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Summer Of 1965
I have happy memories of a summer spent with my Nannie and Grandad Gibbs. I remember walking down this street, passing 'Auntie Martha's' to the post office every day with Grandad. He used to buy me chocolate cigarettes every day. I ...Read more
A memory of Moorsholm in 1965 by
The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more
A memory of Barnes in 1870 by
Mobo Horses
We moved to Prestatyn in 1948. I loved the Mobo horses that the little ones could ride at the Bastion Road beach. My little school was Pendre, up the hill Fforddlas I think. Also going to St Chad's School annual fair and sale. Always ...Read more
A memory of Prestatyn in 1950 by
Burns Pit Disaster
From his seat, by the fire, my grandad could see the great mound of the spoil heap of Stanley Burns Pit. It was the site of a horrific explosion, on 16th February 1909, in which 168 men and boys lost their lives. He would ...Read more
A memory of Stanley in 1900 by
Balloon Woods Wollatton
Balloon Woods. Most people says it was a hell hole. Yes some parts of it was. But to a child it was good. There were more quite a few blocks. Some had four floors, these were called Tansley Walk, Bealey Walk, Hartington Walk ...Read more
A memory of Wollaton in 1971 by
The Slate Islands Easdale
THE SLATE ISLANDS By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more
A memory of Easdale in 2005 by
Police House 1939 45
The Police House was located on Radcliffe Road, Cropwell Butler. (now called 'The Old Police House'). On the front wall it bore a sign bearing the words 'County Police'. From 1939 to 1945 it was occupied by the Village ...Read more
A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by
Arthog
From early 1960s onwards: At school in London we had 2 summer holidays at Min-y-Don. The first time we travelled by coach, we got lost and arrived in the dark. The following year we came by train from Paddington. We had to change at Gobowen ...Read more
A memory of Arthog by
39londonroad
I was born in Hackbridge in 1944. I lived there until 1953 when my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins put me on a plane on May 2 to join my father who had emigrated to Canada the year before. My mother, who had lived in ...Read more
A memory of Hackbridge in 1944 by
My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's
I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more
A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by
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The Bear Hotel (right) was a coaching inn; the present building dates from the 18th century.
The guns appear to bear more resemblance to those used at Waterloo than to those that would be used eight years later at the outbreak of the Great War.
This row of twelve cottages bears a large crest in the centre with the date 1905.
With the turret of the Chine Hotel, which served as a landmark for Channel shipping, prominent in the back- ground, the elegant row of Victorian houses along Undercliffe Road bears tribute to the enduring
But this spot has not always been peaceful - the village green not only served as common ground for local people to graze their animals, but has been long ago scene of bear baiting in the past.
However, it is not known why this particular pub bears the name.
Architecturally The Bear is an odd blend, part rural Cotswold, part Bavarian hunting lodge.
The right-hand house, converted from an old barn, bears the coat of arms of Christopher Kenn over the doorway.
Farm buildings in the heart of the village bear testimony to a time when most villagers worked on the land.
The roof is decorated with angels bearing the marks of shots supposedly fired at them by Puritan soldiers.
But the scene to the left of the picture rather bears out the fact that modern industrialisation has rather left the waterways to the leisure boaters.
The market cross bears the date 1674.
Tucked in behind the Bear is an early 19th-century rebuilding of a timber house, which may have survived the Great Fire.
The building on the left was a non-conformist chapel and bears the date 1668, whilst hidden at the end is the Calf's Head.
Until the early years of the 20th century, a thriving brewery, which was run by the Brown family, stood on the green.
Just before the Bear Hotel (left), which is still trading today, is a crossroads where South Street and East Street meet.
Everything bears the hallmarks of the late 1950s and early 60s—from the contours of the ice-cream van (right) to the Guinness advertisement (with the shoe-soles) on the hoarding (centre left).
The static pose of the child and ploughman bear testament to the long exposure time necessary for photographs in those days.
Everything bears the hallmarks of the late 1950s and early 60s—from the contours of the ice-cream van (right) to the Guinness advertisement (with the shoe-soles) on the hoarding (centre left).
The New Bear Hotel, left, is now Silver Street House, having been restored by Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust in 1977.
They were required to wear a blue gown and the silver badge of the Bear and Ragged Staff of the Warwick earldom.
The present bridge bears a plaque inscribed 'County Bridge 1792'.
This scene is a contrast with the one seven years earlier, when the town packed into the Market Place to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.
At one of these cottages lived an elderly lady, who spent much time seated at her window, who as a four-year-old girl had been present at the Battle of Waterloo with her father, a colour sergeant in
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