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Places
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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Happy Days
Born 1943. I briefly attended Lonesome with Roger Watts. He lived in Eldertree Way and I lived in Eldertree Place. Then to Bordergate and Bond Road School in 1948. Met David Grayson, Dale Foster, Robin Theobold etc.. On Bordergate I played ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham by
The Wartime Days
Although living in Chislehurst, I visited Sidcup often on the single deck 228 bus. The pupose of the visit was to dine in the "British Resturant" in (I think), Hatherly Road. The choice of meals was very limited but they were filling ...Read more
A memory of Sidcup in 1942 by
Great Aunt Muir Legard
My great aunt, Muriel Dundas Legard, lived for many years in Huttons Ambo. She built a house called Colswayn and then built two other bungalows in the grounds; firstly Mynchon which she lived in for years, then Bardolf. My ...Read more
A memory of Huttons Ambo in 1961 by
The Whitehalls
Who remembers the Whitehalls near the traffic lights in the High Street? It was owned and managed by a guy called Mr. Heuser? A very popular venue in the mid sixties for dancing to live groups. One group I remember well was ...Read more
A memory of East Grinstead in 1965 by
Blaengarw Cooper Milkmen
I am a retired police officer who has been studying the family history of both my family and that of my wife, Jenifer Cooper. I am trying to trace relatives of the family and hope that someone may just know something of the ...Read more
A memory of Blaengarw in 1930 by
Fullers Garden Centre
Every Sunday the car park of Fullers and all the way down Bell Lane would be overflowing with cars parked where ever they could. My mum would give us enough money to buy a block of vanilla icecream and if she could stretch ...Read more
A memory of Barton Mills in 1968 by
Down St Mary School
Down St Mary School was built in 1878 on the site of the Bell Inn by the Rev. W T A Radford. In the 1930s I was a pupil in the infants' class which was divided from the upper class by a green curtain on a pole. There were ...Read more
A memory of Down St Mary in 1930 by
Snow In Moonlight
It was that cold, cold winter of 43/44 during the war that I remember so well. Please forgive me for I was not a Fair Oak boy but my memory is from there. I lived in Bishopstoke as a lad before, during and after ...Read more
A memory of Fair Oak in 1943 by
Old Reading Room Ploverfield
I think you need to get a bit further back in history to find anything about the Old Reading Room which you describe as "High Trees", Long Lane. In the thirties my parents rented Ploverfield Lodge Cottage which stood ...Read more
A memory of Old Milton in 1930 by
Visits To Canvey Island
As a family, we used to visit Canvey quite often during the summers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and getting onto Canvey from the A13 was quite stressful in those days, you had to turn at the Tarpots and follow the ...Read more
A memory of Hadleigh in 1958 by
Captions
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Paddling in streams and pools on the beach was popular in Victorian times. Note the hats and long dresses.
photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found in this popular
By the 1950s Lulworth had become one of the most popular day excursions on the south coast, with cars and coaches jamming its narrow lanes.
Snow dusts the shapely 3,053 ft summit of Skiddaw, the giant among the northern fells, and one of the first popular mountain climbs in the Lake District.
The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort for
Today it is popular with tourists who wish to explore the New Forest and the downlands of Dorset.
The quarry cottages are long gone, but the Dartmoor Inn (centre) is a popular watering-hole still.
The building was once the Dolphin Inn; Bishop Hall lived here in the 1640s, hence the popular name.
The village became popular with visitors to the falls.
Here we see girls with fishing nets at a popular Thames-side location. The Swan has been on this spot since 1770.
The sign of the popular White Lion Hotel is just visible in the centre of this photograph and Barclays Bank (now Ladbrokes) is on the far left.
With a water surface of ninety acres and surrounded by open spaces, Hollingworth Lake became a popular destination for workers on their days off.
These cars were always popular. There were many other rides and attractions in the area.
The town has few buildings of historic importance, but the spectacular river scenery and dark green wooded hills make it a popular venue with visitors.
Originally built by Sir Drummond Wolfe in the early 18th century and later extended, this luxury hotel with 80 rooms, three acres of gardens and its own well, was immensely popular with the leading stars
At East Runton you could walk out along broad stretches of beach and enjoy digging for fossils in the soft cliffs, a pastime made popular by the Victorians.
It also evidently stocked Daren bread - a popular Hovis-like brand in its day.
New villas sprang up along the front at Kents Bank on the Kent Estuary as the village became popular as a holiday resort.
Eskdale Green, a stop on the popular Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow gauge railway, is perhaps best known for its Outward Bound Mountain School, housed in this former Victorian mansion.
The Tower was a popular Victorian tourist attraction, but it was less spruce than it is today: ivy was allowed to grow on the walls, and signage was minimal.
Messing about on the water has always been popular at Earith, with the Riverside Hotel, the Crown Hotel and the new marina all offering facilities for boating and fishing enthusiasts.
It is a pretty, meandering line, very popular with holidaymakers.
Eskdale Green, a stop on the popular Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow gauge railway, is perhaps best known for its Outward Bound Mountain School, housed in this former Victorian mansion.
The town has acquired a popularity with Thomas Hardy fans, being the place where Tess of the D'Urbervilles finished her famous walk across the north of the county.
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