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Hawkinge, My Birthplace
I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield. I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more
A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by
Trolley Buses
I remember there used to be trolley buses through the high street, this would have been in the 1940s or 50s, and there was a lending library on the high street that you paid to take a book out. Also a grocers called Williams Brothers , ...Read more
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Ryders Folklore
These cottages are now known as Ryders, but it appears that in Edwardian times the place (or maybe this corner) may also have been known as "Seven Trees Well": I have a postcard with this picture on it sent on 7th May 1906 to a ...Read more
A memory of Okewood Hill in 1900 by
Royal Masonic Schools Bushey (J Ston And Ston)
I am not sure if this kind of opportunity attracts those who feel anger at a perceived or real unfairness, during their childhood years, and/or those who have a tendency to dwell on the negative but I'd really ...Read more
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Life In Burghfield In The 1950s
The passageway led from Clayhill Road all the way through the village, and came out on the Reading Road, some 2 miles away, the passageway was used by us children daily as a short cut to school, and it went by ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common in 1955 by
Calstock Viaduct
When living in Bere Alston there were trains still running to Gunnislake over this beautiful viaduct. Made of concrete blocks which were made on site. It took four years to build and was opened in 1908. A wagon lift made of iron hauled ...Read more
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Barmaid Marylin
We used to rent the bottom cottage down from the Co-op and the top house pub. My younger brother had a massive crush on the barmaid of the middle house. She was called Marylin (he is called Ben). Is she still there? I believe ...Read more
A memory of St John's Chapel in 1985 by
The King's Head
Vaig viure a Aston Cantlow durant 4 mesos des del desembre de 1968 a casa dels meus amics David & Jo Edkins. Sóc de Barcelona i volia millorar el meu anglès. L'estiu del 2018 vaig visitar i dinar a The King's Head però vaig ...Read more
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Born In 1955 In Kiveton Park
I was born in 1955 at KIlton Hospital in Worksop but lived in Kiveton for 23years before moving away...I lived with my parents peter and joan spacie and my brother jonathan on Highfield Avenue...on the estate just ...Read more
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Growing Up In Sutton
We lived at no 6 Greenfields, Sutton. My nan lived at four with my grandad Tom - in fact it was my family which helped forge Sutton village. I remember many families; Mr and Mrs Harland who ran the village shop, ...Read more
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His estates included North Anston, Greasbrough, Wickersley, Ecclesfield, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough.
In the mid 11th century Dinnington was still a part of the old royal estate of Conisbrough, along with Harthill, Braithwell and Anston, though Laughton had been detached and was ruled by Earl Edwin of
His estates included North Anston, Greasbrough, Wickersley, Ecclesfield, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough.
His estates included North Anston, Greasbrough, Wickersley, Ecclesfield, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough.
In the mid 11th century Dinnington was still a part of the old royal estate of Conisbrough, along with Harthill, Braithwell and Anston, though Laughton had been detached and was ruled by Earl Edwin
Lydford was once an important halt on the South Western Railway, which skirted round Dartmoor to the north and passed through Tavistock and Bere Alston on its way to Plymouth.
Tamar barges such as the one in the centre of this picture would bring produce down from Calstock, Gunnislake and Bere Alston and land them at Cornwall Street in Devonport.
On the right is the White Horse, run by George Rampling; next door is Boggis's the drapers in the 18th-century building with dormer windows; then comes William Alston's 'Second Hand Furniture Warehouse
Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.
Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.
The 16th-century thatched Plough public house with its low ceilings, exposed beams and stone flagged floor is still open today, but the post office, across the road, has closed since the time this photograph
It is an exceptionally fine building fashioned from flint and stone, with an imposing 100ft tower.
A great many gravestones and stone crosses occupy the churchyard at North Stoneham.
This view, taken from the fields beyond the village, shows the broach spire of the church of St John the Baptist, rebuilt in 1861, rising above the very attractive slate and stone roofscape of a village
Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.
the bridge, the steep-roofed buildings have recently been replaced by architecturally exciting MPs offices; to the right is now Norman Shaw's 1890-1906 New Scotland Yard, with its tourelles and brick and stone
Here, just beyond the fountain, the bothy still survives, but with a tiled roof, while the Shire Hall, opened in 1911, with its balustraded hipped roof and built in mellow brick and stone, is now used
The Pearl Assurance sign has gone, and the upper windows of this building have been replaced, but the unusual brick and stone work above them is still there.
The uneven steps and stone flags have been worn by the feet of centuries.
A notable Victorian inhabitant of Bere Alston was Percival Johnson, who lived at Ward House from 1846-55.
The line is now closed, although tracks still service a local quarry and Bere Alston.
On the left is the red brick and stone Lloyds Bank building, with its fretted skyline, while to the right is the neo-classical Post Office, built in 1881.
On the left is the red brick and stone Lloyds Bank building, with its fretted skyline, while to the right is the neo-classical Post Office, built in 1881.
Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railway, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.
