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Memories

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Childhood Memories South Park 1960s Approx

I like to remember my childhood in Darlington where I grew up until I moved to Whitley Bay. We used to spend lots of time in the South Park, on the swings, around the rose garden and of course the roller ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1960 by Janine Jameson

Early Memories Of An Ascotonian

I was born at 40 Bracken Bank (off Fernbank Road) in June 1953. I attended Ascot Heath Primary School on the original site in Fernbank Road, from 1958 until 1964. I remember Richard Dale from these days, although I am ...Read more

A memory of Ascot in 1960 by Susan Hunt

Home

I was born in 1 Georgina Cottages. My family have a long history in the village. My first school was just down the hill from where I lived at the time, it is now a large house. In the club where the new shop is was my local to have a drink ...Read more

A memory of Witchampton in 1954 by Christopher Blachford

Childhood In Benham Valence

It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more

A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by Nicolette Craggs

Warnham Court 1950 53

I have read a memory on this website of someone who was sent to Warnham Court as a child but does not really know why. I was sent there under identical circumstances. So like this other contributor I would be very ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1951 by Colin Shulman

The Keelings 1940 Evacuees

My sister, Joy, elder brother, Richard and myself, John Keeling, were evacuated to Llanharan in June 1940. After a short time Richard and myself were placed with a lovely old lady at 12 Seymour Avenue, Mrs Surridge. I do ...Read more

A memory of Llanharan in 1940 by John Keeling

Newtonheath Loco Football Ccub

I remember sneaking into the match by going past the lodging house on Warden Lane and going by the railwayside and through a hole in the fence that the railway men had made so that they could watch ...Read more

A memory of Newton in 1950 by Jack Rigby

Mendleson Wrote His Spring Song In The House.

With Denmark Hill and about level with the Old Henly's garage behind you was a house within the ruins with a metal sign. It stated that during his stay here, Mendleson wrote his 'Spring Song' here. ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by Terry Chappell Seal

Alan & Hilda

Alan and Hilda Slater were my Uncle and Aunty and lived at the post office for many years and were quite possibly the funniest people I ever knew. Stanhill Post Office is reputedly haunted and Uncle Alan took every opportunity to use the ...Read more

A memory of Stanhill by Steven Hargreaves

Remembering Byfleet

I was born in Byfleet in 1950. We lived in Binfield Road. Later I moved to the hotel that was built where the village green is now. My mother Beatrice Stenning was the housekeeper, cook, maid and everything in between. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Paulene Morgan

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Captions

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Caption For Burnsall, On The River 1900

The church houses an 11th-century font and some fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture. At the oar of the boat is a woman - quite adventurous for 1900.

Caption For Dartmoor, The Warren House Inn 1931

Many a stranded traveller has had cause to thank The Warren House Inn at Postbridge.

Caption For Romsey, Broadlands 1898

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

Caption For Farncombe, The River C1955

The Godalming Navigation, the extension of the Wey Navigation added in 1760-2, can be explored from Farncombe Boat House either by boat or by walking along the agreeable towpath.

Caption For Chideock, Horse And Cart 1922

This is the junction with Mill Lane (left of centre) beside Roadstead House (right). Seahill Lane bends to the right, towards Seatown.

Caption For Kings Lynn, Tower Gardens C1965

Previously, this part of Greyfriars had been used to house cattle and other farm animals awaiting market.

Caption For Cremyll, Mount Edgcumbe House 1890

The building of Mount Edgecumbe House was started by Piers Edgecumbe in 1539 and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Caption For Askrigg, The Market Cross C1955

Three-storied 18th-century town houses, including the bow-windowed front of the Sykes Temperance Hotel, line the Market Place of Askrigg, a pleasant village in Upper Wensleydale.

Caption For Southborough, Holden Corner 1896

On the extreme left, in Holden Road, is the substantial two-and-a-half storied Holder House, built of red brick around 1800 with a Doric-columned porch.

Caption For Dartmoor, The Warren House Inn 1931

The Warren House Inn, at over 1400 feet above sea level, has the distinction of being the highest pub in Devon and one of the highest in the country.

Caption For Norwich, Elm Hill 1929

This winding cobbled street, edged with handsome medi- eval timber-framed houses with flint-faced ground floors, was anciently known as Houndgate.

Caption For Brynmawr, Clydach From The Hafod Road C1955

Alongside it was the house belonging to the manager of the ironworks.

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, Pontsarn C1955

The houses on the left are extremely old. The Monkey Puzzle tree is a symbol of good luck and a sign of wealth.

Caption For Alfriston, Market Square 1921

On the left is Market Cross House, now the Smugglers Inn. This was once the home of Stanton Collins, leader of the Alfriston gang of smugglers.

Caption For Polegate, High Street C1965

Today it stands amid a housing estate.

Caption For Calne, Harris's Factory C1960

To the left is the 1955 boiler house, with the top of the 100ft chimney built in 1918 just visible.

Caption For Norwich, Earlham Hall 1938

Earlham Hall is a complex 16th- and 17th-century house in brick and flint, with early 18th-century shaped gables. It is now the School of Law of the University of East Anglia.

Caption For Cleeve Hill, Golf Club House C1955

The club house we see here opened in 1938.

Caption For Batheaston, High Street C1960

Trams, originally horse-drawn, once ran along the same route.

Caption For Wellington, High Street C1955

It was redeveloped in 1885, when the old Market House Inn to its left became the post office, and again in 1937.

Caption For Basildon, Blenheim House And The Bus Terminus 1961

Blenheim House contained the Locarno (later Tiffany's Ballroom), where the resident group in the early 1960s were the pre-fame Dave Clark Five.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour C1955

The days when boats were pulled up on the foreshore almost as far as the front doors of the houses are long gone.

Caption For Scawby, The Village C1960

More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.

Caption For Ingatestone, The Hall, The Gateway C1955

The Chantry Café probably occupies the site of the priest's house.