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Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I Part 2

Like everyone else growing up in Newarthill, life wasn’t easy, as times were tough in the 50s and 60s and I suppose in many ways it is today. But back then people really had nothing, but one thing I do ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Green Bank School

2 roomed little private school which was the worst ever experienced. Owned/run/head mistress by an ex-nun MISS MELADY who was absolutely vile and cruel. Luckily she taught the older class whilst another teacher class I was in. My ...Read more

A memory of Yelverton by Heather Shepherd

Childhood Memories

My parents married in 1966 at St Marys Church Ulverston, after getting married they rented a property from friends of my Grandparents , the property was called Rose Cottage , I was born in 1967 and lived at Rose Cottage until ...Read more

A memory of Old Scales by Karen Woodburn

Bocm Mill &Granary

Hi.The BOCM in Avonmouth was the first shift work job I had.I was a packer in the P&P (Pig and Poultry) filling 56lb bags and sending them up conveyors to the granary which was a 7 floor wooden building in line with 3 different ...Read more

A memory of Avonmouth by Derek Mc Clean

3 Way Café 1970's

The Café was run during the majority of the 1970s by an Austrian couple, Norbert and Paula. Paula could have been German, the family moved to Austria after their tenure ended. The children if memory serves me correctly were Heide, ...Read more

A memory of Bures by Christopher Mc Clellan

Walsh Manor Boys School Crowbourgh

I lived here from 1970 to 1973 The boys I remember were Malcolm Wilkins, Philip Eldridge, Henry fuller, Sean Cope. Teachers were Mr Laycock, Mr Hanner, Mr Trelforth, Mr Clegg, Mr Beardsall and Miss McGuiness. ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough by Clive Chadburn

Mining My Archive

At the age of ten, my father moved me and the rest of the family from Low Fell to Esh Winning, without consulting any of us, including my mother. He had bought a tumble-down holiday cottage, situated between the pit-heap and the ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning by David Woodhead

St Mary‘S Children’s Home For Babies

Hi, I was taken to St Mary‘s Nursery, Glen Park View, Leith Road, Gravesend as a baby awaiting adoption. I am curious to know more about this place but cannot find much information, if any on the internet. I ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by Alison Withey

My First Saturday Job In Bhs, Hounslow

I had my very first ‘Saturday job’ working at BHS in Hounslow High Street in 1956. My wage packet at the end of the day was fourteen shillings and eight pence! We used to stand inside a counter in those days, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Carol Gaches

Captions

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Caption For Cambridge, Leys College 1890

The Leys was founded by Methodists as a boys' school run on Christian principles.

Caption For Dersingham, Hunstanton Road C1965

Dersingham is on the ridge running north towards Hunstanton; many of the houses are built of local carstone.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Christ Church C1950

By 1839, the parish church of Holy Trinity was becoming a little run down.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, The Weir C1965

An excursion craft passes the weir close to Lincomb Lock, now the most northern on the river.

Caption For Datchet, High Street 1905

The railway at Datchet runs between the Thames and the village centre. Datchet is mentioned in Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor' and Jerome K Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat'.

Caption For Cambridge, Petty Cury 1931

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.

Caption For Aveton Gifford, St Andrew's Church 1890

Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Fore Street 1896

His epitaph in the parish church runs: 'Here lie I at the chancel door; Here lie I because I'm poor; The farther in the more you'll pay; Here lie I as warm as they'.

Caption For Camberley, Brackendale 1908

Before the opening of the M3, it used to run right through to the Portsmouth Road. At this time the road was just being developed.

Caption For Cambridge, Petty Cury 1931

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.

Caption For Two Dales, Chesterfield Road C1960

This hamlet on the Chesterfield Road out of Darley Dale is known as Two Dales; the name probably comes from the twin valleys of Hall Dale and Sydnope Dale, which run on either side of the

Caption For Outwell, High Street C1965

Outwell and Upwell together make up one large village running for four miles along the old course of the river Nene.

Caption For Easingwold, Spring Street C1960

A deck chair and a roll of wire fencing stand outside the ironmongers in Spring Street.

Caption For Woodmansterne, Manor Way C1955

A pre-war motorcar of much character is parked outside 63 Manor Way on the corner of Chipstead Way, whilst a modern delivery van runs downhill towards Rectory Lane.

Caption For Burnham Market, Everetts Mill Bridge C1955

The Burnhams take their name from the river Burn, which runs through this picture.

Caption For Howth, The Harbour 1897

A view of the spacious harbour, with assorted sailing craft. After the packet-boats moved to Dun Laoghaire, Howth settled down to life as a fishing harbour.

Caption For Pegwell, The Convalescent Home 1907

The Working Men's Club Union Convalescent Home at Pegwell Bay had a Mrs M E Boyland as superintendent, and B T Hall as secretary.

Caption For Bardsea, The Beach 1895

The beach is still a popular area, but now the coast road with its traffic runs in front of the sycamore tree on the left.

Caption For Thornton Dale, C1965

The railed and culverted Thornton Beck runs through the village of Thornton Dale, east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors.

Caption For Chester, Northgate 1903

Northgate Street runs north from The Cross; it is here, in the basement of No 23, that remains thought to belong to the headquarters building of the XXth Legion can be seen.

Caption For St Marys Bay, The Beach C1955

This miniature mainline railway opened in July 1927, running between Hythe and New Romney. A year later it was extended to Dungeness.

Caption For Farnham, South Street 1904

It connects the town centre with the railway, and runs south from the Borough towards the River Wey. In this photograph horse-drawn carts are the only traffic.

Caption For Runcorn, All Saints Church 1894

The Manchester Ship Canal runs just behind the church. The church, large enough to hold over 1,000 people, was built in the 1840s at a cost of £8,052.

Caption For Cartmel, The Beck 1914

Ducks dabble peacefully in the beck which runs through the centre of the village, while a mother proudly poses with her baby.