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The Garden City
I began my nursery training here, my house was initially Empire, then Canon Fleming.......with Miss Souter as my mentor and trainer. I was the youngest of a group of 7 girls, all hoping to gain the coveted NNEB ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1965 by
The Gable House
The black and white half-timbered building in the photograph was The Gable House, owned by my late grandmother, Nancy Hawkes and her sister, Hilda Cook. The house was run as a short-term residential home for patients staying ...Read more
A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1940 by
The Foresters On The Left
In front is the Crown PH. Later Slough College was built behind the left hand side, in the 60's when we were at the College we used to eat at The Foresters, a pub on the left, pie mash & beans and a light and lime ...Read more
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The Flood
Teresa Clarke's memory reminded me of the flooding of Jan. 1953. I was 9 years old and living in Gwynne Road with my folks. We were boarding at No 44, owned by Mr and Mrs. Carr. They played Crib and he polished the brass in the ...Read more
A memory of Dovercourt in 1953 by
The Flats Bearmans Lyons Cafe And Pie Mash
I often think how lucky we post-war Leytonstone kids were to be born in the East End of London, yet have the whole of Wanstead park, the flats and what we called the forest at the end of our street, ...Read more
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The Empire Exhibition 1938. The Tower
This was our last pre-war family holiday - a week in Glasgow with Dad's brother [Somerville Drive, Mount Florida] and three wonderful weeks in Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, with mum's parents. I have clearer ...Read more
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The Eight Bells
I have very happy memories of Hazel and I looking after the Eight Bells for Jack and Sylvia when they went on holiday. This was for a few years in the late 60's and early 70's. Most sadly, my lovely wife Hazel, 'nee' Cook, died ...Read more
A memory of Kelsale in 1968 by
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
The Day I Was Born
74 High Street was the special place I was born into. My lovely Nan (Florrie) and Gransha (Will) were lovely loving grandparents who managed so much in their little 2 up 2 down, they brought a family up there - Mair who ...Read more
A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1951 by
The Danson Park Whip
Whenever the annual traveling funfair came to Danson Park in the 1960's for their Easter and Bank Holiday visits, it was party time for the local teens, a golden oportunity to hang out and socialise, meet up with friends old ...Read more
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The arches around the veranda carry the shields of the Lancashire towns who supported the movement.
The site was much fought over by the Vikings, the Normans and the Welsh, so that the cathedral has been rebuilt on several occasions. The cathedral is modest in size and squats in a hollow.
Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.
Built in 1864, it replaced a much older hotel, itself a replacement for an inn, the Antelope, which existed here in 1538.
The bridge carried the great North Road until Ernest Marples opened a much- needed bypass in 1962.
Carefully positioned, with views to the north over School Lake, this is an imposing Italianate house with fine red brick and terra cotta facing, accessed by an imposing triple-arch porte-cochere.
The road widens to form Posey Green, with the 1930s Horseshoe Inn on the right out of camera shot; it is a rambling mix of local sandstone and timber-framing with a huge horseshoe- arched
Mock Gothic turrets were added, a profusion of sharply arched windows and much other sham detailing. To many the stupendous structure had the look of an ornate medieval castle.
The vaguely Art Deco style of Shirley House (left) contrasts with the Gothic look of the Baptist church, but Stratford Road today is a much more eclectic mix than it was in the 1960s.
The old medieval stone bridge, with one central and two pointed side arches, carries Yarmouth-bound traffic over the Thurne. Its painted warning 'Caution, proceed slowly' must not be ignored.
In 1924, after engineering reports of a dangerous weakening of one of the main arches, the old bridge was closed to traffic.Work on the new Waterloo Bridge was started in 1937.
A familiar landmark, as well as serving as a reservoir Lockwood Beck has for many years been a much-used fishing haunt, and has also been visited by an interesting variety of wild fowl, including
The old medieval stone bridge, with one central and two pointed side arches, carries Yarmouth-bound traffic over the Thurne. Its painted warning 'Caution, proceed slowly' must not be ignored.
The road passes through the walls between the two arches shown in this photograph, and the walk around the surviving walls of York is still one of the finest ways to see the city.
The pillars and arches are of different Norman periods. The eight round-headed windows above them were the clerestory windows of the original Norman church before the roof was raised.
Opened in 1934 on the site of the former Middleton Hall corn mill, these gardens became another focal point for the town and a much-loved asset.
It is superbly proportioned, with one wide central span and three smaller arches on the approach. Sailing barges are beached on the far shore.
The oldest part of the existing castle, the Portcullis Arch (shown here) dates from the 14th century.
All the houses on the left have been bought by the Thomas Hickman Charity in recent years and refurbished, including the Chantry on the left, a pretty Gothick front of about 1840 with arched and hood-moulded
The ground floor was again rebuilt in 1873, including the round arched windows, which were retained after its closure in 1996 when it was converted into two shops.
A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.
Our tour now heads north-east to Greenwich to a much grander building.
At the time of the opening of the Leeds Town Hall in 1858, an arch commemorating Queen Victoria's visit was erected in north Leeds.
The outline of the three main entrance arches marks the centre of the building.
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