton Courtenay, with the cooling towers of Didcot Power Station a constant companion to the south.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Entrance To Brennand Valley 1921

This village at the entrance to the Trough of Bowland has officially been declared the nearest village to the centre of the British Isles. A telephone box marks the spot.

Caption For Bletchingley, The Street 1905

Prior to 1582, documents referred to this village as 'Blechingley', meaning 'the ley (or clearing) of the Blaecci people', and its origins probably date back to the 7th or 8th century.

Caption For Overton, Post Office C1960

The parish of Overton lies five miles south-west of Lancaster on the road to Sunderland Point.

Caption For Brant Broughton, High Street C1955

This is locally known as the back road to Lincoln, and it looks a well surfaced village road.

Caption For Crowcombe, Cross And Carew Arms 1929

The Village 1940 Beyond Williton, our route follows the western edge of the Quantock Hills back towards Taunton.

Caption For Bradpole, Village And Holy Trinity Church 1907

This view shows Middle Street and Village Road, between the flagstone-topped terraces of high raised pavements, looking towards the 1863-built spire of Holy Trinity parish church in the northern

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1965

The 16th-century stone bridge steps quietly by way of its five arches across the reedy Rothley Brook; the original roadway into the village is now reduced to a footpath.

Caption For Barcombe, The Village Sign C1955

We are on the navigable River Ouse and an old Roman road. The flint-built church of St Mary is over-restored, with little of the original remaining. Court House is an altered 15th-century hall-house.

Caption For Avebury, The Diamond Stone, North Entrance C1955

The Diamond stone sits alongside the Devizes to Swindon main road that goes through the village.

Caption For Herstmonceux, Gardner Street C1965

Round the bend, past the old garage, the A271 continues as Gardner Street, the main shopping street of the village.

Caption For Headley, The Cock Inn C1955

Moving north, the route climbs onto the North Downs to Headley and the Cock pub, now called the Cock Horse.

Caption For West Bradford, The Village 1921

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.

Caption For Windlesham, Village 1909

This is how the village must have looked when the writer Eric Parker passed this way while researching his book 'Highways & Byways in Surrey', published in 1908.

Caption For Kemsing, The Village C1955

The pretty village of Kemsing, on the Pilgrims' Way, boasts St Edith's Well, which is just by the walled war memorial at this road junction.