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Thomas Ledsham Wilkinson
My wife Joan's grandfather Thomas Ledsham Wilkinson owned various fish and poultry shops in Chester on and around Eastgate Street and Watergate Street. We recently visited Chester to try and trace the one shop we thought ...Read more
A memory of Chester in 1890 by
My Memories Of Cromer
Born in 1947 in Suffield Park, as was, Cottage Hospital on Overstrand Road. Lived in Links Avenue until 1959. My memories are vast. I went to school in the centre of Cromer which is now converted to senior citizens ...Read more
A memory of Cromer in 1952 by
Good Old Battersea
I was born and bred in Battersea, Firstly we lived in Yelverton road with my Grandparents and I attended Falconbrook School. Then my parents got a Maisonette in Culvert road I then attended Chesterton School. in 1969 I attended ...Read more
A memory of Battersea by
Memory Of Cross Street, Cambridge
I lived at 24 Cross Street, Cambridge from the age of three till I got married in 1969. My mother was Pat and my father was Bill Turner. I attended Saint Barnabus Infant School, then Saint Paul's, and went on to ...Read more
A memory of Cambridge in 1958 by
Stockton Road
I was born in Flixton before moving with my parents to Stockton Road Chorlton-Cum-Hardy. At the time my dad was working at Metrovicks in Trafford Park before getting a job working for the MOD at The Royal Ordinance Factory ...Read more
A memory of Chorlton-cum-Hardy in 1941
Chester In The 1960s And 1970s
Chester for me, in the 1960s, was, first, the Museum. It was a full day out. The C4 or C3 bus from Overpool or the C6 from Rivacre, small pack of sandwiches and some orange squash in my school haversack and I could ...Read more
A memory of Chester in 1964 by
Padgate January 1944 Ac2. Wilf Wallace.
At the age of 17 (now aged 90 ) I entered Padgate as a young lad for my basic training. The barrack room was long and cold with only two coal fire stoves in the room. We were a mixed bunch of young lads from ...Read more
A memory of Padgate by
Born Here
HI I'm a newbi. I was born in Chester in 1945 and can, as a small child, remember running all around the city in the 1950's. I was born at the City Hospital and I lived at 10 Stanley Place. The first school I went to was St Mary's on ...Read more
A memory of Chester in 1950 by
Doddington Road Before The Flats!
I grew up in Doddington Road and went to Chesterton Road school until 1967. All the old houses in Doddington Road and surrounding streets were then demolished for the big estate of flats that now sits there. We ...Read more
A memory of Battersea by
Little Chesterton
We moved into a cottage in Little Chesterton where my husband had a job working for a pig farmer, it was a really nice hamlet to live in.
A memory of Little Chesterton in 1973 by
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But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced.
But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced.
There are only two other places in England where the quality of the wood-carving is comparable to Chester. One
From left to right we have the Kings (now Victoria) Tower; the Clarence Tower; the Chester Tower, which houses the library; and the Prince of Wales Tower.
St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.
In AD874 St Werburgh's remains were transferred to Chester to prevent them from falling into the hands of Danish invaders.
By this date the town was on the tourist map, being one of the recommended excursions for visitors staying in Chester. One
St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.
A border town with a ruinous castle built by Henry III, Hawarden lies close to Chester on the former main road into Wales from the Dee lowlands and the Cheshire Plain.
Running alongside the aqueduct is Chirk Viaduct, which carries the Chester to Shrewsbury railway line.
Before the Chester to Holyhead railway opened in the 19th century, Prestatyn relied on agriculture and various mining and quarrying activities.
In AD874 St Werburgh's remains were transferred to Chester to prevent them from falling into the hands of Danish invad- ers.
