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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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The Orchid Ballroom Purley
Ah yes, I remember it well. It was magical to go there and dance the evening away. So many great bands in the 50's. The floor was great, the music super. I learned to dance at a place called Quinns dance school near ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1950 by
Growing Up
I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more
A memory of Blackhill in 1946 by
1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years
I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more
A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by
Growing Up
North Somercotes played a large part in my growing up, I lived with my parents, sister and brother on the Lakeside Lido in St Annes Avenue, next to my friend Cherry Mayfield. I particularly remember when we both had chickenpox and ...Read more
A memory of North Somercotes in 1968 by
The High Street Sayer's Store 'nim' And Phyl Alen
My name is Barbara Tester and I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. My beloved (late) husband, Brian Tester, was born on 26th July, 1930 at No. 1 Station Cottages, 1 Station Road, Ardingly. His ...Read more
A memory of Ardingly in 1958 by
Childhood In Ealing And Thereabouts!
Although I wasn't born in the Borough I spent quite a lot of time in the district. I also attended St Anne's Convent, Little Ealing Lane, from the age of 5 to 16 and from there went on to Pitmans College in Ealing ...Read more
A memory of Ealing in 1948 by
Broadway Lido.....My Home
Yes.....the Broadway Lidi was my home. I am Stuart Smith, my father Gordon Smith was the first manager (well, they called it superintendent then) at the Lido. We moved there when I was about 3 years old, and lived in a ...Read more
A memory of Bridgwater in 1960 by
April 1961
I rember the third day of April 1961 , when I got married to Janet Walker she was the cobblers Daughter in Emley , a lovely girl and still is after 57yrs the next day we woke up to 1ft of snow. We bought our first house there , a cottage ...Read more
A memory of Emley by
The 1950s At St. Annes
I loved St Anne's. Great theatre, music and games, an all-round education. I'll always think that I got a great education there and I'm sad it's been pulled down. I wish I could find some of my class mates; Wendy Dew is in ...Read more
A memory of Sanderstead in 1953 by
Captions
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The story behind the bravery of these men is detailed elsewhere in this book.
A Blackpool-bound tram pulls into the Market Square.
The cliff walk and the Gynn tram stop.
A later view of St Ann's Gate, with motor cars in evidence in the street scene - now, the gate can be used by pedestrians only.
St Anne's church, consecrated in 1833, was built on a slope above the village near the site of the old church of the same name which had been attached to St Germans Priory.
The 1921 edition of the Dunlop book recommended three St Anne's hotels as being suitable for those on motoring holidays.
St Ann's Square, named after its lovely early 18th-century church, once overlooked green fields, but within a century had been absorbed within the city's commercial heart.
The parish church interior enshrines much of Warrington's history through its memorials.
St Anne's has been described as 'a town built on golf', and this is epitomised in this splendid building.
St Luke`s Church was consecrated in October 1862 with seating for 1,000 and it dominates Heywood`s centre.
The asymmetrical frontage of the palace was designed by Sir Jeffry Wyattville, who later went on to work on the re-construction of Windsor Castle (for which he was knighted), and the Pantheon and St Anne's
The timber-framed Guild House stands next to Knowle's magnificent church, and was completed in 1412.
Midhurst is a town of contrasts, with an early medieval core around the church, west of the Norman castle earthworks on St Anne's Hill, and the wide North Street, a later medieval planned market place.
St Anne's has been described as 'a town built on golf', and this is epitomised in this splendid building.
At Fairhaven, visitors could take their exercise pulling on the oars of a rowing boat or playing 18 holes on the local golf course.
St Peter's was dedicated in 1318 by Bishop Stapledon; by 1860 it had fallen into a ruinous state, with bulging walls and sinking roofs.
The timber-framed Guild House stands next to Knowle's magnificent church, and was completed in 1412.
St Ann's chapel was known as the 'Chapel in the Sands' and measured a mere 14 feet 6 inches by 12 feet.
This photograph shows part of the Low Green, with its war memorial and the Bay Horse Inn in the background, and the tower of the parish church of St Anne beyond.
Against a backdrop provided by the pier pavilion and landing stage, St Anne's boatmen are doing a brisk trade taking holiday-makers out for a trip around the bay.
Looming on the skyline is the back of the Streonshalh Hotel; one can appreciate the extensive view that the hotel guests would have had.
In the 1890s there were several tramway schemes to link Southport to Lytham St Anne's, though the real fly in the ointment was bridging the River Ribble.
More trees obscure this view across the stream to Low Green, and Buckfast & Son's shop (behind the second tree from the right) has closed, but the buildings have changed little.
Built in 1331, St Anne's Gate links the Close with St John's Street and Exeter Street.
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