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Places

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Memories

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Caravan Holiday At Cliffsend

My Aunt owned a caravan on Danes Nursery site Cliffsend. It was called "Endevour". It was built by may Uncle, then when completed towed to Danes Field. It was sited in the far right hand corner of the field. ...Read more

A memory of Little Cliffsend in 1955 by Jill Ottley

Bramshott School.

My father and his two brothers attended Bramshott School between 1902 and 1913. Headmaster was a Mr Crowther who ruled with a rod of iron (cane actually, but equally painful). I have two photographs of the school taken at the time.

A memory of Bramshott in 1910 by Denis Payne

Lemington Upon Tyne, Scouting

Scouting Life during the Forties I was born in January 1936 in a large village, Lemington in Northumberland, England. Lemington bordered on the limit of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was a working class area ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1944 by George Ritson

The School Of The Holy Child, Laleham Abbey

heads the label in a dictionary of music that I received as a prize in Upper IA. No date. It must have been 1955. My name was/is Margaret Morley. I joined the school on my return from Malaya in 1951, followed by ...Read more

A memory of Laleham

Belgians In Birtley.

Few people are aware of the part Birtley, Tyne Wear, (part of County Durham in those days ) played in the Great War of 1914 - 1918. Belgium in 1914 was occupied by the German Army, and thousands of refugees fled to Britain where ...Read more

A memory of Birtley by ranorwood

Good Childhood In Willesden/Neasden

I was born in Park Royal hospital in Feb 1952 then taken home to 70 Craven Park Road spitting distance from Harlesden police station. Just across the road from our family doctor, (Dr Curtis) not much bedside manor, ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by pjspence18

60's Clubs,Dance Venues And Coffee Bars In And Around Welling

During the 1960's many venues opened in and around Welling to cater for a growing music and dance culture. Teddy-boys and Rockers had frequented the Embassy Ballroom, but when Mod became the ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Moulds My Dad's Old Shop

After the war Dad found work as an assistant in a long established family-run department store called Moulds. Situated in Leatherhead High Street, it was an imposing sort of place with double glass doors set well back from ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Brian Simmons

Growing Up In A Community

my parents moved to Sussex Crescent in 1954 with three young children, having been re homed from temporary housing - a prefab. The Northolt estate was a great place with a genuine community spirit, families all rallied round ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by diannen

Wokingham Shops

Anyone remember the petrol station ,next to saint Crispins school called Bourne and Thomas,a real traditional garage ,the thames trader tipper trucks moving the soil from the A329m ,green in colour ,think the company name was harry ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by chrisnash

Captions

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Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower 1899

The bare Marine Gardens stretch along Grand Parade up to the Pier, broken only by the footway leading past the iron fountain to the beach.

Caption For Oakengates, Clock And Post Office 1900

Like Dawley, Oakengates sits on old coal mines and iron works, which have all now closed down.

Caption For Hammersmith, The Bridge C1960

The Thames is now flowing into London proper, and we reach Hammersmith, with its monumentally-scaled iron bridge.

Caption For Helsby, The Village And The Hill C1960

Once the site of an ancient Iron Age hill-fort, stone from here was quarried in the 19th century and used for the building of the docks at Liverpool.

Caption For Kinver, High Street 1931

In 1627 Richard Foley opened a slitting mill at Hyde in Kinver for the purpose of cutting iron rods into suitable lengths for nailers.At this time nailmaking was an important industry in southern Staffordshire

Caption For Swithland, C1955

Pretty cottages with iron latticed windows compliment thatches old and new all along the main street.

Caption For Buxton, The Pavilion C1871

The beautiful cast iron tracery of the Pavilion was only completed in 1871, so it was brand new when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Ironbridge, High Street And Church Street 1925

These include the Blist's Hill Museum (with many restored buildings), a museum of iron, a china museum, a tile-making museum, and even a restored police station.

Caption For Trenarren, Black Head 1912

This rocky promontory was defended in the Iron Age by an earthwork consisting of a rampart and ditch, which are visible across the top of the narrow neck.

Caption For Barry Island, Whitmore Bay 1900

The erection of iron railings by the Windsor Estate to enclose and prevent access to the beach except by gates is already under way.

Caption For Caversham, Bridge 1904

Here from the Reading bank we look towards the 1869 iron Caversham bridge; it was demolished in 1924 to be replaced in 1926 by the present concrete one.

Caption For Old Sarum, Garderobe Pits And Great Tower Foundations 1913

Old Sarum was originally an Iron Age fort with earth ramparts. The Normans fortified the existing site using local and occasionally unstable building materials.

Caption For Holt Fleet, The Bridge C1955

It is a single-span iron bridge. When it opened in 1828, it was originally a toll bridge, although tolls no longer had to be paid after 1900.

Caption For Roa Island, 2003

It was built to bring iron ore to the deep-water harbour here before Barrow Docks were built. The yachts are on the site of the terminus.

Caption For Butser Hill, 1898

The stamp of ancient man is here too - there are traces of defensive works on the summit, while on the lower flank are Iron Age field boundaries or lynchets.

Caption For Staines, High Street 1895

The building in the centre, just to the left of the lamp standard, is the Staines Iron Works.

Caption For Clapham, Maritime House C1960

The playground is still surrounded by its hairpin iron railings.

Caption For Betws Y Coed, Waterloo Bridge 1892

As part of the A5 road construction, Thomas Telford built the elegant Waterloo Bridge (Y Bont Haearn - the Iron Bridge) in 1815, and the defeat of Napoleon is proudly commemorated on its

Caption For Houghton, The Clock Tower C1960

The water pump has been refurbished and joined by a telephone box, a cast iron sign and lamp posts.

Caption For Formby, Chapel Lane C1960

The Roman Catholic Chapel pre-dates the iron horse, having been built in 1798. Later ones, however include St Luke at Raven Meols (1852-55) and Holy Trinity (1890).

Caption For Okehampton, Meldon Viaduct 1906

At Meldon, it crossed the West Okement River on this 120-feet high cast iron structure, opened in 1874. The line is now closed, although tracks still service a local quarry and Bere Alston.

Caption For Newbury, The River Kennet And Canal From The Bridge C1960

In its heyday, long before this picture was taken, the canal was used to transport goods and products such as coal, iron, stone, agricultural wares and much more besides.

Caption For Byfield, High Street C1955

The village once had its own railway station and iron workings, as well as a farm with nine dairy herds.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Bridge 1914

Note the fashionable straw hats, and the wrought iron frame protecting the wooden signpost by the lady on the left.