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Memories

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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 Keith Luckman

Childhood

I lived at No 3 Llanfaes Estate from being 6 weeks of age. Our home was one of thirty prefabs built after WW2 for workers at the Saunders Roe factory that was built during the war to service and modify flying boats. As a child I remember ...Read more

A memory of Llanfaes by David Mills

Clockhouse Farm Mottram St Andrew

My parents and grandparents bought Clockhouse Farm in 1938, following the break-up and sale by auction of the Stanley Estate.  A photograph of the farmhouse was shown on one of the pages of the brochure ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge

Gerge Diment 1821? To 1884

Not so much as a memory as a search. My family came from Cossington & Chilton Polden. My ggrandfather George Diment was a master blacksmith in Cossington. He made an iron band to repair the great tree outside the ...Read more

A memory of Cossington by mike_diment

Growing Up In Newnham/ Happy Childhood Memories :)

My name is Lisa Rebecca Haynes. I was born on the 13th May 1972 and I lived and grew up in Newnham until I moved to Daventry and left My Family Home. I am the youngest of 5. I have 3 ...Read more

A memory of Newnham by lisahaynes72

Helmshore 1950 1968

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville

Limberlost

my dad was born in amport his mother was eliza izzard and married his dad albert john smith , i believe she was from lower bullington andover and her mother from west stratton winchester, i have a few family letters that iv looked up, ...Read more

A memory of Amport by Roger Walker

Little Dutch Girl.

I was part of this dance display in Danson Park. It must have been around 1958/59. We were dancing a routine about little dutch girls and I was the one in the middle. We were from the Miss Holdforth school of dancing based at ...Read more

A memory of Welling by maggiemitch12

Living In Wrockwardine 1980's

The church was the view from my bedroom window. I lived in the Old Smithy for a few years, renting the property from a very posh estate agents from Shrewsbury. It was cheap. But had no heating, & electrics ...Read more

A memory of Wrockwardine by bru.enzer

Memories

HI, Colin Smith.does anyone remember my mum and dad .Alice Mary and Teddy Smith.I remember the good old times in St,Helens going fishing in spoggy brook for stillte backs.and the old Taylor Park and Victoria park when you go ...Read more

A memory of St Helens by Mark Mith

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Captions

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Caption For Brampton, High Street 1964

The pantile-roofed building is a workshop or old smithy where a cart is being repaired.

Caption For Kildwick, View From Church C1965

The old post office, dated 1672, is now a residential cottage, but the Old Smithy, over to the right, is open as a needlework gallery.

Caption For Frimley, 1901

To the right, just out of the picture, was the site of the old Smithy, now occupied by Goddard and Grants, a stockist of Francis Frith's prints.

Caption For Bingley, Main Street 1949

The Hippodrome Cinema on Main Street replaced an old smithy, which was demolished in 1913.

Caption For Magham Down, The Old Forge Guest House C1960

At the junction of Old Road and the main road, the A271, was this entrepreneurial former village smithy.

Caption For Godmanstone, The Smiths Arms C1955

Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.

Caption For Gunnerside, 1923

The old smithy has been here since 1795 - it is still open, and now also houses a small museum.

Caption For Goodworth Clatford, The Village C1965

It was on Goodworth Clatford that a flying bomb landed, destroying the old Royal Oak, the school, the smithy and a row of cottages.

Caption For Godmanstone, The Smiths Arms C1955

Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.

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Caption For Hope, 1919

Two white-collared Edwardian lads stand behind a trap outside the village smithy in the village which gave its name to the Hope Valley.

Caption For Penmark, The Village 1937

It was sold in 1875 for under £300, and the sale included the old smithy next door.

Caption For Bolsterstone, Village Square C1965

The village pump has been taken away, but the old smithy (centre), later a hearse house, remains.

Caption For Waddington, War Memorial 1921

The roots of tradition run deep here, and some old customs were observed until the 19th century.

Caption For Launceston, Church Street C1949

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

Caption For Launceston, Church Street C1949

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

Caption For Launceston, Church Street C1949

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

Caption For Great Eccleston, Cartford Lane C1965

The smithy stood there, and in Butts Lane was a tithe barn and turf dales at what was then called West End.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Hart's Yard 1919

This old gateway in the 19th century gave access to the Taylors Arms, the building half-way up on the left, which was destroyed by fire in 1930.