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Harold Hill Memories
Hi people, Just wanted to share a few memories of living in Harold Hill. My family moved from Bow to Hilldene Ave in 1962, I was 7 so I went to Bosworth junior school which was only across the road from where I lived. I was ...Read more
A memory of Harold Hill by
Andrew Duncan Home For Boys
At the age of 13 I suffered a nervous breakdown due to problems at home. It was decided by my doctor to send me away from home to give me a break. My mother took me to a mainline station in London where I was handed over ...Read more
A memory of Shiplake by
Oakhanger, Hampshire
Grew up in Oakhanger and enjoyed the freedom of exploring the common in the centre of the village. Some good times were had sledging down a hill on the common in the snow. Also, finding and catching tadpoles in the pond ...Read more
A memory of Oakhanger
Clements Hall
I must have been about six when I stayed at Clements Hall with my brothers Edwin and Terry in the 1950s. Christine story brought back memories. I also remember the geese, the matron often made me sit on the step to shell the peas. The ...Read more
A memory of Hockley in 1956 by
Higher Lux St Coronation Party
I lived in Higher Lux Street, attended Liskeard Secondary modern school and was a choir boy at St Martins parish church. Mr Andrews was not only the Headmaster but also the "choir master". When my voice started to ...Read more
A memory of Liskeard in 1953 by
Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more
A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by
Abbotsham School In The 1960's
Growing up at Fairy Cross, Alwington and as our village school had closed in the late 1950s we had to catch the school bus daily morning and afternoon to Abbotsham Primary School. (Shown in the centre back of the ...Read more
A memory of Abbotsham by
Happy Days
Living not far from Aston Park we would often walk to the park to play and enjoy the fresh air. Aston Hall held a fascination for me and I was forever asking to go inside for a tour. I would go in when ever I could and I never tired of ...Read more
A memory of Birmingham in 1955 by
Dersingham 1954 C
We lived in the village shop Virginia Stores owned by Peatling & Cawdron. My dad won the Vernons Football Pools in 1955 - a great sum of £505.6s - my sister and I had new bikes and Mum and Dad went for a holiday to ...Read more
A memory of Dersingham by
Going To The Shops...
As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more
A memory of Wembley by
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Cars are neatly parked in driveways; visitors' vehicles are kept firmly on the other side of the municipal green and flower beds; and their owners are enjoying a quiet kick-about to break the
This view from Caversham Heights, north-west of the village centre, gives a good impression of the scale of Reading in the Edwardian period and before Caversham itself expanded far to its north and
Between 1964 and 1965 the north side of the chapel was hidden by a modern extension with an ugly brick gable.
Oving Road leads west uphill from the north end of the High Street - the architectural quality does not fall off.
The village lies three miles inland along what passes for a ridge in this flat country between the Wolds and the sand dunes.
of the parish.
of the parish.
Part of the main dining room during an average lunch break.
This park was laid out for the benefit of working people to give them a break from the dust and grime of industrial Sheffield.
All of this area of the sea front is now part of the Exmouth Fun Park, a modest theme park for the young and not so young who want a break from the miles of sandy beaches.
Portland prison was a grim institution during Victoria's reign, with convicts spending long days breaking stone in the nearby quarries with pickaxe and crowbar.
A majestic yew tree marks the approach to St Lawrence's, which has a west tower of flint and stone blocks topped with early brick. The
Before the Town Bridge was strengthened, heavy carts had to ford the river from either the ramp at the sunlit break beyond the trees or another ramp on the right beside the bridge.
The hotels and restaurants in the High Street offered a welcome break to travellers, who could also fill up their tanks with petrol from the single petrol pump at the garage.
The immensely long nave has shafts and colonettes breaking its length, leading the eye up to the vaults.
The immensely long nave has shafts and colonettes breaking its length, leading the eye up to the vaults.
This photograph shows rough seas breaking over the Lower Promenade, with a fine view along the Promenade: from the right we can see the Esplanade Hotel, the Grand Pavilion, the Westward
Further along Park Street we find Lower Gordon Road; the Post Office, run by a Mr H L Love, is on the corner.
Entry to the chasm was relatively expensive in Victorian times.
Entry to the chasm was relatively expensive in Victorian times.
The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.
A scene of studied elegance outside the Imperial Hotel.
A visit to St Cross breaks down the barrier between past and present; it is a chance to glimpse the charitable values of medieval England—and to pause for a while from the hurry and bustle of the
The prominent structure on the top of Staddon Heights (just right of centre) is not, as local myth says, a wind- break for the golf course on the top of the Heights; it was actually constructed as a
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