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Memories Of Leadgate And Iveston 1938 1943

I came to live at Leadgate when I was 12 years old and attended Leadgate Council School which was a large red brick building for infants and juniors, boys and girls. I was at the school for only 2 years, ...Read more

A memory of Leadgate in 1930 by Wilf Wallace

Charlwood Garage The Old Forge

We lived in a 400 year old cottage at the back of The Old Forge, later Charlwood Garage. My brother was born in the cottage in October 1965. I am trying to locate any photographs of the old house behind the forge ...Read more

A memory of Charlwood in 1965

Thomas Binns 1845 1921 No 1 The Green Later No 3 Grange Cottages

Hello - I would be very grateful for any information - especially photos - of my ancestor Thomas Binns who moved from Cowling to Micklethwaite c. 1898. He had built ...Read more

A memory of Micklethwaite in 1900 by Joan Tindale

''the Grapevine'' And Others!

My uncle, the late William John Wilcox, was the proprietor of the 'Grapevine' from the mid 1930s through to the early 1960s. I remember it as a truly old fashioned 'pub' complete with a 'games room' with darts, shove ...Read more

A memory of Meare in 1940 by Barrie R Collins

A Happy Time

I was born in 1965 at Cliveden and lived in Grubwood Lane near the entrance to Quarry Woods with my parents for 16 years. I remember walking to Cookham Dean Primary School where the headmaster Mr Turner made my life a misery! I ...Read more

A memory of Cookham Dean in 1965

My Childhood Garden Part I

My mother has often said to me "You don't appreciate what you've got until you lose it". She is wrong, for I will never forget the wonderful garden of my childhood and write below the memories that I will hold for ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

18 Happy Years

We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by Ian Hiley

Under An American Tank On The Bridge

My mother and I were returning from fetching water from the spring in the pub. Mother was carrying two full pails. As we were crossing the bridge an American tank came round the bend with one of its ...Read more

A memory of Heckfordbridge in 1943 by Peter Emery

My Grandparents

My grandparents lived at Fern Cottage. They moved there before the war and had two children, Dick and Jean. Dick was based at Wick and died in the war. Jean, my mum, married and had me and my sister. I have wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop in 1960 by Richard Booth

Nether Wallop 1930 1940

My uncle, Sir Howard Button. bought 2 cottages, Mallows and Yew Tree Cottage and a house, Straw Hall, in 1915. I have an album of photographs of the cottages from 1915 - 1926. My uncle let us (my parents, my brother ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1930 by John Donne

Captions

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Caption For Coniston, The Parish Church 1929

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Glen Helen, The Swiss Chalet 1893

An excellent dinner could be had at the Swiss Cottage Hotel for just 1s 6d. Here, despite the lack of an audience, the band plays on.

Caption For Frogholt, Cottages 1903

We may be thankful that this beautiful cottage in the tiny hamlet of Frogholt near Newington (just outside Folkestone) remains unchanged today.

Caption For Gilling West, The Bridge C1950

Looking north past Bridge End Cottage, we see the old chapel of 1879 and Town End Farm.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Beer, The Village 1895

This led to some changes: one 1920s guidebook writer complained that 'the newer, stoutly built houses have almost replaced the cottages that were the joy of artist and photographer'.

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas's Bridge 1893

The building on the left, now demolished and replaced by St Thomas's Church Hall, was a cottage for the tannery workers.

Caption For Mevagissey, The Harbour C1955

This attractive scene, with fishing boats in a harbour backed by cottages climbing the hillside, gives the reason why.

Caption For Pentewan, 1904

The long terrace of cottages is known locally as The Row; it once housed local workers, but it is now holiday homes.

Caption For Uppingham, South View, Queen's Cottage C1965

A picture-postcard olde English cottage despite the rather large TV aerial. To the left is a better view of the old school in the churchyard.

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Caption For Beer, 1922

Beer is not in any sense a holiday resort, though many cottages are to let and there are caravan parks nearby.

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Caption For Beer, 1922

Beer is not in any sense a holiday resort, though many cottages are to let and there are caravan parks nearby.

Caption For Blackpool, The Terrace 1890

Apart from that, notice the old cottage between the two terraces.

Caption For Hilton, The Village C1955

The thatched cottages, fascinating church and wonderful landscapes make Hilton a delightful place to linger.

Caption For Bagshot, London Road 1903

The road is now called the London Road, and most of the cottages in this picture are still there today.

Caption For Frome Vauchurch, The Village 1906

Its tiny towerless church stands sentinel over the cottages, gardens and meadows as it has done for some eight hundred years.

Caption For Conistone, The Village C1960

The limestone from the hills is used to build the farm cottages of this peaceful part of Yorkshire.

Caption For Black Notley, The Village 1909

All the buildings shown still exist, though the Post Office Stores is now the Tandoori Cottage Restaurant.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village C1960

Several cottages in the village now offer bed and breakfast to weary ramblers.

Caption For Aylesford, The Church C1960

The village cottages and houses crowd down to the river, surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. St Peter's Church stands guardian on its knoll.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Looking West 1927

interesting view showing the sharp contrast between the original or 'old' Saltburn and the 'new' or Victorian Saltburn which was built upon the west cliff opposite the original cluster of cottages

Caption For Achill Island, Dooega Village C1955

A nostalgic scene of tiny Dooega, a cluster of cottages on the south western seaboard of Achill. Fishing nets are left out to dry on the cobbles at the top of the beach.

Caption For Boscastle, Pixie Cottage C1960

Boscastle's slate-built cottages cling to the side of the beautiful valley of the River Valency, an important route inland down which came the slate and grain that were shipped from the harbour.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Common Lane 1914

Hemingford Abbots is an attractive collection of brick, timbered and thatched cottages and houses, which originally started as just a small hamlet gathered around the church, but which subsequently grew