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Amser Gorau Yn Ei Bywyd
1950s and 1960s in Malltraeth... The summers were always long and hot, we went swimming on the beach when we were younger, and as we got older in the 'corbwll'. We went out collecting birds eggs, the odd apple or pear would ...Read more
A memory of Malltraeth
Appledore Ave, Barnehurst
I lived in Appledore Avenue, for the first 17 years of my life.(1956 - 1973) Happy memories. My parents were married at St Paulinus Church in 1954. I went to Barnehurst Primary and Junior School. the headmistresses were Miss ...Read more
A memory of Barnehurst by
Appledore Avenue
I lived at 99 Appledore Avenue, Barnehurst from 1956 - 1975. My school friends from Appledore were David and John Owen, Steve Beard and his lovely Jordy family, Christine , Jennifer and Alan Jones. My next door neighbours were Mrs ...Read more
A memory of Barnehurst by
But You Cant Take The East Ham Out Of The Boy
I was born at Howard's Road Hospital in 1954. My parents lived with relatives in Walpole Road then Elm Park before coming back to East Ham. We moved about the manor a fair bit. Mountfield Road, Stannard ...Read more
A memory of East Ham in 1958 by
Can You Help With Information About A Childrens Home On Epping New Road
Can anybody help with information, memories or photos of a former children's home in Epping New Road, in Buckhurst Hill? I spent part of my childhood in a children's ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1955 by
Childhood
I was born in the parlour of 25 Pierson Street in 1954. My Mam's name was Margaret (Meg) and my late father was Alf (or Hank) to his mates. He worked on the tugs on the River Tees. I don't have any memories of him as he died when I was ...Read more
A memory of North Ormesby in 1954 by
Collecting Runner Beans
My mothers' side of the family all come from Appledore and thereabouts. I have 3 out of 4 of older sisters who were all born in Appledore. I was born in Wallsend on Tyne. My mother and father (he was stationed at ...Read more
A memory of Appledore in 1960 by
Family Home
Ahh Instow.. Always in my heart. Gran moved from Plymouth to Bickleton (2mls inland from Instow) c1930. Mum (Nancy Rooke) went to Instow school. During the war years she met Dad (Ron) married (1942) and moved to Staines where I grew up. ...Read more
A memory of Instow by
Great Memories
I grew up at 99 Appledore Avenue (junction with Fairford) between 1956 & 1975. I had great mates (David Owen and Steve Beard) and went to Barnehurst CP School. Where have all the years gone and those lovely places such at ...Read more
A memory of Barnehurst by
Happy Days
My mother's family were from Appledore and although I was born on a visit up north to my father's family, I was only a few months old when we came back. We lived in various houses in the village, Canal Cottages and Hawthorn being two ...Read more
A memory of Appledore in 1942 by
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Appledore stands on a branch of the River?
Instow is on the Torridge, opposite Appledore.
Instow is on the Torridge, opposite Appledore.
The quay at Appledore, built in 1846, still stands; but these coastal trading schooners, once the lifeblood of trading along this north Devon coast, are now only memories, superseded by motor transport
The busy little port of Appledore is now home to just a few fishing boats.
and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.
It stood in the dunes near the lighthouse at the northern side of the crossing of the Torridge estuary from Appledore.
Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commercial port in the area.
(1901) and Appledore (1908).
and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.
But the great storm of 1287 altered the course of the River Rother, and Appledore then developed as a market town, although its last fair was held in 1899.
Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commer- cial port in the area.
THE only safe anchorage on the inhospitable, craggy coastline between Appledore and Boscastle, Clovelly lived precariously for centuries from the herring fishery.