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Those Were The Days
I first saw Littlehampton when my primary school made an end-of-year trip in 1963, and my memories were dominated by the figure-of-eight dodgems at the amusement centre, and some intrepid soul getting stuck in the river ...Read more
A memory of Littlehampton by
There Was Always The Ghost Stories...
In 1973 having just left school that summer, I started my State Registered Nurse training with tutor Miss Wilmot at this Southernhay Hospital. Being a 'young lady' from Bristol my new colleagues and I were ...Read more
A memory of Exeter in 1973 by
Then I Bought A Boat.
For some time I had been thinking it would be nice to own a boat, and with this in mind I would keep my eyes open. It was only then I discovered boats for sale were very few and far between. You might think in a place like ...Read more
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The View We'd See During Our T Or Lunch Breaks
I was one of 5 typists on the 2nd floor of Lloyds Bank n our window would overlook the War Memorial n down the High Street between the Midland Bank and Boots which in the 70's had a clock on but the time ...Read more
A memory of Yeovil
The Race Stand, Forest Racecourse
My 5x great grandfather, William Roper, Keeper of the Forest, lived at the racestand (LHS of the photograph) from ca. 1813-1852. During the Pentrich Rebellion of 1817 a mob who were intent in breaking into the ...Read more
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The Potato Harvest... Dawn Till Dusk.
With dawn breaking on a chilly early October morning we gathered at the bottom of King Street, we were going to spend the weekend picking " spuds" on Lou Issacs farm in Manmoel. There were three grades of pickers. ...Read more
A memory of Manmoel in 1943 by
The Original F.Frith & Co
My first job after leaving school in 1968 was at the original Frith & Co. in Raglan Road, Reigate. The company was based in a large Victorian mansion and in many ways the working methods probably hadn't changed much ...Read more
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The Old Cottage At Nine Springs
I can remember playing at Nine Springs every Sunday with my two brothers. We would always stop at the old cottage there where you could buy a glass of home made lemonade for an old halfpenny, and sometimes two ...Read more
A memory of Yeovil in 1968 by
The Holy Well
In 1977 I was ten years old and the "holy well" as it was known to me was a playground, an escape and a place to watch life in Folkestone happen before my eyes. The channel tunnel consigned all this to memory. I would walk from my house in Cheriton during the long summer break from school.
A memory of Folkestone in 1977 by
The Coronation
I lived i n Taunton from 1949 till i left in the 60's it was a nice place to be unfortunatly my father died not long after being discharged for the army due to ill health we lived in musgrove road at the time ,there was my ...Read more
A memory of Bishop's Hull in 1949 by
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Just off to the left is the site of the earliest Baptist chapel in Suffolk, registered in 1731.
Skoulding's shop (to the left) now has a window across the whole building.
Looking at a tranquil summer scene like this, it is difficult to imagine the furious weather to which Torcross is sometimes exposed.
The clock tower was built of red and white brick in 1864. It was renovated in 1987, and has seating on the ground floor. Chandler's ironmonger's shop to the left has closed.
By 1913 the electric tram is operating, and the motor car has arrived to mingle with the horse carriages.
The old church and churchyard lie in the trees on the left, and the old wooden church hall - now gone - can be seen in the right foreground.
The substantial building behind the trees is Billericay church, which was rebuilt in 1780, though retaining its fine 15th-century brick tower.
Looking towards Beachy Head, this view shows the 'combe' of Holy Well with its paths. It is here that the sea can be reached, albeit by a steep path, in a break in the cliffs enlarged by quarrying.
The High Street has a fascinating diversity of provincial architecture dating from the 16th century through to the late 19th century.
Even at this time, the visual appearance of the slipway at Swanbridge had become a cause for concern.
The two buildings either side of the turning into Albert Road have long gone, to be replaced by new offices.
The Ilfracombe Hotel (centre left) was built by the Ilfracombe Hotel and Esplanade Company.
The sign 'Luncheons and Teas' on the right, just beyond the White Hart, advertises the Two Sisters Café, which from 1939 to 1949 was also a guest house.
The brick and white weatherboarded smock mill still stands in Mill Lane on the banks of the River Tillingham, though it is now converted for use as a guest house.
The park had focussed around Prospect Hill House, now known as The Mansion House, which after being a problem building for years is now a pub/restaurant with marvellous views south from its hilltop
Consecrated in August 1830, St Peterís church is built in brick and stone; it consists of chancel, nave, north and south porches, and an eastern tower with a spire containing a clock and six bells
Watling Street has a good range of buildings, mostly dated 18th and 19th century, built in a mix of materials - stone, brick and render.
We can almost feel the peace and tranquillity typified by a road deserted apart from a solitary horse-drawn delivery cart, standing near an attractive row of brick-built thatched cottages.
Cattell's Mill is a black-tarred weatherboarded smock windmill on an octagonal single-storey brick base.
For centuries, Stoneleigh was home to the dozens of estate workers employed by the Leighs.
In 1775 a brick tower-mill was built near the crossroads by John Matchett, a Colchester millwright.
Since 1895 the two buildings to the right of the mill have been replaced by a four- storey brick-built roller mill.
The White Horse is a timber-framed building of 1694, later encased in Victorian brick when the far bay was added. On the left is the corner of the shop, with its penny bubble gum dispenser.
This bridge over the Stour leads from The Croft (adjacent to St Gregory's Church on the right) to Fullingpit Meadows, part of Sudbury freemen's land, on the left.
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