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Brambletye Preparatory School

Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1967

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

Brampton Road Primary School

I began my school days during the 1950's at Brampton Road Primary School, Bexleyheath. My over-riding memory is a time of innocence, wonder and happiness, where we were given freedom to learn and be creative in a ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Breich Burn

We all used to go to the burn every day in the summer with a bag of pieces of carluke steak (jam), we were there all day building dams to make the water deeper. When the pit horn sounded we knew the miners would be coming home with spare pit pieces. I learned to swim in the Briech Burn.

A memory of Stoneyburn in 1954 by Vincent Shields

Bridge Street, Coggeshall

I remember Bridge Street as I grew up in Coggeshall and was 8 when this photo was taken. The pub sign on the right is for the Portobella pub, which was on the left. In the distance is the bridge over the River ...Read more

A memory of Coggeshall in 1955 by David Clark

Broadstairs 1955 Or ?

Oh, my goodness, the memories come flooding back when I started to read some of the stories. Yes, mine was very much the same as most of yours was. I was taken to Victoria Station and put on the train with a nun. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Adrianne Jansen

Broadstairs And St Mary's Home 1957

I was 6 years old and had had bronchitis and asthma and so I was sent away from smoggy London to St Mary's Home in Broadstairs. I was taken with other young children on a train by a nurse in a brown uniform. ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1957 by Tessa Farthing

Bron Y De

Our first house we lived in after moving from Kettering to Wales back in the 90's. Apparently it was the overseers house from the building of the dam at Lake Vyrnwy, being a timber framed sectional building it was transported after ...Read more

A memory of Penybontfawr by chapmandale08

Brown's Sweetshop

As a boarder at Danes Hill School in the 60s I well remember a strange pudding we were served, the unlikely combination of Weetabix, prunes and custard which I hated! Prune stones were saved and on Sundays we were all given an ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott in 1962 by Steve Chilcott

Burghfield Common

I was 1 of 9 children, we were placed at 83 Hunters Hill. I went to Garlands Schhool. My friends were Sharon Mallem, Jackie Baily, Jackie Bruce, Connie Sharky. I remember others ie the Farmers, Beals, Kemps, Longs,and ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common in 1972 by Debbie Walker

Captions

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Caption For Bardsea, The View From By Well House C1955

The tractor is going round the field turning the hay, a common sight in the summer at that time.

Caption For Nonington, Church C1955

A timbered barn stands opposite the entrance to this 13th-century church with its small square crenellated tower.

Caption For Abbotsbury, The Tithe Barn 1890

Abbotsbury, situated at the western end of Chesil Beach, is most famous for its swannery, the waters of the Fleet often being turned white with hundreds of birds.

Caption For Coombe Bissett, The Village C1955

This picture shows the River Ebble and the A354 Blandford Road running side-by-side through the village of Coombe Bissett, a couple of miles south of Salisbury.

Caption For Hutton, C1947

The buildings on the right were once part of Middle Farm and date back to Tudor times.

Caption For Bibury, Arlington Row C1960

One of the most picturesque - and most photographed - groups of cottages in the Cotswolds, Arlington Row's first function was as a barn.

Caption For Wembley Park, Barn Hill C1965

A mile to the north of the stadium, Barn Hill takes about itself an air of rural contemplation as the camera looks out to the surrounding hills.

Caption For Marlborough, College Chapel 1901

The chapel was not considered an architec- tural success, and its interior has been described as 'barn-like'.

Caption For Cressing, The Village 1909

Villagers pose for the camera outside their homes in this little village near Braintree. This was the earliest English settlement of the Knights Templar, who were given the manor in 1135.

Caption For Weston Rhyn, Village And Post Office C1955

Just outside the village of Weston Rhyn there is an unusual folly - a romanticised Stonehenge. It was erected in the 19th century by Thomas Barnes.

Caption For Styal, The Village 1897

Like many industrialists at this time, greg started out as a nonconformist, in his case, a Unitarian, and at Styal village is the Unitarian chapel he built, besides the Methodist chapel which he

Caption For Gisburn, The Ribblesdale Arms C1950

The busy A59 road now divides Gisburn, but it still has its cobbled forecourts and white cottages in the main street. Here we will find the Ribblesdale Arms.

Caption For Histon, High Street C1965

Filling stations are no longer allowed to have their pumps directly adjacent to pavements, but in the days of the dependable ash-framed Morris Traveller, it was pretty much the norm.

Caption For Horsey, The Street C1955

Street Farm (left) still displays parish notices, and the sign (far right) still directs travellers to the excellent Nelson Head pub.

Caption For Butley, The Street C1953

The lady with the pram, near the clipped bushes (left), is outside the Post Office and Stores, which closed in 1975, although the post box remains.

Caption For Liskeard, Wesleyan Church 1907

This fine chapel in Barn Street was erected in 1846 and enlarged in 1862 during the period when the town was experiencing the effects of the mining boom around Caradon just to the north

Caption For Polegate, The Road To Jevington C1955

Back into Willingdon, continue north to turn towards Jevington, through Wannock, and onto the scenic Jevington Road.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Abbey Barn 1896

Beside the ruins of the great abbey church, various monastery buildings survive, including the famous 14th-century Abbot's Kitchen and the Abbey Barn.

Caption For Triscombe, The Quantocks, Wills Neck 1929

Past Crowcombe's fine parish church, turn left onto a narrow lane that winds to Triscombe. Here the lane descends to the hamlet past Triscombe Farm with its thatched barn.

Caption For Abbotsbury, The Tithe Barn 1890

Abbotsbury, situated at the western end of Chesil Beach, is most famous for its swannery, the waters of the Fleet often being turned white with hundreds of birds.

Caption For Durham, Shire Hall 1921

Built of red brick, the Shire Hall was designed by local architects H Barnes and F E Coates, and was completed in 1898.

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Caption For Hauxwell, The Village 1913

Children from Yew Tree Farm pose outside their gate for the photographer - a major event in this quiet village, which is sited well off the main Leyburn road.

Caption For Devonport, Mount Wise 1890

The hill on the right has a memorial to Devonport's most famous son, Captain Scott, and on the riverside in the middle distance the large barn-like building is King Billy Yard, the oldest covered shipyard

Caption For Beaminster, The Square C1955

Beaminster is the 'sweet Bemmister' of William Barnes' famous Victorian poem.