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Memories

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Trolley Racing

At the age of 11 nothing was more valuable than a set of old pram wheels. Using a 4-foot plank (this is old money) for the base. To sit on, we fastened a short piece to the back with an axle and 2 wheels, the same at the front ...Read more

A memory of Dinnington in 1944 by Ramon Fletcher

Trenholme Bar.

I lived at Trenholme Bar in Station House next to the Forth family. Across the road lived a lady called Mrs Jobling, her late husband had been a tailor. This house was demolished to make way for the new road. My brother and ...Read more

A memory of Trenholme Bar in 1956 by Malcolm Hall

Treasured Memories Of

I was born in 21 Newtons Lane, Cossall, in 1936, and my paternal grandparents lived in Ilkeston Junction. I now live 1000's of miles away in the City of Sunshine, eight miles west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and have ...Read more

A memory of Cossall in 1940 by Robin Louis Scattergood

Trams, Markets And Bright Yellow Trolly Buses

With big hugs from waiting family on one of the many platforms that was Central Station, we hurried though the noise and clouds of steam towards the station exit and into the sunlight...my ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1940 by Raymond Hay

Training Pit Ponies At Oxclose. Ryhope

Training Pit Ponies at Ryhope Oxclose was a row of 5 terraced houses owned by the Colliery and located at the top of the lane which passed the eastern side of the Cricket field. At the Western end of 5 terraced ...Read more

A memory of Ryhope by harrydhx

Tragedies

It was around 1952 when these tragic accidents happened to to two Millfield families. I remember the day as plain today as it was then. A little boy had fallen into the Dewley Burn and drowned, his mother was Edna Clues who lived at the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

Townhill 1950s

I moved to 4a Crawford place in 1951 aged 5 Townhill was my first school and remember headmistress as Johnstone ? headmaster was Mr Wilson and lived in school grounds. We went to the old church hall for our school meals. The ...Read more

A memory of Townhill by kennethmilne

Torwoodlee Lodge Until We Emigrated To Canada

I spent many summers at Torwoodlee Lodge with my Nanny (Jessie Scott Stewart) and a great uncle, Robert Brockie. As soon as school was out Mum, one of my brothers and myself would pack and catch the ...Read more

A memory of Galashiels in 1952 by Jean Weekes

Tommy Hull, The Farmer

Tommy Hull had his house and opposite his barns on the bend of Church Road just before St Nicholas's Church . His main hayfield was were the estate at the top of Beaumont Terrace was built. Later when he retired the barns were ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth

Todber Caravan Park, Bonfire Nights

Does anybody reading this remember Tom Varley's steam museum/bonfire nights in the big brick barn with the music from the engines and parch peas, hotpots and bonfire on top of the hill. Or the little pool in the ...Read more

A memory of Gisburn in 1976 by Patricia Breakell

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.