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434 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

The Rose And Crown

Ivy Myers. I wonder how many people from Chalfont remember the "Rose and Crown", a Benskins pub. My father owned it from 1946 until 1950. There was also the “Kings Head” which was on the corner of Joiners Lane. Of ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1949 by Ivy Jones

1949 1966

I was born at 16 Roding Avene, the prefabs right next to the River Roding. Across the main London Road was Delayneys, also the Masters Match factory with its tall chimmney. I remember seeing the chimney being knocked down, the man at the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Yvonne Tilbury

That Morris Minor Traveller Has To Be Our Dad's Car!

My family lived at No 3 (the top flat), Corner House, at the top end of Broad Street, first on the left looking at the photo (but just out of the picture) for many years from 1947 or so. I ...Read more

A memory of New Alresford in 1947 by John Dear

Southminster Then Burnham

We moved to Southminster, Whitby Road and lived there till 1980 when we came to Burnham, where I live now. On 12th March 2008, I lost Glad so since then and now, live alone. I worked at St Peters School for ...Read more

A memory of Burnham-On-Crouch in 1860 by Henry Perrin

My Long Walk To School

I lived with my parents in Southborough until I was 17 years old. My Gran also lived quite near to us. My dad and all his brothers and sisters went to St. Peters School on the common. So did my older brother and two ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1946 by Ann Morgan

Peterlee In The 50s Early 60s

I was 2 or 3 months old in 1954 when the family moved from Wheatley Hill into a newly built council house on Kirkstone Road at the Horden end. My earliest memory is of sitting on the door step waiting for my brother ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee by Paul Dunn

I Played Piano At The Swan

I was directed to this site by a friend who was convinced one of the contributors must have been my brother, because it mentioned that his father ran a fish stall in South Harrow Market (our father did) and how ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by David Lowe

Ightham Village

My sisters Rita, Susan and me all attended Ightham Primary School, the headmaster was Mr Foster, he travelled every day from Maidstone by car, Mrs Kath Gordon, Miss Tomkins being the other teachers, Mrs Hussey replacing Miss ...Read more

A memory of Ightham by Janet Le Saux

Living In Godmanchester

Growing up in Godmanchester was a good experience. We lived in St Anne's Lane and I went to school there as well, then went to school in Park Lane. Then in 1956 I went to the Secondary Modern, starting at Brookside ...Read more

A memory of Godmanchester in 1950 by Danny Evans

A Walk From Shotgate Baptist Church To The Nevendon Road Part 2 See Part 1 Below

Continued from Part 1 below. Next to Martins Bank was a record shop, where I remember going with my parents and standing listening to records in the small ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

Captions

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Caption For Petersfield, From Tilmore 1906

The Italianate dome to the right, is that of the then 16-year-old St Laurence's Roman Catholic Church and the spire to the left is that of the 3-year-old Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Caption For Bolton By Bowland, Church Gates 1921

Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire, with its village green next to the church, and old inn.

Caption For Cromer, From The Sea 1902

With its imposing 160ft-high tower, Cromer church was erected in the reign of Henry IV and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

Caption For Lancaster, The Grammar School 1896

The building is still there today; it is now a Grant Maintained school.

Caption For Navenby, The Church C1965

It overlooks the Trent and Witham valley towards the Nottinghamshire border.

Caption For Benington, Church Interior C1960

It is recorded that the site of the present St Peter's Church was used as a place of worship as early as the 9th century at the time of King Bertulph of Mercia.

Caption For Dinas Powys, Mill Road C1960

A product of the increasing urbanisation of Dinas Powis at the close of the 19th century, Mill Road preserves the name of the nearby Mill Farm.

Caption For Inskip, Baptist Chapel C1950

Inskip Church, St Peter's, was built in 1848.

Caption For Bridge, From The Mill 1903

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

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

Caption For Winchcombe, Gloucester Street And The Church C1955

St Peter's is a splendid 15th- century church built in the Perpendicular style, although the interior was substantially renovated in 1872.

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 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

It was built in 1850 by Joseph Kaye, who was well-known in the town as a merchant, a brewer and the owner of four mills at Folly Hall.

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 Burnley, St Peter's Church 1895

This photograph shows how the church was extended in the 1850s — at this time there was great demand for pews in St Peter's.

Caption For Yoxford, Village 1909

Outside St Peter's church, an ornate cast iron signpost erected in 1830 has hands pointing to London, Yarmouth and Framlingham.

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 Lingfield, Church Road 1895

The shingled spire of the 14th-century church of St Peter and St Paul rises above this picturesque collection of old houses and shops at the southern end of the churchyard.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

Caption For Lancaster, The Castle Gateway 1896

The building is still there today; it is now a Grant Maintained school.