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Nurses Hostel
Started out as isolation hospital for scarlet fever(?) Used as nurses hostel for nurses from Cliveden, they were taken by coach, was at the back of site, backed onto Aspros( later Sara Lee?) factory, they built Westgate School on e ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham by
Aspro Bowling Green
Surely this is Aspro's bowling green? along Bath Rd., houses must be Westgate Cres or Ivy Cres. Pals dad was gardener to Aspros. was it built beside Aspros cricket pitch?
A memory of Cippenham by
On My Way To School
This post office was called Muttons. It was run by Dorothy Mutton. I used the store to buy crisps and sweets on my way to Westgate school.
A memory of Cippenham in 1958 by
Pav's Tea Gardens, Westgate
Pav's Tea Gardens in St Mildred's Bay was a place where I spent my youth, owned by Herbert Smith the famous film producer, the cafe was full of stills from the films he had worked on, there must have been over ...Read more
A memory of Westgate on Sea by
Methodist School
I was at Burgh Heath Methodist School from about 1953 to 1956. My mother was Mrs Coleman, who taught reception. Mrs Parrot was headmistress, Mrs Westwater taught the second class. Miss Marshall was at that time the milk lady ...Read more
A memory of Burgh Heath in 1955 by
Sittingbourne To Australia
My name is Margaret. I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in ...Read more
A memory of Sittingbourne in 1971 by
Correction To Title
Another bloomer! This is actually Bootham Bar, which is to the north of the City. There is no such place as "West Gate" in York.
A memory of York by
Cippenham Schools
School on left, Westgate wasn't the only school but it is the only one I never went to. Below was the Primary and Junior, this was the Senior till 1953 when Haymill was built. Whilst building it was Junior but when finished ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham in 1950 by
East Kent Coastal Holidays In The 1950s/60s
As a child the East Kent coast was a regular destination for our 2 week family summer holiday. We usually stayed in Westgate. In the late 1950s the excitement started with the journey from ...Read more
A memory of Westgate on Sea by
Working At The Bowling Alley
Having returned from Australia, I got a job as controller 4 nights and Sundays, it was a great scene, what with the disco downstairs, the bar upstairs, a barber shop, restaurant, 24 lanes, and a juke box with great ...Read more
A memory of Cippenham in 1966 by
Captions
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Westgate developed as a seaside resort during the 1870s—previously, there was only a farmhouse here.
Further 'up street' we now meet the junction of Westgate with Chaloner Street, which leads off to the right.
Westgate offers some idea of what it would have been like to live beside the city walls.
The hamlets of Eastgate and nearby Westgate were once the east and west gates of an enclosed deer park belonging to the bishops of Durham, and were probably created for tenants who owed the Bishop service
Number 36 Westgate, known since the mid 19th century as Sunnyfield House, was built in around 1780 as the residence of John Harrison, agent to the Chaloner estate.
Surrounding this splendid structure are the houses and local businesses of the city centre that lead to Westgate Street, Eastgate Street, Southgate Street and Northgate Street.
This view through Westgate's archway would have been glimpsed by generations of early travellers.
It shows Westgate, the main thoroughfare of the town centre, and leading off to the left is Westgate Road, opened up in 1876 on the site of the former driveway to Sunnyfield House, a prominent private
The Frith photographer returned just over thirty years later to take a further picture of the West Gate.
In this delightful and evocative view, we see the north or `top' side of Westgate.
The barracks, close to Westgate, contain several interesting military museums.
Standing beneath St James's Chapel is the West Gate, a part of the town's 12th-century fortifications.
For well over a century the room above Westgate's arch has functioned as a small museum.
The city as seen from the West Gate.
This view looks east around West Bay to Ledge Point, showing the neat, enclosed little bay and the lack of noisy entertainment that, even a century ago, set Westgate apart from its neighbour,'merry
The barracks, close to Westgate, contain several interesting military museums.
After several hundred years as the main western entrance to the town, Westgate was bypassed—the old Plume of Feathers became just a distant memory.
At the western end of Westgate, we see very clearly how the trees planted at either side of the road created a very attractive avenue effect when entering the town in this direction.
It was completed in 1840 after one notable delay - the workers downed tools to join a Chartist march as it passed by on its way to the Westgate Hotel.
This road is still open to Westgate Street and has two-way traffic.
We are looking towards the Cross, where Northgate, Southgate, Eastgate and Westgate all meet.
Pontypool was a focus for the Chartist cause in 1829 when the local leader, William Jones, marched from here to Newport to take part in the assault on the Westgate Hotel.
Westgate is one of the most prominent landmarks in Winchester.
Westgate is one of the most prominent landmarks in Winchester.
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