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Memories

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The Blackmore Family

A little more information on the Blackmore family, they moved from Ide to become the licences of the Sturt Arms, I would say around 1880, Albert was born 1886 and his sister Alice in 1874. Miss Lillian Wreford sold Albert ...Read more

A memory of Down St Mary in 1940 by John Shapland

Tay Mill Lodge.

I remember the Tay Mill Lodge very well. I lived just opposite at no 1 Stilton Street next door was my friend Alice Newton and family, wonder where they are now. When I lived there the mill was still in use, but not as a cotton ...Read more

A memory of Higginshaw in 1940 by Mavis Hague Nee Lees

Stretford, Barkway Road.

I loved living in Stretfrod, although I lived at the other end of Stretford, on the Urmston boundary. I can remember those days very well. My mum had an account at Cromptons grocery shop, where she would get most of her ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1958 by Peter Ferguson

Smith Family Of Boundary Rd Pinner Middlesex

Colin (Frank) used to live at 10 Boundary Road, Pinner, Middlesex, his parents were Jessie and Frank Smith, they are deceased. I have lost contact, and have heard he may have moved to Devon. Can anyone help ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1997 by Graham Nicholls

Smallbridge And All That

The place name comes from a narrow bridge over a stream that forms the boundary between Rochdale and Wardle on Halifax Road, by The Red Lion pub as it was then. Folk who lived in Smallbridge were once called "Sandknockers" ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge in 1940 by Peter Butterworth

Sixties Longleat

Many fond memories of Longleat over the last 46 years: the freedom we all enjoyed as villagers to roam across the estate - the sixth Marquess was always very generous in this respect. The remains of the American hospital were still ...Read more

A memory of Longleat in 1966 by Geoff Pridmore

Schools

I was born in Feltham and lived there for 20 years, I went to a school in Boundary Road - Lafone Secondary for Girls. Also in the same road there was the boys' school, DeBroome (not sure of spelling). Anyway, having looked on Google ...Read more

A memory of Hanworth in 1962 by Susan Crook

School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

School Days In Hornchurch

I was born in Hornchurch and attended North Street School, I can still smell the greens from the canteen. We had little beds put up in the hall and after dinner we had to have a little sleep before afternoon school, then ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1946 by Doreen Trigg Ne Birleson

Police House 1939 45

The Police House was located on Radcliffe Road, Cropwell Butler. (now called 'The Old Police House').  On the front wall it bore a sign bearing the words 'County Police'.   From 1939 to 1945 it was occupied by the Village ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by peterb6136

Captions

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Caption For Horsforth, Newlay Wood 1901

Within the Leeds city boundary most of the open areas between the townships gradually dispersed under an urban sprawl of industrial and housing development.

Caption For Dunstable, High Street South C1950

Forming a boundary with the original Augustinian priory site established by Henry I, the High Street follows the route of the Watling Street ancient trackway.

Caption For Horley, On The Mole 1906

The River Mole forms the county boundary here, south-west of the church, so the right bank in the view is in Sussex.

Caption For Bladon, Folly Bridge C1960

Bladon is situated outside the southern boundary of Blenheim Park.

Caption For Bradwell, The Sun Inn C1955

Bradwell is one of a group of villages just south of Great Yarmouth which were in Suffolk until boundary changes of 1974 brought them into Norfolk.

Caption For Stamford, View From The Water Meadows 1922

The River Welland is the boundary between it and Northamptonshire.

Caption For Loose, Village 1898

Two miles south of Maidstone, this little secretive village perched on a hillside once had thirteen watermills within its boundaries, powered by the two main streams flowing into the River Medway.

Caption For Grindleton, The Bridge And The River Ribble 1921

Until 1974, the River Ribble here formed the boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire, with the bridge carrying the lane between Lancashire's Chatburn and Yorkshire's Grindleton.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall Gardens C1960

The town's old graveyard behind the Town Hall had become very badly neglected by the beginning of the 20th century, so the gravestones were removed to line a boundary wall and the area

Caption For St Leonards On Sea, From The Boundary 1891

Monumental Tuscan boundary arches were built as entrances to the estate.

Caption For Eynsford, C1955

The river flowing beneath the 15th-century bridge is the Darent, which rises near the county boundary with Surrey near Westerham and runs through a myriad of Kent villages to the Thames near Long-reach

Caption For Bozeat, Red Lion C1950

Close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, the unusually-named village of Bozeat was at the heart of a thriving weaving industry 600 years ago; the Weavers' Guild donated a rich

Caption For Clent, Early Morning Over Clent Hills C1955

Along with the nearby Lickey Hills, the Clent Hills (which rise to 1,000 ft above sea level) form a clear boundary between rural countryside to the south and west and the man- made industrial

Caption For Swansea, Victoria Park 1902

They once considerably exceeded their present boundaries, but have been much reduced with time.

Caption For Marton In Cleveland, The Grove C1960

There cannot be a leafier lane than this within the boundaries of Middlesbrough.

Caption For Bristol, Cathedral 1890

The Bristol dioceses was created by Henry VIII in 1542, and comprised eighteen parishes within the city boundaries, fourteen others in Gloucestershire, and Abbots Leigh in Somerset.

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 boundary

Caption For Great Ellingham, The Mill C1960

The road from Great Ellingham to Hingham runs dead straight for over half a mile, an unusual survival of an open-field boundary from the Middle Ages.

Caption For Aldershot, St Michael's Parish Church C1950

Its boundaries brush hard against the borders of neighbouring Hampshire.

Caption For Moorsholm, The Church C1960

A substantial stone building of pleasing proportions, with a matching boundary wall, St Mary's Church was built in 1892 and stands on the High Street.

Caption For Pulborough, Clements Bridge 1906

Along the southern boundary of Pulborough lies the River Arun, popular with Edwardian fishermen and boating enthusiasts.

Caption For Butser Hill, 1898

The stamp of ancient man is here too - there are traces of defensive works on the summit, while on the lower flank are Iron Age field boundaries or lynchets.

Caption For Crockham Hill, C1955

It sits alongside the Surrey boundary, two miles north of Edenbridge.