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Memories

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Post Office

I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post ...Read more

A memory of King's Caple in 1960 by Andrew Hodges

Early Schooldays

My memories of Byfield, where I lived on the brand new council estate, in Lovett Road, are idyllic. I was there from age 6 to 10, then we moved to York. We children had to walk what seemed like miles, in all weathers, to the ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1954 by Rosemarie Delaney

Laindon High Road

This photograph shows a car with a lady coming out of a shop.This car belonged to my neighbour Arthur Pearman who now lives in Billericay. The lady was his wife who is now no longer with us. Arthur had bought this car as a wreck ...Read more

A memory of Laindon by Sheila Bailey

Coven Heath School In The 1880s

I didn't go to the school but my great-great-auntie did. I have a letter of hers that I have been transcribing. She says.. "I went to a one roomed school on Coven Heath. I was 3. A young lady was the teacher who ...Read more

A memory of Coventry by Jo Hindes

Happy Youth

I first found out about when I moved to Great Horton in Bradford about 1952. I met a boy called Philip Tempest who lived in a house near by, we became life long friends. His parent took me on holiday with them to a cottage they owned ...Read more

A memory of Nesfield in 1950 by Donald Rumbold

Part 16

Conclusion On my last visit it was hard to see where the village was. The small triangular field is now a park but it looks so small. The place I remember seemed so much larger than Small Park that is now there. Having been raised ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

Wraysbury School.

I went to Wraysbury School and one day came late. Everyone was gathered in the canteen for morning assembly, and when I got there, everyone clapped and I was pushed up to receive a large brown envelope. Going back to my place, I ...Read more

A memory of Wraysbury in 1947 by Sylvie Mc Kay

46 Bridge Road, Cove

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

Straining The Memory

I attended primary school at Horstead Keynes briefly until it changed location a few miles away. (I went there as well but can't for the life of me recall the name of the place.)  The head mistress was the tall and ...Read more

A memory of Horsted Keynes in 1953 by Giles Daubney

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

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Captions

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Caption For Andover, Micheldever Road C1950

Half a mile behind the viewer is Ladies' Walk.

Caption For Plymouth, View From Pier 1892

The steps and diving board below the Sunlight Soap advertisement belonged to the Plymouth Ladies Swimming Club.

Caption For Liskeard, The Railway Station 1907

Great Western trains thundered through Liskeard bound for Penzance, carrying travellers to within ten miles of Land's End.

Caption For Penrith, Brougham Castle 1893

Brougham Castle, a red sandstone pile on the River Eamont, two miles south-east of Penrith, was the last resting place of the legendary Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset.

Caption For Leek, Market Place C1955

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

Caption For Swynnerton, The Village 1900

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

Caption For Midhurst, The King Edward Sanatorium 1907

The ladies gardening are patients in the King Edward Sanatorium, which is situated on Great Common about two miles north of Midhurst.

Caption For Nottingham, Landing Stages, Turney's Quay 1893

Lady Bay Bridge, half a mile downstream, was built by the Midland Railway Company in 1878 to carry their line to Melton.

Caption For Tenby, Fishwives 1890

Note the basket of shrimps, the hats and scarves of their traditional dress and the larger basket one lady has on her back.

Caption For Lands End, Longships Lighthouse 1893

A little over a mile from shore, this imposing granite tower, 62 feet in height, rises out of a cauldron of furious waves. It was originally built in 1795. The one seen here was built in 1873.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

Caption For Thornton Dale, Beck Isle Cottage C1965

Thornton Dale lies 2 miles east of Pickering. This much-photographed cottage stands alongside the beck, in which trout can still be seen. In the village are Lady Lumley's Almshouses.

Caption For Bishopstoke, C1965

There were two inns in Riverside, the Anchor, still a prominent feature although the front has been reconstructed, and the Anglers, affectionately known to locals as the Annie Miles, the name of the lady

Caption For Gosforth, High Street 1956

Though only a couple of miles to the north of Newcastle, Gosforth had a character and identity of its own.

Caption For Wisbech, The Market Place 1929

Although it is ten miles from the sea on what is now an artificial River Nene, Wisbech maintains its long tradition as a sea port.

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Pinhay 1922

This mansion on Lyme's western cliffs, a mile beyond Ware, was the far point on Jane Austen's walk from Dorset into Devon in 1804.

Caption For Littleham, Cottages 1890

Here is the tomb of Lady Nelson, perhaps the most famous of the many visitors who came to Exmouth and decided to stay.

Caption For Worcester, High Street 1931

Summer sunshine has brought out the flowery frocks, but the ladies will still not venture out without their hats.