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Being Young

I grew up in Maddiston. I'm only 33 and my memories are being allowed out    late at night in the summer, playing tig, skipping, chapdoor run, also going for walks up behind the golf course. The village has changed a lot since then, it ...Read more

A memory of Maddiston in 1982 by tracey_angel

Madeley As It Was

I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more

A memory of Madeley in 1949 by First Name Last Name

Childhood Memories

I moved to Spencer Avenue, Hayes, when I was 5 and the war had just finished. My earliest recollections were of starting school at Yeading Lane and walking there through thick snow. Luckily we had school dinners so mum ...Read more

A memory of Hayes in 1947 by Doreen Walton

Barnes In The Sixties

My name is John Lines. I will always consider Barnes to be my home. I was born in 1951 in Railway Street which had allotments and even Jack Sedgewick's Pigs between the end of the road and the railway line. The Old Barnes ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by John Lines

Doon The Den

I stayed in Denhead and used to play down the den almost every day. We used to go to school via the gap either next to Ciff Bells house or the gap next to smiths shop. We used to go along the cliffs behind the scrappiest then straight ...Read more

A memory of Kennoway by John Walker

Dreggy

Dreghorn Drive 1970's. I live next door to Guido Bott, friends were Anita Ravenscroft, Ami Straiton, Janice McKay, matthew Fife, Sean McCoy, Christine Cummings, The Watsons ecky. Bill was the odd job man, Barry Burns dad was ...Read more

A memory of Dreghorn by Lorraine Wright

Our Street

Our Street was named Aston Street at the back of the Kings Arms pub in Rochdale Road. It was an amazing little street with a tripe shop and pies at the top of the street, a garage next door which housed Johnny Raffo's Ice Cream Vans, ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1949 by Bernice Wood

I Was Here In 1965

I remember the hut that was used as the changing rooms for all the outside sports, damn cold in the winter. Mr Lester was the Head at the time, mostly I remember the teachers Jim (Maths) and a tall teacher, very stern, ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1965

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is now ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

Audenshaw Public Houses

I am trying to research a Thomas Wilkinson b 1803 in Audenshaw, married a Maria of Buxton, he was an Innkeeper in the 1820s and 1830s when several of his children were born. The 1841 census states that he is a Soda Water ...Read more

A memory of Audenshaw

Captions

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Caption For Wilmington, Priory Ruins C1950

Situated under the downs, very close to the Long Man, the former manorial grange at Wilmington had, by the 13th century, developed into a small priory.

Caption For Thurgoland, The Brow C1955

Most of the cottages were built in stone from the Greenmoor Quarry. The left foreground cottage has gone, but the small house (right) remains, which is connected to a converted barn and stable.

Caption For Gawsworth, The New Hall 1898

A leisurely country scene; note the lawn set out for games, and the swinging seat under its canopy.

Caption For Sproughton, The Mill C1955

These model estate cottages were built by the Berners family for their agricultural labourers and artisans.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Village C1955

These model estate cottages were built by the Berners family for their agricultural labourers and artisans.

Caption For Langwathby, The Post Office C1955

The bottom green, seen here, was at one time a pond where ducks and geese would wander freely. It was said to have been drained in 1841 by a Mr George Brown.

Caption For Ludford, Main Street C1955

This view looks east along the main street.

Caption For Offord D'arcy, Village 1906

The two villages of Offord Darcy and Offord Cluny run into each other. Facing a bend in the road is the Horseshoe Inn; the date 1626 is carved on the jettied cross wing of the inn.

Caption For Great Dunmow, High Street C1955

Dunmow`s post office has been in the red brick building (centre) since 1939. A barn, used for meetings by local dissenters, once stood on the site.

Caption For Ickham, The Church 1903

This fine Early English church, set back from the village and behind a narrow green, boasts a raised 13th-century chancel and a tapering, shingled broach spire.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court. In the distance is Richman's and St Mary's Street.

Caption For Yoxford, The Church 1909

It is rare in Suffolk to find a spire before the Victorian period. This one is 17th-century. The window of the Cockfield chapel is blocked by later monuments.

Caption For Sudbury, St Bartholomew's Church 1904

A Benedictine priory belonging to Westminster Abbey was established here to the north of Sudbury c1130. This is the 15th-century chapel with nave and chancel in one.

Caption For Oakham, Hawthorn Horse C1955

Apparently the horse remained a feature for some years, until building on this land swept it away. The Old Barn is opposite the row of terraced cottages. To the left is Kilburn Yard.

Caption For Hatfield Peverel, The Green C1960

Until the early years of the 20th century, a thriving brewery, which was run by the Brown family, stood on the green.

Caption For Polgooth, Village C1955

Polgooth grew up in the 19th century as a mining village to the south west of St Austell.

Caption For Fulbourn, Manor Walk C1950

Flendyshe House, facing the small green, is an early 17th-century house remodelled in 1807. On the green is the war memorial.

Caption For Wickham Market, The Mill 1929

The mill complex was owned by Reuben Rackham, who was a maltster, water and steam miller and a coal merchant.

Caption For Denmead, The Green C1960

Denmead's local shop advertises Saxa salt in the window. The original village, to the north-east, was known as Barn Green.

Caption For Barns Green, The Village C1960

Initially a hamlet, the village of Barns Green dates from the Middle Ages, but grew rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries following the opening of the Mid-Sussex railway line.

Caption For Aylesbury, Parson's Fee C1965

Parsons Fee leads south-west from Market Square past Prebendal House, the home of John Wilkes, the radical MP for Aylesbury from 1757 to 1764, and behind high brick walls.

Caption For Waldringfield, Mill Road C1965

This photograph was taken from the church tower looking north towards the main street. The post mill, which stood to the north of the cottage, was built in 1829 and demolished in 1912.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Green C1965

This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller.

Caption For Boxford, Stone Street C1955

This hamlet is to the south of Boxford and separated from it since 1975 by the bypass.