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Boating On The Broads

Two years after our first visit we came again, bringing our own river cruisers towed by our own cars. We had located a slipway to launch at Martham boatyard prior to starting the holiday. The location at Martham was ...Read more

A memory of Potter Heigham in 1970 by Mike Atherley

Early 1950s

I was born in Dartord where I lived in Stanham Road until I moved at the age of 9 years. Childhood friends I remember are Anthony Artist, Janet Cork, Michael Burville (not sure of spelling of surname). My next door neighbour was the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1953 by Roger Dadd

18 Happy Years

We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by Ian Hiley

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

The Fleetwood I Left Behind

I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1970 by Pat Corrigan

Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

Cookridge Once Fields And Farms

I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Paul Leavett

Stacksteads Boyhood.

My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more

A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by Tom Pilling

Working In Clyffe Pypard

I came down from Scotland when I was 16 & was a nanny in Broad Hinton for a year for Mr & Mrs Huddy (can't remember the name of the house), & then I decided that I wanted to work with horses, so I got a ...Read more

A memory of Clyffe Pypard in 1969 by Alison Cloy

The Down And Up

We went to stay at Plas-Y-Nant, Easter, Whit and Summer every year in the 50s. It was simply wonderful. Yes, I remember Auntie Lena and the whole range of little customs and practices we willingly engaged in. Not the least ...Read more

A memory of Betws Garmon in 1955 by Derek West

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Caption For Wroxham, On The Bure 1921

A mile from Wroxham Broad and spanning the Bure is this lovely old single-span bridge, partially hidden by a passing sail.

Caption For Horsey, The Mere C1955

This tiny settlement is set in a remote area of the Broads, where willows and reed beds thrust out into the waters narrowing the passage.

Caption For Southwold, From The Pier 1906

With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Walls 1922

The view is northwards to the Old Boathouse in the Square, and the Assembly Rooms beside Bell Cliff at the bottom of Broad Street, which were pulled down in 1928.

Caption For Ramsgate, Victoria Parade 1901

This broad parade, named after Queen Victoria, runs along the East Cliff in front of Wellington Crescent and the lawns.

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Street 1921

St Peter's Street is still as broad today as then, but it would be a brave cyclist who rode down its centre now.

Caption For Lenham, The Limes C1960

The village stands under the downs near the source of the Len and has a broad, attractive market square fringed with lime trees, which create a shadowed path over the uneven setts and cobbles.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1909

As with Whistler's other major Broad Street portrait, it was bought by the Boston Museum. Down the street, the Assembly Rooms (centre) can be seen protruding from behind Middle Row.

Caption For Teddington, St Alban's Church, The Interior 1899

In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.

Caption For Teddington, St Alban's Church 1899

In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.

Caption For Lulworth, 1894

The broad steely sea, marked only by faint lines, which had a semblance of being etched thereon to a degree not deep enough to disturb its general evenness, stretched the whole width of his front

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Gap 1912

The shops which lined the steep road down to the pier were demolished shortly after for being 'unhygienic and ugly'.They sold all manner of seaside items from postcards, buckets and spades, paddling

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, running from the western ends of Oxford Street and Piccadilly, was a narrow road down the side of Hyde Park.

Caption For Grantchester, Byron's Pool C1946

This haven of tranquillity lies just a quarter of a mile from the main road down a wooded path, but many people feel that it has been spoilt by concrete buttresses and notice boards.

Caption For Mells, Little Green C1950

These cottages lie on the road down from the school, one of the first church schools in Somerset. The thatch looks so picturesque today.

Caption For Somersham, The Cross C1955

This view was taken standing against the old Butter Cross looking down the St Ives road.

Caption For Sutton, Banstead Downs, Golf Links 1903

This scene is of Banstead Downs, which are actually outside Sutton's boundaries, south of Belmont station. The clubhouse of the Banstead Downs Golf Club is seen in the distance.

Caption For Bonchurch, Village And Post Office 1934

Bonchurch stands on the steep slopes of St Boniface Down. Both the hillside and village are named after the Devon-born churchman who brought Christianity to Germany.

Caption For Bolton Le Sands, The Shore C1965

This is the road down to the shore (and Red Bank Farm). Red Bank is one of the spots from which you can cross the sands over to Kents Bank.

Caption For Penmaenmawr, 1892

The majestic sweep of the fertile fields down to the coast is also marked by the workings and spoils of man's need for the stone that is quarried from the mountain on this stretch of the coast.

Caption For New Brighton, Pier And Parade 1892

But as in all English seaside towns, package holidays abroad brought about the demise of these places.