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Memories

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Bradley, Bilston And Stowlawn

I managed to enter the world in Lord Street, West Bradley, 1944. I attended St Martins and earliest I can remember lived in a prefab in Moxley (Castleview Road). After St Martins I attended Stonefield school. Moved to ...Read more

A memory of Tipton by Keith Bouckley

Strawberries For Tea

Every year on my birthday my mother and father made June 21st. (or the closest Saturday) a very special day for me. Since I was old enough to remember I had strawberries on my birthday. However, that was not all. The day ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Bennetts Shop Brook Street

Hi Does anyone remember the old fashioned style local shop half way down Brook Street in between the Coylers Lane and Belmonth Road junctions? The shop is still there but in a very diffferent form. The ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath by Tracey Winters

Cullerne Farm Caravan Site Around 1958

Cullerne Farm Caravan Site was owned by Willy Bichen, farmer of Blinkbonny, Brodie. The caravans made use of the old hard standings, for part of the farmlands had been an airfield. There was small brook where ...Read more

A memory of Findhorn

Thatcham 1951 1962

The shop opposite the White Hart public house, owned by Simonds, was called Lays Stores. My mother and father bought it in 1952 and ran it till it closed in 1962. Before that, they owned the fish and chip shop which has now been ...Read more

A memory of Thatcham by Trevor Collins

Brook Side

I lived by the brook as a child and spent time catching sticklebacks which I then brought in to watch TV! The brook used to regularly flood the cottages at ground floor level. But recall many happy times in the village and at the village school.

A memory of Rolleston on Dove

Keir Hardie Way

I grew up in Keir Hardie Way, near Barnhill School & The Greenway from 1953 - 1966 (we then moved to Surrey). I went To Hayes Park School then Mellow Lane School. Keir Hardie Way, Atlee Road, Bondfield, Kingshil Avenue etc.. were ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Beverley Thouless

The Cross

Most of the names state the obvious. This is an important crossroad. Turn right to go to Mill Green along Mill Lane. Turn left to go to Vye's Stores (pre-1960) and then to the Church in Church Lane or down Brook Lane, where we assume the ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

An Idyllic Childhood

I enjoyed reading your piece Jane, I remember you so well. I lived at Newbold Revel, Stretton-Under-Fosse from 1953 - 1977, together with my siblings - Christopher, Angela and Nicholas O'Sullivan. We lived in a ...Read more

A memory of Stretton under Fosse by Teresa O'sullivan

Greenbrow.

Hi Chris. Just loved reading your memories about Mill Brook. I lived at 171 Greenbrow opposite the 'Newall'.Remember everything - Dr. Devlin, Taggarts and Southersts newsagents, and Knob HalI was scary.Started at St Peters in 1955 and ...Read more

A memory of Newall Green by Geoffrey Miles

Captions

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Caption For Lulworth, 1894

Lulworth Cove is perhaps the most famous tourist attraction on the Dorset coast, immortalised in novels, poems and paintings.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, Beach And A Steam Boat C1955

The beauty of Lulworth Cove has always attracted writers and artists.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, Beach And A Steam Boat C1955

The beauty of Lulworth Cove has always attracted writers and artists.

Caption For Monxton, St Mary's Church 1888

Tucked away among trees by Pill Hill Brook, Monxton Church, with its shingle-faced belfry and broach spire perched on the gable, was rebuilt in early Victorian times.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall Gardens C1960

The gardens are laid out on a site that slopes gently down towards Rope Walk and The Brook, offering a pleasant place in the centre of town in which to stroll or sit, and perhaps recover

Caption For Cosby, The Barn C1965

This view looks towards the brook from behind the chestnut tree we can see to the left in No C433010.

Caption For Andover, Anton Mill 1906

Little Ann Village C1955 Ann or Anna was originally the name for the shining stream now known as the Pillhill Brook, a tributary of the River Anton.

Caption For Evershot, The Village C1965

Evershot has changed little in character since the Tudor topographer Leland described it as 'a right humble towne'.

Caption For Wainfleet, The River C1955

This is the Steeping river flowing towards the Wash and the North Sea.

Caption For Grantchester, Village 1914

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

Caption For Sheffield, Whirlow Brook Park C1955

Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones.

Caption For Sheffield, Whirlow Brook Park C1955

Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones.

Caption For Benson, High Street C1965

Brook Street c1955 Bensington is Benson's proper name; it was once an ancient British city.

Caption For Ramsey, High Street C1955

The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.

Caption For Uplyme, Yawl Bottom 1900

A walk through the countryside around Uplyme often takes you as much into Dorset as Devon, for the county border weaves around the ridges, woods and tiny brooks of the locality.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Manor House Tennis Court 1892

Bexhill's ancient manor house was a retreat for the Bishops of Chichester in the Middle Ages, before passing into the ownership of several notable English families such as the Dorsets and Brooks

Caption For Dinas Powys, Cwrt Yr Ala 1900

This house was built in the early 1800s by Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury.

Caption For Linton, The Church C1955

In 1897 the vicar employed district visitors to serve the growing congregation, estimated at 1,200 people with 240 regular communicants.

Caption For Wainfleet, The River C1955

This is the Steeping river flowing towards the Wash and the North Sea.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.

Caption For Wethersfield, The Green 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For Calbourne, Winkle Street C1955

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Elsenham, Fullers End C1960

Herrington's window (right) is a treasure-trove of 1960s grocery products: Lyons Swiss Rolls, Brooke Bond Tea, Woodbines, and Bev.

Caption For Calbourne, Winkle Street C1955

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight.