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The Swing In The Cabbage Garden
I, m sure this is the convent me and my brother stayed in in the 60, s if so it had a walled garden full of cabbages and in the middle was a swing and I thought if I swung high enough I could escape I was about 8yrs old ...Read more
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Teenager In The Late 50s
i remember when i was eighteen on a saturday night going out with a pound note beer was 1shilling and one pence a pint the pound would buy eighteen pints 2 pints was my max into the black and the boot [collar and tie] rum and ...Read more
A memory of Aberdare by
Tanktops And Bellbottoms
Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
Shopkeepers 1912 To 1976
Born Dec. 1924 Dollis Hill Ave, son of E.H.Carter who lived at Crown Terrace. In 1912 he opened his half-shop as a newsagent and tobacconist, joined-up in 1915 and left the running to his sister Florence who ...Read more
A memory of Kilburn in 1949 by
Schooldays
When I was at the Grammar School, I used to do my mothers shopping on this street; I bought my first pair of earrings from Woolworths, on the mid-left, for a shilling - 5p!! and my mum bought shoes from the shop near left. My French form ...Read more
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Random Memories
I was born in Runnymede Gardens, near the Bridge Hotel and Greenford roundabout in 1939. I remember Spitfires flying from Northolt and a V1 rocket that (I think) hit part of Glaxo laboratories in 1944. I was in the garden, aged ...Read more
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Life Above Corals Coal Shop
my parents moved to an empty flat above the coral coal shop in bank street.my Father worked for corals coal as a delivery driver.The flat was an extra bonus i was born in Dover 1954 and when we left there we moved to a place ...Read more
A memory of Ashford
Working In My Saturday Job
I remember my Saturday job at Lewis'. I loved my job there. I worked there for two years. I used to go to the Locarna on a Saturday, or the Gaumont Cinema in the week. I remember the bullring being built. I was the ...Read more
A memory of Birmingham in 1958 by
Woodville Road, Ham, Prefabs
My Family moved into the newly built Prefabs in Woodville Road when they were first opened up for occupancy. I can't remember what year it was. Does anybody know what the date was? The Prefabs were kitted out with a Fridge which ...Read more
A memory of Ham by
Woodlands Holiday Camp Swimming Pool
I was brought up in Kemsing at the foot of the Downs and we children would walk up to Woodlands Holiday Camp to swim for a shilling or so. On a fine weekend you could take your swimming things and some ...Read more
A memory of Sevenoaks in 1960 by
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There were plenty of inexpensive boarding houses charging only a shilling or two per night.
The pier had something for everyone: for a shilling, one could have a session of 'Character Reading: Head, Face & Hand'.
The service operated daily from around five in the morning until midnight, with return tickets costing less than a shilling (5 pence).
The Stamford coach called here; it cost 4d (old pennies) a mile and a shilling to the coachman, and to send a letter cost 6d to 9d a sheet.
In 1978 the grounds were used for building and the development known as Hill House Close was born.
The pier, which dates from 1871, had something for everyone: for a shilling, one could have a session of 'Character Reading: Head, Face & Hand'.
Like Greek waiters standing outside their tavernas, crewmen do their best to tempt tourists into parting with a shilling or two.
The currency of the time was pounds, shillings and pence, with 20 shillings to a pound, and 12 pennies to a shilling: a fifty shilling suit would be the equivalent of £2.50 in decimal currency.
The turnpike at Fenny, Stony, and at Two Mile Ash between them, charged from a halfpenny for a packhorse to a shilling for a coach.
Achill is separated from the Mayo coast by a narrow strait, crossed by a swing bridge built in 1888.
A sailing barge makes its way past a moored steamer.
This magnificent view shows a typical Achill scene, clouds hanging over Croaghaun, whilst the limewashed cottages huddle together in this remote Irish-speaking village.
The old and new come together in this post-First World War photograph, with a steamer in the foreground, and a sailing ship in the distance.
A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station.
A sailing barge negotiates the lock gates.
A sailing barge makes its way past a moored steamer.
A sail-powered fishing boat returns to port, ready to unload its catch.
A sailing barge makes its way along the Orwell, with lush wooded hillsides coming down to meet the broad tidal mudflats at the water's edge.
A schooner rides easily within sheltered waters, whilst calm conditions in the outer anchorage enable us to see the wake from a sailing craft.
A view of this remote village, the largest settlement on Achill.
In the centre of the picture is a sailing wherry, the shallow, wide bottomed boat with its characteristic square sail, an adaptation of the traditional trading wherry.
A sailing barge negotiates the lock gates.
A nostalgic scene of tiny Dooega, a cluster of cottages on the south western seaboard of Achill.
A sailing vessel negotiates the harbour entrance.
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