Books

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Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 191 to 200.

School

I went to school at St. Helen's School which was situated on the corner of North Side and Valley Road between 1955 - 1961. I actually lived in NORBURY and have some memories of Norbury when you open up a site for it. I hope you do.

A memory of Streatham by Christine Penter

The Railway Inn

This is a photograph of the railway crossing gate, the line has been long closed (blame Dr Beeching!) The white building on the right is the Culm Valley Inn, prev The Railway Inn. My father Sydney Dennis was licensee, my brother was ...Read more

A memory of Culmstock in 1948 by Mike Dennis

What A Picturesque Valley

Well, about 34 years ago, I used to work in Forge Road, Port Talbot; part of my work in the newspaper industry sent me checking on all newsagents in the Valley, through Cwmavon up passing Pontrhydyfen, Duffryn Rhondda, Cymmer ...Read more

A memory of Cwmavon by Charles Trevelyan

Anna''s Outing To The Wellington Monument

I have driven up and down the M5 so many times and seen a monument on top of the Blackdown Hills.  Each time I passed I wondered what it was and so eventually I got hold of an Ordnance Survey map and ...Read more

A memory of Wellington in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

1976 In Llanbradach

I visited my gran and my aunts in Llanbradach twice in the early 1970s. It was my first ever visit to Great Britain and I fell in love with the church. To someone accustomed to supermarkets, shopping from grocer to butcher to ...Read more

A memory of Llanbradach by Catherine Walcott

Trane Colliery

My father was an overman at the Trane Colliery in 1955, the valley was alive at that time with lots of shops, two cinemas, two buses to Penygraig each hour and the wonderful dance hall in Tonyrefail called the Central. Even ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1955 by Joyce Jones

Our Stay In Thaxted

In 1969, my father, a MSGT in the USAF, was stationed at RAF Wethersfield. While waiting for base housing, we rented a beautifully situated place named Barn Cottage, a 600-year-old converted stable. Our landlord, Mr. Ainsworth, ...Read more

A memory of Thaxted in 1969 by Bonnie Wood

Early Days

My parents moved to the 'hidden valley' as it was called in 1945 when I was two years old, we lived in an old coach that my father converted into a suitable place to live. We were the only family to live in the valley at the time as far as ...Read more

A memory of Talacre in 1945 by Alfred Pearson

Albury School And Albury Village Shops

I attended Albury school from 1941 to 1948. The headmaster was Mr Wareham, 2 other teachers were ;Miss Vokins and Miss Kemp. I lived in Little London and walked to school as did most of the pupils. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Albury in 1940 by Shirley Mewes

Beautiful In All Seasons

This road, as the word Brook Street most clearly implies, leads down from the Cross in the distance at the top of the hill down through this avenue of trees to the Lynch. On the left are some beautiful houses with lawns and ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

Captions

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Caption For St Breock, Church 1894

The town of Wadebridge falls within the parish of St Breock, but the church lies in a quiet valley nearly a mile away.

Caption For Great Easton, St Andrew's Church C1960

On the east side of the village, overlooking the Welland Valley, the church for the most part dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, including the tower and its broach spire.

Caption For Bishop's Waltham, C1955

The Mill C1960 Izaak Walton fished here in the Meon, reflecting that the valley 'exceeds all England for swift, shallow, clear, pleasant brooks and store of trout'.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

The Frome Valley, dotted with mills and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry.

Caption For Stanwick, Village C1960

Set on a hill above the valley of the Nene, Stanwick lies on the A605.

Caption For Caversham, Bridge Street 1908

Taken on the old Caversham bridge, this view looks into Caversham's Bridge Street with on the left the double gabled Taylor's Hotel of 1891; by 1908 it had been renamed the Thames Valley Hotel.

Caption For Combe Martin, Woodlands And Furze Park 1935

The village stretches along the valley of the River Umber, and is reputed to have the longest main street of any village in the country - nearly two miles.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Hunters Inn C1950

The village stretches along the valley of the River Umber, and is reputed to have the longest main street of any village in the country - nearly two miles.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Sugar Loaf C1960

Whilst this 1955ft-high mountain can be climbed from Abergavenny, many of the paths that lead from its summit descend to scattered villages in remote valleys like the Grwyne Fawr and Grwyne Fechan.

Caption For St Blazey, Station 1904

The one facing the camera is about to depart for Newquay, crossing the bridge onto the single track to climb up through the Luxulyan valley.

Caption For Great Harwood, The Roman Catholic Church 1898

Great Harwood lies to the north of Accrington, and commands a lovely part of the Hyndburn Valley.

Caption For Chideock, Gathering The Hay 1922

Old-style forage harvesting is going on in a pastoral view of Chideock and its valley.

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1925

The village of Ticehurst is situated on a gentle slope surrounded by fertile valleys and hills, where hops were once extensively grown.

Caption For Chesham, The Waterside 1897

South-eat of Chesham town centre the road runs alongside the River Chess in its flat-bottomed valley.

Caption For St Davids, Cross Square C1955

Established in AD550, St David's is the birthplace of St David, and the cathedral was built in the valley where he worked.

Caption For Wellingore, Hall C1960

There are fine views from the building over the Trent and Witham valley.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

Spilling down from the Yorkshire Dales, the Ribble streams under the lovely old bridge at Settle and through the valley that has taken its name.

Caption For Barry Island, Friars Point, Whitmore Bay 1900

On weekdays, the main railway line from the Rhondda valley to Barry carried coal to the docks, but it was used on Sundays and bank holidays by excursion trains to the seaside.

Caption For Hoghton, Bottoms Viaduct 1895

In the shadow of Woodcock Hill with the River Darwen flowing beneath, the viaduct also spans the valley floor with its wealth of mature trees.

Caption For Ashburton, West End C1955

The last passenger train ran in 1958, but there was a brief renaissance when the Dart Valley Railway took over the line.

Caption For Loose, The Valley 1898

Loose is situated just south-east of the Medway; it is an unusual village that spills down the hillside towards the valley bottom, and is surrounded by hop and fruit gardens.

Caption For Blaenavon, The Eastern Valley C1955

Standing at the head of the Eastern Valley, in an industrially ravaged landscape, Blaenavon was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000.

Caption For Pentewan, 1912

The little dock at Pentewan was an important shipping place for china clay after a railway was built down the valley from St Austell in 1829.

Caption For Darwen, Market Street C1955

Sharing its name with the river in whose valley it lies, Darwen grew rapidly as a result of industrialisation in the early 19th century, and many of the buildings along Market Street were