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Drakelowe 1947 2003

My family lived at Grove Cottage, Drakelow for 56 years. I was a few weeks old when we moved fromm Orgreave. At that time there was our parents, me, and four older sisters, the eldest being 15. My dad Arthur Taylor went to ...Read more

A memory of Drakelow by Gwendolyn Cooper

Memories Of Kirkby

I remember my time in Quarry Green, and the white council 2 storey flats next to what we knew as "Spinney woods", and the bus turnaround, the pub called "The Black Swan", and then there was the primary school opposite ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby in 1960 by Alan Bond

Up The Tower

I went up the Tower sometime in the '50s I think. I paid all of sixpence at the little kiosk just inside the entrance. A lift whisked us up to the top. I am so glad now that I did as I have a wonderful memory of the view from ...Read more

A memory of Lee by Gaynor Boyd

Memories Of My Childhood In Rossington.

My story starts on the 1st of March 1950, the date of my birth at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.  My parents Jack & Mary Flather lived in Old Rossington at 65 Haigh Crescent, living with relatives (Guy) ...Read more

A memory of New Rossington in 1950 by Sandra Faulkner

Whitethorn Morris Dance In Front Of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

Although this ancient inn is protected and little changed over the years, the surrounding landscape is now attractive with paving, seats and trees by the edge of the millstream which ...Read more

A memory of St Albans in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Royal Air Force

Basic training days over, my first posting "Scampton" with 230 OCU. I remember having fire duty sitting beside the control tower as fighter pilots converted to bomber, the exercise being circuits and bumps with the Lincoln bomber, ...Read more

A memory of Scampton in 1949 by James Clifton

Is This The Watch Tower

I wonder if anyone can tell me if the tall black object in the distance in this photo is the coastguard watch tower which was at the top of Sea Lane throught the war and into the sixties or seventies. My grandfather was an ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet by Janice Edwards

Memories

MY MUM USED TO BIKE OVER FROM NORTH BOARHUNT TO SOBERTON EVERY THURSDAY WHEN I WAS SMALL. She had a small seat fixed at the back so that she could take me too,i had to sit on a blanket as it was hard.It use to take a while and i use to ...Read more

A memory of Soberton in 1956 by Vanessa Hillman(Nee Miles)

River Side Living

As a child who was born in 1924 I lived with my family (name of Rogers) just down stream of the bridge I attended the "Blue School"and St.Lukes Church as did all my Brothers and Sisters climbing the 100 or more steps past ...Read more

A memory of Ironbridge in 1930 by Ethel Jones

Monks And Pirates

I used to live in a house at the top of Grange Hill in a road called Monks Way. At the top of our garden, just opposite Tottey's garage, there was the remains of a round sandstone tower. We were told that the area used to be a ...Read more

A memory of Thurstaston by James Mcdonald

Captions

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Caption For Chesterfield, Holy Trinity Church 1914

The fine embattled western tower of Holy Trinity houses a clock and one bell.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall 1924

The new stained glass window in the tower of St Andrew's, installed after the war, was designed by John Piper (who also designed the windows in the east end); it commemorates Nancy Astor and her husband

Caption For Bradford, Town Hall Square 1903

The 200ft tower was modelled on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The nearby St George's Hall (1853) was an earlier design by the same architects.

Caption For Betchworth, Village And Church C1939

An exquisite snow scene looking towards the mainly 13th-century St Michael's Church, which was much altered in the 19th century when the Norman tower was re-positioned half-way along the south aisle.

Caption For East Horsley, Horsley Towers C1955

Part of the tower dates from his rebuilding from 1858.

Caption For Rochester, The Cathedral 1894

The central tower was rebuilt in 1904 and crowned with a spire.

Caption For Tenterden, Bells Lane 1902

The church tower rises above these small weatherboarded and tiled cottages in a side lane off the main High Street.

Caption For Charminster, The Church 1922

The 15th-century tower of Charminster's church dominates the valley of the River Cerne, and was built under the direction of Sir Thomas Trenchard. Parts of the building date back to the 12th century.

Caption For Broad Chalke, The Congregational Church C1955

Now a United Reformed Church in weekly use, this flint church has lost its neighbouring large tree and the central bell tower and short spire.

Caption For Basingstoke, Church Street 1904

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

Caption For Helmsley, The Square C1955

In the background is the pinnacled tower of All Saints' parish church, which was largely rebuilt in 1867.

Caption For Cardiff, City Hall 1925

The clock tower is sixty metres high, and is visible from afar. The architect was E A Rickards, a devotee of the baroque style.

Caption For St Osyth, Point Clear Bay From The Martello Tower C1955

Martello Towers were built in the time of Napoleon to guard the coast.

Caption For Hubberholme, St Michael And All Angels Church C1960

The squat tower of Hubberholme's parish church of St Michael and All Angels occupies a lovely setting in the valley of Wharfedale, where it turns into Langstrothdale in its upper reaches.

Caption For Kirkbymoorside, Church Street 1951

The sloping Church Street leads up to the tower of the parish church, past The White Swan public house on the right.

Caption For Kildwick, The Village C1960

In the background (centre left) is the tower of the large parish church of St Andrew.

Caption For Theale, Englefield House, The Terrace C1955

The entrance tower on the east front if Victorian.

Caption For Warboys, The Jubilee Clock And The Square C1955

This impressive clock tower was erected in the Square in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It cost the parishioners of Warboys £200.

Caption For Nuneaton, The Church Of St Nicholas C1960

The church consisted of a nave, chancel and aisles, with a square embattled tower having pinnacles at the angles.

Caption For Horley, View From The River 1906

The church has a modernised tower and a shingled broach spire.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

It was built in 1826, in a rare Greek-revival style, with a circular bell tower above the pedimented Doric portico.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Parade 1909

On the right is a lookout tower and boat house for one of Aldeburgh's two lifeboats. The other is just to its left in the distance.

Caption For Howth, General View 1897

The Martello tower is visible on the headland to the left.

Caption For Salisbury, The Close 1906

This attractive view of the Close looks westwards towards Choristers Green.The original campanile (Bell Tower) was behind the house on the left of the picture, and was removed in 1789.