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Memories
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Grandparents
My Grandparents William Garside and Evelyn Bowden were married on 29th February 1896 in Cardiff and Grandad lived in Roath prior to his marriage. I imagine they may have also stood in this spot when courting, looking quite similar.
A memory of Cardiff in 1890
Mill Street Clowne. 1950
The gentleman pushing a cart in the foreground of this picture is my grandfather, Ernest Pearce (1895-1970). The cart was used to transport bundles of sticks that he cut for sale as firewood. They were sold for 4d a bundle. ...Read more
A memory of Clowne in 1950 by
Starting Senior School
I attended Howden C.S. School when it first opened - what a culture shock! Mary Baitson
A memory of Howden in 1962 by
Wallsend 1954 68
Born in the Green Maternity Hosp 1954, lived in Windsor Drive, Howden, Sandown Gardens, Howden and Prospect Ave. I remember being taken to the Masons Arms at Bigges Main in a pushchair, parked outside the corrugated iron lean to ...Read more
A memory of Wallsend by
The Back House
I was born in Sedgefield and lived in North Bitchburn until I was 7 years old, me and my twin sister Elizabeth and my mam amd dad who worked at the pipe yard. We lived in no 1a Constantine Terrace, it was the back half of ...Read more
A memory of North Bitchburn by
Looking For Informations About Carl Jung's Seminar In Polzeath
The famous Suiss Psychologist Carl Gustav Jung held one of his first Cornish seminars at POLZEATH in 1923. In order to celebrate this event I am looking for any information about ...Read more
A memory of St Minver 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 ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Clare School
I was at Clare School in the latter part of the fifties and recently visited East Coker and was unable to find the school. Mr H T Bowden started the school. What has happened to the old building?
A memory of East Coker in 1957 by
Babbacombe In The 1950s 60s
I grew up in Babbacombe in the 1950s and 60s and it was such a friendly busy place with the local shops Stephens and Bowdens the two greengrocers, Canns the fishmongers, the butchers and of course the fish and chip ...Read more
A memory of Babbacombe in 1959 by
Childhood In War Time Silsden
I grew up in Silsden and also worked in Silsden, as a weaver at Stocks Mill. I lived at 52 New Rd or shed side, as it was known. We lived almost opposite Fletchers mill gates, in a back-to-back two bedroomed terraced ...Read more
A memory of Silsden in 1943 by
Captions
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This fine view of the Howden Dam, with the forbidding moorland of Bleaklow beyond, is taken from Abbey Bank, on the edge of the Howden Moors.
It was named after James Bellasis, a forward thinking man, who as early as 1636 gave Poor Howdens Farm to the town.
The old house here was restored and rebuilt in 1840 by Lord Howden to the designs of Decimus Burton, a London architect, who was also responsible for Hyde Park Corner.
This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.
It was here in 1926 that the then owner of the hotel, Mrs Scott-Bowden, organised a cricket festival for women – and so founded the National Women's Cricket Association.
Local firms included John Bowden's yard, which was active between 1877 and 1905 -it can be seen in the background of this picture; Richard Kitto (later Kitto & Sons) was in business from 1864 to c1904
This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.
The founder of the firm was Arthur Bowden who began selling door-to-door from a horse and trap.
When the Queen opened the Ashley Centre, the first shop to meet her eye was Lester Bowden the tailors, an Epsom firm that goes back to 1898.
