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My Early Years

Going to the local school which was opposite the Church. The Headmistress Miss Griffin lived in the cottage attached to the school. We were all given a small amount of garden to cultivate and one of my jobs was to go on to the ...Read more

A memory of Aston Cantlow in 1954 by Susan Edkins

Our Ladies High School 1950 1960

I was born in 1943 and lived in Wilmington. I initially went to an infant school in Oakfield Lane, however, my mother was told by the Sisters of Charity that they should pay for me to go to a Catholic school ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1950 by Pat Mc Loughlin

Skipp Hitch

myself and ray and dave blakes were standing by st andrews church when the st trian coach came by the girls were waving their hockey sticks through the window i beleive it was shown in the film

A memory of Stanstead Abbotts by William Griffiths

Beecholme

My brother Alec (12) and I (11) were at Beecholme from January to December 1956 we were orphans our parents died 7 months apart in 1955. We were in myrtle cottage changed to Willow cottage by the childrens vote I choose Willow and was ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1956 by Kathleen Jones

2 Clutterbuck Rd

We moved to 2 Clutterbuck Rd in 1954 by the little grass island and moved out in 1965 to Methuen Way,great memories of playing around the estate, back fields community centre Corsham park and stone quarries,my friends lived nearby, ...Read more

A memory of Corsham in 1954 by Leonard Brokas

The Kidd's Alright

THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT The daylight had faded away and dusk was now dim enough to coax the streetlights to pop on, their vague orange light slowly getting brighter as their bulbs warmed. Meanwhile inside the Hamblett ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1972 by Brian Hamblett

Carlton House

Jacqie. Carlton house stood at the junction of ledsham road & the a41 chester road.It was purchased by Cartwright Bros. a local builders & partly demolished. The stables & the music room/billiard room still exist ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Anthony Ward

I Do Remember This

I did not usually come in this way but the back way, over the park by the lido.

A memory of Solihull in 1965 by Vivienne Watson

Wannock Willingdon

We moved from Eastbourne to Wannock Lane, Willingdon in 1963 as my mother felt it would be a nice place for us to grow up at the foot of the Downs. It certainly was, Willingdon School fulfilled us academically & ...Read more

A memory of Willingdon in 1963 by Sandra Bourne

Cement Works Holborough Road

I too went to Holmesdale secondary, it was called Snodland Secondary when I first went there. My Dad and Grandfather, Peter and Henry Buss both worked as lorry drivers at the cement works and we lived in a factory house ...Read more

A memory of Snodland in 1964 by Carole Hooper

Captions

4,899 captions found. Showing results 2,641 to 2,664.

Caption For Zoological Gardens, Camel 1913

The zoo opened at the north end of Regent's Park in 1828, and two years later the Royal Menagerie was added, to be joined by the animals which had formerly been kept at the Tower of London.

Caption For Reading, Royal Berkshire Hospital 1912

Although the 1839 hospital only consisted of the magnificent pedimented and columned centre block (on the left in this view) designed by local architect Henry Briant, it had expanded in similar stone wings by the

Caption For Reading, St Giles' Church, Vicarage And Church Hall 1924

The old buildings in the foreground of the exterior view of the church were swept away and replaced by the well-designed Church Hall; in this view it has just had an extension completed, for its

Caption For Melksham, The Hospital C1950

It was opened by the Marquis of Bath on 23 July 1938. In the grounds on the right were cottages for the ambulance driver and the gardener.

Caption For Broughton, Fire Brigade Headquarters 1966

Requisitioned by the National Fire Service during WWII, it was eventually bought for the Lancashire Brigade in 1949.

Caption For Lower Heysham, Cliff Walk C1955

Hidden by the trees is St Peter's Church, believed to have been founded in 967.

Caption For Plymouth, The Pier From Below 1889

The doors above the steps on the right were for many years used by the Leander Swimming Club.

Caption For Raby Castle, 1893

In 1645 it was bought by the Vane family, who were Royalists.

Caption For Eastbourne, All Souls Church 1890

Apparently transplanted from Romanesque Italy, this remarkable church in yellow and red brick was funded by the great-niece of the Duke of Wellington, Lady Victoria Wellesley.

Caption For Bath, Wood Street C1955

As we look east from Queen Square, the terrace we see on the right, Northumberland Buildings, built in 1778, is another design by the ubiquitous Thomas Baldwin.

Caption For Ferryside, Beach And Lifeboat House 1937

The lifeboat house was deemed necessary by the local authorities in view of the dangerous channels and sandbanks already noted.

Caption For Llanfair Caereinion, High Street C1960

The motor coach parked by the telephone box, is further evidence of the latter-day growth of tourism.

Caption For Studley, Studley College C1960

Designed in 1834 by the architect Beazley, this bizarre Gothic Revival structure was from 1903 until the 1960s the home of Studley College, founded by Frances, Countess of Warwick.

Caption For Ulverston, Conishead Priory Convalescent Home 1895

Later, it was owned by the Braddyll family, who did much reconstruction work before going bankrupt. Today, it is once again it is a religious house, but for the followers of Buddha.

Caption For Finchingfield, The Green C1960

The Fox (left) was owned by the now-defunct Dunmow Brewery. In 1999, the pub became famous for its pet chicken, Violet, who had allegedly been pecking at the war-memorial.

Caption For Christchurch, Miniature Railway, Wick Ferry Holiday Camp C1955

By the 1950s, the popularity of a cheap and cheerful holiday camp atmosphere brought thousands of visitors to camps like Wick Ferry each year.The model steam train was a popular attraction, as it

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Pier 1929

Part of the pier building is occupied by the Central Café, with a display of postcards on the front wall.

Caption For Flatford, Constable's Lane 1907

This lane leads down to the Flatford Mill complex, now owned by the National Trust.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Entrance To The Harbour C1875

A Bronze Age cist was unearthed here in the 1930s, and there is a major earthwork fort at the summit, which is thought to have been built by the Dumnonii in 300BC.

Caption For Combe Martin, Seaside Hill And Harbour C1955

The lorry coming down the hill (left) is a sign of changing times; by the fifties most goods were being moved by road, and the ketches seen in photograph 63963 (p.73) were long gone.

Caption For Corfe Castle, And The Village 1890

He is commemorated by the parish church of St Edward the Martyr (centre right). Oliver Vye's Lane (lower right) runs below the ruined mediaeval towers of the Outer Bailey.

Caption For York, Cavalry Barracks, The Church 1886

Only the church, which was known as the Garrison Church, remains, and it is now used by the police for storage. The other buildings were all demolished in the 1960s.

Caption For Bagshot, The By Pass Road 1925

It was once the home of the Duke of Connaught, before being used by the Royal Army Chaplains Department.

Caption For Taunton, Fore Street C1955

Known as the Burmese War Memorial, it commemorates 19th-century battles fought by the Somerset Regiment, whose barracks were nearby.