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Happy Memories
I wonder if any remember the Bull and Bush 1960's Recall Steve Barr , Johnny Page Waldemar Hasko Trevor Deacon , Barmaids Carmel and Duffy . Also Girls Sandra who married Graham, Gaynor ,Jette and others. Would particularly ...Read more
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St James Hospital And The Arranmore
I was a Student Nurse at St James Hospital, Balham, from 1964 - 1968, sadly it's no longer there. As students, we worked hard but also played hard. We were well looked after in those days. Living in the Nurses' Home, ...Read more
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Slough A Time In A Life
Monday 7th July 1958, aged 8, moved to Britwell, Slough from Merstham in surrey with my brother Martin, Mum & Dad (Joan & Ron). Transport was a problem - we didn’t have any. There was only room for three of us in the ...Read more
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Croydon
My first time visiting this site and a message from "Simon" prompted me to add a message. I too remember with fond memories the old Parish Church Infants School. I remember my first day to Facing the church was a pathway on the left leading ...Read more
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Trying To Remember
My sister and I was sent to a residential school in Perth I think this must be the same one. Was this the school where you couldn’t wear trousers I remember being sent there with a trouser suit on and was made to ...Read more
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St Mary’s Graves End
My name is Gary Canham, my brother Richard and I were placed into care at St Mary’s School in Graves End on the 24/04/1961, aged 3 and 2, we remained there till being returned to our mother and stepfather on 22/06/1963. I have ...Read more
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Windmill Road, Brentford 1945
My parents, Nora & Harold (Jock) Palmer, lived at 112 Windmill Road, Brentford where I was brought up, along with my twin brother David and older brother Michael. Later we were joined by sister Janis and brother ...Read more
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Happy Days
My name was Angela Noble (now Driver). I lived in Bramhall from 1951 to 1958.i went to Pownall Green School and then on to Cheadle County Grammar. I was School Captain in my final year at Primary School and also captain of the netball ...Read more
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Horrible Place
We were there from 69 - 72. I say we. Me & my four sisters, Denise, Pauline, Joan, Isable & me June HASTIE. Anderson & Dunlop were vile. Scrubbing the floors until they were gleeming. We used to do that when we got home ...Read more
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The Pond And The Common And The Lido
Although we lived in Balham, many hours were spent on the common and the pond en-route to the open air swimming pool. I can remember with fondness, especially during the summer holiday, as money was ...Read more
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By the late 1920s, not a bathing machine graces the water's edge in this view of the crowded Margate Sands, looking towards the Harbour with the Pierhead Lighthouse.
The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley.
Slough dates back to the 12th century, when it was a hamlet on the London to Bath road.
The suspension bridge across to a house on the Island is still a feature of Newquay's Towan Beach.
Bathing machines are lined up near the sea wall.
The high Street used to be the main Norwich to London road.
In Victorian times, the preservation of modesty was paramount, so tents and bathing machines were very much the order of the day to allow bathers to change.
There is a small Garden of Remembrance here, together with one of the town's wells.
This view of the donkeys and their handlers, the 'donkey boys', also includes, on the right, the portable darkroom used by Frith's photographer.
The remains of a Roman hypercaust, the heating system for a Roman bath, were discovered in Bridge Street in 1863 and subsequently relocated to the gardens by the Water Tower.
The Lewes Road used to be the main route out of town, but this is now along the east bank of the Ouse towards Lewes.
A fine study of the Ladies' Bathing Place, which seems a popular venue for both the women and menfolk of Portrush.
This superb picture shows the magnificent sweep of Nayland Crescent at the western end of town, close to the Royal Sea-Bathing Hospital and the infamous Nayland Rocks.
The Pier 1897 Bathing was permitted from Swanage pier on weekdays from 6-8am and on Sundays from 7-9am.
By the last year of Victoria's reign Bournemouth had become an established seaside resort.
Lepe remains an attractive hamlet offering safe bathing in the waters of the Solent.
It was intended to link New Radnor with Old Radnor, two miles distant, to form a major city to be the capital of Radnorshire.
This splendid view shows part of the fishing fleet and a spritsail sailing barge beached in the shallow waters at low tide.
The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley.
The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley.
This view of Coney Beach shows ladies wearing long dresses, the men wearing suits and the children fully dressed - there is not a bathing costume in sight.
This picture taken ten years later shows a holiday crowd thronging the sandy beach.
This view of the Heights of Abraham above Matlock Bath shows the Prospect, or Victoria, Tower.
The town eventually got its open-air swimming baths.
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