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Andrew Duncan Home For Boys

At the age of 13 I suffered a nervous breakdown due to problems at home. It was decided by my doctor to send me away from home to give me a break. My mother took me to a mainline station in London where I was handed over ...Read more

A memory of Shiplake by Wi Taylor

S T Joseph's Salesian School Burwash

I was a boarder at St joseph's from 1947 to 1951. We lived in Lincolnshire. My father was an OLD BOY of the Salesian School at Battersea and this was my start to follow him there. We traveled in special compartments ...Read more

A memory of Burwash by Mick Bray

When The Reverend Nichols Was The Rector

Sadly, I believe St Michael's Church is little more now than a ruin of it's former self, nothing like it was in the 1940's when it seemed to stand proudly on the hill watching over and protecting the small ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Thelma Hurly

The Old Thatch

Ah, The Old Thatch. I remember it well, for this is where I grew up from the early 1940s until 1956. By today's standards it was grim: no heating, no running water, no flush loo - nothing. Yet it was a wonderful place in which to ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1940 by Brian Rivas

Great Grandfather

It is strange to see one of the two portraits that hung in my grandparents' hallway, for sale on the web.  Issac was born in 1837 in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire.  Taught himself to read and write while an agricultural labourer, ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Peter Waylen

Vicarage Road Football Stadium And Watford Football Club

I first saw Watford play - in their old blue and white colours - at the end of the 1955-56 season. The only cover was the so called "Main Stand" and on the opposite touchline the "Shrodells ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1955 by John Howard Norfolk

The Eight Bells Uxbridge

Does anybody remember the Eight Bells pub used to be opposite the Methodist Church End of Uxbridge high street. It was run in the early 60s by Mrs Edges .

A memory of Uxbridge by Tony Rose

Higher Lux St Coronation Party

I lived in Higher Lux Street, attended Liskeard Secondary modern school and was a choir boy at St Martins parish church. Mr Andrews was not only the Headmaster but also the "choir master". When my voice started to ...Read more

A memory of Liskeard in 1953 by Tony Davey

Reminders Of My Youth

I remember being taken to the village when I was very young - I believe one of my great uncles ran the Pub - One of the ubquitous Jermy Family - I am coming to Norfolk to try and research my roots at the end of July this ...Read more

A memory of Great Hockham by Paul Burroughes

Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

Captions

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Caption For East Dereham, Church Street C1955

The tower dominating this picture is the bell-tower, built in 1515-1525; an equally massive church tower is hidden behind the tree.

Caption For Thames Ditton, St Nicholas Church C1955

The church is first mentioned around 1120 as belonging to Merton Priory.

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, St Mary's Church 1924

The tiny flint-walled church of St Mary was rebuilt c1135, and is one of the smallest in the county.

Caption For Formby, St Peter's Church C1960

St Peter's at Formby was built in 1739 to replace the 12th-century chapel at Raven Meols which was gradually being covered over with shifting sand.

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The Lych Gate And Church C1960

Horndon's Woolmarket, where the trading took place, is the weatherboarded building behind the lorry.

Caption For Chester, Cathedral 1923

The great Norman undercroft of Chester Cathedral.

Caption For Egham, Boating 1907

A wonderful scene, taken in Edwardian days, of Bell Weir Lock.

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

Horndon's Woolmarket, where the trading took place, is the weatherboarded building behind the lorry.

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

Horndon's Woolmarket, where the trading took place, is the weatherboarded building behind the lorry.

Caption For Northfield, Bristol Road South C1955

The catalyst for the subsidiary settlement mentioned in the caption to N203006 was the building of two turnpike roads through Northfield, one of which was eventually to become the A38 (Bristol Road).

Caption For Melksham, St Michael's Church C1955

This magnificent church, now mainly Perpendicular, dates back to Norman times – the evidence for this can be seen in wall friezes and arcading in the chancel.

Caption For Finedon, Bell Inn (Oldest In England) C1955

The older part of the village is full of houses and cottages built by the Victorian lord of the manor, William Mackworth-Dolben.

Caption For Cheadle, The Church C1960

The church is mainly 16th-century.

Caption For Cottingham, Halgate Showing St Mary's Church C1965

'Hal' or 'Hallgate' - the spelling may change, but it is the same place.

Caption For Hadleigh, Church Street C1950

The church, one of the largest in Suffolk, is not a typical Suffolk wool church, and has an elegant lead spire.

Caption For Woodbridge, The Bell Inn 1894

The Bell Inn (now the Bell and Steelyard) stands in New Street.

Caption For Woodbridge, The Bell Inn 1894

The Bell Inn (now the Bell and Steelyard) stands in New Street.

Caption For Harthill, Woodhall Lane C1965

When this picture was taken there had been a Blue Bell inn in the village for over 140 years.

Caption For Hadleigh, St Mary's Church 1922

St Mary's, one of the largest in Suffolk, is not a typical Suffolk wool church, and has an elegant lead spire.

Caption For Maiden Newton, Riversdale 1906

The 100-foot high slender stone tower of the church of St Peter and St Paul domi- nates this village built on a hairpin bend.

Caption For Chesterfield, The Town Hall And Rose Hill C1955

Once upon a time there was a house on the site of the Town Hall called Rosehill.

Caption For Baslow, The Old Mill C1883

When this picture was taken there had been a Blue Bell inn in the village for over 140 years.

Caption For Bridgend, St Illtyd's Church 1898

St Illtyd's is built in the Decorated style and dates from the early 14th century; the nave was rebuilt and a north aisle added in 1849 at a cost of £1,200.

Caption For Chalford, On The Canal 1910

The Red Lion Inn shown here at the centre of the picture survives where others, such as the Bell (on the left) have not; public houses sprang up alongside the canal route which opened to great national