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"Bre's Tree" Linslade Bedfordshire
I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more
A memory of Linslade by
Growing Up In Queensbury
I was born in Wellington Street on the 16th. of June 1955. My mother was Kate Holland, formerly Henderson. and my father was George E Holland. Sadly he passed away in 1939. So I dont remember very much about him. I had a ...Read more
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Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).
Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more
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The Shop On The Corner
What a big surprise stumbling across this photo of where I lived during the 1960's. The caption on the photo dates it as c.1965. I can perhaps be a bit more accurate on the date. The shop called Mould was sold in 1962 to ...Read more
A memory of Great Bookham by
Selly Oak In The 50s. By Mick Carson.
I'd like to reply to Shirley who recalled all those wonderful times around George Road and Dale Road Selly Oak in the 50s. I lived at 72 North Road. The Carpenters family you mentioned were my relatives. I went ...Read more
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Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties
My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more
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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 I ...Read more
A memory of Harborne in 1940 by
St. Joseph’s Convent
My name is Victoria Garcia. At 15 years old, I arrived at the school in the middle of winter. Coming from an all summer weather year round, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, it was a shock how cold it was. I was greeted by sister ...Read more
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Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
More Memories From A Boy Growing Up In Burghfield
Back in Burghfield around 1962, I clearly remember one day during the School Summer Holiday seeing a Huge Red and Green Steamroller coming towards me with a whole host of Road Tar making ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common by
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Here we have a long view down a broad Wimborne street, with the towers of the Minster in the distance.
Despite its minster, Southwell was never granted urban status.
Most of the stone used in the construction of the Minster was carried up this street.
Hardy was fond of sitting in the Minster with only the organist and his music for company.
A horse-drawn bus from Minster, bottom centre, remained busy, though, and Brockmans Restaurant, fourth building on the right, attracted a hungry crowd.
In the 16th century Robert Redhead, a gaoler, wanted to demolish the tower, but the people of York and the Corporation decided it should be kept as a treasure second only to the Minster.
John Glasman supplied stained glass for the East Window of York Minster.
A Saxon minster church was established here in 643, but it was the Norman bishop Walkelin who began the cathedral we see today.
The covered way at the side of J Todd's Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested.The
As we can see, it was just a hop and a skip for the chantry priests to reach the Minster from their dwellings.
The two squat towers of the Minster dominate Wimborne.
This is a small village situated in the heart of Thanet, overlooking Minster Marshes.
This panoramic view takes in Lendal Tower, the Assize Court and the towers of the Minster in the distance.
This panoramic view takes in Lendal Tower, the Assize Court and the towers of the Minster in the distance.
For decades, the first indication for those travelling by train that York was just a few miles away was the sight of the lofty towers of the Minster rising majestically above the city.
For decades, the first indication for those travelling by train that York was just a few miles away was the sight of the lofty towers of the Minster rising majestically above the city.
This, with the nearby Minster, was the heart of the town.
From the south and south-west, the minster's twin towers, set against a backcloth of Colehill trees, dominate the skyline and dwarf the rooftops of ordinary buildings.
This, with the nearby Minster, was the heart of the town.
Apart from this sundial, there is the Owery in the Minster tower, a working astronomical clock made by a Glastonbury monk in c1325.
This view from an upper window across Eastgate shows the north side of the minster with the back wall of the cloisters on the left.
In 1793 John Browne, historian and artist of the Minster, was born in the timber-framed house on the inner side of the bar; it was still used as living accommodation up until 1959.
There was a minster here as early as 705.
Minster was once the ancient capital of Thanet.
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