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Memories

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'down Yer 'wey'.

Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1942 by Arthur Bird

Living In The Cpa Mill On Commercial Road, Godley.

I lived in the CPA or Calico Printers Association mill for about 12 years, where my dad was a foreman who worked in the batiks for many years. We had a huge flat which was knocked down many years ago. ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1963 by Stephen Durr

Wallsend 1954 68

Born in the Green Maternity Hosp 1954, lived in Windsor Drive, Howden, Sandown Gardens, Howden and Prospect Ave. I remember being taken to the Masons Arms at Bigges Main in a pushchair, parked outside the corrugated iron lean to ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by Barry Hislop

The Farrow Family

I am trying to contact the Farrow family; Ramon, Alan, Terence, Stuart and others. I lived with their grandfather from 1941-1953, when I then emigrated to Canada. Please contact me at john@moloney.com

A memory of Oldham by John Moloney

The Tarry Beck

I remember pulling George Thompson from the beck at high tide. The streets were Prospect Place, Customs Row, Cargo Fleet Lane, South View, Bristol Street, Dover Street, Chester Street, Cambridge Rd and one I don't remember. I ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Donald Bennett

Happy Days

I was born at 'Barford View' in Churt in 1952 and lived there until I was 13. I am one of eight children of the Lindsey-Clark family, my brothers and one of my sisters still live in the area. I have such wonderful memories of Churt - ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1952 by Trudi Gatehouse

East Harling, Audrey Hudson

I came to E.H. in 1947 when I was 2 yrs old, and lived in Gallants Lane - opposite Fen Lane. Audrey Hudson used to organize the village children for the St John's Ambulance Brigade practice evenings, when we would ...Read more

A memory of East Harling in 1955 by Keith Wooldridge

Our First Date.

I was a Drill Instructor at RAF West Kirby and my wife and I set eyes on each other at a dance for the RAF personnel at the Methodist Church Hall in Wallasey Village on Jan 23rd 1950. A week later we had our first date at the ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1950 by William Hanna

Lost Family Knowledge

My maternal grandparents (Hales) lived in Rectory Cottage, Wootton, and my mother was married from there in St George the Martyr Church, in the village, to a local man John (Jack) Evans on December 26 1938. I ...Read more

A memory of Wootton in 1930 by David Evans

The Rec

The "Rec" was the place to be in the 1970's when you lived on the Cedar Rd Estate. We lived just round the corner on Elmdale Rd and had a garden which backed on the Rec. This was a good short cut into the Rec. Lived there as a young ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton by Andrew Christon

Captions

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Caption For Rugby, St Marie's Church C1955

John Hardman of Birmingham made many of St Marie's stained glass windows, though two splendid windows in the south aisle were made by Mayor of Munich.

Caption For Thorpe St Andrew, High Street C1955

Thorpe is two miles east of Norwich; it became a popular spot for Sunday outings from the mid 19th century, despite the disapproval of some church authorities in the city.

Caption For Steeple Ashton, St Mary's Church 1900

Yet another clothier's church, St Mary's at Steeple Ashton had a steeple, as the village name implies, but it was blown down in 1670. Stone vaulting in the nave has been replaced with wood.

Caption For Birkenhead, Charing Cross 1967

The street is now pedestrianised, and with St John's Pavement in its centre is still a popular shopping area. The ornate building on the right was built as the North & South Wales Bank.

Caption For Earley, St Peter's Church 1910

St Peter's is Early English in style and is appropriately in Church Road, Earley, now part of Reading.

Caption For Bridgend, The Old Stone Bridge 1898

It was partly destroyed on 21 August 1775 by a large flood - two of the original small arches were replaced by the single large span we can see here, giving it an asymmetrical appearance.

Caption For Warnham, Topiary Work 1928

The church of St Margaret's has a neatly clipped yew tunnel at the churchyard entrance. Inside is an elaborate monument to the memory of John Caryll, an ironmaster.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

In the 12th century King John had a hunting lodge in the area. The 15th-century church of St Alban was rebuilt in 1822.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

In the 12th century King John had a hunting lodge in the area.The 15th-century church of St Alban was rebuilt in 1822.

Caption For Royston, Parish Church C1965

The church of St John the Baptist at Royston was originally part of the 13th-century priory. At the Dissolution, the nave was demolished and the western arch of the tower was filled in.

Caption For Belfast, Boat Club House, River Lagan 1936

The lower dock could accommodate the club's 'fleet' of 24 pleasure boats, but racing boats had to tie up at St John's Wharf.

Caption For Manorbier, Castle And Village 1890

The occupant during this latter uprising was Sir John Cornwall who was specifically instructed by Henry IV to fortify it in case of Welsh attack.

Caption For St Neots, High Street From The Cross C1965

It is first mentioned during the early 15th century.

Caption For Bolton On Swale, Village 1913

In 1603 two residents, John and Kit Wright, were part of the Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes.

Caption For Baldock, High Street C1955

Between the houses in the distance was the site of the Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Augustine of Canterbury in 1926; it was never completed, and the remains were demolished

Caption For Brancepeth, The Village 1914

The area caught the attention of both William Wordsworth, who visited the village and featured it in a poem, and Alfred Lord Tennyson, who wrote Come into the Garden, Maud at Brancepeth.

Caption For Cardiff, 1893

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

The church of St John The Baptist, whose tower dominates the rising High Street, appears to date from the 13th century.

Caption For Kirkheaton, Beaumont Arms C1950

The village grew up around the fancy goods and woollen fabric trades, so widespread in West Yorkshire.

Caption For Cardiff, General View 1893

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

Caption For Douglas, Tower Of Refuge 1893

It could be said that the life of Sir William Hillary (1771-1847) was the stuff of ripping yarns.

Caption For Ockley, The Sanatorium 1914

The assembled staff pose outside a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients from London set up just outside the village of Ockley.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Castle Mound And Castle House, Priory Avenue 2005

The town was known as 'Wycumbe' in the 12th and 13th centuries, and by the 14th century it was known as Chepping Wycombe to distinguish it from West Wycombe - 'chepping' means 'market'.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Abbey 1906

Wycombe Cricket Club ground, it can now be seen re-erected at Chiltern Open Air Museum, complete with a toll-gate.