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Memories

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Home Farm

I am writing this on behalf of my Dad, Harold Holmes nicknamed Tiny who is still alive at the age of 91, the oldest male born in Saltfleet. He was born in Saltfleet in 1919 son of the local baker Alfred & Elizabeth Holmes. Educated at ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1920 by Sheena Mee

Possible Slade Family In Photo Taken At Hatch Beauchamp Can You Identify People

My family roots are in Hatch Beauchamp from Samuel born c.1827 and Elizabeth [nee Pearce] SLADE. During their lives they lived in Hatch Beauchamp, North Curry, ...Read more

A memory of Hatch Beauchamp by Jacqui Davis

Evacuee From Folkestone

I was evacuated to Llandewi on 2nd June 1940. I was billeted with Mrs Smith at Upper House, Coed Morgan. I will never forget the kindness shown, both by Mrs Smith and daughter Irene and also son Alan and his wife ...Read more

A memory of Llanddewi Rhydderch in 1940 by Syd. Lusted

Powis Place

It used to be all fields around Dawley Bank before thay started building houses and Telford town centre. When we were kids, we could play out all over the place without any threat to us, we could build camps in the woods and Tarzan ...Read more

A memory of Dawley Bank in 1970 by Carl Wood

This Is Hilton Street.

I was born at No 4 Hilton Street (in March 1955) which was the shop on the very corner at the end of the street nearest to the chimney. Darwen Paper Mill is the mill opposite the houses, with of course India Mill at the end.

A memory of Darwen in 1955

Its My Lifes Ambition To Return Home

My memories of my childhood in Belvedere are so precious. I was born in 1968, and my parents bought a house together with my paternal grandparents in Nuxley Road, number 86. The house is a big Victorian derached ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1976 by Donna Goudie

Honeymoon Haytor

We spent part of our honeymoon here in April 1968. I had a tummy bug and used to go down to dinner not daring to look at my husband's plate full of food. All I had was a cup of coffee. He had saved up for a long time to take me ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1968 by Wendy Oakins

Frightening Times

In 1997 I worked for a company calles SES security where I was a security officer at Parkside. Over my time there I became fascinated with the layout of the site and spent many many months walking the length and breadth of ...Read more

A memory of Macclesfield in 1997 by Gaz Ridley

My Visit To My Grandfather

I would come with my father and brothers and sisters to see my grandfather who lived in a small house. There was a railway very near and the trains would run outside his house. His road was called Elm Grove Road, ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1965

Scout Camps

Members of the 2nd St Mary's Scout Troop Market Drayton were allowed to camp at one of the farms on this estate. Major Harding lived in the house, he was the Area Scout Commissioner and even though he only had one arm (lost during the ...Read more

A memory of Old Springs in 1951 by Victor Richards

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Captions

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Caption For Harworth, The Game Cock, Bawtry Road C1968

Beyond is the recreation ground, then surrounded by council houses.

Caption For Crosby, Marine Gardens C1960

The backdrop of houses in Marine Crescent and Marine Terrace show little of the passing years as the 'greening' of the protective sands between them and Crosby Marina adds to the pleasant outlook

Caption For Little Budworth, Oulton Park C1960

Oulton Park was once the setting for a beautiful house, built in 1716.

Caption For Sheringham, High Street 1901

Some of the High Street shops and houses reveal a Dutch influence, with mansard roofs and ornamental gables. The blinds are down, it is a hot day.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Wellington Gardens 1904

The Winter Gardens to the left have been compared to a giant green- house where summer could be enjoyed the year long.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

The seaward end of Broad Street was once the hub of Lyme Regis with its old Custom House, until a devastating fire in 1844.

Caption For Northleach, The Green 1952

The half-timbered house on the right dates from Tudor times. Note how the timber work on the first floor projects, or jetties, from the ground floor stonework.

Caption For Camborne, School Of Metalliferous Mining C1955

These solid premises housed the world-famous mining college in the capital of the Cornish mining district.

Caption For Warlingham, The Village 1903

The turning for Glebe Road is by the double-fronted house in the centre, and the National Provincial Bank was later built on the opposite corner.

Caption For Bradford, The Wool Exchange 1897

This proud Gothic trade house was home to three thousand dealers, who traded wool from West Yorkshire, the colonies and the Far East.

Caption For Govilon, The Drawbridge 1936

Built originally as a drawbridge, Canal Bridge 100 gives access to the Llanwenarth House Hotel.

Caption For Crickhowell, High Street C1965

The columns on the left are on the front of the Market Hall below the old court house. Next door to the Bear Hotel is Kirkland's the chemist's.

Caption For Mobberley, Town Lane C1960

In the 1950s and early 1960S, Mobberley saw an increase in housing, this time by a mixture of local authority and private development.

Caption For Sheffield, Nether Edge Road C1955

Nether Edge was one of the residential areas of Sheffield developed during the latter part of the Victorian era and offered a superior standard of housing to that nearer the town centre.

Caption For Edlesborough, The Ford And Mill C1965

The windmill tower is now restored and part of a house.

Caption For Coleford, View From Transport Square C1955

The isolated tower that stands in the middle of the Town Square was once attached to the parish church, which was built on the site of Coleford's old Market House in 1821.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Lighthouse 1898

The lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1844; the occulting light at the top of its 50ft tower could be seen up to 16 miles out to sea.

Caption For Cardiff, The Library 2004

Apart from an in-house pub, temporary exhibitions are its main occupants with the Cardiff Visitor Centre perhaps finding a fitting and permanent home.

Caption For Holker Hall, Interior C1875

Lord George Cavendish rebuilt the house in 1840 to a design by the then Earl of Burlington, later Duke of Devonshire; this design closely resembled the original building.

Caption For Newquay, Cliff Road 1918

A few horse carriages and carts, a bicycle and one distant motor car are the only vehicles in the street during the last year of the Great War.

Caption For Thaxted, Town Street C1950

The tall building two doors along is the 15th-century Recorder`s House. Its right-hand neighbour, the Manse, was home to Gustav Holst between 1917 and 1925.

Caption For Minehead, Quay Street 1903

By 1903, the Red Lion, seen on the far left, has replaced a row of fishermen's cottages, but those beyond mostly survive, one being now The Old Harbour House Tea Rooms.

Caption For Kibworth, Station Street C1955

A typical station approach of late 19th-century houses and the aptly named Railway pub.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Sherborne Lane C1955

The north-eastern end of Sherborne Lane descends to Lym House and the Angel Inn (centre left).