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Places

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Maps

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1898-1899, The Beeches Ref. RNC846296
1947, The Beeches Ref. NPO846296
1896, The Beeches Ref. RNE846296
1919, The Beeches Ref. POP846296

Books

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Memories

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East Terrace

I used to live in #1 when I was about 6 years old and have memories of climbing out of a window and sitting on the roof and looking out to sea. I also used to cycle off to school each day along this street. My father was in ...Read more

A memory of Budleigh Salterton in 1948 by Michael Braund

Happy Days In The Sun

This was my idea of heaven. For 7 years during my early childhood we went to Nefyn for 2 weeks during the summer. Dad always rented a beach hut to "brew up in" and hold the deckchairs and swimming stuff. The highlight of the ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn by Helen Neaves Wilde

Holidays

We came to Pembrokeshire on family holdiays all through the 1960s and early 1970s. This beach was our favourite although we called it, mistakenly, 'Barry Island Beach' as to reach it you had to go through Barry Island Farm and a toll of ...Read more

A memory of Llanrhian by John Baxter

Such Great Holidays!

I remember as a child the great holidays in the 60s on the beaches at Holland. We hired a beach hut for 7/6 a week near the deck chair and paddle float hire. Who can forget the pretty girls who pushed the ice cream trolleys ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea in 1960 by Kevin Chapple

A Picnic At Exmouth Cricket Club

Last week we had a really lovely day out with our granddaughter Anna Norfolk. It was a beautiful sunny July day and far too hot for staying at home so my wife and I went in search of a beach and a cooling sea breeze. ...Read more

A memory of Exmouth in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Wartime Evacuation In 1944

I was placed in an orphanage on 13th October 1943 together with my elder brother Brian.  My father had died on the infamous Siam (Thailand) Railway as a forced labour navvy. He was a regular soldier and had already been ...Read more

A memory of Tairgwaith in 1944 by Michael Lowdon

Atwick Holidays

our family ( from Bradford ) , me and 2 sisters rented one of the chalets at the end of cliff road in the mid fifty's I think it was 2nd from left in on the cliff top .Can remember the garden getting shorter as the cliffs collapased ...Read more

A memory of Ulrome in 1954 by Andy Howard

My Old School

Hartford Secondary Modern School, Northwich brings back very fond memories. The teachers were very good and enthusiastic, encouraging us all to do well. Mr Beech was the Headmaster, very keen on cricket. Mr Baines Assistant Head, who ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1956 by Valerie Thomas

The Year I Left The Village I Was Born In

I was born in North Seaton Colliery and have very happy memories of my childhood and all the people who were part of my life. I left at 16 to work in Newcastle, the beach was perfect, never have I had such happy times, picking winkles and fishing for dabs.  Brenda Hudson as was.

A memory of North Seaton in 1956 by Brenda Cummings

Summer Holidays

When we were kids we used to holiday at East Runton nearly every year. We stayed with George and Mabel Bonney (and Trixie the dog) at Shepherds Cottage on the common. I think it was called Top Common. My Dad hired two beach huts ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1962 by Heather Moore

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Captions

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Caption For Rodborough, Common, The Bear Hotel 1925

Taken from a position a little further along the hillside from No 62683, this photograph shows the Bear Inn soon after its extension was completed.

Caption For Sutton, The Ridgway 1913

Over the parish boundary in Carshalton in what was named Carshalton Beeches, lavender fields were developed in the years after after 1905.

Caption For Walcott, The Beach Bough Hotel C1965

Hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation make up a key element in the tourist economy of Norfolk, especially in Yarmouth and the other resorts of the east coast.

Caption For Andover, Town Station 1908

Lord Beeching closed this branch line in 1964. Its 22-mile length became a track known as the Test Way, which can now be walked from Andover all the way to Southampton Water.

Caption For Badbury Rings, The Avenue Of Trees 1936

The long avenue of beech trees which lines the road beyond Wimborne, towards the ancient hillfort of Badbury Rings, is one of the finest sights in England.

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Caption For Langdon Hills, Entrance And Keepers Cottage C1950

The County Council had been buying parcels of land in this area since the 1930s, in an attempt to preserve the native trees. Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.

Caption For Cranham, 1907

A horse-drawn carriage takes a journey into the extensive woodlands of Cranham, Brockworth and Buckholt. A century later this is still one of the most beautiful stretches of countryside in England.

Caption For Eastbourne, Paradise 1910

The road climbs here along the chalk amid the beech woods of the Paradise Plantation. It picturesquely linked the old town with Meads, and was a popular stroll for visitors.

Caption For Staverton, Manor Road C1955

We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.

Caption For Cirencester, Tetbury Road C1955

The photographer who took this picture was positioned at the entrance to Cirencester railway station.

Caption For Cleethorpes, Wonderland C1955

Wonderland was conveniently situated next to the railway station, and when railway excursions to the seaside were at their height, it was ideal for the day tripper.

Caption For Cleethorpes, Wonderland C1955

Wonderland was conveniently situated next to the railway station, and when railway excursions to the seaside were at their height, it was ideal for the day tripper.

Caption For Boston, Witham Bank And Boston Stump C1955

The bridge, built in 1848, carried the Great Northern Railway main line from Grimsby to London King's Cross (via Peterborough), but since the Beeching cuts it now only carries the Skegness to Nottingham

Caption For Barnston, Beech Farm C1955

Situated at the top of a steepish hill on the road from Heswall, the entrance to Beech Farm is on the right in our picture.

Caption For Clydach, Lower Fall 1893

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is also well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Caption For Tetbury, Chipping Steps C1965

This picturesque quarter of Tetbury leads from the north-east corner of the Chipping to a triangular green with a splendid copper beech tree.

Caption For Stockbridge, The Old Andover Road C1955

To the right, Winchester Road rises to leave town; to the left it enters town.

Caption For Rudgwick, The King's Head C1955

The King's Head c1955. The village of Rudgwick stands hard by the Surrey border, its church literally just a few yards from the county boundary.

Caption For Badbury Rings, The Avenue Of Trees 1936

The long avenue of beech trees which lines the road beyond Wimborne, towards the ancient hillfort of Badbury Rings, is one of the finest sights in England.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1904

This is the view south down the High Street from outside Beech Hurst, which is off to the left.

Caption For Pangbourne, Whitchurch Lock C1949

The lock is only accessible by water, for it is cut off from Whitchurch by a backwater and house gardens: even the Thames Path misses the river here, only going through the churchyard.

Caption For Compton Bishop, Crooks Peaks Guest House C1960

To the west of Compton Bishop, the former Crooks Peak Guest House is now a private house, almost invisible behind high beech hedges.