Places
11 places found.
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- Seaton Burn, Tyne and Wear (near Ponteland)
- Burn's Green, Hertfordshire
- Burn, Yorkshire
- Burn Bridge, Yorkshire
- Luggate Burn, Lothian
- Burn Naze, Lancashire
- Remony Burn, Tayside
- Barrow Burn, Northumberland (near Shillmoor)
- Blaydon Burn, Tyne and Wear
- Denton Burn, Tyne and Wear
- Burn of Cambus, Central Scotland
Photos
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Maps
405 maps found.
Memories
764 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
1940s And 50s
I was born in 1942 and lived in Ovington Grove behind The Lonnen. My memories would fill several books, but for starters:- the Regal; Quadrini's; Number 2 blue bus; Holy Cross Church; Cowgate then Wingrove Schools; playing football by ...Read more
A memory of Fenham by
1950 61 A Child's Memory Of Kirkconnel
On 11th October 1950 I was born in the flat above Drife's butchers shop in Kirkconnel. My dad, Tommy, worked in the shop with Cameron Purvis and struggled to feed a family of three on the butcher's wage and ...Read more
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1956 1968 Memories Of Perivale And Perivale School
I started at the nursery class at Perivale infants school in September 1956 aged 4 starting in the nursery class. The assistant was call Miss Whale we also had a French teacher and she made a little ...Read more
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1960's Holiday
I came to Upavon in the 1960's, my sister married a serviceman and they stayed in a cottage with a big barn off to the left and then, on the other side, a huge big field and I am sure there was a caravan site nearby. Oh I loved it, so ...Read more
A memory of Upavon
1960s Holidays In Newbiggin
My family, surname Ligema, were friends of Jim Highmoor who ran the scout group at Newbiggin during the 1950s and 60s. Mr Highmoor kindly let us stay for our holidays in the Scout Hut which was situated below the old ...Read more
A memory of Newbiggin by
1965
1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more
A memory of Market Harborough by
50 Penrhiwceiber Road
I lived at no 50 just 2 doors down from st Winifred’ s church from 1944 to 1964. My mother was Stella Jeffery and my grandparents Mona and Charles (Jeff) Jeffery who was a dentist and had his surgery at No 50. Does anyone ...Read more
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80 Years Turnchapel
Hi, my name is William John Maunder and I am 81 years old and my first memory of Turnchapel is the early years of the WW2 . At the time I was living at Crownhill at that time on the outskirts of Plymouth, today day near B&Q ...Read more
A memory of Turnchapel
A Million Miles From A Game Of Football.
I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The day ...Read more
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A Great Start To Life Growing Up In North Bitchburn
Here are just a few of my childhood memories of my youth in North Bitchburn. My name is Ian Pinkney, I lived at No 10 Constantine Road, along with my father Raymond, he was in charge of the ...Read more
A memory of North Bitchburn
Captions
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Born at Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, Burns's love of poetry was instilled in him by his teacher, John Murdoch.
Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.
Robert Burns was born here on 25 January 1759.
Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.
Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae.
It was at a house in Westgate in February 1555 that Bishop John Hooper spent his last night before being burnt at the stake in St Mary's Square.
During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.
It was burned down by the French in 1377 along with Rottingdean's inhabitants, who had taken shelter inside it.
The mill is just south of the village on the Birkey Burn.
Robert Burns played in this churchyard as a boy, and the popular legends about hauntings and the ghostly atmosphere of the roofless ruin affected him deeply.
Nearby is the Grand Hotel (rooms 4s 6d, dinner 5s), the parish council building, the school board offices and a statue of Robert Burns.
Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae.
The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.
The Burnhams take their name from the river Burn, which runs through this picture.
It burned down in 1928.
It burned down in 1928.
It is seen here in its former glory, for it was burned down in 1934; it has since been rebuilt in brick - a copy of the stone original.
Burns's father is buried in the churchyard.
It was extensively remodelled during the 19th century by the architect William Burn; it had previously been modernised between 1768 and 1788 by John Carr of York.
The theatre burned down in 1926; plays then had to be performed in a local cinema.
The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.
Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.
While many houses burned down in the fire of 1659, the 15th century church of St.
In his 'A Shropshire Lad', the poet A E Housman opens with the words: 'From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain . . .'
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