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My Early Years
On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My ...Read more
A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by
Rothamsted
Much of the Farm Management Course I studied in Devon in the early 1970s was based on work done at Rothamsted. I felt very lucky to land a job here in 1975 and gradually to meet and even work with the authors of text books I had studied. ...Read more
A memory of Harpenden by
Growing Up At Tombuie Cottage
My name is Drew Ramsay and my father retired from Calcutta India back home to Dundee in 1963 when I was 13 years old. He leased Tombuie Cottage for 5 years as a holiday home which came complete with a little over ...Read more
A memory of Tombuie Cottage by
West End
I was born on a not very pleasant day in February 1954! We lived in the Dunkirk area of the West End below the factory/mill on Dunkirk Lane. We had "The Green" to play on, Warley Road, and then the "Top Park" further up when we were a little ...Read more
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Boyhood Memories From 1952
It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by
Fenland Farming Around Peterborough
On reading the book 'PETERBOROUGH A Miscellany' a couple of items are incorrect by my own knowledge and experience. Page 4 : 'Dockey' was a word almost exclusive to fen farmworkers, it was the break taken ...Read more
A memory of Peterborough in 1952 by
The Wherry Dyke
The 'Wherry Dyke', Somerleyton, was the home of 'Ripplecraft Co' which built and hired out the Broads Cruisers that the picture shows. It had been owned by Sir Francis Cockeral, inventer of the Hovercraft, who tested his ...Read more
A memory of Somerleyton in 1960 by
Wyke Regis
My wife Christina Armstrong's (nee Brown) mum Phylis was born and raised in Wyke Regis, both of Phylis's parents along with many of her relatives are buried at this church. Chris's mum was raised at Park Mead Road, her name was ...Read more
A memory of Wyke Regis by
Village People
I remember the people with shops in village. There was Charlie Chants grocers, Hardings stores, real old characters were Jack & Charle Hawkes with their grocery and corn shop. Good old Edger Stagg and his sweet shop. ...Read more
A memory of Stoke Sub Hamdon by
Pit Village In My Youth
My name is Ken Orton and I lived in Thornley from 1947 until 1974, the year I married. I was born in Shadforth but my parents moved from there to Thornley when I was about one month old. We lived at 72, Thornlaw North until ...Read more
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The village of Wyke Regis, now a suburb of Weymouth, north from Chamberlaine Road (foreground).
The village of Wyke Regis is now a suburb of Weymouth.
The backdrop extends from Wyke Regis (top left) and Sandsfoot towards Bincleaves (right).
having businesses here in 1907 are Brook & Son, grocers and agents for W & A Gilbey Ltd, wine and spirit merchants; Goulden Bros, fruiterers and florists; Alfred Pickering, confectioner; and John Sydney Wykes
Sandsend is about three miles from Whitby, situated at the mouth of Sandsend Wyke; the village is almost hidden from view because of the mighty cliffs and Mulgrave Wood nearby.
Hayburn Wyke is situated about six miles north of Scarborough, and thanks to its tranquil beauty it was popular in the 19th century as a picnic area.
Many were seduced by the charms of Cloughton Wyke on the coast and decided to live here.
It is likely that the inhabitants of inland villages such as Wyke Regis and Melcombe Regis moved nearer the sea to take advantage of these new markets for goods, establishing the present
This is the frontage of Wykes Court when it was the home of Major George Murray Dammer.
From Dyke Hills c1965.
Balsham is situated at the opposite end of Fleam Dyke to Fulbourn. Fleam Dyke is a three mile long earthwork built in the 7th century to defend East Anglia from the Mercians.
This is the area of Offa's Dyke Path; it is named after the 8th-century Mercian king who built a dyke from the Severn to the Dee to shut the Welsh out.
The town's name in Welsh is Tref y Clawdd, meaning 'the town on the dyke', and indeed it is located on Offa's Dyke, that great earthwork that separated the Welsh from the English tribes of King Offa.
Bourne, at the junction where two Roman roads met, had a Roman station to guard the Car Dyke, the great Roman dyke 56 miles long and still surviving for long stretches.
This is the area of Offa's Dyke Path; it is named after the 8th-century Mercian king who built a dyke from the Severn to the Dee to shut the Welsh out.
Bourne, at the junction where two Roman roads met, had a Roman station to guard the Car Dyke, the great Roman dyke 56 miles long and still surviving for long stretches.
The Devil's Dyke was immensely popular with visitors to Brighton, who relished the fresh air and the long views across the Weald.
The village lies along the line of Fleam Dyke, an ancient defensive earthwork.
However, the present horse replaced an even earlier one reputedly cut by King Arthur!
The first grant for a weekly market was given by King John in 1196.
A double-dyked earthwork guards this headland, a settlement older than Christchurch. It was close by that the Roman invaders landed, founding a town close to the mouths of the Stour and the Avon.
However, the present horse replaced an even earlier one reputedly cut by King Arthur!
Even before the Danes, Iron Age man built a huge earthwork known as Danes Dyke.
The Devil's Dyke was a popular destination, allegedly dug by the Devil to flood the Weald.
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