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When We Were Young!
Way back in the early 1950's my friends and I went everywhere on our cycles. On one occasion three of us set out from Grays and went across the ferry at Tilbury to Gravesend then down the old A road to Canterbury where we had ...Read more
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When The End Of The Pier Was Washed Away
My parents moved to Bognor in 1961 when I was 14. I remember when half of the pier was washed away after a terrible winter storm. The beach was piled with wood from it and it all disappeared in a day! ...Read more
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When We Played In The Road
Gipsy Road in Welling where I lived as a child in the 1950's was a long one. It stretched from Okehampton Crescent near Bostall heath and woods at its north end, down to the Welling/Bexleyheath mainline railway and a ...Read more
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Wheatley Primary School
I lived at The Beechings, Holton (1959-65) and went to Mrs Gerard's class at Wheatley Primary School which was next to the old canteen -the main school was just up the hill by the church. Mr Evans was headteacher-a short, ...Read more
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What A Picturesque Valley
Well, about 34 years ago, I used to work in Forge Road, Port Talbot; part of my work in the newspaper industry sent me checking on all newsagents in the Valley, through Cwmavon up passing Pontrhydyfen, Duffryn Rhondda, ...Read more
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Westgate On Sea Holidays In The 1960s
My parents took myself and my late brother to Westgate on Sea almost every Easter from 1959 to 1971. Living in west London we caught the 2.40pm train from Victoria, arriving at Westgate on Sea about ...Read more
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West End
I was born on a not very pleasant day in February 1954! We lived in the Dunkirk area of the West End below the factory/mill on Dunkirk Lane. We had "The Green" to play on, Warley Road, and then the "Top Park" further up when we were a little ...Read more
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Wells Lifeboat Wwii Years
The coxswain of the lifeboat is the tall, erect Dane, Theodore Neilsen (stood at the stern of the boat). My father, Alf Powditch, was the engineer and is sat on the tractor.Theodore (Ted for short) fished for ...Read more
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Watford's Lost Factories
Living in north Watford from 1952 to 78, I have fond memories of factories such as the British Moulded Hose. Not a nylon stockings factory as its title may sound, but an asbestos factory which I remember one day caught ...Read more
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Watchfield/Naafi/Aerodrome Notes
This was the NAAFI shop that served the military quarters at Watchfield, which housed the then many miltary and civilian staff of the Royal Military College of Science, and some of the students at the college, ...Read more
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Ruts either side of this ravine prove the use of this short cut to West Mark.
A short distance from the coast road, modern village developments and camp sites many be found near East Runton Green or Lower Common.
Load Street is short but wide.
Lullington Church stands a short walk away from Alfriston village, across the White Bridge over the Cuckmere.
A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
This short, 2-mile canal was opened in 1773, and is an extension of the River Ure.
Yealmpton, always pronounced Yampton, stands on the River Yealm near to the end of its short journey from Dartmoor to the sea.
The two Bittell Reservoirs, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and some pleasant countryside are all just a short stroll away for the lane`s residents.
'In short a sight shocking to all beholders' (Manaton Parish Register).
The church site may have been used at an earlier date and lies only a short distance from the line of The Devils Highway, a former Roman road.
Although this scene appears tranquil, the railway line runs close to the river here, and now the M2 motorway runs only a short distance further south.
Another view of the charming seaside town and port, this time looking to the prominent landmark, the 70 ft mound and ruined castle of 1821.
After the major restoration of the chancel which took place shortly after this photograph was taken, all the walls were whitewashed, and remain so today.
Boys wearing ties, jackets and short trousers, and girls with neat ankle socks and strap shoes are typical of school-age children of the 1940s and 50s.
Besides watching clowns, jugglers, musicians and conjurors, short sea trips in the little sailing boats were immensely popular.
As well as general cargo shipped through the port, the amount of fish landed at St Andrew's Dock during this year, amounted to 1,580,959 cwts.
They were con- verted into a hotel, as seen in this view, but shortly afterwards the building was reconverted back to twenty-nine flats.
The Centre's shorts-only rule applied to everyone, partly as a security measure to distinguish authorised from any unauthorised users.
The railway reached Portrush with the construction of a short branch line from Coleraine on the Belfast to Londonderry line.
Following the railway journey, which was frequently a short one, the day-trippers could find suitable refreshments in the Pontsarn Hotel.
Notwithstanding the 'shorts only' rule, some of the boys found comfort from a blanket draping their knees.
In a few short years four large homes for sufferers from tuberculosis were established in the resort.
The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
This is one of several short parades of shops along the main road through Penn.
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