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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

In The House Of The Laird

My parents were 'in service' to the local 'laird' who was Lord Doune, traditionally the eldest son of the Earl of Moray and owner of lands around Doune. Lord Doune owned the beautiful old mansion on the hill 1.5 miles north ...Read more

A memory of Doune in 1948 by Alastair Macdonald

Happy Days

I lived in Hornchurch 1946-58. Went to school at North Street Primary and then for a brief time to Dury Falls before we moved in 1958. My father ran Cramphorns Corn and Seed Merchants, which can just be seen in this photo. My best ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1950 by Pauline Emmons

My Father

My father, Lenny Griffin, used to put these out every morning and store away in a shed at North Lodge Park every night in the summer. I used to go with him and when they got the smaller binoculars I was allowed to carry one. The big telescopes my fther used to carry one on each shoulder.

A memory of Cromer by Jacky Regis

Not Strictly Ashby : )

Willesley Close was the centre of the universe for the first twelve years of my life from 1959. The garden enclosed twenty yards of the old railway embankment and featured a natural spring, the source of much ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1971 by Bill Davey

The Odeon

I remember going to The Odeon on Saturday mornings with my cousins. My family lived in Stephenson's Way then before we moved to Chelveston Drive. It was a long walk from what was The Lodge Park Estate and we'd go in a gang and replay the ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1950 by Moira Jones

Pundict Cottage

My grandparents lived in Braxted Park where my grandfather was a gamekeeper. They lived in Pundict Cottage, and having looked at local maps, I am wondering whether the house known as Pundict Lodge is built on the same site. Does anyone know?

A memory of Great Braxted in 1974 by Sally Foster

Heytesbury The Mill

I was born at 119 Park Street, Heytesbury in 1942; this was/is the last cottage on the right-hand side of the old A36 as you leave the village travelling towards Knook. I believe No119 and the adjoining No118 have long since ...Read more

A memory of Heytesbury in 1955 by Ray Doughty

Lodge Hill Swing Park

Who remembers going to the Swing Park at the bottom of Lodge Hill? We used to play pick up the lolly stick - laying down on the roundabout. And a blindfold game was played on the Big Umbrella - The game was called L O N ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1972 by Joanne De Wit

Bournmouth In The 50's

When Dad had the motorbike and sidecar it was okay for day trips, but when we went for the fortnight summer holiday the bike could not carry us and the suitcases, so we had to go by other means. To get to Bournemouth we ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth by Carole Baldwin

Captions

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Caption For Bagshot, The By Pass Road 1925

The newly-constructed road stretches in the direction of Camberley, with the Station Lodge to Bagshot Park on the right.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Ornamental Grounds 1921

Beyond, we can see Yewbarrow Lodge looking out over the tops of the trees and the park and over to Morecambe Bay beyond.

Caption For East Lulworth, Old Cottage 1904

Surviving 17th-century cottages (centre) stand opposite White Lodge Gate which is the main entrance into the grounds of Lulworth Castle.

Caption For Darlington, North Lodge Park 1903

Featured here is the fish pond and castellated boathouse that once belonged to William Backhouse; they were retained when North Lodge Park was developed.

Caption For Great Barton, The Round House C1960

This was the thatched lodge gate from the village street to the Hall. It dates from the 1840s, when Sir Henry Bunbury created the park around the Hall.

Caption For Baldock, High Street C1955

A rare Lea Francis convertible is parked outside Randolph Antiques.

Caption For Leicester, Abbey Park C1950

Sham timbered lodges and a refreshment pavilion graced the newly-laid-out park, and mature trees retained from the Abbey Fields formed an essential part of the emparkment scheme.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

In the 12th century King John had a hunting lodge in the area. The 15th-century church of St Alban was rebuilt in 1822.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

In the 12th century King John had a hunting lodge in the area.The 15th-century church of St Alban was rebuilt in 1822.

Caption For Reading, Palmer Park 1904

This view of the Wokingham Road entrance is nowadays remarkably unchanged, apart from the loss of the lamps atop the gate piers and of the lodge cupola in the distance.

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Caption For Evershot, C1960

These woods around Melbury Park lay at the heart of the Fox-Strangways family lands of the Earls of Ilchester.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Rupert Gates On Marlow Hill 1906

Going back to the beginning of the 19th century, Loakes Manor together with its park was sold in August 1798 to the Right Honourable Robert Smith, Lord Carrington, a prosperous banker and friend

Caption For Towcester, Park Hall Gates C1955

South-east of the town on Watling Street, the entrance to Towcester Race Course and Conference Centre is through this fine gate screen linking two lodges.

Caption For Ewell, Nonsuch Park Memorial 1925

Adjacent to the busy London Road and the western entrance to Nonsuch Park, this touching memorial and drinking fountain was erected after her death in December 1906 to commemorate the contribution made

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1897

By the time of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, when this picture was taken, fashionable Allington Park had been established cheek by jowl with artisan terraces.

Caption For Stamford, The Lodge Gates, Burghley Park 1922

Positioned alongside the old course of the Great North Road, the unusual and impressive 'Bottle Lodges' at the entrance to Burghley Park must have been a familiar sight to travellers approaching Stamford

Caption For Featherstone, Town Hall C1955

The stone building was originally called Purston Lodge, but it was renamed Featherstone Hall on the death of the owner.

Caption For Maidenhead, Ray Park Avenue 1911

Ray Park Avenue was one of the first roads laid out and has some houses of the 1870s.

Caption For Castle Cary, The Town Hall C1960

West of Bruton, Castle Cary is set on the side of the oolite hills of southern Somerset, with Castle Cary Park on Lodge Hill rising steeply behind the church.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Perrymount Road C1950

The parked car is outside the Perrymount cinema, with Commercial Square beyond.

Caption For Twickenham, London Road C1955

As part of providing civic local facilities, the council erected a large open- air swimming pool in the town centre in the 1930s on the site of Richmond House, between King Street and the river