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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
My Time In North Finchley
During the 2nd WW, my dad signed up with the Belgian section of the Royal Navy. On leave, he met up with my mum and married her in Christchurch in 1944. I came along in 1945. After the war my dad returned to Belgium, ...Read more
A memory of North Finchley in 1953 by
The Town I Grew Up In
This was the town I grew up in until I was 8. There is one day that stands out in my mind. My mother had been informed that the local fruiterer had oranges. His location was about half a mile from our house. England was still ...Read more
A memory of Edgware in 1949 by
100 Years Ago
My aunt Elizabeth Lloyd Griffiths Jones was born in Blaenau Ffestinog on Feb. 12, 1906. She is the daughter of the late William and Annie Griffiths. She came to America in around 1920. While living in Wales she lived with ...Read more
A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog by
Wrong Date
I visited Liverpool for the Liverpool v Portsmouth game and did some sightseeing. I noticed the Georges Dock Ventilation Tower. Not knowing what the tower was I later tried to identify the tower on Google. I came accross your aerial photo ...Read more
A memory of Liverpool in 2006 by
Growing Up In Cold Ash
I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more
A memory of Cold Ash by
Telephoning
The public telephone in this picture of Tredegar Street was outside my father's butcher shop. There were only two buttons to press: button A and button B, but people were terrified of pressing the wrong one. My father, Gomer Mumford, used to ...Read more
A memory of Risca in 1955 by
Land Army Memories.
The white weatherboarded house was the farmhouse of the farm where my mother, Joyce Clark, worked along with another 3 girls in the Land Army during the Second World War. It was called Cogger's Farm. She was there whilst the ...Read more
A memory of Lamberhurst by
Fondest Memories Of Gt Oakley 1938 To 1961
That was when I was born along with a bunch of other kids who grew up with me and with whom I played during the WW2 years and eventually went to C of E school together. Mr Porter was a teacher there, he ...Read more
A memory of Great Oakley by
Visits To Cathedral
We used to stay one week each summer with my mother's aunt and we would be taken to see the sights of Coventry. I remember so well going into the ruined cathedral and feeling a sense of awe and that it was still a place of worship, ...Read more
A memory of Coventry in 1955 by
Captions
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Now it is a valuable habitat for wild birds, but before piped water came, this pool was a better water supply than some of the town wells.
Victorian travellers and writers, such as Dickens and Tennyson, all came to England's most westerly point and admired its rugged grandeur.
Much of the stone for the spa town came from this area, and the Devil's Chimney is probably a result of quarrying as well as erosion.
In 1906 it was recorded that thousands came from Burnley and Padiham besides Clitheroe.
Most of the national retailers (Woolworth`s, Boots and Sainsbury`s) came to Haywards Heath in the 1930s.The electrification of the railway certainly helped.
Built early in the 16th century by Bishop Storey, the purpose of the cross was to provide shelter for traders who came into the city to sell their wares.
The impressive lozenge-shaped stone came from a surface outcrop of sarsen stones (the word sarsen derives from Saracen, and means stranger) which can be found on the Marlborough Downs about two miles away
In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.
In the 1880s the railway came, and the town grew yet more hectic as the London to Scotland expresses roared by.
Advice on the interior design of the Infirmary came from Florence Nightingale, and it was acclaimed as being the best among European hospitals.
British Timken came to Daventry and Northampton in 1954, and was one of the major employers for many years.
The influx of population into the area that came with the growth of the mining industry from the late 18th century and the demands for ostentatious houses by the new landowners caused
The re-used stones feature the de Vere star, and came from Earl's Colne Priory.
There was once a pub in this area which was called the Ball which may be where the name Ball o' Ditton comes from.
Opposite is Victoria Place, dated 1837, the year Queen Victoria came to the throne.
Among its distinguished visitors were Tennyson, Thackeray, Sir John Betjeman and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who came here on homeymoon.
The parish church of St John was described as 'one of the architectural ornaments of the town', and the interior came in for much praise.
The wide end of the Ironmarket was also known as Butchers' Row; even its supply of water came to the surface courtesy of the Butchery Pump.
Modernisation came during the 19th century when the mill was equipped with a steam engine.
In 1930 the Ecclesall Union Hospital came under local government control and was renamed Nether Edge.
The residents must have been thankful that neither plan came to fruition.
Southbound transport survived for a few more years and came to an end in 1972, when a Blue Line narrow boat docked at Dickenson's wharf at Croxley Green.
Wetherby was famed for its ancient Thursday market and fair, sanctioned by the Knights Templar.
On the right is the Notre Dame School, founded by two sisters in the mid 19th century.
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