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Working On Blackburn Market In The 1950s
I was born in 1935 and raised in Blackburn, attending the Grammar School until my widowed mother could not afford to keep me there. I left school in February 1952 and got a job as a Junior Clerk in the Markets ...Read more
A memory of Blackburn
Working At Tower Camp
I remember being employed by Cook's for the Tower Camp back in the mid 70's. I had been on holiday there the year before. I was employed as a waiter in the main dining room. The staff in there was a rag tag bunch from all over ...Read more
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Working At Owen & Owens And Arcade Music Shop
I lived in North Finchley from 1949 till 1968 and my maiden name was Battams. I have many fond memories. I started my first job on the day after my 15th birthday as I was only 14 when I left ...Read more
A memory of North Finchley in 1965 by
Working At Rank Xerox
As a 16-year-old, I started work in the wages office of Rank Xerox. There were 6 of us in the office, the boss being Fred Pearce. The other colleagues were Roger Dymond, Mary Evans, Connie Waits, Jean Short and myself. The ...Read more
A memory of Mitcheldean in 1958 by
Work, Rest And Play
I recall well, nights out at the Plough and Harrow pub and the Oak too. Lots of great times there. My father was a HGV driver for a haulage company called A M garage, it was based down the end of Elliot Road, right at the back of ...Read more
A memory of Selly Oak in 1971 by
Woodlea Drive, Bromley. '50s/'60s.
I lived at 42, Woodlea Drive from the age of 9 until 18 when we moved in 1963. My dad bought the plot and we used to visit it regularly until the house was completed, and we moved in. Our house was at the top of the hill ...Read more
A memory of Bromley in 1954 by
Woodford Green Primary School
I was born at St Margaret's hospital, Epping in 1967. I remember my first day at school and being terrified! I remember every teacher with fondness. The green surrounding the school was an extension to the ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Green in 1972 by
Woodfield House
My childhood memories are locked in Brynygwenin. I lived at Woodfield House this was a semi detached house. We shared a pump where we drew our water. This was, indeed, a luxury not having too far to collect drinking water. I was born ...Read more
A memory of Brynygwenin
Wonderful Memories Of Great Holidays
When I was around 11 years old in the early '60s we used to go to Chapel every year and stayed in Standish Bungalow. It was owned by my mother's employer who allowed us to go there as a reward for her ...Read more
A memory of Chapel St Leonards by
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A car passes up the High Street, while a horse-drawn conveyance comes down the hill.Wright's Garage, on the right, emphasises that shortly after the First World War the internal combustion engine had
The MV 'Coronia' - famed for its part in the 'Little Ships' rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940 - returns to port.
In its day, Grimsby was the biggest fishing port in the world.
In its day, Grimsby was the biggest fishing port in the world.
Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.
Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.
Thomas Hardy lived in Wimborne for a short period during his first marriage.
The village becomes busy in the summer with visitors seeking Crantock Beach, which is a short distance away.
In its early years it developed into a substantial fishing port with two deep-sea fishing companies, a fish quay and ice-house, and ship repairing facilities.
Until near the middle of the 20th century, there was plenty of choice for a short sea trip in a rowing boat, a sailing boat, a motor boat or even a speed boat.
The white building close to the beach is the Rashleigh Arms; just to the right is a short slipway up to the old lifeboat house, which was used until 1922 but is now converted to a café and shop.
All Saints' Church is an interesting one, with Anglo-Saxon 'long and short work' quoins to the nave and an Anglo-Saxon tower with an elaborate Norman west doorway and arcading.
This is another of the Lincolnshire churches that has Anglo-Saxon long and short stone work in the tower.
This village must qualify for having had one of the most short-lived halts in railway history.
Shortly afterwards the bandstand was removed to this spot from its position on the promenade.
Judging by the crowd gathering on the beach, it looks as though a seaside concert party will shortly be giving a performance.
The pebble and sandy beach provides views along the coast to Worthing pier; just a short distance inland are the grassy slopes of Highdown Hill, which has long been a popular recreational
In the background a ferry heads into port.
What makes the Wet Dock so useful is that it is a non-tidal section of the port.
Sixty years on, Beccles has declined as a port, with goods being carried more by road.
More interesting are the three windows to the left of this poster; these belonged to Mr Short, a local photographer, whose photographs adorned these windows in neat rows.
The swords on the county coat of arms are seaxes, the short swords or sword knives used by the Saxons, which may in fact have been straight rather than curved.
Paddle steamers provided pleasure trips and a bus service of sorts out to the coastal ports of Harwich and Felixstowe.
The shops which lined the steep road down to the pier were demolished shortly after for being 'unhygienic and ugly'.They sold all manner of seaside items from postcards, buckets and spades, paddling
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