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Memories

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Priors Hill

My greatest memory was the summer evenings during the 1976 heat wave playing 123 & in in Manor Close. I spent many an evening pulling the pines from my clothes having hidden in the conifurs outside 12 priors Hill. We were never ...Read more

A memory of Wroughton by davebracken364

1956/57/58

My name is David and I holidayed in Tighnabruaich in 2 of the above years with my Mum,Dad and older brother(all deceased now).I was around 10 years old and remember the trip we had from Edinburgh-train to Glasgow Central, train to ...Read more

A memory of Tighnabruaich by torphin47

Grazeley Village Mermories

My Family have strong connections to Grazeley Village i always had a Happy Childhood this Village seems to forgotton in alot of Stories but it is Lovely little Village when i was Growing up and it as a alot of History to it ...Read more

A memory of Grazeley by Gillian Robinson

Sundays

My memories are so many good times, I lived at the ice Rink on Beresford Terrace I skated there almost everyday. I would get so perturbed when the curling would start because they cut our skate space to quarter ice. Sunday was the day when ...Read more

A memory of Ayr by averilvestal

Mainstone In The 50s When Time Stood Still

My mother grew up in the Mainstone area in the 1930s and went to the village school there (by the Churchtown turn) for a number of years. Twenty years on, my brother and I would spend most of our summer ...Read more

A memory of Mainstone by Kevin Flynn

Visiting Burwash In 1950's.

My grandmother lived in Burwash and we used to visit often from London. I used to roam around with my mother's younger half sister, picking spring flowers on the lane down to St Joseph's college and getting milk straight ...Read more

A memory of Burwash by Kate Harrison

Born And Bred

I was born in Liverpool Street in the centre of Crewe ( now the police station and library) with Manchester street to the rear, all the houses had an alleyway at the rear which enabled the lorry to empty the toilets which were housed in a brick ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014

Born And Bred

I was born in Liverpool Street in the centre of Crewe ( now the police station and library) with Manchester street to the rear, all the houses had an alleyway at the rear which enabled the lorry to empty the toilets which were housed in a brick ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014

Memories Of Grosvenor Sanatorium

My mother was a patient at the sanatorium in the early 1950s. She suffered from TB and died in 1955, though not in the sanatorium. My father and I made weekly visits by Wootten's coach from Lewisham. There nearest I ...Read more

A memory of Kennington by petervbrown4

Headley Down In My Youth

I remember Headley Down so very well in the war days, Wilsons shop and post office, Weavers bakery, the barber, Miss Farrant her cart and donkey, houses like Stagsdene long gone. Hardly a house on the Down when I was a ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down by kennys1933

Captions

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Caption For Grantchester, Village 1914

The Old Mill 1914 'And laughs the immortal river still Under the mill, under the mill'.

Caption For East Dereham, The Town Sign C1955

She was provided with milk by two deer; when a huntsman came after them with dogs, he was struck down by God and died instantly.

Caption For Leverington, The Six Ringers C1965

The Six Ringers was built in 1913; over the past 35 years it has hardly changed except for new windows and a new front door.

Caption For Rothwell, High Street C1955

This photograph shows the corner of High Street and Bridge Street.

Caption For Wetherby, North Street 1909

Ward & Sons was established in 1868 and had probably been smiths and farriers until they resolved to concentrate on repairing vehicles and selling bicycles.

Caption For Wetherby, North Street 1909

Ward & Sons was established in 1868 and had probably been smiths and farriers until they resolved to concentrate on repairing vehicles and selling bicycles.

Caption For York, Law Courts 1893

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934.

Caption For East Dereham, Church Street 1893

This lovely street, fringed with cobbles, leads down to the White Lion Inn and the old church, where the poet William Cowper, 'England's sweetest and most pious bard', was laid to rest.

Caption For Marlborough, Passage Way To High Street C1965

Ahead in the curved early 19th-century building is Ralph Say & Son, outfitters and drapers - an older business, W T Calvert, general draper, has just closed down.

Caption For Chelmsford, Children, High Street 1898

The members of the Board took steps to get the entire town properly drained, and to restrict animals wandering the High Street too freely on market-day.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Nash Mills 2005

In 2002, Dacorum Borough Council bought Frogmore Mill and leased it to the directors of the Paper Trail.

Caption For Luton, Advertising Hoarding 2005

LOOKING TO the future, a lot depends on the fortune of the nation and its place in the world.

Caption For Oxford, View On The Cherwell 1906

Punting is and was a very popular pastime, and anyone, not only students, can hire a punt.

Caption For Helston, Penrose From The Park 1890

Helston Penrose Walk 1913 Penrose Walk runs from the bottom end of Coronation Park down to the Loe and follows its shore to Penrose.

Caption For Bristol, Ye Llandoger Trow C1950

King Street still retains many 17th and 18th century buildings, despite attempts by the Luftwaffe to destroy them.

Caption For Gorleston, High Street 1908

The streets are deserted, so everyone must be down at the beach enjoying the sun and sea breezes.

Caption For Topsham, The Quay 1906

Regular cruises take enthusiasts down-river to see the famous avocets on the river's mud banks.

Caption For Topsham, The Quay 1906

Regular cruises take enthusiasts down-river to see the famous avocets on the river's mud banks.

Caption For Benson, Brook Street C1965

The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man.

Caption For Cheam, Nonsuch Park 1904

Two farm carts make their way down the drive, which is lined on one side with fir trees and on the other with the battlemented brick wall which is generally believed to form part of the original garden

Caption For Langdale Pikes, 1892

An extensive view down the valley of Great Langdale, with Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) and Gimmer Crag prominent on the skyline.

Caption For Epsom, Ashley Centre 2005

This shopping centre holds three large stores, over 40 shops and parking for 800 cars.

Caption For London, The Tower Of London C1890

This ancient fortress has served as arsenal, prison and royal residence, and is comprised of an irregular mass of buildings erected at various periods down the centuries.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Grange, Amersham Hill 2005

Meanwhile down in the town, away from the lush gardens and villas of Amersham Hill, the furniture industry was modernising into the factory system.