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637 memories found. Showing results 421 to 430.

Blissful Times

My Mother and I arrived in 1974, from a divorced Warrington and the dilapidation of the north-west. Merrily drinking tea and eating custard tarts in the bare miners' cottage living room, sitting in a deck chair and eating from a ...Read more

A memory of Gwespyr in 1977 by James Harrison

Walter Bowers

The horse and waggon is under the control of Mr Walter Bowers. He was our carrier. He would take my rabbits and my mother's chickens and eggs to market.

A memory of Boxford in 1955 by Nigel Clark

Summerhill Blaydon

I was born in Gas Lane, Blaydon in a house on the banks of the Tyne, next to the Black Bull Pub. I spent the first five years of my life on our small-holding on Summerhill, where we had chickens, horses and pigs. I have happy ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1930

Post Office

My Mum Elsie Hope and I (Ann Parkinson) ran the Post Office in Heysham Village at the height of its popularity, from 1962 to 1969. Those were the days of wakes weeks when visitors came flooding to Morecambe and Heysham. Apart from ...Read more

A memory of Lower Heysham in 1962 by Ann Wemyss Cooke

Intake Playgrounds

I have mentioned in passing that Intake did not have the same panache as say Balby, Hexthorpe or Armthorpe in places of entertainment but it did provide some wide open spaces to play in. Over the Armthorpe Road ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1946 by Frank Mowforth

Moulands

I served my apprenticeship as a plumber with Fred Mouland at Nether wallop - it lasted five years and we worked all over the village. We worked on the church tower and removed a lead sheet signed by two plumbers who laid the roof in ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1960 by Terence Compton

My Lovely Streatham

I was born in Ferrers Rd (behind Ice Rink in Streatham). Moved to Kempshott Rd at beginning of the sixties, it was the road past the Pied Bull pub and South London Motors (a huge car sales place) was on the corner. Spent many a ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1966

Gurnell Grove Prefabs Windmill Lane And The Broadway

I was born in the prefabs at Gurnell Grove, and went to Brentside Juniors. We then moved to Windmill Lane when the prefabs were being knocked down to make way for the tower blocks. The prefabs ...Read more

A memory of Greenford

The Fat Lady Sings

I attended The Convent of the Blessed Sacrament between the years of 1963 to 1965 (inclusive). I was a dreadufully wild child from Colonial Africa and rejoiced in the name of Carol Anne Bult. The Reverend Mother of "The ...Read more

A memory of Upper Beeding in 1965 by Carol Anne Mulligan

Living In A Train

My mother lived for a time in an old railway carriage close to the post office store - it later became used by a tailor for his business. MY grandad Charles Webster in the 60's helped to forge and erect the old swings and seesaw ...Read more

A memory of Holton by Yvonne Rautenbach

Captions

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Caption For Wimborne, West Borough 1936

Here we have a long view down a broad Wimborne street, with the towers of the Minster in the distance.

Caption For Sway, Parish Church Of St Luke C1955

Sway stands on the high road between Brockenhurst and Bournemouth, and is dominated by a concrete tower built by a Mr Peterson.

Caption For Aylesford, Preston Hall And Fountain 1898

Note the tower to the right of the main building.

Caption For Ely, View From The West Tower C1955

A survey of the cathedral's west tower in 1971 found serious structural problems, and repairs costing over £500,000 were undertaken in 1974.

Caption For Barry, Romilly Park Bowling Green C1960

The tower of St Nicholas's Church is just visible above the group of houses on the left.

Caption For Ludham, The Mill 1934

On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.

Caption For Shanklin, The Pier 1927

Charabancs are drawn up by the clock tower to convey tourists around the island.

Caption For Whitwell, The Village C1955

Whitwell's church was restored in 1868, but is several centuries older, with a Tudor porch and tower. A

Caption For Plymouth, From Citadel 1904

On the far right, the building with the conservatory and tower is the old Hoegate School.

Caption For New Milton, Old Milton Church C1965

Milton's church tower is nearly four hundred years old, though the rest of the building is more recent.

Caption For Hoddesdon, C1965

The brash sixties shopping precinct is overlooked by its nine-storey block of flats (with some evidently still awaiting occupation according to the sign); the tower of St Paul's Church rises among the

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle 1914

The trees which conceal the south-west towers have now been removed. The steps too were taken out in the 1980s.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Street C1955

Only remnants of its medieval tower survive. It collapsed in 1724, and was never rebuilt.

Caption For Knighton, Knucklas Viaduct C1960

Ornamental towers at each end adorn the viaduct, which carries the railway over the River Teme into Wales.

Caption For Hengoed, The Viaduct 1952

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

Caption For Penzance, Quay Street 1906

Its pinnacled tower looks down over the old fishing quarter. This narrow lane winds down to the docks and harbour. On the left is the Dolphin Inn and, on the corner, the Harbour Office.

Caption For Boston, Hussey Tower 1893

To the right of the Tower you can make out haystacks in the farmyard (now the top end of Rowley Road) and behind the Grammar School.

Caption For Blisworth, The Grand Union Canal C1955

The pretty tower of the 14th-century church is clearly visible here.

Caption For Patrixbourne, Village 1903

The late Norman church, with its tower surmounted by a 13th-century shingled spire, was built around 1160 and stands in its small churchyard shaded by a selection of conifer trees.

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College From River 1922

Lying in the shadow of Magdalen Tower are the buildings of the University Botanic Garden, founded in 1621 by the Earl of Danby and established on the site of a 13th-century Jewish burial ground.

Caption For Haltwhistle, Main Street C1960

Featured here is the Red Lion Hotel, a rare example of an urban tower house built for defence against Scots and Border raiders, though it does not have a vaulted basement.

Caption For Godalming, Charterhouse 1927

The main gothic-style buildings with their towers were designed by Philip Hardwick. Thackeray, John Wesley and Vaughan Williams were all educated here.

Caption For Penryn, Market Street 1890

This scene is dominated by the granite clock tower, which was erected in 1839. Behind it is the Town Hall of 1825, containing council chambers, a market hall and a police station.

Caption For Hadleigh, Deanery Tower 1922

When the Deanery Tower was built in the latter part of the 15th century by Suffolk's Archdeacon William Pykenham, it was supposed that it would be the gateway to a palace.