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Abbey Road Barrow & The Ritz Cinema Circa 1962
I was born in Barrow in 1954, later living in Dalton and Ulverston up to 1970. Many happy memories of a trip to the Ritz Cinema, but the one that stood out was Mutiny On The Bounty made in 1962 starring ...Read more
A memory of Barrow in 1962 by
Ah Well, I S'pose That's Progress!!
Loved your reminiscences Patricia. I came to Welshpool in 1965 or thereabouts after ten years in the Merchant Navy, and have loved the area and the folk since then. I worked in the post office at Welshpool, times ...Read more
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Artists
Groups of artists would visit in summer and stay at The Feathers Hotel. After breakfast they would choose their locations, some at the church, some at the castle, others would be in the middle of Broad Street. They would set up their ...Read more
A memory of Ludlow in 1955 by
Aveley Secondary School
Omg, I remember so many of you. I started at Love Lane in 1965 and left in 1970. I was friends with Susan Harvey, Carol Head, Jackie Kirk, Karen Harman, Barbara Cox, Lesley Davidson, Libby Campbell, June Tyler, Liz Knapp, ...Read more
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Broad Oak Street
I was born in 1949 and then spent the next 15 years living there or visiting my grandparents in Broad Oak Street. The house in Broad Oak Street forms a part of my identity. I remember every nook and cranny - the coal cellar ...Read more
A memory of Nottingham in 1952 by
Battersea Town Hall
The impressive entrance on Lavender Hill actually led into the Council Offices, where I started work when I left school in 1966. At that time they had changed very little since their Victorian origins; there was a grand ...Read more
A memory of Battersea in 1966
Beach Bingo Family Memories
I have many fond memories of holidaying at Pinewoods Caravan Park where my now late grandparents (Lil and Bill Potter) used to own a caravan. They would take me up there for 2-3 weeks in the summertime and my ...Read more
A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1976
Before They Built The Reservoir
In the 1950s I used to stay with my grandparents in their bungalow (The Aspens, adjacent to Raynor's Farm) in what is now called Farm Road; it is not even a road now but simply an access gate to the ...Read more
A memory of Wraysbury in 1955 by
Bellis Cafe
The hot summer of 1976 - I was 16 and studying for my O levels in between minding the shop for my adopted parents Bert and Mary Belli. Our cafe was one of two Belli cafes in the town, but of course I always thought ours was superior ...Read more
A memory of Blaenavon in 1976 by
Bennys Book .
My relatives came from Hatfield Broad Oak and Bush End . My grandfather was gamekeeper on the forest . I have pictures of him and his wife with 9 of their children . His first wife had 16 children . My grandmother ,his second ...Read more
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This leafy suburb of Tunbridge Wells boasts a broad and spacious green, fringed by cottages and trees.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.
This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.
The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.
Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.
Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.
As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.
The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
At the Stamford Road end of the street, the newly-built showroom of Tutty's sold kitchen units and appliances.
This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.
As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.
Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.
Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.
This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.
Trees shade the broad square.
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