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Only a handful of people have survived the terrible fall from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The most celebrated was young lover Sarah Ann Henley. Sarah was a local girl from St Philip's in Bristol. In 1885 she was ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bristol's great heritage started from humble beginnings. An Anglo-Saxon settlement by the name of Brigstowe steadily grew into a thriving port. After the Norman invasion of 1066, a castle was built in what is now ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

St Peter's Hospital was one of Bristol's finest and most historic buildings, which had been home to pirates and an alchemist as well as a mint and a workhouse among many other uses. It was destroyed in the blitz ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Does anyone recall a butcher's shop in Bridge Road and the name Woodman in the Lavender Hill area? Cheers.

A memory of Battersea by Bonnie Burns

Construction of the floating harbour: In the 18th century, the docks in Liverpool grew larger and so increased competition with Bristol for the tobacco trade. Coastal trade was also important, with the ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

I recently found your site and was excited to show it to Dad. He was evacuated out of central London during WW2. He was sent to live with the Bumpass Family from Cholsey. Andrew and Mary were their names and they had ...Read more

A memory of Cholsey by Donna Mc Kenzie

I first saw Barningham Hall from the back of a removals van as we pulled into the yard along side, it looked enormous then, I was 3yrs old, my father,(later known as Mac by every one) was to become Major ...Read more

A memory of Barningham Hall by Anthony Mackay

I was born in Thetford in 1953 and lived there until I was 19 .I have extremely fond memories of my time as a chorister at St.Cuthberts Church and used to love the river.I remember my ...Read more

A memory of Thetford by Chris Meen

I can remember during the 50's and 60's every weekend during the summer coaches lined up all the way from Gasworks Bridge right up to the pier.  

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Alan Perry

There was a Twinch, Henry I think, owner of Cippenham MANOR (not Court farm which was nearby) and this was his shortcut, originally. This pic is taken from the footbridge put up for the Girls High School to cross the road to get ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by Dave Hill