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1927 My Grandmother Was Born
On July 31st 1927, my grandmother Mary Alice McGroarty was born at Brynderw Bungalow, Gellilydan. xx
A memory of Gellilydan in 1920 by
Peckham The Fishmonger
My great grandfather, Henry William Peckham was a fishmonger, mentioned in Brown's Directory of 1882. He is reputed to have owned some land on the coast/beach/promenade at Douglas. Here fish was sold 'on the front' from a ...Read more
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St Mary's Church At The Foot Of The Causeway
The church has been extended in recent years by a 'block' (blot?) on the nearest corner of this photo. Although a nice building in its own right it does not fit in with the style of the church. St Mary's C ...Read more
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Now O'connell Street
The street was officially renamed O'Connell Street in 1924 after Daniel O'Connell as Ireland moved forward as a free state! Nelsons Pillar seen in the distance (middle) was destroyed in the early morning on the 8th of March 1966 by ...Read more
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Miner Jack Bedford
My father worked at the marine colliery for over 20 years. His name was Jack Bedford, from Brynmawr, a hard working man. There was a pitfall in 1964 where a friend and workmate was killed, he brought this poor man to the surface. I ...Read more
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Howards Close
I was born at 23 Howard Close in October 1963. It was a lovely place for children to grow up. A large green and a playground, little traffic, dogs and other residents. Everyone looked out for one another. I attended the infant ...Read more
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Jenkins Farm My Grandparents Orchard
I remember visiting my Grandparents orchard which was on the bend at the bottom of the hill leading into Upchurch coming in from Gillingham, and opposite was a cattle farm owned by the Jenkins family. I spent many ...Read more
A memory of Upchurch in 1957 by
Girl Guide Camp
Hi! I have fond memories of Steeple Aston. I attended a guide camp somewhere outside the village, it was the first time I had seen real countryside, we spent two weeks there. I came from London's East End there were guides from ...Read more
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My Grandad Jim
My name is Kerry & my favourite memory of Coalville when I was younger is my Grandad, his name was Jim Watts. He was a coal miner for quite a few years & he was also Mayor of Coalville. I remember going to the dog track with ...Read more
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The 50s And 60s
I lived with my parents, Ralph and Joan, "Bindy" and sister Judy, on Birchway, off Ack Lane East, then we moved to 17 Atholl Road. There were several families with children who my sister and I spent a lot of time with - Johnny ...Read more
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The two churches of St Martin and St Mary stand adjacent to each other in the same churchyard.
The keep was built in 1165-73 by Henry II as a check on the power of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, who had castles at Framlingham and Bungay.
Time-worn steps lead up into the lower courtyard of Haddon Hall, instantly recognisable as the backdrop to countless feature films.
This view shows the end of the Crescent Hotel and the Thermal Baths (right), and was taken from Spring Gardens.
In 1793 the Basin at Heybridge was dug out to provide access from the Chelmer and Blackwater Canal to the sea via the sea lock.
This view from Horsehold overlooks the wooded Calder Valley; it shows Heptonstall's two parish churches, one in the valley at Mytholm and the other on the hill above (centre background) in the actual hilltop
The Army, probably from the neighbouring garrison town of Catterick, was on parade in the sloping, rectangular Market Place at Leyburn in Wensleydale when the Frith photographer called for this picture
The Highways Department had made a fine job of the flowerbeds of this roundabout at the North End of Northallerton, the busy little town on the River Wiske on the western edge of the North York Moors.
Continuing uphill past the end of The Paragon and at the junction with Guinea Lane, Roman Road heads for the junction with a steeply climbing Walcot Street and London Road.
The Butt and Oyster is probably the most well-known pub on the East Coast, at Pin Mill, on the River Orwell.
Four miles from Stroud, picturesque Painswick titles itself 'Queen of the Cotswolds'.
With a half-hipped timbered frame, visible at the gable end, and attic windows plus roadside flowers, early 16th- century Anthorn Cottage continues to give character to Blandford Road in
A carved inscription on the front of the building tells us that at the time of the fire it had just been built (some six years previously in 1577) for a wealthy merchant named Rychard Churche
Here the Burn winds its way through lavender-covered salt marshes to the sea; here the sand dunes stretch away to Holkham in the east and Scolt Head island to the west.
The waters rise at flood-tide, reaching the sills of the cottage doors, and over the years television news programmes and local newspapers have carried pictures of motor vehicles stranded in the water
There were over 100 first class luggers registered at Penzance in the early 1890s.
A large crowd has gathered to hear the band, including the lady in the invalid carriage in the centre of the photograph. Further on, people are promenading.
The Southwold narrow-gauge railway ran from 1877 until 1929 with stations at Halesworth, Wenhaston, Blythburgh, Walberswick and Southwold.
The foundation stone of the chapel (left) was laid in 1910. The end of the next house is made up of alternate courses of brick and beach pebbles.
Continuing eastwards along the A52 beyond The Sherwin Arms, we come to a complex of council schools, both primary and secondary, built in Bramcote Hill Park.
The attractive Beehive Cottage on the right was originally the lodge to Captain Stopford's house on Ashby Road. That house, alas, was demolished, and the site used to build the Community Centre.
A mixture of near-derelict and beached craft gives this working slipway an untidy appearance that will certainly have been at odds with the fact that the majority of the boats represented someone's
The Royal Cumberland Cavern was one of several public show caves in Matlock Bath during the 1950s, and was well known for its formations of calcite and traces of the work of former lead miners.
The 'City of Bristol' foundered on the Llangennith sands in 1840. According to the Cambrian newspaper, 27 people drowned, but pigs and cattle swam ashore and were penned at Cwm Ivy farm.
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