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The Old Baths
My memories of the old Dewsbury swimming baths (at the back of the police station) feels like memories from an earlier era older than myself. I used to visit the baths with my school once a wk for swimming lessons/excerise. I was always ...Read more
A memory of Dewsbury in 1969 by
Marriage Between Ivy Alice Gillard To Robert Alexander Bent
This date Oct 6th, in 1945, while serving in the RCAF, I was married to Ivy Gillard in this olden church. It was a bright sunny day. Ivy came to Canada with our daughter Barbara in October of ...Read more
A memory of Paignton in 1945 by
My Hometown
I was born in 1928 at Woodhill, Gressenhall and moved to Dereham at the age of 6yrs and left when I married some 20 years later. It was a happy childhood in spite of the war years, in fact it added to the excitement of those years, ...Read more
A memory of Dereham in 1940 by
Killie
My memories have a date range from 1958 to date. Although I was born in Irvine due to my mother needing urgent medical assistance I was brought up in a town that I grew to love and found easy to defend against anyone who barracked it. I ...Read more
A memory of Kilmarnock by
An Evacuee 1940 1945 David Bush
I am now 89 but I was only 7 when I was collected from the pavement at the end of Yeo Vale Rd in 1940. I was given shelter at number 41 Carrington Terrace the home of Mr. & Mrs. Gear and their daughter Mary. They ...Read more
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Boyhood
I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided all ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 by
Swmming In Hounslow Lynne Lowe Nee Barnett
I attended Chatsworth and then Twickenham County ,was a member of Hounslow swimming club . As Hounslow Baths were closed in the winter months the club used Heston Baths and we always stopped at Rossi’s in ...Read more
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The Old Becoming New!
I arrived in Weaverham in one of its transition periods. ICI had built many houses to house its workers in all the surrounding villages including Weaverham. So Weaverham had already transformed in a way when I got there, but of ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham in 1955 by
My Mothers Wartime Memories
Or it could be late 1930s. My mother Ivy Eaglestone, at the age of about 11, was evacuated from London with her brother Leslie to stay at The Black Horse with Mr and Mrs Hughes, Elizabeth and Joe. They had 4 children: ...Read more
A memory of Trowbridge in 1940 by
Weekends At Chapel Row
I didn't live in Bucklebury but was born in Cold Ash where I lived prior to moving to Thatcham. Unfortunately my father died as the result of a motor cycle accident when I was eight years old, and social care being what it was ...Read more
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In the 1920s, Sidmouth had a reputation as an up-market resort, as renowned for its climate and setting as for its sea bathing.
This church has a lantern tower and is said to be the resting place of 39 Lord Mayors.
Cars have replaced horses, and just out of shot, on the right, would be the Rose and Crown public house.
This postcard shows the parish church of St Martin in the centre, and clockwise from the top left, the village centre; the `Roman` Baths in the Nook; Lover`s Leap; and the view down from the Bank.
Chesterfield Road c1955 Eckington township is situated 6 miles north-east of Chesterfield and 7 miles south-east of Sheffield, and may be the place mentioned in the early 11th- century will of
Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.
Sail boats and bathing machines dominate the beach area between the North Pier and the South Jetty.
The Bowl Inn, when Georges' Beers was still a family run brewery.
The town eventually got its open-air swimming baths.
The house on the right appears derelict, and the stone stairs have seen better days.
A tremendous visual change here is that there are now no breakwater defences along the beach.
The large central building used to be the coastguard station, and the half-moon battery at its front is now provided with seats instead of guns, making it a favourite place to relax
It later became the Grammar School.
The Bath Arms Hotel building dates from 1732.
Even half a century ago the relatively safe bathing at Lepe brought in thousands of tourists and the car parks were soon full on hot summer days.
This is the main road through the village looking towards Hutton Hill.
Two of Westgate's leading hotels were the Beach House Hotel on the left, and the large St Mildred's Hotel and Bathing Establishment (centre).
At the bottom of Fore Street - down by the harbour and therefore handy for the maritime fraternity - are two pubs, the George and the Prince of Wales, both of which claim to be the oldest hostelry in
The round house on the north bank of the river was a popular bathing spot.
The public has not yet abandoned Victorian modesty when it comes to bathing costumes, and not many people seem to be eager to swim, but deck-chairs and buckets and spades are well established.
The post office is on the right.
The Victorians, who were fond of such comparisons, compared the locality of Sandown to the Bay of Naples.
The Edinburgh Cafe at number 70 did not serve alcohol, and there was a Turkish baths at number 90.
Barry Island was a popular holiday destination for the valley miners for their annual 'miners' fortnight'; suits, caps, full-length skirts and hats appear to be the order of the day.
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