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Early Childhood

I went to school in the village at the top of the brae, it's been knocked down and houses built. The harbour used to be full of local fishing boats, now its full of leisure boats. There used to be a station there but thats gone. ...Read more

A memory of Findochty in 1952

My Early Life In Gobowen

Hi my name is Cliff Jones and I was born at Hengoed in 1946 I am one of five kids I was 5yrs old when we moved down to the village because our old house had been condemned .Our next port of call was Almond Avenue in Gobowen I ...Read more

A memory of Gobowen by jones.clifford42

Coffee Bar Cowboys

Hal's Café, The Caprice, Bernies, were the favoured meeting places for the Motor cycling boys form Morden and the surrounding areas shoving tanners in to the juke box and trying to make a cup of coffee last for about 3 or 4 hours. On ...Read more

A memory of Morden by malclatch

Edith Brough Whickam And Beyond

My name is Bill Young not related to the girl with the same name above, and I too was at the Edith Brough home in Whaggs Lane Whickham. I went there with my brother Bobby in the late 1940's, probably about 1946/7/8 ...Read more

A memory of Whickham by bjyoung2009

Northolt

I lived close to Greenford Grammar (GCGS) and went to school there between 1963 - 1968. Many of my new schoolfriends lived in Northolt or North Greenford so I found myself spending much of my early teens there. In particular, I have fond ...Read more

A memory of Northolt

Sally Gozer

Hi I remember going to Sally Gozer. My granddad used to man the train signals down there from about 1960. I used to go to Mill Lane school in the early 50s and still live in cliff Crescent Warmsworth my parents moved here in 1953 I was 5.

A memory of Levitt Hagg in 1953

Another Illicit Visit To An X Film!

A school chum & I came here to see Expresso Bongo, starring local lad Harry Webb, aka Cliff Richard, in about 1961. I was almost 16 but still felt guilty about breaking the law - and afraid of being caught!

A memory of Hoddesdon

Happy Days

My first recollection of life in Whiston was as a small child waking up at my Grandma's house on the morning she moved from near the crossroads to a newly built bungalow in Birchall Ave.(although her family had lived in Whiston for a few ...Read more

A memory of Whiston

The Cliffe Maternity Hospital

I was born in this building in August 1952, does anyone have any photographs? Also there were two other born around the sametime, who are you? Jeff

A memory of Wybunbury by jeff.gayle

Matlock To Moscow

Between 1961 and 1964 I attended the The Matlock Teachers Training College at Rockside and was resident at Rockwood for 3 years. It was a wonderful time for me with my highlight being the co-organising of the double decker bus trip to ...Read more

A memory of Matlock by inclusivedriving

Captions

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Caption For Staithes, The Harbour C1885

Red-tiled cottages are squeezed into narrow passages that rise dramatically from seashore to cliff top.

Caption For Hunstanton, High Street 1907

Then building began in earnest as visitors flocked to enjoy its safe, sandy beach and bracing cliff-top walks.

Caption For Laugharne, The Boat House C1965

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore.

Caption For Seatown, Caravan Site And Golden Cap C1960

The view looks westwards from the foothills of Ridge Cliff to Seatown hamlet (centre left) and Mill House and Mill Lane (lower right), which was concrete-covered in the Second World War to enable the large-scale

Caption For Swanage, Anvil Point And Lighthouse C1950

signal station on Round Down, was a series of shipwrecks which culminated with the loss of the 1,250-ton Liverpool sailing ship 'Alexandrovna' with her crew of 77, on Ragged Rocks below the western cliff

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Walls 1922

The view is northwards to the Old Boathouse in the Square, and the Assembly Rooms beside Bell Cliff at the bottom of Broad Street, which were pulled down in 1928.

Caption For Newquay, On The Sands 1912

The splendid sandy beach, which is so firm that tennis may be played on it, extends eastward for three miles beneath a range of beautiful cliffs.

Caption For Kingsdown, The Bungalows 1918

Kingsdown stands on the coast where the white cliffs of Dover give way to the extensive shingle beach that runs eastwards to Walmer & Deal.

Caption For Clovelly, Post Office, Transfer Of Mail 1936

Clovelly clings to a cliff, and its street is a steep, cobbled flight of steps.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village 1902

The village is viewed from the inland side of Burton Cliff, looking north-eastwards from above Dove Inn and Southover, to St Mary's Church (right).

Caption For Studland, The Beach 1925

The journey to Studland Bay was probably the favourite excursion for tourists from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the

Caption For Minehead, The Beach 1906

in south-west England.The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an underground cavern whose roof has collapsed, leaving soaring cliffs

Caption For Sheringham, The Beach 1921

The cliff pathway in the distance is the start of a scenic walk to Cromer, some three miles away.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

On the breezy cliff, fine pleasure grounds have been laid out.

Caption For Ampthill, St Andrew's Church C1955

On the left is the cliff-like Dynevor House, with 1725 on the rainwater hopper-heads, three storeys of box sashes and a corniced parapet.

Caption For Saundersfoot, The Harbour C1965

At the base of the cliff, the buildings include the one belonging to the boat builders Kelpie Boat Services.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, 1909

We are looking inland north-eastwards from what is now National Trust land above Burton Cliff, over the Dove Inn and Southover (foreground) to the meadows of the River Bride (centre).

Caption For Studland, The Beach 1925

The journey to Studland Bay was probably the favourite excursion for tourists from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the

Caption For Cheddar, Village And Gorge C1873

in south-west England.The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an underground cavern whose roof has collapsed, leaving soaring cliffs

Caption For Sandgate, Parade 1899

Near the cliffs in the distance are the remains of the castle built by Henry VIII in 1539 as part of his coastal defensive scheme; it is one of the four he constructed in Kent.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, Excelsior 1903

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

Caption For Sandgate, Parade 1899

Near the cliffs in the distance are the remains of the castle built by Henry VIII in 1539 as part of his coastal defensive scheme; it is one of the four he constructed in Kent.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, Excelsior 1903

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

Caption For Ramsgate, View From East Cliff C1920

Against the cliff-face to the right stands Ramsgate's first lift, which opened on 5 August 1908.