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Mandrake Road
My siblings and I were all born at Weir maternity hospital in Balham, we lived on Mandrake road and we all went to Fircroft primary school opposite our house. I was at Fircroft from 1976-1982. Mr. Chaimings was the headmaster then, Mr ...Read more
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Boot Inn 1955, Now The Old Boot, A Private House
Ceased operation as a pub in 1959. Now (2007) privately occupied by the Beran family. Previous owners were a builder who divided the land, the village schoolmaster, and the Jarvis'. A few relics ...Read more
A memory of East Hagbourne by
1939 Onwards I Remember
I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which ...Read more
A memory of Harborne in 1940 by
Penton Camp Club
The Penton Camp Club started in about 1903. Its members included the Manager of Martin's Bank, London, the manager of the Drury Lane Theatre and many other rich men. They would come by train to Staines, the old station at the ...Read more
A memory of Penton Hook in 1900 by
So Many People!
I was five years old in 1953 and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the first vivid memory I have of my childhood. We lived at Midway, Cold Ash Hill, the major road through the village. Dressed as a pirate with silver buckles ...Read more
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Happy Days
Medmenham was a beautiful posting and a happy place. I attended the local dance hall.... where I was in great demand having danced to Silver medal class beore joining the RAF. Dream on you say !!!!!! Yes indeed. I am still in touch ...Read more
A memory of Medmenham in 1956 by
Paras At Watchfield In The 1950s
Yes, I lived on the Watchfield housing estate from 1952 to 1953. Large numbers of paras and their equipment were dropped regularly at the airfield. Trainees jumped from large silver barrage balloons, but ...Read more
A memory of Watchfield in 1953 by
Grandad
My Grandfather was a stable lad and then coachman for Earl Fitzwilliam. My memories are of stories told to me by my late Mother, and of a wonderful photo of Grandad in full livery with silver topper and wonderful leather riding boots. So ...Read more
A memory of Wentworth in 1890 by
Childhood In Salford
I was born Susan Cooke in no. 11 Quanton House, Amersham Street just of Liverpool Street , in my nana's flat. We lived with her until I was 3 from 1957 to 1960 when we moved to Trenham Street near to where the Salford ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1960 by
Merland Rise Infant School
I remember well receiving the Silver Jubilee coin (still have it!) when my sister and I had just started at Merland Rise Primary School. The headteacher became Mrs. Pepper but I can't recall the name of the ...Read more
A memory of Tattenham Corner in 1977 by
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Several houses in Silver Street date back to Elizabethan times.
Several houses in Silver Street date back to Elizabethan times.
Many of these buildings have been demolished to make way for retail development and road alterations, whilst the Broadway Cinema out-lived its silver screen only to end its days as a supermarket.
Close to the northern end of London Road, the market place and the parish church, the weatherboarded Ebben Steam Bakery, now departed, contributes to the market town feel of the photograph.
Tattershall and Coningsby lie just south of the last slopes of the Wolds, with the flat Fens stretching away to the south.
Between the Conservative Club building and the stuccoed, wisteria-clad cottages at the Falconer Road end of the High Street, rises the Coronation Arch marking the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the
Cliffe perches at the end of the long chalk ridges, overhanging the marshes of the Thames.
Appropriately still running beside trees at Burley Villas and Abbeyfield (centre), Silver Street was named in the Middle Ages for the Latin word for a wooded setting, rather than the precious metal.
This is the east end of the chancel and side chapels of the parish church of St Michael the Archangel.
Queen Victoria and her daughters, Empress Frederick and Princess Beatrice, visited the new chapel on March 19, 1891, when the Empress unveiled a statue of the Queen over the gateway into the Quadrangle
The Odeon Cinema is built in a contrasting architectural style - a sort of Art Deco with rendered walls and rusticated ground floor as befits a venue to escape from the everyday.
A fabulous collection of more than a hundred gold, silver and electrum torcs, dating from the Iron Age, was found here: they are now in Norwich Castle Museum.
Here we see the Royal Exchange from the corner of Market Street and Cross Street.
In 1645 old Thomas Wright was ejected from the living, presumably because of his known Royalist sympathies and his refusal to give up using the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.
The Midland Bank is on the left, with Stead & Simpson's shoe shop next door.
Silver Street led from the Market Place to the river, which was lined by the warehouses and factories of this once busy inland port, including my grandfather’s Rose Brothers, a packaging machinery
Silver Street led from the Market Place to the river, which was lined by the warehouses and factories of this once busy inland port, including my grandfather's Rose Brothers, a packaging machinery
The 'Silver Queen' and the 'Silver Spray' (right) were among the first propeller-driven passenger boats to appear on the Island, and gradually replaced the numerous rowing boats that plied for hire in
The silver sanctuary lamp came from the chapel at Dunkenhalgh, and so did the silver thurible and a large crucifix.
Silver Street was a place for refreshment; the ornate façade of the Rising Sun is on the right near the corner of Montagu Street, with a cluster of cafés like the Hollywood Restaurant and London Grill.
Silver Street was a place for refreshment; the ornate façade of the Rising Sun is on the right near the corner of Montagu Street, with a cluster of cafés like the Hollywood Restaurant and London Grill.
This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop - the only shop in this street which is still there today.
The silver service waitresses, in black and white uniforms, served wonderful cakes from elegant high cake stands.
At the head of Silver Street stands the 15th century hexagonal Poultry Cross.
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