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I went to this school and left at the age of 15yrs in 1967. My maiden name was Binns and I lived in Shaw Crescent, next to St Hildas Church. I had some good times in the school, but I lost touch with my school pals. I married in the St ...Read more
A memory of Grangetown in 1967 by
Tommy Tesh
I have lots of memories of Wath, I was born on Campsall Fields Road. I remember catching the 118 newhill bus for 2p into Wath for buns from Binns and Mum went to Charlesworths for her meat, and Hillards was the supermarket. I also ...Read more
A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1965 by
'swallows & Amazons' (Or Our Childhood On The Weaver!)
My parents also had a boat down at AB called 'Jan' which was moored outside the cottage. The cottage was lived in when my parents bought the boat, but then the husband (Mr Noden I think) died and ...Read more
A memory of Acton Bridge in 1961 by
Uxbridge In The 50s&60s
I remember going to Whitehall junior school and then spend half a year at Greenway school before we moved to Surrey all my friends lived around Uxbridge I would like to know if anyone remember me my friends were Keith Benn , ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge in 1960 by
Acton Bridge Cruising Club
My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ex-Norwegian ...Read more
A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by
Abingdon St
I have fond memories of visiting our grandparents on our mother's side, who lived at number 8. We recited the "ABC" streets and I can remember Smythes the cake shop at the top of the street, where we bought Snowball cakes from. We also ...Read more
A memory of Sunderland in 1953 by
Military Music On Promenade And In Park
My National Service was spent in The Alamein Band of The Royal Tank Regiment which for 3 seasons, 1949 to 1952 played at Bognor Regis for two months on the promenade bandstand in the afternoons and in ...Read more
A memory of Bognor Regis in 1950 by
Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction company. ...Read more
A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by
The Child Richard Makinson
I was born March 1947 in Guildford Surrey, my father was a serving soldier based in Aldershot. When I was two years old I was sent away to live with my fathers parents in Horden, "family politics". So here I am a grandchild ...Read more
A memory of Horden in 1949 by
Part 8
Entertainment The Men: Mostly the pubs provided a good range of entertainment with darts, dominoes and cards being played. Some men kept greyhounds or whippets for racing, but generally gardening took up a lot of their time, as this ...Read more
A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by
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On the far side are the houses of Kilmun and the heights of Stronchullin Hill, Beinn Ruadh and Creachan Mor.
The Glasgow-bound train standing in the station is almost lost against the high ground overlooking the head of Glen Fruin, where Beinn Chaorach rises to over 2,300 ft.
The quartzite peaks of Beinn Eighe are in the background.
The looming quartzite peaks of Beinn Eighe are in the background.
Once across the bridge, runaways could marry very quickly in accordance with 18th-century Scots law, which required neither banns nor licence.
Once across the bridge, runaways from England could be married very quickly in accordance with 18th-century Scots law, which required neither banns nor a licence.
The church has a 14th-century wall painting of St Blaise, and the impressive 16th-century tomb of Sir Anthony Benn; the 17th-century marble font is attributed to Sir Christopher Wren.
