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Maps

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1898, Crookhall Ref. RNE684053
1925, Crookhall Ref. POP684053
1947, Crookhall Ref. NPO684053
1901-1904, Crookhall Ref. RNC684053
1884 - 1886, Rookham Ref. HOSM57994
1895 - 1919, Crookhall Ref. HOSM42373

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Memories

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My Early Years

On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by Sue Tomlinson

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Bordon Infant School Station Road Now The Phoenix Centre

Teachers. - Mrs Boyle, Mrs Clover, Mrs Parrott. Head teacher - Mrs Bingham - she had the library books, stamp and cards in her office upstairs. Playground surrounded the building and ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by D Toovey

The Village Was Home

I was born in 1950 at Orsett Hospital, a few minutes before my twin sister and on my mothers birthday no less. We lived at 28 St James Avenue East until 1968. The house was in fact that of my maternal grand parents and my ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by Chris Doggett

A Somerton Childhood

I have always lived in Somerton. As a child I lived in New Street in and as an adult I now live at the other end of Somerton. I have fond childhood memories of attending Mrs Potts' playgroup, the Infant school in Etsome Terrace ...Read more

A memory of Somerton by Mary Hayter

Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I Part 2

Like everyone else growing up in Newarthill, life wasn’t easy, as times were tough in the 50s and 60s and I suppose in many ways it is today. But back then people really had nothing, but one thing I do ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Memories Of Sutton Lodge, In Sutton Lane—Just South Of The Great West Road, Heston/Hounslow

Recorded by Nicholas Reid, Canberra, Australia. I was christened in the Anglican church at Heston in 1959, though for obvious reason I don’t have any memories ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Nicholas Reid

Two Year Student At Cheshire County Training College Crewe

It was an all-ladies' college when I attended. Many friendships were made. Memories of teaching practices at schools in Crew and surrounds. First year students had to go out in "digs" and were ...Read more

A memory of Crewe

Early Memories Of Southwick

I was born in Steyning in 1954. My father was a police constable and at only 2/3 months old we moved to the 'police station' in Whiterock Place in Southwick. The station consisted of 2 large semidetached houses with large ...Read more

A memory of Southwick by Liz Burchell

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Captions

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Caption For Slaidburn, Hammerton Hall 1921

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. The Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the Hall grounds.

Caption For Uttoxeter, The Hockley C1955

The Hockley brook was a haven for the local children, as there was no swimming pool in Uttoxeter.

Caption For Slaidburn, Hammerton Hall 1921

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. Hammerton Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the grounds.

Caption For Great Bardfield, Brook Street 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall. It pumped water from a spring in Hall Meadows.

Caption For Westbury, Market Place C1955

The Town Hall and the First World War memorial are important focal points. A weighbridge plate can be seen between the two.

Caption For Hovingham, Brookside C1955

Little has changed in this view of the brook running through the estate village. On the left, the old bakery is now augmented by a tea room.

Caption For Nuneaton, The Stable, Arbury Hall C1960

A few hundred yards from the hall stands South Farm, where Mary Ann Evans was born in 1819.

Caption For Alcester, Henley Street And Town Hall 1949

The Town Hall was built in 1618, the gift of Sir Fulke Greville, first Baron Brooke, a friend of Sir Philip Sidney.

Caption For Mobberley, The Victory Hall C1955

Built after the First World War as part of the village's memorial to the men who fought in the conflict, standing above the Mobberley Brook and the main road through the village, the

Caption For Nuneaton, The Stable, Arbury Hall C1960

A few hundred yards from the hall stands South Farm, where Mary Ann Evans was born in 1819.

Caption For Staining, Thornfield Holiday Camp C1955

Of Hardhorn, Newton, and Staining, only the last name is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Caption For Oakham, The Fire Station C1955

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall. By 1955 a new station had been built on the corner of Brooke Road and South Street.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Penns Hall Hotel C1965

The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills. One of these was Penns Mill, operated as a wire-drawing mill by Joseph Webster from 1752.

Caption For Manorbier, Castle 1890

The earliest parts of the castle are the hall and a small tower, both dating from the 12th century.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Penns Hall Hotel C1965

The foremost stream in this area is Plants Brook, which once powered several mills. One of these was Penns Mill, operated as a wire-drawing mill by Joseph Webster from 1752.

Caption For Bebington, Mayer Hall C1965

Mayer Hall commemorates the life and works of Joseph Mayer, the 19th-century antiquary and book collector who made his home in Bebington.

Caption For Tamworth, The Town Hall C1950

The Town Hall was built in 1701 by Thomas Guy, the local MP. The building is noted for its high-pitched roof, Jacobean windows and cupola.

Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1893

The Pitched Stone Court at Raglan took its name from the pitching or cobbling of its surface.

Caption For Holker Hall, Interior C1875

A fire in 1871 destroyed the west wing with all its valuable pictures, books, and furnishings.

Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1893

The Pitched Stone Court at Raglan took its name from the pitching or cobbling of its surface.

Caption For Kings Lynn, The Town Hall 1891

Many civic treasures are held within, including the Red Book of Lynn, in which are recorded the municipal records from 1204 to 1392. The matching town hall was built in 1895.

Caption For Bolton By Bowland, Stocks And War Memorial C1955

The village is listed in the Domesday Book as Bodeton. The great age of the market cross, with its uneven steps and remains of the punishment stocks, is apparent.

Caption For Coxwold, The Village C1955

He gave the title of the book to his house, Shandy Hall, on the western edge of the village. Halfway down the village street on the left we can see the white-painted Fauconberg Arms.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1893

Two doors up there are postcards outside the stationer, book- seller and Athenaeum Library of Evans Harrison.