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Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial
Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon. We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the ...Read more
A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by
Mill Street Clowne. 1950
The gentleman pushing a cart in the foreground of this picture is my grandfather, Ernest Pearce (1895-1970). The cart was used to transport bundles of sticks that he cut for sale as firewood. They were sold for 4d a bundle. ...Read more
A memory of Clowne in 1950 by
School Uniform
When I passed the 11 plus exam I was selected to attend Kibworth Grammar School. The only place that you could get the uniform was the little shop in the photo to the right of the monument in the Square. This meant a trip ...Read more
A memory of Kibworth Beauchamp in 1949 by
Growing Up In Filton
I was born in Plymouth of Welsh parents, there was no work in Newport Wales when my Father got out of the Navy, so, we moved to my Grandparents house in 50 Wallscourt Rd Filton, until our house 13 Canberra Grove Filton became ...Read more
A memory of Filton in 1966 by
Floating Coffins
South Wingfield Church is situated right beside the river and it was reported to me when I was looking round the graveyard (I'm a fam hist fan) that they have /had problems when the river flooded disturbing the graves and ...Read more
A memory of South Wingfield by
Treowen Road
I was born in March ,1947 at 69,Treowen Road.It was a terrible winter,and the midwife who delivered me (Nurse Maiden) had to enter the house through the upstairs bedroom window because the snow was pilled up so high. I lived in treowen ...Read more
A memory of Crumlin in 1947 by
The Nag''s Head
One didn't have to travel to London in the past to watch pro bands plying their trade. The Nag's Head public house was a much attended venue during the late 1960s and early 1970s for watching many of the (what was then known as) ...Read more
A memory of Wollaston in 1969 by
Post Office And Boy's School
The Red Lion Building used to be a Post Office run by Mr and Mrs Salter. Next door to was the Boy's School. The boys and girls went to separate schools in those days – the girls were taught by Miss Bibby at Monteclefe ...Read more
A memory of Somerton by
My Early Years
my memories relate from the very early forties till the early eighties. I was born in Andover in 1937.My mother was a Lambourne and was born in Thruxton in 1903 at Rose cottage which is just to the left of the "George" looking ...Read more
A memory of Thruxton in 1940 by
I Lived In The Square
I used to live in the square in one of the houses opposite the church. My father was in the navy at Spurn Head for a couple of years during the war. I went to the local school and I think my teacher was called Miss Skelton. ...Read more
A memory of Easington in 1940 by
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Grand Parade (right), housing the post office and Arthur Hopkins' butcher's shop, was newly built at the time this picture was taken.
Is the lady making her way to the post office? A local contractor, Fred Dyke, owned steam-driven vehicles; lumps of red-hot ash would fall from the fire basket under the boiler onto the road.
The large village of Heckington has two great buildings, the mill and the church of St Andrew, which is most unusual in that it was totally built in the same architectural style, Decorated, in a very few
Stan Leach and his wife kept Corfe Mullen Post Office (top right), which is still going under different ownership.
We can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers, in this post-World War II scene by Bowness pier.
At the east end of the nave aisle and on each side of the chancel arch are large brass posts with decorated candle holders, five in all.
In this post-Second World War scene by Bowness pier, we can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers.
On the right is the post office, its thatched roof replaced by corrugated iron.
Here we see modern post-war housing development in what was known as West Hartlepool until the two Hartlepools merged to form the County Borough of Hartlepool in 1967.
The Post Office building is solidly built of brick.
Books and postcards of the literary sisters are on sale at the Haworth Post Office.
Post offices had long opening hours. Delivery boys gather outside the main doors, carrying parcels to and from the city's shops and businesses.
The advent of parcel post in 1883, and the right of delivery to every household introduced in 1897, would have increased both the weight of the postmans sack and the length of his round.
One of Chilworth's buildings, originally designed to house the squire's hounds, became the village post office six years before this photograph was taken.
One of Chilworth's buildings, originally designed to house the squire's hounds, became the village post office six years before this photograph was taken.
The taller building standing out from the building line is the former Westminster Bank, and the smaller building is still the Chandler's Ford Post Office.
In 1878 the Victorian clock was regulated by Greenwich time so as to agree with the clock at the Post Office. On the left is William Robert Simkin's shop.
At the east end of the nave aisle and on each side of the chancel arch are large brass posts with decorated candle holders, five in all.
The post office (second right) is well patronised.
Opposite, E Wynne`s shop has now lost its black and white appearance with rendering and is currently Mystique Hair Design.
Olton Boulevard East is a long, wide road of mostly municipal housing, linking Warwick Road with Shaftmoor Lane.
A teashop and a cinema are on the right, opposite the Post Office and Methodist church.
Here we see new building in post-war Wales - new shops, a supermarket and offices in the form of a modern precinct.
On the extreme left is Botley Post Office, and next to it is a chemists; the former is now a dress shop, and the latter remains a pharmacy.
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