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Personal Reflections
I was born in Sandleaze, Worton in 1957. I was brought up at 1 Mill Road near the Marston boundary. I remember many things about the village especially the Rose and Crown Pub and the Mill. I remember with pride the war ...Read more
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Jarrett Family Of Ermington
In 1907 my Great-uncle, Arthur Jarrett, married Elizabeth Daniels in Ermington church. Elizabeth was the daugher of Frederick Daniels, who was then the landlord of the 'First and Last' Inn in Ermington. Arthur Jarrett ...Read more
A memory of Ermington in 1900
Busk Crescent
Late in 1945 my parents moved to 25 Busk Crescent, in Cove. The house was on top of a hill and overlooked the Farnborough airfield. From the front bedroom you could see aircraft landing on the runway. The house was one of a string of ...Read more
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Days Gone By
My family arrived in Seaforth late in 1939 after we were shipped back from Gibraltar where my father was stationed with the Kings Regiment. Early memories of our house in Holly Grove are vague. My sister Maureen and I, along with ...Read more
A memory of Seaforth in 1940 by
Boyhood Memories From 1952
It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the streets ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by
The Day We Set Earith On Fire
Well . . . not all of it! My dad was enlisted USAF stationed at Alconbury 1959-1960 and he found us a place on High Street that we shared with a number of other people. I believe it was one of the first three ...Read more
A memory of Earith in 1960 by
Oldchurch Hospital 1956 57
I have such memories as a 17 year old of working in the 'Admins Office' in Oldchurch Hospital. I think I just walked in one day, got an interview and started on the Monday - no job centres or CVs needed then. The boss was ...Read more
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Valence Park
During the 1940's my Mother worked as a part time Park Keeper at Valence Park, I and my older sister spent many hours in the park, it was the safest place to be during an air raid, I remember the doodle bug hitting the houses in ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1944 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
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Personal Memories Of A Child
I was born in 1942 and by the time I was five years old I has a brother and two sisters. My mum and dad used to send me up to Longriggend for weekends and holidays, probably because my mum was so busy with the other ...Read more
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Richard Fleming Richard Fleming (died 1431) was rector of Boston from 1408 to 1419, when he became Bishop of Lincoln.
More recently, St Margaret's was the home of two literary giants, Noel Coward and later Ian Fleming, who rented a house from Coward. It was here that Fleming wrote some of his James Bond novels.
Next to these premises, by the bus stop, stands the sports shop of Harold Fleming, the famous footballer who played for Swindon Town from 1907-24; he was capped for England eleven times.
In 1929 the council negotiated the purchase, at a very reasonable figure, of a large area of land owned by the Fleming family, who were the patrons of North Stoneham, and it was named Fleming Park.
Three of Elizabeth Tudor's most influential courtiers hailed from Newport: Dr Edes, her chaplain, Dr James, her doctor, and Thomas Fleming, who became Lord Chief Justice.
Next to it is Armstrong and Fleming's Garage, the offices of the Cumberland & Westmorland Herald, the Horse and Farrier Inn and then Tinkler's Garage.
Justice Fleming survived into the reign of James I, when he presided over the trial of Guy Fawkes; an act of judicial importance that is commemorated in Newport's Guildhall.
Situated in the Dutch Quarter, where Flemings settled, Stockwell Street still has some good medieval houses.The gabled Stockwell Arms seen opposite still exists—in 1866 the bellringers of St Peter's
Justice Fleming survived into the reign of James I, when he presided over the trial of Guy Fawkes; an act of judi- cial importance that is commemorated in Newport's Guildhall.
Lincoln College 1906 The college was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln.
Here we have another view of the pavilion and miniature golf course at Fleming Park, where there were also football, rugby and hockey pitches and tennis courts.
At this end was Mark Ellis the tailor, later Fleming's Antiques; at the other end Barclays Bank. The sign is on the Red Lion (centre left), which closed in 2000. Opposite is H E Rose, the butcher.
Haverfordwest first developed when the Flemings established a town here and built the castle. Henry Tudor also passed this way with his army on the way to Bosworth to defeat Richard III.
The large chimney on the guardroom (centre) is of a style attributed to the Flemings, who arrived with the Normans.
The church was paid for by Lady le Fleming of Rydal Hall.
The Institute and Reading Room, built in an eclectic Arts and Crafts style, recalls the contribution to that Movement made by local protagonists like John Ruskin, Albert Fleming, W G Collingwood and
Nearby Higham Park was once the home of Count Zborowski, whose racing exploits were the inspiration for the book 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' by Ian Fleming.
The longest lived was Fleming & Ferguson. There was also the Thistle shipyard, which closed in the 1930s but was reopened during the Second World War for the construction of landing craft.
There are many monuments in the church and in the graveyard to famous people, including Sir Thomas Fleming, who was the Lord Chief Justice who authorised the execution of Guy Fawkes, and Admiral Lord Hawke
Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally
Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally
The most famous iron furnace here was the 'Bedlam Furnace': with its flames and smoke, and noise and grime, it must have seemed like the very gates of Hell.
A long-vanished view of Hoveton in the days of the horse and cart, the flaming torch sign for the school approach and the neatly thatched cottage.
On 25 August 1952 the pier went up in flames.
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