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My Early School Years In Mill Hill 1943 1950
I have few memories of my primary school which was in a private house in Croft Close a turning off of Marsh Lane, but I do remember being very happy there. This was during the latter war years. ...Read more
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Farley Croft Wwii
I am 86 but still remember the time at Farley Croft during WWII. My siblings and I were evacuated to Westerham in 1939. Around 1942/46 my sisters Rose, Sylvia and I were taken from the billet we were in and put in Farley Croft ...Read more
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Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).
Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more
A memory of Great Parndon by
Garvan Road
I lived at what I think was 74 or 73 Garvan Road in the late 1950s early 1960s. My dad owned the house and we had a family living upstairs and I recall their surname was Parsons. Next door was a friend of mine and his name was Jonny ...Read more
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A Brief Memory Of My School Days At Duncton
The first School I ever went to was Duncton Primary, I loved this school. Our Headmaster was Mr Salsbury who we nicknamed Mr Strawberry due to a strawberry shaped wort he had on the back of his head. He was ...Read more
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In The House Of The Laird
My parents were 'in service' to the local 'laird' who was Lord Doune, traditionally the eldest son of the Earl of Moray and owner of lands around Doune. Lord Doune owned the beautiful old mansion on the hill 1.5 miles north ...Read more
A memory of Doune in 1948 by
Collingwood School
I attended Collingwood from 1957 - 1960 and yes, the discipline was severe. I once looked out of the window as a fire engine went by and was punished with 6 of the best! Mr Kirby Birt was an odd character with a viscious ...Read more
A memory of Wallington by
School Days
As far back that I can remember, it was the summer of 1934 when I first started school at St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Calcutta Road. I sat next to a friend that I had made (John Toole) Who later in life emigrated to Canada and was ...Read more
A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by
The Teachers.
The lovely talented and sophisticated Miss Bartlett took the youngest class. I think she may have been to art school cos she drew a Spanish Conquistador (complete with sailboat steel helmet) in coloured chalk on the blackboard, dressed ...Read more
A memory of Luton
Wrinstead Court
I went to Wrinsted Court with my mother and brother and sister in 1950. We went as tenants. Here is a short background. My father was killed in 1941 as he was in the Navy. Then my mother met my first step-father who was also ...Read more
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The oldest parish church in Edinburgh, St Giles's was erected in the early 12th century on the site of an older building.
Backbarrow Cotton Mill was notorious for its bad treatment of the children who worked there.
Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.
Difficult though it is to believe when you see it, this delightful little church was restored in 1950 having been badly damaged by bombs during an air raid in 1940.
An excellent aerial view of the Cathedral.
The original castle was built around 1068 on the site of an Anglo-Saxon fortification.
The hotel was built by the London and North Western Railway Company for travellers from London to Scotland.
Chesil Beach forms an unbroken line of shingle from Portland to Abbotsbury; its stones are larger to the east than to the west.
Little seems to have altered in the market place since the 18th century.
The hotel was built by the London and North Western Railway Company for travellers from London to Scotland.
An excellent aerial view of the Cathedral.
The reading room was badly damaged during the Second World War, and its remains were demolished.
The north wing on the right is dated 1636, and contains an impressive long gallery with a decorated plaster ceiling.
This small town is unusual in that its name derives totally from French.
The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.
The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.
Architect Augustus F Livesay's design is a fine example of Early Victorian Gothic.
It was demolished in 1939, and an office block now stands on the site.
The Dock End has yet to be cleared out and made into a safe haven for the fishing fleet boats in bad weather.
The oldest parish church in Edinburgh, St Giles's was erected in the early 12th century on the site of an older building.
The original White Horse pub can be seen behind the war memorial; it was demolished to make way for the incongruous new 1960s town planning building.
Here we have an early view of Towan Beach, with everyone overdressed for the seaside.
Roger de Montgomery was a man William the Conqueror could trust.
This street was once called Market Stead Lane, and led from the newly-emerging warehouses around Piccadilly to the Market Place, Acres Field and the Shambles.
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