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Club Outing

Our ciu club in Watford came here for a weekend break. It was the Toby Club, as was called, that raised money for the old folks Xmas party. As we were from South Wales, my husband suggested we come down. What agreat time we all had!

A memory of Porthcawl in 1990 by Eira Waite

I Break My Arm

Soon after the end of WW2, we stayed in Frampton on Severn, at the home of my Uncle Percy and his wife Mary. My Uncle Percy worked on an Estate, possibly Frampton Court. With some of the local lads we liked to visit, what ...Read more

A memory of Frampton On Severn in 1947 by Ken Cook

Cove Farnborough Hants

I was born in Farnborough and lived in Pinehurst Cottages until the age of six. My father, Charles Dunbar was an engineer at The Royal Aircraft Establishment. Later we moved to 166 Keith Lucas Road and later to 16 Fowler Road in ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1950 by Vyvyan Dunbar Campbell

The Nag''s Head

One didn't have to travel to London in the past to watch pro bands plying their trade. The Nag's Head public house was a much attended venue during the late 1960s and early 1970s for watching many of the (what was then known as) ...Read more

A memory of Wollaston in 1969 by Mick Austin

Happy Days

my husband and i were tenants of the old hewitts brewery at the crown inn ror about two years in the sixties we had some marvellous characters as regulars the appleby brothers what jokers, herman the butcher len the baker jim the estate ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1964 by Dorothy Atkinson

Morning Service At St Mary's In The 1960s

Like many young folks of the 1960s who grew up in Cheshunt churchgate area, when the time came to marry you almost always chose St Mary's as the place to have your wedding. It is a lovely old church. I also ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt in 1965 by Dave Spooner

Aspull Born And Bred

I was born in Bolton Road, Aspull. I started at St Elizabeth's School when I was four and a half. Didn't have far to travel - just cross the road (no cars then) and walk 10 yards and I was there. First day was with my gas-mask ...Read more

A memory of Aspull

When We Were Kids

When we were kids in Fishcross we used to go fishing most weekends, play in the woods, go to the Dam, climb and fish the Ochill Hills, Tooks Pond for eggs, go to the pictures etc. I knocked about with Charlie and John Bradley, Big ...Read more

A memory of Fishcross in 1948 by William Speirs

Pastures Avenue, Nottingham

I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by Jean Smith

School Days

Before becoming the home of George Harrison of the Beatles, Friar Park was run as a school by sisters of the St. John Bosco order. This was my first school and I remember having to walk all the way to the main door along the ...Read more

A memory of Henley-on-Thames in 1960 by Mandy Lester

Captions

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Caption For Kingstown, Hms Pelorus 1897

During the Great War she was deployed in the Mediterranean, and was sold for breaking up in 1920.

Caption For Holkham, The Beach 1950

Backed with a wind-break of Corsica pine planted by Thomas William Coke in the mid 19th century, this area is a breeding ground for birds such as terns, redshank and oystercatchers.

Caption For Loftus, Coronation Park C1960

This handsome terrace of Victorian houses, built in distinctive white 'Pease' brick overlook the Coronation Park.

Caption For Whitby, The Viaduct 1884

The first brick was laid in 1882 and the first locomotive crossed the thirteen-arched viaduct in 1884.

Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955

The mill was a Lincolnshire-style brick tower with an onion-shaped cap.

Caption For Kingsland, The Angel Inn C1955

There are a number of lovely timber-framed buildings in this village, and many more that were once of timber, until a brick façade was added at a later date.

Caption For Mildenhall, The Old Bridge 1952

The village is in a Conservation area, with plenty of brick-built thatched houses in its centre.

Caption For Hay On Wye, Crown Hotel C1955

Hence, Hay has an assortment of hotels; the brick-built Crown is of a high enough standard to warrant its RAC endorsement.

Caption For Eastbourne, Marine Parade 1901

Past the Georgian remains of Sea Houses, at the junction of Royal Parade with Seaside, is the flamboyant Albion Hotel, now renamed the Carlton Hotel, its red brick all colour- washed.

Caption For Salthouse, Cross Street C1955

Flint and brick used together can produce charming patterns, as we can see on the gable-end in the centre of this picture.

Caption For Partridge Green, The Mill C1950

The tarred octagonal single-storey brick base remains on site and is used as a storage building.

Caption For Stiffkey, Aa Camp C1955

Today just a few brick ruins mark the existence of the camp.

Caption For Thame, High Street C1955

A No 82 bus stands outside the Victorian red brick Town Hall.

Caption For Middle Rasen, The Church C1955

The thatched cottages are no more; the nearest has been replaced by a no doubt very functional large brick house.

Caption For Colchester, St Boltolph's Priory And Church 1907

This view looks beyond the west front of the nave, and shows the present St Botolph's church of 1837, in neo- Norman style and built in white brick.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

This massive medieval structure, formed of flint and ruddy Dutch bricks, squats close by the river, near Bishop Bridge.

Caption For Chapel St Leonards, The Parade C1955

This has all been replaced by a large brick building divided into small shops.

Caption For Clayton, Jack And Jill Windmills C1955

Jack, on the left, is a large brick-built tower mill which was worked until the early part of this century.

Caption For Beyton, The White Horse Inn C1960

The drainpipe (right) marks the division between the timber-framed building of 1694 to the left and a Victorian brick extension nearer to us.

Caption For Prittlewell, The Church 1891

It dates from Norman times, but parts of an older arch, containing some Roman bricks, may be seen in the nave.

Caption For Shoeburyness, The Garrison Clock Tower C1955

This imposing brick gateway, surmounted by a clock tower, was built 1860-62.

Caption For Cambridge, Girton College 1908

But while these red-brick buildings offered women higher education, it was only fifty years later that women became entitled to receive degrees.

Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower 1899

The garlands from the formal opening are still evident in this view, in which visitors admire the pristine stone and brick of the Clock Tower.

Caption For Ludford, Main Street C1955

The brick barn on the left at Red House Farm and the iron field fence remain, but the houses on the right have been altered and a few demolished, including the single-storey one on the corner of the quaintly-named