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Howe's Garage, Longfield

Rather than Longfield Hill, this looks more like Longfield itself with Howe's Garage in the centre foreground. My Dad worked here from the late 1930s to when he retired in 1973; it was run by his uncle Frank Howe and ...Read more

A memory of Longfield Hill in 1960 by Brian Linford

Landlord Of White Horse Inn

I believe the White Horse was run by the Pratley family in the 1940s - 1950s. Jack Pratley married my father's cousin, Kathleen (nee Keen). I am slightly confused as the name of this pub is sometimes recorded as the "White ...Read more

A memory of Bladon in 1950 by Liz Jarrett

Happy Childhood

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

A Ham Family

My mother and father lived in Evelyn Road - the cul-de-sac opposite the large white house in the distance - mother still there - lived in two of the houses for all her eighty years - married the boy next door (well.. at the top of the cul- ...Read more

A memory of Ham in 1955 by John Clifford

Memories Of The Red Lion

I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road from ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1966 by Amanda Shaw

Rivacre Baths.

For those who never saw (or may have forgotten), the photo shows the view you had after coming in through the main entrance. The large fountain can be seen in the foreground, and was enjoyed by many children as they ran around ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1947 by David Copnall

The Ferries

There were 2 ferries in the mid-1950s when I was about 12. Clarke's as in the photo was a chain ferry and the cost was tuppence - ie 2 pence. The other ferry, Wilson's, opposite the church was pole driven and cost 1 penny. Some years later ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1955

Windsor Lanes And Garage

Uncle Phil managed this branch of Hartwells garage after managing the one on the Bath Road next to the White Horse. Before that it had been the site of Rogers (?) watermill, the millpond stretching behind up towards Haymill ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1960 by Dave Hill

Mill Street Clowne. 1950

The gentleman pushing a cart in the foreground of this picture is my grandfather, Ernest Pearce (1895-1970). The cart was used to transport bundles of sticks that he cut for sale as firewood. They were sold for 4d a bundle. This ...Read more

A memory of Clowne in 1950 by June Harvey

In Loving Memory Of My Dad Jimmy Aka James Chambers!!

I want my dad to be remembered by all you that knew him he was born in coalville and spent his days growing up in witwick.The memories i have of my dad are all good he was always smiling and doing ...Read more

A memory of Whitwick in 2004 by Julie Chambers

Captions

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Caption For Stansted Mountfitchet, Chapel Hill C1965

Earlier in the century, the half-timbered building housed a pair of shops. They are now private dwellings. Like the white house next door, they date from the 16th century.

Caption For Houghton, The Clock Tower C1960

The white house called The Green was an inn. Part of the original medieval building survives, while the large chimney stack was added later.

Caption For Great Dunmow, New Street C1965

Tucked behind the White House, New Street has always been a residential quarter. It already had its name in 1419.

Caption For Blaenavon, The Eastern Valley C1955

The Rifleman's Arms is the large white building centre right. White House cottage to its right, at the end of Bunker's Row, has now been demolished.

Caption For Thaxted, Town Street From Mill End C1950

The white house across the road was, until 1908, The Sun - a rival for The Star (opposite).

Caption For Alton, Lenten Street 1928

The white house in the distance has had several names - Rose Cottage, Rose Bank and now (2004) The Old House. It was occupied by the family of Jane Austen's brogher, Frank, between 1808 and 1811.

Caption For Blaenavon, The Eastern Valley C1955

The Rifleman's Arms is the large white building centre right. White House cottage to its right, at the end of Bunker's Row, has now been demolished.

Caption For Thaxted, Post Office 1906

The white house next door - known as The Priory - was a `ladies` boarding school` at the time of our photograph.

Caption For Porlock, 1923

Since 1923, Porlock has expanded to fill the fields between it and the line of prominent white houses.

Caption For Kingsgate, The Castle 1908

This picture looks towards the castellated Victorian pile of Kingsgate Castle, with the white houses of Kingsgate Bay Road on the right.The largest of these is Holland House, built for Lord Holland

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Village 1922

Ingram House (left) is of a similar date, but is much altered. The Red House stands opposite, in ivy-clad brick (right).

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Bethcar Street C1950

The White House Cinema is situated near the Midland Bank.

Caption For Ightham, The Village And Memorial Cross C1960

This village was anciently known as Eightham, and was once a market town, with a Whit-Wednesday fair called Cockscomb Fair.

Caption For Great Dunmow, High Street C1955

The three-storey White House next door was home to Dunmow Rural District Council from 1934 until 1974, when it was swallowed by Uttlesford District Council.

Caption For Waldringfield, The River C1955

This is the River Deben, viewed from near the Sailing Club House looking downstream towards White House; Waldringfield is to the right and Petistree Hall, in Sutton, is over to the left.

Caption For Odiham, The War Memorial C1955

His home, The White House (diagonally opposite) is a Grade II* listed building built in 1812 for a local banker. It is a fine and important example of an elegant town house.

Caption For Upper Clatford, Village 1899

A modern house, the White House, replaced the building next door. Behind the ladies are 1-3 Beddles Cottages, which still stand.

Caption For Braunston, High Street C1955

Looking west along the High Street, we see on the right the Dog and Gun, a Phipps public house, now closed and converted to a private house.

Caption For Oakham, Northgate C1950

This view from the church tower shows part of the C E School playground, with Manor House next to it. Note that some of the cottages in this row appear to be thatched only on the street side.

Caption For Lydney, High Street C1955

One such attack was made against Lydney, where Sir John Winter, Royalist commander in the Forest of Dean, lived in the heavily fortified White House.

Caption For Stoke Poges, Stoke Park 1895

You could be forgiven for thinking Stoke Park looks vaguely like Washington's White House, for there is an American connection.

Caption For Crowland, The Trinity Bridge C1965

The shop under the blind (left) is no longer a shop, but the white house (centre) is still there. We may be glad that the ugly power line post has also gone.

Caption For Balcombe, The Village C1955

Balcombe House, once called Parsonage House, is a large Tudor-style house of 1856.The 13th-century White House was run by the White Friars as a hostelry for Canterbury pilgrims.

Caption For Crowland, The Trinity Bridge C1965

The shop under the blind (left) is no longer a shop, but the white house (centre) is still there. We may be glad that the ugly power line post has also gone.