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Polly Tea Rooms

My husband and I were both born in Marlborough. My husband is Peter Long and I believe he went to Grammar School with Julian West whose family owned the tea rooms. We both remember the fire as it was the year we were married; and ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough in 1966 by Susan Long

Waunlwyd 1955 1973

I was born in 1955 and lived in Waunlwyd until I went away to University in 1973. I remember this row of shops very well as I was entrusted to shop for family and relatives who would pay me a small fee that I was saving up for a ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1966 by Chris Hodson

1955 To 1972

I grew up in one of the bungalows at the foot of One Tree Hill and often spent weekends and school holidays with the Keeper's children, Peter and Jonathon Scott.  One Tree Hill was a fascinating place to spend our weekends and school ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1966 by Stephen Dann

Houseboat Mtb234

My aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Arthur Dowsett, moved to Lower Swanwick in 1958 when my uncle retired after working for many years as a signalman for BR. They bought a houseboat, a converted motor torpedo boat, mtb234, which ...Read more

A memory of Swanwick in 1966 by Roger Pols

Beanfield Secondary

I was in that class at Beanfield Secondary and remember, Jim Drummond, Ray Shillitoe,Pete Bird and also Mick Hambly, Clive Evans, Ann Francis, Irene Mitchell, Jim Gardener, John Gamble, Michael Parker and others. I lived on the ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1965 by Ken Brooks

#69 Broadway

I was only 11yrs old when we moved from Helmshore to America.  Helmshore was a wonderful place to have your childhood. Sometime between 1963 and 1965 we built a snowman that made the front page of the local paper, that year was a huge ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore in 1965 by Peter Chadderton

My Grandmothers Cottage

My grandmother, Annie Maria Pearce lived in one of those thatched cottages. The third door from the left of the white building. It was number 444. My parents Arthur and Barbara Wheeler-Smith emigrated to Australia with us three kids in 1965. My brothers names are Peter and Michael.

A memory of South Tidworth in 1965 by Linda Eyles

Help Needed With Info About My Stay At Langley House

Hi, I'm not sure if anyone can help me but I was taken to Langley School when I was about 8 years old (1965). I can't seem to find out much information about the school and just why I was ...Read more

A memory of Baildon in 1965 by Peter Harris

Isleworth Osterley

I moved from Houslow to Isleworth in about 1961. We lived off the Thornbury Road in Eversley Cresent. I used to play in Osterley Park and walk my dog there as a child. It's a beautiful park. My elder sister Wendy and I both ...Read more

A memory of Osterley in 1965 by Mike Beetham

Rowes Of Netheravon.

As a little girl I remember visiting Auntie Alice and Uncle Bill Rowe. They lived in Vine Cottage just down from the SSW Army Camp. Dad was stationed there after the Second World War, that's where he met my mother Margaret Ada ...Read more

A memory of Netheravon in 1965 by Christina Jobling

Captions

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Caption For Pickering, Smiddy Hill C1955

In the background we can see the tower and spire of the 12th- and 14th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, which has interior wall-paintings dating from the 15th century.

Caption For Peel, The Bay 1895

In the centre foreground of the picture stands St Peter's church, intact at this time, built out of locally quarried Triassic red sandstone and identified by its unusual helm-roof tower.

Caption For Bridge, From The Mill 1903

The dominant feature is the Norman St Peter's Church presiding over this view.

Caption For Marlborough, London Road C1950

On the right, a car is parked in front of listed railings belonging to St Peter's and St Mary's junior school.

Caption For Congleton, St Peter's Church 1898

They depict St Paul and St Peter.

Caption For Aylesbury, Westmorland Avenue C1965

Our tour of Aylesbury peters out amid the post-war expansion to accommodate London's overspill.

Caption For Barnstaple, From Anchor Woods 1919

It lasted long after the passenger service was withdrawn, carrying coal to Yelland Power Station and ball clay from Peters Marland.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church C1955

The avenue leads to the superb west tower of Saints Peter and Paul church.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Bandstand 1907

Clacton was the brainchild of one man—Peter Bruff, an engineer with the Tendring Hundred railway company—who bought 50 acres of farmland here in 1865 with a view to its development as a holiday resort

Caption For Colaton Raleigh, Village 1906

The first links with the Raleigh family, from which the village now takes the second part of its name, came in 1346 when Peter de Raleghe owned certain manorial rights.

Caption For Hawkley, The Village C1960

This village lies around a green, and here the church of St Peter and St Paul can be found.

Caption For Navenby, The Church C1965

The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down.

Caption For Wadhurst, High Street 1903

The church of St Peter and St Paul has many cast iron graveslabs in the floor.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Crooked Spire, Parish Church 1936

Theirs may be more famous, but St Peter's has quite a pronounced twist.

Caption For Blaenavon, C1955

On the right is St Peter's, the parish church of Blaenavon, built by the ironmasters Hopkins and Hill in 1805.

Caption For Prestbury, High Street 1896

The tower of St Peter's church can just be seen above the roofs on the right-hand side of the picture.

Caption For Huddersfield, The George Hotel, St George's Square 1957

The George Hotel replaced the earlier George Inn, which was re-erected in St Peter's Street in 1852.

Caption For Bedford, The School Sports Field 1921

The grammar school moved out of its old buildings (now the Town Hall) to a new twenty-acre site set in fields north of St Peter's church in 1891.

Caption For Henfield, Golden Square C1955

St Peter's 13th-century church was rebuilt in 1870.

Caption For Eckington, The Memorial C1965

The Church and War Memorial c1955 Dedicated to St Peter & St Paul, the church here is first mentioned in 1310, though there was almost certainly a place of worship on the site in late Saxon times

Caption For Leigh, The Cross C1955

The village shop (right) was run by Pamela and Peter Mills, and his green Standard van is parked outside.

Caption For Dinas Powys, Mill Road C1960

Our vantage point for this view is near to St Peter's Church, whose construction in the late 1920s made use of stone recycled from the defunct Cyfarthfa iron works.

Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

St Peter's in Kirkgate was noted for its 15th-century brasses, whilst 18th-century Holy Trinity in Boar Lane had perhaps the most attractive-looking spire in the area.