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Timber
I lived in Malvern Road and remember the winter of '47 when we had six weeks of snow and wonderful tobogganing on the slopes. My dad was the manager of Park&Brown Jeffery Street and a skilled wood man who was able to build me an ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham by
Timber
my father managed Park and brown in Jeffrey Street from 1934 until 1953 a time when it belonged to W.R Barton and Son of Gravesend. I did saturday cash sales work there during the war ; helped carry timber from Gilingham pier on an old ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham by
Roy Mozley
Hi Roy, remember you well, remember seeing you first at Williams Garment Club, Salford, singing and playing guitar. Then Talk of the North. Did you have the Swinging Bridge at Trafford? My brother and I was only talking about you last ...Read more
A memory of Eccles by
Rock House Hotel Barton
Does anyone remember the Rock in the 60s? I used to work there on and off from 1962-70. I lived in Higher Croft. There was some good times there, I work for landlord Fred Chapman till he retired, then others after. Some ...Read more
A memory of Eccles by
My Top Ten Memories Of Collyhurst
I also remember Christmas1948, going out the side front door and seeing everywhere were covered with snow. It were so cold but it were beautiful. Now bonfire night were somethink else, we held our bonfire ...Read more
A memory of Collyhurst by
My Lovely Streatham
I was born in Ferrers Rd (behind Ice Rink in Streatham). Moved to Kempshott Rd at beginning of the sixties, it was the road past the Pied Bull pub and South London Motors (a huge car sales place) was on the corner. Spent ...Read more
A memory of Streatham in 1966
Memories Of Blundell Road Ditton
born in 1940, and fond memories of schooldays at ditton primary ,in Liverpool road before moving on to simms cross, teachers were Miss Hartles Mr jones Eric Williams, Ankers Sammy Butterworth ,and not forgetting the ...Read more
A memory of Widnes by
Memories Of Childhood In Late Fourties And Early Fifties
I remember playing games in a field and at 6.45 in the evening someone would shout "Dick Barton is on" and everything was left where it was and everybody ...Read more
A memory of Draycott in 1948 by
M/V Lamorna
In early November 1951, the LAMORNA left Gosport to quest after Captain Kidd's treasure in the South China Seas, but there was a break down in heavy weather off Cherbourg, and the 120 ton schooner was blown into Christchurch Bay, ...Read more
A memory of Barton on Sea in 1951 by
Happy Days
I was stationed in the RE's in Andover - Barton Stacey camp. Remember shopping in 'International Stores' supermarket as they had good looking girls ! I also recall being in a cafe when some of the Troggs came in. Happy days, must return for a visit some day.
A memory of Andover in 1968 by
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In 1850 South Shields (including Westoe) became a municipal borough; Harton was added in 1901, and Cleadon Bank and Harton Village in 1921.
In this view the photographer looks along Fore Street past The White Hart; on the opposite side of the road there is a raised pavement.
The White Hart on the left is the only pub left in the village.
The White Hart on the right of Thrapston High Street closed in 1970, and was later demolished to make way for a new library and fire station.
In particular, the White Hart on the right and the hipped-roof building next to it have been on the site since the 16th century.
The work of possible architect John Hart on Bristol's St Stephen's Church is remarkably similar but stylistic details are also shared with the Jasper Tower of Llandaff Cathedral.
The White Hart on the left survives, as, of course, does St Peter's church beyond the neo-Georgian shopping parade.
Since the 1960s Earls Barton has doubled in size; now the new housing estates in the village attract commuters who travel daily to Northampton, Wellingborough and elsewhere.
The novelist Elizabeth Goudge lived with her parents in nearby Barton Lane.
We now leave the old tithing of Eastley and come over the London to Southampton railway line into Barton.
This view shows the Barton Road Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal.
Only a couple of miles from Kettering, the village of Barton Seagrave retains plenty of charm and character.
Our brief foray into parkland is over and we reach Earls Barton, some six miles east of Northampton.
It was built by the Barton family in 1883.
Immediately east of Wicksteed Park, on the higher ground above the River Ise, Barton Seagrave has a small core of stone-built houses and cottages and a good Norman church around a triangular green.
Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.
Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.
The pretty little village of Barton Mills, and the Bull Inn.
The pretty little village of Barton Mills, and the Bull Inn.
A charter of incorporation was granted in 1892: the borough was formed out of Barton, Eccles, Winton, and Monton.
Considerably smartened up now, Hayes Barton is otherwise unchanged from this view.
This is a peaceful scene, with horse and cart on a deserted and remarkably leafy Lewes Road.
West Hill House, right, at the corner of Market Hill and Quarr Barton, is Grade II* listed; it was the home and surgery of Dr James for 42 years.
Its landmark features are the ancient Barton Bridge in the centre, also known as Packhorse Bridge, and the spire of the parish church of Holy Trinity to the left.
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