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Memories

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Happy Childhood

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

My Town

I call it my town because it is, it is everybody’s town that lives here. My wife Patsy and I moved here very recently, in October 1999, this was after visiting the town in previous months, we found the people warm and welcoming, where ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Abbey in 1998 by John Collier

Living At The White Hall Billesdon C 1972 1979

We moved to the White Hall when I was 2, almost 3, and my sister was 5 weeks old!  It was a wonderful house to grow up in - lots and lots of space, inside and out, and were were fortunate enough to have ...Read more

A memory of Billesdon in 1972 by Emma Lack

Thatch Cottage, Singleton

We bought a thatched cottage, in much need of renovation, next door to the butchers shop. It was a tied Goodwood Cottage previously occupied by Mrs Myrtle Ticehurst who remained a tenant when she was widowed in ...Read more

A memory of Singleton in 1971

''tram Crash On Tabor Hill''

On Tuesday, August 23rd 1932 there occurred at almost exactly the same spot from which this photo was taken, the most serious runaway and crash that ever ocurred on the line. Car no. 4 broke away from the haulage cable at ...Read more

A memory of Llandudno in 1930 by John Owen

Snowing And Floating

Can't be too specific about the year, just know I was young. Perhaps we'd not been long in our house on Carr Lane, having lived in Dronfield before. What a treasure this house was, running water, separate bedrooms and ...Read more

A memory of Dronfield Woodhouse in 1956 by Raymond Gee

Happy Days

The main memory that I have is growing up in a small village with lots of friends, the pear tree wall will last in my memory for ever, the meeting place for all, playing football on the green, fathers aginst the children, everyone was ...Read more

A memory of Haskayne in 1962 by Richard Melling

Goldthorpe In The Fifties

I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by swamidhyan

Rivacre Baths.

For those who never saw (or may have forgotten), the photo shows the view you had after coming in through the main entrance. The large fountain can be seen in the foreground, and was enjoyed by many children as they ran around ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1947 by David Copnall

Happy Days At Mill Bridge

Hi to anyone looking at this photo, I lived just up the road at Valley Cottages and used to play by the bridge, we all sat on the bridge wall and had our photograph taken. I am on the right with wellington boots on, ...Read more

A memory of Bishop's Tawton in 1955 by Mr. John Salisbury

Captions

1,668 captions found. Showing results 577 to 600.

Caption For Cricklade, St Mary's Church C1955

Cricklade, ten miles from the Thames source, is an ancient town with evidence of Anglo-Saxon town walls as well as of Roman occupation.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Barley Mow Inn 1890

On the east bank, beyond the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its 'cruck' construction, the large curved timbers in the gable wall, and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome commends it in 'Three Men

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb 1912

This fine study of the Granny's Teeth steps on the Cobb shows the setting of the incident in Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion' where Louisa Musgrove falls off the wall.

Caption For Kettering, War Memorial 1922

The names of the fallen are on plaques built into the gallery wall to the right of the obelisk, which simply states: 'Their name liveth for evermore'.

Caption For Stanwick, Village C1960

Look closely. and you can spot the advertisement for Wall's ice cream.

Caption For Lincoln, Stonebow 1890

We have now passed through Stonebow into the southern part of the High Street, which grew up along the old Roman road south of the walled city.

Caption For Gilfach Goch, Childrens Playing Ground C1955

In this region the fertile farmland ascends to the top of the hill, and it is pleasing to note hedgerows, not stone walls, dividing the fields.

Caption For Alton, From Windmill Hill C1880

The house with its walled garden on the left is Culverton House. Built in about 1827 by Henry Blanckley Rogers, it was described as a 'most delightful residence' when he sold it in 1841.

Caption For Malvern Wells, The Holywell 1904

The medicinal values of the waters around Malvern have been known to local people for centuries, and Doctor John Wall published a treatise on their efficacy in 1756.

Caption For Crewe, Bus Station C1960

Now it is extremely run-down, with all the walls covered in graffiti.

Caption For Bishopsbourne, The Church 1903

With its Norman doorway, medieval wall paintings and 17th-century Flemish glass window, St Mary's Church sits in an idyllic rural setting.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, The Abbey Gateway 1898

The earlier gate stood further to the left, and the join in the wall shows its position. The portcullis is a Victorian replacement.

Caption For Tideswell, Church Chancel 1896

This lightness is the result of the large, plain glass windows on either wall.

Caption For Brentwood, High Street C1955

On the wall next door is a large Guinness advertisement.

Caption For Jaywick, Chester Chalets C1955

Some of the much-loved deckchairs of the period are leaning against the wall, with bicycles for transport.

Caption For Tewkesbury, Church Street 1907

The Black Bear lays claim to being the oldest inn, dating from 1308, while the Bell, though older in that it contains some 13th-century wall paintings, was originally a guest-house for the abbey.

Caption For Thorpe Market, The Green C1955

Traditional Norfolk cottages with thatched roofs and flint walls are built on the edge of a large village green: this kind of green-edge or common-edge settlement is characteristic of Norfolk.

Caption For Bath, York Street And Roman Baths C1955

From Terrace Walk, York Street passes the rear of the Roman Baths, screened by the rusticated walls and corner pavilion added by Brydon in the 1890s.

Caption For Chalford, On The Canal 1910

The retaining wall on the right was part of Chalford Station yard. The careful posing of the children adds considerably to the appeal of the photograph.

Caption For Bengeo, St Leonard's Church 1922

There is an anchorite's cell behind the panelling in the north wall, and a fine replacement tiled roof over the semicircular apsidal east end.

Caption For Wembdon, Church 1906

Much of this feeling remains today: the churchyard wall with its railings and gates is unchanged, although the copper beech behind the left gate pier has grown very large.

Caption For Wooburn Town, The Village 1910

To the right behind the tree (now gone) is the wall to the churchyard.

Caption For Worcester, Lich Gate 1906

The posters on the wall advertise Midland Railway excursions to Blackpool and Weston-super-Mare, promising some hard-earned fun for Worcester's wage slaves.

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral, Rising From The Dead 1907

Those on the south wall feature scenes from Judgement Day, including these three members of the faithful pushing up their coffin lids as they rise from the dead.