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Good Times
Good times. No electric, log fires, paraffin lamps, everything cooked on the old faithful black lead grate which I had to clean every week. No running water - my job every night when I got home from school was to get the ...Read more
A memory of Four Ashes in 1954 by
Waiting For The Bus
To the right of this picture, on the High Street was the town hall. For seven years I waited there every morning for the Jump Circular bus, or if I missed it the Rotherham bus to take me into Barnsley where I was at the then ...Read more
A memory of Hoyland in 1961 by
Ww2 Memories At St.Catherine's
I boarded at St. Catherine's from 1942 until 1948, which I believe was connected to Middlesex County Council during that time. I was 3 years old when I started, my home was in Victoria Square, Clifton and my parents ...Read more
A memory of Almondsbury in 1942 by
Village Characters
Mr Joe (Cloggy) Jackson Almost everyone who met 'Cloggy' has stories to recollect of this colourful village character - Dave Quinn recalls: Mr Joe 'Cloggy' Jackson, Club Doorman and Saturday Evening vendor of 'The Pink', ...Read more
A memory of Howden-le-Wear by
Parkside. Memories Of The 50's And 60's
My name is Dennis Walsh, I was born in 1953 at 62, Park Side. I lived there until Dec 1965 when we moved to Sydney Australia. My earliest memories are of our house, which backed onto the park. It seemed like a big ...Read more
A memory of New Haw by
Padnell Avenue Etc.
We were the first family to move into the newly built Padnell Avenue Council Estate, moving there in around 1947, our house was one of a pair on the corner of Winscombe Avenue. Where the Council flats are now situated was prefabs ...Read more
A memory of Cowplain by
My Memories Of Tilehurst
I was born in Theale but my parents moved to Tilehurst when I was 3 years of age where we lived at 16a Norcot Road with my grandparents Edith and Harold Goddard and other siblings to my mother Audrey Parsons, my father was ...Read more
A memory of Tilehurst in 1940 by
My Childhood Garden Part Iv
If I remember correctly, a white climbing rose grew up one side of the arch and a red on the other. The path continued straight through the archway, and led up the garden to the two wooden sheds at the top of the ...Read more
A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by
My Childhood Garded Part Iv
If I remember correctly, a white climbing rose grew up one side of the arch and a red on the other. The path continued straight through the archway, and led up the garden to the two wooden sheds at the top of the ...Read more
A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by
Kelsale Eight Bells:
I was born and grew up in Kelsale and have known all the under named people at some stage. I am retired now and like Ann I am back living in Kelsale and have so many good (and not so good) memories I could relate about the village ...Read more
A memory of Kelsale in 1995 by
Captions
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Henry VIII was a guest in 1511, and walked 2 miles barefoot to the shrine at Walsingham.
An Exmouth boatman stands barefoot on the Esplanade seeking customers for the many boat trips on offer.
West Loch Tarbert is only a couple of miles away; it is said that in 1093 Magnus Barefoot dragged his longship overland between the two lochs, claiming Kintyre as a Norse possession.
The children are bare-footed, not just because they are on the beach; boots were worn only on Sundays.
Magnus Barefoot built a timber fort on St Patrick's Isle in about 1098-1103; the bulk of the surviving fortifications date from the time of Thomas, First Earl of Derby, and were constructed in 1460-1504
He demonstrated the effectiveness of his product by jumping barefoot on a wooden block studded with nails.
A bare-footed fisherman sits in his boat at low water.
Although it was a favourite subject for artists and photographers, they could hardly have known how difficult life must have been for the inhabitants, these barefoot boys amongst them.
According to tradition, the wife of Sir William Bradshaigh did penance by walking barefoot from Haigh to Mab's Cross once a week for one year.
West Loch Tarbert is just a couple of miles distant; it is said that in 1093 Magnus Barefoot dragged his longship overland between the two lochs, claiming Kintyre as a Norse possession.
A barefoot boy with a stick guides two donkeys back to their stand on the pullover.
When enlarged, this photograph reveals that a couple of the boys in the street are bare-footed.
Magnus Barefoot built a timber fort on St Patrick's Isle between c1098-1103.
He demonstrated the effectiveness of his product by jumping barefoot on a wooden block studded with nails.
Henry VIII was a guest there, and walked 2 miles barefoot to the shrine at Walsingham.
With her stockings cut away at the ankles, she paddles barefoot in the freezing water, bent double for hours on end.
With her stockings cut away at the ankles, she paddles barefoot in the freezing water, bent double for hours on end.