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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 all ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

My Childhood Garden Part Ii

Some months later, how long I cannot remember for the passing of time means little to a child, except that it always seemed so long for things to happen; but I found myself again seated in the back seat of another ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

My Childhood Garden Part V

Beside the strawberry bed grew a large cooking apple tree that produced enormous green apples. We had a variety of both eating and cooking apple trees in the garden, the fruit from which was harvested and then stored ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

18 Happy Years

We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by Ian Hiley

Growing Up

I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill in 1946 by Ann Westgarth

My Grandparents

My grandparents lived at Fern Cottage. They moved there before the war and had two children, Dick and Jean. Dick was based at Wick and died in the war. Jean, my mum, married and had me and my sister. I have wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop in 1960 by Richard Booth

How I Chose Somerton To Live

Whilst serving in the Fleet Air Arm at RNAS Yeovilton the squadron I was serving on had an organised function in the Red Lion and I well remember standing outside and saying to my brother, who was also on the same ...Read more

A memory of Somerton in 1975 by John Waller

Nether Wallop 1930 1940

My uncle, Sir Howard Button. bought 2 cottages, Mallows and Yew Tree Cottage and a house, Straw Hall, in 1915. I have an album of photographs of the cottages from 1915 - 1926. My uncle let us (my parents, my brother ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1930 by John Donne

Old Bull Morris Men Dance At The Old Guinea Pub

The Old Bull Morris Men were based at the Old Bull Arts Centre in nearby Barnet and would regularly turn out to perform at pubs in south west Hertfordshire around 1979 - 1981. Originally ...Read more

A memory of Ridge in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

Totney House

The is a picture of Totney House on lower Kingsdown Road. I was captivated by this house as a small child walking past it, with its white-washed walls and thatched roof. I eventually got to go inside when a school ...Read more

A memory of Kingsdown by Paula Cope

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Captions

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Caption For Broadstairs, Promenade 1902

Bleak House stands on the right, while on the left is the prominent tower of Holy Trinity church, built in 1862. Note the canopied deckchairs on the right.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Heckmondwike, The Market Square C1955

The Red Lion public house is on the right, while the factory chimney in the background is a reminder of the town's industrial base.

Caption For St Ives, Porthminster Beach C1955

The tea house, which still functions today as a delightful cafe-restaurant, stands at the near end of the beach. There are no surviving traces of the once major industry of seine net fishing.

Caption For Kingsdown, Upper Street 1918

These 18th-century cottages were built to house farm workers and fishermen when the latter moved up from the shore.

Caption For Hirwaun, The Cenotaph, High Street C1960

Behind the solid First World War Memorial is the Cardiff Arms, a public house often used for wedding reception that is still a popular watering hole today.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street 2004

Cubitt & West have changed their house style and it certainly is an improvement. The old Forrest Stores building frontage gives the north side of the Square a comfortable enduring appearance.

Caption For Sandbanks, Poole Head 1904

Sandbanks gives an impression of how wild and lonely the nearby site of Bournemouth must have been before Lewis Tregonwell built his house there in 1810.

Caption For Winchester, Cathedral West Front 1909

Buried in the Cathedral is Izaak Walton, author of 'The Compleat Angler', who died at his son-in-law's house in the Cathedral Close in 1683.

Caption For Scawby, Church Street C1960

More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.

Caption For Castle Combe, West Street 1906

The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.

Caption For Much Wenlock, Station 1903

The railway line disappeared in the 1960s, and today the station is a private house.

Caption For Fulbourn, Cow Lane C1950

Cow Lane has changed in recent years, with infill building visible to the left of the house in the centre of this picture.

Caption For Welburn, The Village C1965

Now one of the country's finest tourist attractions, the house and estate was established in the 18th century and contains a huge lake and spectacular gardens.

Caption For Cartmel, Cavendish Street 1914

The cottage in the centre was Ayers Old-Fashioned Eating House, with plenty of seating outside for visitors.

Caption For Rothesay, The Pier From Chapel Hill 1900

Rothesay developed as a holiday and tourist destination during the 1840s, attracting the opening of hotels, lodging houses, cafes and restaurants.

Caption For Chideock, Horse And Cart 1922

This is the junction with Mill Lane (left of centre) beside Roadstead House (right). Seahill Lane bends to the right, towards Seatown.

Caption For Abergavenny, From The Blorenge C1960

The church, castle and market hall, the historic heart of the town, remain at the centre, but more modern housing fans out from it in this scene.

Caption For Portchester, The Castle Entrance C1960

Other finds at Wallington House, Wicor Shore and Portchester Harbour have been dated from the Mesolithic period (10,000 BC to 4,000 BC), while flint and stone artefacts from Titchfield and Wallington

Caption For Basildon, Blenheim House And The Bus Terminus 1961

Blenheim House contained the Locarno (later Tiffany's Ballroom), where the resident group in the early 1960s were the pre-fame Dave Clark Five.

Caption For Thorpeness, The House In The Clouds And The Mill C1955

The house in the clouds conceals a water storage tank. It is now conserved and open to visitors.

Caption For Higham Ferrers, Market Square C1955

On the right is a fine Georgian house, once a shop owned by Horsley Ltd. Today the premises sells motorcycles.

Caption For Worcester, Gheluvelt Park 1936

It was created on the site of an 18th-century house with 18 acres of private parkland by Barbourne Brook.

Caption For Runswick, From The Beach C1885

The older houses of this charming little village, like many others on this coast, are built hanging precariously onto a cliff. The villagers once relied almost solely on fishing.