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40s/50s
Early memories of Buckhurst Hill. Re. Mark Brazier's message. Yes I remember the Three Colts and the French family. The son David was a close friend so I spent a lot of time there. I remember your mother and father Audrey and Ged ...Read more
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A Lost Cause.
I remember the Anchor & hope very well, it was back in about 1973 when Dallas Bullen's father was the landlord, me and some mate's had been drinking in the public bar, and i left a brand new cardigan, that my mother had taken ...Read more
A memory of Hythe by
A Real Community
I was born in Harborough Magna in 1943 at Rose Cottage, Main Street. I lived there with my mother and grandparents during the 1940s and early 1950s. When I was 4 years old I went to the village school which had a ...Read more
A memory of Harborough Magna in 1943 by
Anyone From Or Remember Barmore Street
Hello, I spent my early childhood in Barmore Street, which holds special memories. I do have an old photo showing a Street Party, which I will endeavour to upload (not sure how yet). The Queens Head Pub was ...Read more
A memory of Battersea by
Benfield Street, Battersea 1950 1961
My earliest memories were of the surrounding streets, Barmore and Ingrave, York Road and especially the "Monkey Stairs", a set of steps off both York and Lombard Roads leading to flats on the first ...Read more
A memory of Clapham in 1950
Benfield, Barmore And Verona
I was born in Benfield Street in 1946. We lived in a house which was condemned due to either bomb damage or shock, as there were large splits in the basement walls. My first memories of the street were playing ...Read more
A memory of Battersea
Childhood Wwebsters Village Shop
I was born in 1951. My parents owned the W Websters store in Barmoor Lane. I believe the old premises is now known as Orchard Cottage. I remember the sandshoes for sale dangling from the rafters and the butter was ...Read more
A memory of Ryton in 1957
Dow St Salford
I lived at 10 Dow St, Salford, during the 50s.. I remember there was a shop on the corner owned by Mrs Conner`s .. On a Saturday my mum would shop on Lwr Broughton Rd, and a treat would be to stop off at the Milk Bar for a ...Read more
A memory of Salford by
Duffers
We are in year 1955 and I'm sure you older ones from around here will remember what Duffers were, this was a task game where all the gang joined in. We had different modes which would take our fancy, pole vaulting was where we would cut a ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1955 by
Empire Theatre And Other Thoughts
I used to go once a month to the Empire Theatre and remember seeing Harry Secombe and many other stars. I wonder if anyone remembers the teen bar on Heeley Bottom. I also used to spend many happy nights in ...Read more
A memory of Sheffield in 1950 by
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842, and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.
Queen Victoria's Scottish physician Sir James Clark thought that the climate of upper Deeside might alleviate their rheumatism, and they took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847, subsequently rebuilding
The guns appear to bear more resemblance to those used at Waterloo than to those that would be used eight years later at the outbreak of the Great War.
A year after its opening, on 28 August 1851, Queen Victoria's Royal Train crossed the viaduct as it took the royal family to Balmoral Castle.
The creeper-covered frontage of Balmoral Cottage on the left was the home of William Finch and his wife at this time.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842 and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.
Now Lydney's industrial estate is situated in this area, although one commercial vessel - the MV Balmoral - still uses the port to carry pleasure passengers along the estuary in summer.
Following the death of Sir Robert Gordon in 1847, his brother the Earl of Aberdeen suggested that Victoria and Albert might like to take over the lease on Balmoral.
The present memorial, a Balmoral red granite column erected in 1912, supersedes a large stone (known as the 'Martyr Stone') which has since been taken to Dale Castle.