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Walsh Manor Boys School Crowbourgh
I lived here from 1970 to 1973 The boys I remember were Malcolm Wilkins, Philip Eldridge, Henry fuller, Sean Cope. Teachers were Mr Laycock, Mr Hanner, Mr Trelforth, Mr Clegg, Mr Beardsall and Miss McGuiness. ...Read more
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Clare Coles Of Coptfold Hall
In circa 1964 to 1969 I was still at school in Romford ( Clark's College) and had the " hots" for Clare Coles who lived in part of the old house with her mother and father. I think he was the estate manager , he had ...Read more
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Abc Lyric Cinema
I was the Chief Projectionist at the Lyric from approx 1957 until 1963 when I was appointed as Co Chief/Lighting Engineer at the new ABC Blackpool. The Manager at the Lyric was Mr Ron Crabb and when he moved to another ABC ...Read more
A memory of Wellingborough in 1957 by
Mossford Garage
I started work at the age of 15 years as 'the boy', apprentice mechanic at Mossford garage. I remember going down the High Street to Pither's bakeries to get ham and cheese rolls, as well as pies for the mechanic's tea breaks. ...Read more
A memory of Barkingside in 1965 by
A History Lesson
I have lived nearby for 10 years and this place eluded me for a while. Tancreds Ford is still a ford but the bridge is the modern equivalent. The reason I am posting this is because it was on the old smugglers route! Contraband ...Read more
A memory of Frensham by
My Place Of Birth
I was born in one of those prefabs halfway down on the righthand side, number twenty three in fact. My mum and dad must have thought they`d gone to heaven, moving from a blitzed east end tenemant with a shared outside ...Read more
A memory of South Ockendon by
Lofthouse's Newsagents
So I see it now again after so many years the shop on the corner with that sign Lofthouse's Newsagents above the entrance I went under many times to collect my comics hot from the presses of D.C.Thomson of Dundee: Beano ...Read more
A memory of Worksop by
Peartree Close
I was born in Burgess Hill in 1955 and lived at 18 Peartree Close. There was a rough track behind the house with rear access to garages, and we spent loads of time playing up and down this track and in the woods beyond. I ...Read more
A memory of Burgess Hill in 1955 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
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Holidays In Saham Hills
Just after the war we visited Saham Hills quite regular from Hull. We stayed with an aunt and uncle of my father's by the name of Smith. He was called Charlie, his wife was Pat and they had a son who was called young ...Read more
A memory of Saham Hills in 1950 by
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Further down there is a Ford Corsair.
Further down there is a Ford Corsair.
The quiet High Street, populated only by a Ford 105E Anglia, a Wolseley Hornet, a Ford Consul, and (peeping out of the corner on the left) a Fordson tractor, is a far cry from the days when Swavesey
This is a quintessentially mid 1960s scene: a Ford Anglia, a Mary Quant haircut, a cigarette machine.
The original crossing here was a ford, probably used since Bronze Age times.
A fine view of a ford which was situated just outside Old Harlow.
Despite one motor car, which is possibly a Ford 8, the shoppers here feel safe enough to saunter slowly up the road ignoring the pavement.
As implied by its name, there was originally a ford here, and it was one of the few places on the Fylde plain where the river could safely be crossed.
It comes off Hursley Road, and descends to a stream crossed by a ford where the water might be so deep that food suppliers could not get across.
The Romans established a fort here, Bremetennacum, in AD80 by a ford across the Ribble, and the pillars supporting the porch of the White Bull Hotel are said to have come from one of its
The town was founded on a ford over the River Aire, near Kirkstall Forge, where the monks of Kirkstall Abbey once smelted iron ore.
Newton Poppleford takes its name from the round stones, or popples (like the pobbles of Budleigh Salterton), that abound in the area; it was a fording place over the Otter for centuries
A Ford Cortina and a Vauxhall, together with a Morris delivery van can be seen on the road.
This is a quintessentially mid 1960s scene: a Ford Anglia, a Mary Quant haircut, a cigarette machine.
Its name comes about because it sits close to the River Weaver, where once, presumably, there was a fording point where deer would cross – a good spot for hunters (or poachers).
We can see an interesting selection of cars, including a Hillman Minx, a Vauxhall Estate and a Ford Cortina on the right.
Those keen on classic cars might be interested to note that, left to right we can see a Morris Minor, a Morris Oxford, an Austin Cambridge, a Ford Consul and a Jaguar Mark VIII.
Two car dealerships feature in this scene - Stour Valley Motors selling Austins (centre right), and just beyond it, a Ford dealer.
The cars are an MG Magnette, a Riley Kestrel and a Ford Anglia.
The waters were so shallow that a ford had sufficed for many years, and this bridge was quite new at the date of the photograph.
Outside there is a fine array of contemporary cars, including a Morris Minor and a Ford Consul.
Situated two and a half miles from Ashford church, Swinford takes its name from a ford for swine.
Two bridges and a ford cross the stream that flows past the Blue Anchor Inn, which stands at the centre of the village.
The medieval bridge stands on the site of a ford, once the only crossing between Rochester and Maidstone.
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