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Memories

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Im An Essex Girl And Proud Of It

I was born in late August 1949 in Joan Gardens..a banjo off of Joan Road. Yes we lived on the big council estate but we didn't know. All I remember is the wonderful tmes we had playing in the banjo and the streets ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1949 by Patricia Arnold Nee Treadway

Growing Up In Aberkenfig

Growing up and the family - Part 1 My grandfather William Morgan Cockram (son of Lewis Cockram) and grandmother (Mary Cockram) (granny and grandpa Cockram) took over the ironmongers after the death of John Richards. ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig by Catherine Delahay

Sugden Avenue To Broadway

I remember walking through here many times as child and adult. We used to walk from Sugden Avenue where I grew up and where my parents had bought a small bungalow in 1957, down to the town in bare feet! It used to take ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Tracy Hanna

Holy Trinity Church 1891 Margate

The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, tower ...Read more

A memory of Margate by Dave Harris

The First Years

This is where I was born, the street has barely changed. I lived there with my parents and sister, we lived there until we moved to the prefabs in Midton. Only a couple of properties on the other side have been demolished, it was so ...Read more

A memory of Gourock in 1941 by Moira Wright

Childhood

My memories of Mexborough are of living at York Street and playing in the 'backs' with Ann Sandford, Peter Sandford, Mary Sandford, Pat Sandford, Ian Gamble, Janet Owen, Christine Waller (Bebe), Pamela Foster, Rita Barker, Janet Barker. (Where are they now?).

A memory of Mexborough by Valerie Szczepkowski

Life In Sutton Road

i remember growing up on Sutton's housing estate, I lived with my grandparents, the Heatons, at no 20. I went to Sacred Heart School, with my friends Alan Overend, Peter Harney, from Trust Road. Palled around with Bill Cutts, ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1957 by Peter Ellis

My Childhood Garden Part Iv

If I remember correctly, a white climbing rose grew up one side of the arch and a red on the other. The path continued straight through the archway, and led up the garden to the two wooden sheds at the top of the ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

An Ashbourne Childhood

My family moved to Ashbourne in 1942 when I was 6. I went to school at what must have been the last of the old "Dame" schools run by an elderly lady called Ethel Hunter. The school was at the top of a big house in Church ...Read more

A memory of Ashbourne in 1943

Chingford Hatch

Does anyone remember the Manor pub at the bottom of Friday Hill? It was replaced by the Wheelwrights some years later, there used to be a van selling teas and coffees to the bus drivers and conducters in their breaks at the bus ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1957 by Christine Jeffrey

Captions

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Caption For Eton, Wall Paintings In Eton College Chapel 1930

Low wooden stalls along the walls of the choir accommodate the College; a large expanse of bare wall was left to be filled with a series of wall paintings.

Caption For Glasgow, Crookston Castle 1897

This turf and stone rampart, with forts at two-mile intervals, served as the farthest frontier of the Roman Empire for barely half a century before it was abandoned and Roman Britain withdrew

Caption For Ipswich, Ancient House 1893

The brick gateway, with its barely discernible royal cipher, is all that remains.

Caption For Langdon Hills, Entrance And Keepers Cottage C1950

For centuries the Basildon area sheltered a few small villages whose livelihoods were based on agriculture and timber; here there were quiet roads and lanes, and ancient farmhouses and cottages

Caption For Richmond, Willance's Leap And The Monuments C1965

The number of troops based here increased dramatically during both World Wars, and many men still associate Richmond with their time as National Servicemen.

Caption For Cummersdale, Spinners Arms 2005

The state-brewed beer was generally well regarded and the C&DSMS invested in several grand new pubs, with designs that ranged from mock Tudor to Moroccan elegance, which still grace the city

Caption For Richmond, Willance's Leap And The Monuments C1965

The number of troops based here increased dramatically during both World Wars, and many men still associate Richmond with their time as National Servicemen.