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Waytown In The 1950s

Every year during the '50s when I was a child we came to Waytown for our holiday, staying for a couple of weeks at the Hare and Hounds. Mr and Mrs Fleet were the landlords. My brother and I played with the children who lived ...Read more

A memory of Waytown by hazel.lintott

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

Wath 1954 To 1963

I lived in Wath for only 8 years from aged 1 to 9 (1954 to 1963) when we moved to Mexborough. We lived at No1 Melton View which was just off Well/Cat Lane opposite the old lock up building. We lived at number 1, next door ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by Chris Wood

Waterfoot Is Still My Home After 54 Years.

I was born in 298 Burnley Road East on August 18th 1945. The Nurse who delivered me was Nurse Bowe, who was a good friend of my Gran's (Teresa Whittaker, nee O'Brien). All my Aunties and Uncles were born in ...Read more

A memory of Waterfoot by Judith Mc Creath

Wartime Evacuee

I lived with a lovely Welsh family in a cottage, on the road down to the viaduct, I have forgotten the road name. The Gwaun-cae- Gurwen Juniors School was nearby; I attended that school ,my foster sister Esther Mary Davies also ...Read more

A memory of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen by bassemad157

Wartime Evacuation In 1944

I was placed in an orphanage on 13th October 1943 together with my elder brother Brian.  My father had died on the infamous Siam (Thailand) Railway as a forced labour navvy. He was a regular soldier and had already been ...Read more

A memory of Tairgwaith in 1944 by Michael Lowdon

Warning, It Should't Rain Inside The Bus

I have two early memories of Windsor. One, not far from here and having my photo taken with a huge parrot. The second is a bit funnier. We lived in Chalfont St Peter and when I was about 9 in 1964 my elder ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 1960 by Donald Macdonald

Warnham Court School

My name is Steve Gill and I attended the Warnham Court School between 1962 and 1963 when I was 12 years old. I can remember the very long winter of 1963 and the amazing time everybody had sliding down the hill in ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1963 by Steve Gill

Warmsworth To Sally Goozer

Hi I am Stuart Lindsay, my parents moved into the first council house on Tenter Lane no. 38 in 1950 and I was born in 1951. Sally Goozer was a favourite haunt for me and my late cousin Anthony Basham who lived in Cliff ...Read more

A memory of Levitt Hagg by Stuart Lindsay

War Years In Earley

I lived in Clarendon Road until 1954. Does anyone remember the V1 doodlebug that crashed in Whitenights Park, causing a huge crater? In those days we would spend a lot of time in Earley Woods at the back of the allotments at the ...Read more

A memory of Earley in 1940 by Lewis Shaw

Captions

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Caption For Heswall, School Hill C1955

St Peter's School stands at the top of School Hill.

Caption For Camberley, St Paul's Church 1907

His grave, in St Peter's, Frimley, contains a cross made up of wood from that ship.

Caption For Sheffield, Aeriel View Of St Peter's Church C1965

Bottom left: St Peter's Church, Greenhill, completed in 1965, has an unusual square spire rising from a circular brick exterior.

Caption For Sheffield, Nether Edge Road And The Post Office C1955

Bottom left: St Peter's Church, Greenhill, completed in 1965, has an unusual square spire rising from a circular brick exterior.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, St Peter's Church 1895

Built in 1856, the church has the crossed keys of St Peter below the east window.

Caption For Wenvoe, The Castle 1899

Built for Peter Birt in the 1770s to a design by Robert Adam, this grand residence was for many years renowned for its beautiful interiors, their opulence virtually unparalleled in South Wales.

Caption For Piddlehinton, The Village C1955

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

Caption For Kingsclere, Swan Street C1955

Next door is the Catholic church of St Peter and St Paul.

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Street 1921

We are looking east along St Peter's Street, where much on the south side has changed.

Caption For Paignton, St John's Church 1889

The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, but it was known in 1488 and in 1755 as the church of SS Peter and Pawle, a name used by the followers of St Augustine in around 600AD.

Caption For Ramsgate, Granville Hotel, Victoria Parade 1901

Edmund Davis, who lived in Sowell Street, St Peter's, bought the building; he added a concert hall and baths and landscaped Victoria Gardens.

Caption For Chertsey, Guildford Street 1954

In the distance in this view are the trees of St Peter's parish churchyard.

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 Chenies, The Manor House And Church 1903

The Russells became earls and later dukes of Bedford and, although they had moved their seat to Woburn Abbey by the 18th century, the dukes continued to be buried in St Peter's Church in

Caption For Cromer, The Lifeboat 1922

The lifeboat 'Louisa Heartwell' is seen on the beach, with the faint outline of the church tower of St Peter and St Paul in the background.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier With Belle Steamer 1907

It was Peter Bruff, a railway engineer, who bought the land and started to develop a resort here.

Caption For Oundle, St Osyths Lane C1950

This old view of St Osyths Lane includes the beautiful 14th-century spire of St Peter's Church in the distance, beyond the market place.

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

St Peter's Church was 'pulled down' in 1560, and this building was built in 1863.

Caption For Stonyhurst, The College 1899

The estate is over 2,000 acres, much of which is farmed.The church of St Peter can be seen to the right of the picture.The college has a library that contains mementoes of many famous people, including

Caption For Lampeter, The Church C1955

The name Lampeter derives from Llanbedr, or St Peter's, to whom this church is dedicated.

Caption For Burgh Le Marsh, The Church C1965

The church of St Peter and St Paul, another of the marshland churches, is located by the side of the A158 main road to Skegness - during the summer this is a very busy road indeed.

Caption For Drayton, Church Lane C1960

Church Lane runs north from the High Street towards its eastern end, with St Peter's Church a short way along it.

Caption For Eype, Village 1930

This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter's Church (centre).

Caption For Dunstable, High Street C1955

Many of the shops on the right incorporate the word 'Priory' into their titles to indicate their proximity to the Priory Church of St Peter.