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Schooldays
Billingham Campus School consisted of four halls - Bede, pictured in the foreground, Davy behind and Faraday furthest away. The fourth hall, Stephenson was about 800 yards away, not pictured. There was a sports block with a swimming pool which can just be seen to the left of this photograph.
A memory of Billingham in 1968 by
My American Grandmother's Travel Diary From 1951 — She Enjoyed Her Stay At The Grenville Hotel
I searched for Grenville Hotel, Bude and found this site. I was reading my grandmother’s travel diary. She visited the hotel in June of 1951 and reported: ...Read more
A memory of Bude
Boarding School
I went to st Roses convent in Stroud when I was eleven years old . The boarding house was up the lane called merrymeads. It was named st Bedes . I can remember going to the Holy Rosary church which was next to the convent . ...Read more
A memory of Stroud by
Childhood Days
Having moved several times as a child we were offered our first council house on the new estate in Hough Green, we were one of the first families to move into Phillip Road and I can remember my late mother saying it looked like a ...Read more
A memory of Widnes in 1953 by
Best Days Of You Life?
I was lucky enough to attend Bede Hall. We had a terrific staff team in those days - Clive Bell, Peter Dixon, the late Annie Woodward et al. The whole experience was mind blowing, as the mix of administered and self ...Read more
A memory of Billingham in 1967 by
My Life In Widnes
I lived in Beach Terrace until 1948 then moved to Christie Street. I went to St Bedes school and the Fisher More until 1955. I went to work at the Co-op in Albert Road,it was a great job and I made lots of friends. I love living ...Read more
A memory of Widnes by
Always A Colliery Lass
I was born late 1959 at Little Thorpe Maternity Hospital. I lived in Arthur Street with my parents Alan and Ada Robson and my newly widowed grandfather Bob Mckee. My grandmother, Lizzie, sadly passed away a year ...Read more
A memory of Easington Colliery in 1964 by
St Anne''s
I was baptized, made my first commmunion and was confirmed, at St Anne's Church. I was chosen to be May Queen. I crowned our Lady on May 7, 1961. That same year I went to St. Bede's School in September 1961. I then joined the Handmaids ...Read more
A memory of Ormskirk in 1949 by
Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School
I attended Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School from September 6, 1963 until February 1969. Although I had passed my 11 Plus examination very highly (highest in the southwest of England) and wanted to ...Read more
A memory of Lawrence Weston in 1963 by
The Kidd's Alright
THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT The daylight had faded away and dusk was now dim enough to coax the streetlights to pop on, their vague orange light slowly getting brighter as their bulbs warmed. Meanwhile inside the Hamblett ...Read more
A memory of Moston in 1972 by
Captions
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The old bridge crosses the River Neet as it flows towards the sea at nearby Bude.
With its shallow sandy bays, broad grassy downs, civic gardens, and terraces of unpretentious lodging houses, Bude is almost completely an Edwardian construction.
Situated to the west of Stratton, Bude Castle was built on a promontory by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1850.
Stratton was formerly more important than Bude.
This hilltop village, at the head of the Coombe Valley, sits astride the main road between Bude and Barnstaple.
In 1811 the local boat builder at Salcombe completed the ketch 'Ceres' for Capt William Lewis of Bude for trading with north Spanish ports, though for much of 1813 and 1814 she was employed carrying
The lower end of the Bude Canal has a basin with a sea lock to allow ships to enter and remain afloat.
Opened in 1823, the Bude Canal served a large area of north Cornwall.
Bude sea lock is still in use today, although the rest of the canal was abandoned in 1896.
The Bude Canal was opened in 1826 from this harbour basin, with a sea lock just visible in the distance.
Crackington Haven, six miles south of Bude, sits in a deep valley in the parish of St Gennys.
Bude's bay is protected from the brunt of the heaviest Atlantic weather by a breakwater connecting Chapel Rock with the shoreline.
Bude sea lock is still in use today, although the rest of the canal was abandoned in 1896.
This is Bude Canal Sea Lock in 1893, two years after the waterway had been reduced to the 1.25 mile stretch to Rodd's Bridge; in reality it was little more than an extension of the harbour, which continued
Being one of the few beaches south of Bude that can be accessed by car ensured that Crackington Haven had its compliment of holiday facilities, such as the hotel we see here with players just visible on
Barrel Rock (centre right, with the marker post) marks the end of Bude's breakwater.
The canal was closed, except for the Bude section, in 1891.
The Bude Canal was something of an oddity.
The Bude Canal, in which these schooners are moored, was built in 1823 to carry sand inland to improve farmland, but it ended up carrying all manner of cargoes including coal from South Wales.
The lifeboat is the third one to be stationed at Bude, the 'Elizabeth Moore Garden 2'.
Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.
Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.
Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.
Bude's canal, built in 1823, was something of an oddity.
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