Places
36 places found.
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- Poole, Dorset
- Canford Magna, Dorset
- Broadstone, Dorset
- Sandbanks, Dorset
- South Pool, Devon
- Pool, Cornwall
- Longfleet, Dorset
- Dozmary Pool, Cornwall
- Canford Cliffs, Dorset
- Rossmore, Dorset
- Merley, Dorset
- Waterloo, Dorset
- Branksome, Dorset
- Branksome Park, Dorset
- Canford School, Dorset
- Knighton, Dorset (near Wimborne Minster)
- Sterte, Dorset
- Hamworthy, Dorset
- Oakdale, Dorset
- Alderney, Dorset
- Bearwood, Dorset
- Lake, Dorset
- Stanley Green, Dorset
- Hillbourne, Dorset
- Newtown, Dorset (near Poole)
- Turlin Moor, Dorset
- Wallisdown, Dorset
- Ashington, Dorset
- Canford Heath, Dorset (near Poole)
- Oakley, Dorset
- Turbary Common, Dorset
- Bourne Valley, Dorset
- Creekmoor, Dorset
- Lilliput, Dorset
- Lower Hamworthy, Dorset
- Talbot Heath, Dorset
Photos
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Maps
304 maps found.
Books
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Memories
1,640 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.
Swimming Lessons ?
Coedpenmaen primary school used the pool for swimming lessons. We changed under the canopy and duly walked into the water ready for the lesson. Fine if it was June /July, this was mid March ! Still, the walk back to school eventually warmed us up.
A memory of Pontypridd by
Boyhood
I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided all ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 by
Back To Windsor
I've been here - to this very spot, with the precious women of my life - my Mom when I was a child, and with my children when they were women. How can it be that it looks exactly the same in 1890, 1971 and 2001? I can feel the cool ...Read more
A memory of Windsor in 2001 by
Holidays In Coldingham
Until we emigrated to the U.S. in 1948, my family spent our summer holidays in Coldingham with Cha Crowe & family, also, Johnny Walker, known as Walker the Butcher whose son Ian still has his butcher shop in Eyemouth. They ...Read more
A memory of Coldingham in 1940 by
Memories Of Clifton Park
I lived near Clifton Park for a number of years. My memories take me back to WW2. During the Summer months my friends and I used to play football,we put our coats down for the goals, we had a good game and ...Read more
A memory of Rotherham in 1940 by
Fish & Chips In Brightlingsea
During the late 40's and 50's we all travelled to Jaywick Sands for our summer and bank holidays and on the weekends made regular excursions to the nearby seaside resorts of Frinton and Walton-on-the Nase but my ...Read more
A memory of Brightlingsea by
Collingwood School Wallington
I attended Collingwood boys between 1963 to 1965. I have read many memories , and would like to share mine. It was a highly disciplined school, ruled by John Richardson. He was backed up by his father, who was known as ...Read more
A memory of Wallington by
Swimming Lessons At Reedham
From 1959 to 1963 I went to school at Whyteleafe County Primary, Maple Road, whence the older boys and girls were taken by (very old) coaches to Reedham's pool for swimming lessons. It was a bit odd, because we never saw any of ...Read more
A memory of Purley by
I Lived At 45 Warrington Ave
I was born in Taplow in 1957, my parents shared a house (a semi) with my grandparents. They lived downstairs and us obviously upstairs. I attended St Anthony’s Catholic School on the Farnham Rd and at that time they had ...Read more
A memory of Slough by
Great Childhood Memories
I remember living in Middleton on Sea when I was between the ages of eight and 11 in the early 60’s and I went to Edward Bryant school in Bognor. We lived in a road called North Avenue East and I just remember the roads ...Read more
A memory of Middleton-on-Sea by
Captions
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This view, taken on the private Ffrwdgrech estate, shows two parallel cascades plunging vertically into a secret pool.
This view is taken from the allotments, now occupied by Poole's modern hospital.
Supplies came by sea to Poole Harbour and then by road from Hamworthy to Wimborne.
The free informality of the boating pool is repeated here, with almost everybody dressed in a more-or-less casual manner.
Two boys are paddling in a pool left by the tide.
Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.
This building is no longer operating as a guest house; the caravan and camping park is now the main business, and it has had an indoor swimming pool since about 1980.
To the south of the lake the Coal Board built a children's swimming pool.
weight.The Globe is positioned to represent the position of the earth in space, with nearby benches marking the points of the compass.The Isle of Purbeck, that great peninsula sprawling eastwards into Poole
Poole developed along the banks of the finest natural harbour in England.
The sign at the far end of the car park tells us that in the 1950s the hotel had a swimming pool.
It is a great place for those who like to scramble over rocks and paddle in pools.
Then, there were 36 boys, including 8 boarders, and the Headmaster was G J Poole, MA.
Little changed today, the pool at Stratford Park was opened in 1937 and has always been popular, with youngsters in particular, during the summer months.
Opened in 1874, on the site of a disused quarry on the edge of the town centre, the Arboretum is a surprisingly peaceful park where fat, contented ducks loaf around a pool.
Children paddle in the shallow waters or investigate the rock pools, whilst others dig castles from the soft sand.
This picturesque area of narrow streets sits alongside the ancient fishing quay of Sutton's Pool.
A traditional seaside pastime for children is paddling about in pools left behind by the falling tide.
Imported logs were stored in a pool before being taken inland, often to the mines.
The entrance to the public gardens and former swimming pool and baths is bottom left.
A woman waits patiently against the fence by the pond; she has just come from the swimming pool area.
The shops between Pottle's and Poole Corner were demolished to make way for the old post office and an ironmonger's.
Penpol Terrace is to its right, and in the middle distance is the Carnsew Pool, which was built with a sluice for flushing out the main channel.
Here we have a closer view of the wall and walk built from the cliff opposite, encompassing the ground later laid out as gardens, and earlier as a swimming pool, by the Pegwell Bay Reclamation
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