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Memories

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The Holy Well

In 1977 I was ten years old and the "holy well" as it was known to me was a playground, an escape and a place to watch life in Folkestone happen before my eyes. The channel tunnel consigned all this to memory. I would walk from my house in Cheriton during the long summer break from school.

A memory of Folkestone in 1977 by Stephen Page

Eskdale Cumbria And Another Hectic Break

My son Matthew provided the opportunity to once again retrace our well worn steps around this beautiful county and in particular The Lake District. As is our norm it was non-stop driving and walking, although ...Read more

A memory of Ambleside by ducatee

Fetherstone School Dances.

Did any of you guys go to the weekly dances at featherstone Rd School? The regular band were called "Jeff & The Dreamers" I was in a band who played regularly in their break, we were called"The Avengers". (I think it was ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Roy. Pryer.

Breaking Through The Channel Tunnel

I cannot remember the date, but my husband's cousin was the first man to break through to France when building the channel tunnel. My husband's family have lived and worked in Folkestone all their lives and were ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Frances Fagg

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 Vanessa Jefferson

Memories Of Sutton Lodge, In Sutton Lane—Just South Of The Great West Road, Heston/Hounslow

Recorded by Nicholas Reid, Canberra, Australia. I was christened in the Anglican church at Heston in 1959, though for obvious reason I don’t have any memories of ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Nicholas Reid

Hop Picking. Telephone Exchange Tunbridge Wells

 DOES ANYONE EVER ANSWER TO OUR MEMORIES?. THERE MUST BE SOMEONE OUT THERE  COME ON JOIN IN   I joined Tunbridge Wells telephone exchange September 1948.  I remember so well the evening the man would ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1940 by Daphne Hooker Married Name Russell

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 Wi Taylor

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 Gillian Mower

Captions

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Caption For Sutton, The Woodstock, Stonecot Hill C1955

The Woodstock, constructed in the 1930s, continues to flourish today as it clearly did when this photograph was taken with these cars parked in the forecourt, although the frontage of the pub has since

Caption For Blackdown Camp, Garrison And Institute 1906

Here we see the brick-built army buildings of this military settlement in Surrey's army quarter on the high heathlands of the north west of the county.

Caption For Rame, Whitsand Bay 1906

Three-quarters of a mile offshore from Whitsand Bay, visible only through the buoy marking her position, is the wreck of the 'James Egan Layne', an American liberty ship which was torpedoed on 21 March

Caption For Halesworth, Market Place C1955

The King's Arms, then run by R G Wood, has closed, but the arms remain on the present carpet shop. Beyond is the brick Lloyds Bank of 1896.

Caption For Over, The Lanes C1967

Children walk along the road with their mother. Behind the brick wall is a late Victorian farmhouse, and opposite this some newly-built bungalows with new gardens. The Lanes lead to Over Mill.

Caption For Chilton Foliat, The Village 1908

Chilton Foliat is at the eastern extremity of the county, on the river Kennet. Here, a horse waits patiently outside the thatched pub for the return of his driver.

Caption For Ditchling, Anne Of Cleeve's House C1960

Ann of Cleves House is possibly the most impressive of Ditchling's 16th- and 17th-century buildings.

Caption For Castor, Allotment Lane C1955

The terrace of cottages in Allotment Lane has ragstone walls and a brick main façade; there is a low pediment at the centre with an arched window.

Caption For Great Bardfield, High Street C1965

Its 17th-century Town House, on the left, was once a sort of part-time guildhall.

Caption For Sutton, Grove Road C1960

This view looks east towards the High Street, past the Post Office on the right.

Caption For Launcells, Church 1906

Local geology provided the brick-sized stones for building the unbuttressed tower. More costly granite, however, was used for pinnacles, windows and the arcades of the interior.

Caption For Hay On Wye, Crown Hotel C1955

Being so close to the English border, indeed partly on the border, this town was and is the natural entry point into Wales for travellers and tourists.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, 1903

The Moorish minareted building has gone, as have the elegant gates, the brick and stone archway, and the gate piers.

Caption For Blackpool, From The South Jetty 1890

Until Blackpool's third pier was built at South Shore in 1893, the one here was known as South Pier.

Caption For Needham Market, Hawks Mill C1960

The central section of the brick watermill was built in 1884, and the wings were added in 1892. The road is carried over the millrace by an 18th-century bridge.

Caption For Orford, Market Square And Church C1955

A market was held here from 1154 until the 19th century. On the left is the corner of the brick-fronted manor house. The top of the church tower fell in 1829, which gave it a castle-like appearance.

Caption For Edlesborough, The Ford And Mill C1965

Here we see the brick tower mill, with a replacement roof in place of a cap, in a stripped-down and derelict condition. The photograph was taken from a nearby watermill site.

Caption For Fareham, Union Street 2005

The bricks that were used to build many of the houses in the High Street were the same kind, the magnificent Fareham Reds, that built the spectacular railway viaduct, whose seventeen arches loom

Caption For Ludford, Main Street C1955

This view looks east along the main street.

Caption For South Wigston, Blaby Road C1960

It was W G Hoskins who said of South Wigston that 'it reaches the rock bottom of English provincial life', and it would be hard to disagree with his sentiments.

Caption For Saxtead, The Mill C1955

The brick round house and wooden mill date from 1796, with Victorian alterations. The mill ceased working in 1947, but the machinery is complete and in working order.

Caption For Sandbach, Old Houses C1955

The brick building on the right has gone, and the timber building beside it has been extended.

Caption For Pakenham, The Windmill C1965

The brick tower mill was built in c1820 to replace an earlier mill. It was damaged by storms in 1948 and repaired in 1950, when a gallery was added to the cap.

Caption For Wellingborough, River Nene And Victoria Mills C1965

Whitworth Brothers Flour Mills stand beside the A509 London Road bridge.