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Life In Rock Street Aberkenfig

I was born in 1943 and lived at Ely Cottage, Rock Street. The house was built by my Grandfather around 1920, I have a page from a 1926 telephone directory stating that the house was a business address of the Adams ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig by wiclad

Belleville School

A lady writing on here mentioned a couple of places in Battersea that bring back memories. First of all, she mentioned Meyrick Road. I never lived there, but my mum and dad did when my mum was carrying me. My mum and dad were Mr. and ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by s.fomes

Scout Camp Near Turners Hill

My memory of Turners Hill goes back 60 years, to 1955, when our scout troop camped across the road from Worth Priory. We were the 53rd Croydon (St Gertrude's) Troop. I recall we were given the run of the woods in the ...Read more

A memory of Turners Hill by druidh

My Great Great Grandmother

On the maternal side of my ancestry, I knew my maternal grandfather for many years. There was a large leather bound family album which as a child, I was permitted to look at. It was after the "all clear" sounded in the ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury

My History

I was born in Park Royal Hospital in November 1951. Lived for a while in Willesden High Road. We then moved to Severn Way, which was off Denzil Road. I went to school at Dudden Hill Infants School. Then I went to St.Marys Junior school. ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by lynne_whicker

School In Chichester

I attended school in Chichester at St. John's school on East street. I went there from 1947 until 1951. I have many fond memories of my days there; great teachers, my first girlfriend Lesley and the bus ride home to Emsworth.

A memory of Chichester by Anthony Grant

Boyhood And Teenage Years In Chopwell By Douglas Hind

I was born on 23rd. September 1928 son of John and Frances May Hind; we lived in Hall Road Bungalows until 1935 when we moved to Joseph Terrace. I attended the Infant and Junior schools-headmaster ...Read more

A memory of Chopwell by dhind675

A Young Mum

I moved to East Dulwich in 1976 with my daughter aged 11 months my son was born in Kings College Hospital and then we lived in St Francis Road I used to take them to the one o'clock club in Peckham Rye Park and to Dulwich Park they had a ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich by aliceincinders

Anstey Born And Bred

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

We're My Roots Lay

I was born in Kelstern 1954, the house I was born in my gran and grandads was next door to the school, sorry to say neither of these exist today, but times move on as they say. My grandparents were Bert and Margery Vickers. My ...Read more

A memory of Kelstern by johnh.appleton

Captions

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Caption For Cottesmore, The Village C1955

Here is a village at ease with itself, in the heart of stone country.

Caption For Caldecott, The Village C1955

At a distance is the ironstone church of St John Evangelist with its Weldon stone steeple, rebuilt in 1797 after being struck by lightning.

Caption For Stamford, Red Lion Square 1922

It is clear that Finlay's is under competition following the arrival of the chain store in the form of Freeman Hardy & Willis.

Caption For Stanmore, St John's Church 1906

To the east of the Old Church, but sharing its graveyard, is the Church of St John The Evangelist.

Caption For Caterham, Godstone Road 1948

Caterham is in two parts, up the hill where the medieval church is, and Caterham Valley to the east on the valley floor, which grew up when the railway arrived in 1856 - it was in fact a

Caption For Liverpool, The London And North Western Railway Hotel 1890

This view of St George's Plateau shows the London & North Western Railway Hotel; it was built by the London & North Western Railway Company, and opened in 1871.

Caption For Westbourne, The Square C1960

The church of St John the Baptist has an avenue of yew trees.

Caption For Corfe Castle, The Cross 1899

Villagers call it the Square but to historians this is the Market Place.

Caption For Diss, Market Place 1925

The poet John Skelton was rector here for a quarter of a century.

Caption For Calne, The Old Alms Houses (1682) C1955

These Grade II* listed almshouses at Nos 10-13 Kingsbury Street stand opposite the south entrance to St Mary's.

Caption For Sherborne, The Post Office C1960

It is an ancient fording point on Sherborne Brook, a tributary of the River Windrush.

Caption For Brixton, Angell Town From The South C1965

Angell Town was an estate of 1850s Italianate villas, mostly semi-detached, built on curving roads centred on St John's church, whose 1853 tower is crowned by four pinnacles.

Caption For Penshurst, Village 1891

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family

Caption For Penshurst, Village 1891

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family since the

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

Caption For Copthorne, Franciscan Convent School C1960

Copthorne was a new parish, formed in 1881 out of Worth and Crawley Down.The church of St John Evangelist was built in 1877 and is just in Sussex.The picture shows local shops with a proliferation

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach 1890

Fortune's Well, the main street (centre right), leads to the tower of the church of St John the Baptist and gives its name to Fortuneswell village.

Caption For Carnaby, The Church C1885

Inland from Bridlington is the village of Carnaby, with its 13th-century church of St John the Baptist.

Caption For Penshurst, The Park, The Sidney Oak 1891

Covering 350 acres, Penshurst Park has many fine oaks; a chancel screen in St John the Baptistís church is made of Penshurst oak.

Caption For Adel, The Church 1891

The Norman church of St John the Baptist stands in the north of Leeds.

Caption For Clayton, Village C1960

We are at the foot of the Downs by the route of the London to Brighton main line railway.

Caption For Morcombelake, Old Cottages 1904

This discreet little settlement in the parish of Stanton St Gabriel occupies a web of small lanes on the south-facing slopes of Hardown Hill and derives its name from three Old English words: 'mor' (

Caption For Cottesmore, The Village C1955

Here is a village at ease with itself, in the heart of stone country.