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Eric Bowes And Ronnie Bowes Davis (Millom)
We are the family of Eric Bowes Davis & Ronald Bowes Davis who have connections at Hodbarrow mines. Eric was my father in law; we visit Milllom quite a lot, we have strong connections of Millom and many ...Read more
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Great Grandmother's Burial
My paternal great grandmother Mary Annie Hutchinson was buried at St Michael's church on March 26th 1945. There is a reference to it in the church's Monthly Magazine for May 1945. Also referenced in the same ...Read more
A memory of Bowness-on-Solway in 1945 by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
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Whitehill In The 60s And 70s
My husband Vic moved into the brand new council estate in 1968 with his parents and sister - Champney Close. His house backed onto the common and MOD training land. He’d stand up on the embankment watching the trains pass ...Read more
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Small Boystoys And Other Pastimes 1930s
bill.haylor@btinternet.com Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs A large number of our toys were made from wood, dependant on what tools were available in fathers shed, if it was unlocked! The only ...Read more
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St Vincent Road
I lived at the bottom of St. Vincent Road, near to Temple Hill Estate and Bow Arrow Lane. We used to play in the fields and I remember Temple Hill Estate being built. I remember the air raids in the war and the bomb falling in ...Read more
A memory of Dartford in 1945 by
James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990
Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings in ...Read more
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Researching Ancestors
On Sunday 21st Feb 2010 my mother, family and I visited Hinton Charterhouse to look for information on the Wiltshire family who lived in the High Street. We found the bow window house that was a butchers shop and ...Read more
A memory of Hinton Charterhouse in 2010 by
Pit Village In My Youth
My name is Ken Orton and I lived in Thornley from 1947 until 1974, the year I married. I was born in Shadforth but my parents moved from there to Thornley when I was about one month old. We lived at 72, Thornlaw North until ...Read more
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Greengrocers 1899 1934 East Street: Mark & Annie Crouch
My Great Grandfather Mark Crouch ran a greengrocers shop from the front room of his thatched cottage in East Street from 1899-1934 and then after he died his wife Annie continued as a ...Read more
A memory of Westbourne in 1890 by
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The newly-built villas of Bowness-on-Windermere spread out towards the viewpoint of Biskey How in this view of the lake, looking towards the wooded island of Belle Isle, with the Claife Heights beyond
Organised sailing on Windermere started in the mid 19th century.
There are plenty of rowing boats for visitors at the Bowness Boat Station in this photograph, taken just six years after No 20451.
A glimpse through the Castle Bow towards the Castle Green.
Every south coast town had to have its 'Steyne', copying the name from Brighton.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
Packed to the gunwales, the newly-commissioned pleasure steamer 'Teal' leaves Bowness Pier for a trip on Windermere.
These memorials, found in nearly every town in both England and Wales, tell of the terrible consequences of the two World Wars to the small communities from which the men named on them were drawn.
Bow and Arrow Castle, or Rufus Castle as it is sometimes called in honour of its founder William II, was besieged by Robert of Gloucester in 1142 during the civil wars of King Stephen's time.
This view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the
There is not one tourist in sight, but only those who make a hard fought living from the sea.
These brick-built cottages simply ooze charm, even if some of them appear to be in need of attention.
In times gone by there was great rivalry and mistrust between the people of Painswick and their neighbours in Stroud, just a few miles away.
This is the original hand-rowed ferry service across the narrowest part of the Windermere at Bowness Nab.
This is the main shopping street between the Market Place and New Bridge.
Cars now line both sides of the road, and it would be hard to argue that they do not detract from the visual appeal of the Georgian street scene.
Charmouth was a notable settlement even in Saxon times when two Saxon kings, Egbert and Ethelwulf, fought the Danes nearby.
The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of Windermere was originally a rowing boat, but it became steam- operated just 17 years before this photograph was taken.
The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort
Peeking over the roof of the bow-fronted pharmacy is the castellated tower of St Mary's church, a building that dates from the 12th century, and largely rebuilt in the 15th century.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.
Rufus Castle 1890 The ruins of the Norman castle, probably named Rufus after the second Norman king, is situated high above Church Ope Cove.
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