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Elmore Court The Bronets Of Guise

Elmore Court is a beautiful manor and ancient house with many acres of property which belonged to the Baronets of Elmore, the Guise family, since the 13th century. My great-great-grandfather, Martin George Guise, ...Read more

A memory of Elmore by Miguel De Althaus

Childhood Memories

I was born in Hereford County Hospital in 1945 and together with my twin sister was bought back to Broad View, Llangrove where I lived with my Mum and Dad and older brother from 1945 until I got married in 1965. My Dad had lived ...Read more

A memory of Llangrove in 1950 by Sheila Gwilliam

Cranford Shops 1980s 2010

Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more

A memory of Cranford

Nannas House

I remember going to my nana's house in Roddymoor, it was only a bungalow but I was so small I thought it was massive, haha. I remember jumping the little ditch near her house. I remember taking pictures of the horses.

A memory of Roddymoor by Leah Crossling

My Childhood In Knatts Valley

I was born in Knatts Valley, in a bungalow belonging to George and Elsie Lines of Lynwood, friends of my mother and father. George became my Godfather, and one of my names is also George. I was supposed to have been ...Read more

A memory of Otford in 1940 by Rod Duffy

Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s

I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Brian Veall

Some Childhood Years In Sorbie 1932 T0 1937

The family moved from Reay in Caithness to Sorbie in 1932 - I was 2 years old and had a sister who was 12 years old and a brother, 10 years old, so there was a huge difference in ages and I was brought up as ...Read more

A memory of Sorbie in 1930 by Fionn Young

Bad Memories

I was in the Sanatorium, the children's section, aged seven in 1949 suffering from TB, my mother was sent there the following year and stayed in the woman's section, also with TB, and unfortunately she died there after just a few ...Read more

A memory of Chandler's Ford in 1949 by Geoff Merritt

Bestwood Lodge

After browsing this site in search of any information or memories about Bestwood Lodge. Nothing comes up other than Bestwood Village. So I thought I would add my own. So here goes...........Is there anyone out there who had a ...Read more

A memory of Bestwood Village

1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years

I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by Dora Murphy

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Captions

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Caption For Grange Over Sands, From The Sands 1906

The tearooms are to the left of the picture, with the bandstand to their right and Clare House Pier in the centre.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow C1955

The mock timber-framing of Woolworths, built in 1923, replaced some good Georgian town houses, and has now gone in its turn.

Caption For Egham, Bell Weir Lock 1907

Sir Edmund Wright, sometime Lord Mayor of London, built this lovely Jacobean house.

Caption For Buriton, 1898

Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

Caption For Odiham, Canal Wharf 1906

Cemetery Hill 1910 Odiham's houses are a mixture of Georgian and Tudor; some are timber- framed, which was common before local bricks came into general use in the 18th century.

Caption For Bakewell, Bridge House 1923

Once part of the council offices, today it houses Paxtons Restaurant downstairs and a bed and breakfast above. The gardens are open at all times, and can be accessed from the riverside walk.

Caption For Exminster, Turf Lock 1906

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

Caption For Kettering, Northampton Road 1922

This rural lane leading to Kettering was to change dramatically in the 1930s, when it would be bordered by large detached houses with elaborate gardens.

Caption For Reigate, Wray Common, Windmill 1893

The mill has been converted into to a private house.

Caption For Hawkley, Village And Church Of St Peter And St Paul 1901

The green and the surrounding roads and houses may look a little different today, one hundred years after this photograph was taken, but one landmark remains reassuringly constant and permanent: Hawkley's

Caption For New Brighton, General View 1892

Cheap and tatty eating houses dominated Aquarium Parade to such an extent that it was known better as Ham and Eggs Parade.

Caption For Hawkshead, Flag Street 1892

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

Caption For Old Basing, 1898

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

Caption For Selling, Oast Houses C1955

Selling is a pretty village of orchards, oasts and timbered houses set amongst hills. It summons up the essence of the old county of Kent with its hop gardens and orchards.

Caption For Dartmouth, Warfleet Road 1934

Gunfield House, now a hotel, took its name from One Gun Fort, where gunnery officers trained by shelling the opposite bank.

Caption For York, The Hospitium C1885

Near the River Ouse, situated in what is now the Museum Gardens, this building was the guest house for St Mary's Abbey.The ground floor was built in the early 14th century, while the timber-framed

Caption For Rochdale, Falinge Park 1906

To people living in cramped terraced houses with small back yards, these parks offered a breath of fresh air and the prospect of relaxation with the family.

Caption For Calne, Wood Street C1950

The White Horse public house (centre) at the corner of Zion Lane has been replaced by the new building at the entrance to the new shopping precinct, Phelps Parade.

Caption For Calne, St Mary's School C1970

This boarding house, built in 1967, was named after Miss Betty Gibbins, headmistress from 1946 to 1972.

Caption For East Harting, The Village 1906

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine—or monkey-puzzle tree—grows in a garden further down the hill

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square C1900

The site is now occupied by South Africa House.

Caption For Bridgwater, Blake Memorial C1950

This memorial to Admiral Blake stands in front of the Regency Market House. Erected in 1900, it reads: 'Robert Blake, born in this town 1598, died at sea 1657'.

Caption For Stroud, King Street 1925

The entrance to The Picture House, one of Stroud's early cinemas, adjoins Hepworth's.

Caption For Poole, The Harbour Offices 1904

Near the quays is the 18th-century harbour office, once the Old Town House, a club for the sailing ships which docked nearby.