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Last Season On Queen Of The Broads

I was one of the very last crew members of the queen of the broads before she was scrapped and was very sad when she was scrapped in lake lothing oulton broad suffolk

A memory of Broads, The in 1976 by Richard Cox

Growing Up In Tottenham

My name is Arthur and i was born in North Middlesex Hospital in july 1949 and i lived at 80 Sirdar Road.My mum and dad Arhur and Doris Brown my two sisters Sylvia and Jeanette and myself lived with my grandparents David ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham

Dont Forget The Bread And Marge

Clearest memory of those days is the short walk down from George Spicers, cossies and towels tucked under our arms plus the compulsary rubber hat. Afterwards we could buy a thick slice of bread and marge for a ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Sylvia Chapman

Co Op Store And Butchers Manchester Road West Timperley

i am looking for information on staff who worked at the co op store and butchers on manchester road west timperley from 1980 to 1990 , i can remember George the butcher and have been told his last name was webb, i am hopeing for more information any help please

A memory of Timperley by ianfarmer

Building The New Shopping Centre

I was born near COventry in 1948 and we move to Olton in 1952. After I left school in late 1965 I got a job as a labourer with C Bryant & Sons on the new Solihull shopping centre, and a few weeks later head office ...Read more

A memory of Solihull by john

Bryn Eitha

I was born in Bryn Eitha Penycae in February 1941, I too spent many happy hours playing in the area of Pentre near the old mill. I also knew of Crad The Garth as mentioned in another correspondence. All the local villages had characters ...Read more

A memory of Penycae in 1950

Born And Bread

47 years of living in Gods little acre, I think I know my home village a bit. From Maisie and Jimmy cornes from the shop. The old bakery and of course the best little watering hole in the world. Past and present the Terrace Inn ticks all the right boxes.

A memory of Pontrhydyrun in 1965 by John Bland

Worsley High School

My sister and I grew up in Worsley,we went to Worsley High School in the fifties we cannot find any evidence of it's existence,we know a Fire burnt the beautiful house down in the sixties and a modern building replaced it,later it ...Read more

A memory of Worsley by bkruss23

Working In Warsash In The 1960s

My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old ...Read more

A memory of Warsash in 1960 by Richard Barron

Working Days Then Retirement

After attending Newton village school from the age of 5 to 14, I found employment at a place called Tholthorpe where a new airfield was being built. Being 12 miles from my home I had to use a bicycle to get ...Read more

A memory of Newton-on-Ouse in 1989 by Guy Jefferson

Captions

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Caption For The Broads, Hunsett Mill On River Ant At Stalham C1925

This placid scene depicts the Broads as every water traveller would wish to experience them.

Caption For The Broads, 1902

This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.

Caption For Peterborough, Long Causeway 1919

This view shows a broad expanse of cobbles.

Caption For Sidmouth, Sid Vale Dairy 1906

Sidmouth nestles in a broad valley where the pastoral countryside of East Devon sweeps down to the sea.

Caption For Nutfield, Queen's Head 1903

Eric Parker described this pub as an old posting inn with the remains of what was once a spacious parlour, solid with oak beams big enough for a belfry, warmed by a broad open fireplace

Caption For Bishopstone, Post Office And Stores 1908

The shop is baker, grocer and draper; as it was probably the only shop in the vil- lage, it needed to carry a broad range of goods.

Caption For Blackpool, The Tower And The Sands 1899

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house.

Caption For Blackpool, Seafront 1901

Wilfred Pickles used to tell a story about a mother and her son at a guest house.

Caption For Capel Curig, Bridge C1870

The lake of Dyffryn Mymbyr lies in a broad, windswept upland valley.

Caption For Bodiam, The Castle 1890

Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

Caption For South Benfleet, The High Street C1960

The Hoy & Helmet, on the left, was originally built in the 15th century, with later extensions.

Caption For Navenby, High Street C1965

There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place.

Caption For Clifton, The River From Downs 1887

On the left bank is the single track Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway, which opened as a broad gauge line in April 1867 and was worked by the Bristol & Exeter Railway.

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1913

Edward I made Helston an important regional stannary town, and its official Coinage Hall stood in this street until the early 1800s.

Caption For Brundall, On The Yare C1960

This is a popular spot on the Yare to start and finish a Broads holiday, or merely to top up with fuel for both body and boat; Note the signs for Lyons cakes and Walls ice cream (left), which in their

Caption For Staines, The River 1907

The enduring attraction of the River Thames to both Victorians and Edwardians is apparent on this broad bend, where the strolling figures on the tree-lined towpath are counter-pointed by those taking their

Caption For Gwbert, Poppit Sands 1956

The Teifi begins its journey to the sea 70 miles away; it provided an inland route for the Normans to service the castles of Cardigan and Cilgerran.

Caption For Ballymoney, High Street C1900

This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street.

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

This street, which leads north towards Doll Street, the station and the river, was broad and quiet at the time of the picture.

Caption For Dorridge, Dorridge Road C1960

As we leave the station, the first street we see is Dorridge Road.

Caption For Dunster, The Yarn Market C1955

This market, with the medieval Luttrell Arms Hotel to the right and Conygar Tower on the hill behind, has little changed.

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 Coltishall, The Village C1945

The nearest this long, straggling village has to a market square is a broadening of the Norwich to North Walsham road, beside which the War Memorial stands under chestnut trees.

Caption For Dorridge, Dorridge Road C1960

As we leave the station, the first street we see is Dorridge Road.