Books

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Memories

4,713 memories found. Showing results 261 to 270.

Perfect Place

My name was Sandra Goodfellow when I was born at home in Erbistock in 1954. I lived on Twining hill. I had a very happy childhood there with my three siblings, Mum and Dad. I started Erbistock school in 1957. It was a cosy, two ...Read more

A memory of Erbistock by Sandra Bayley

My Most Memorable Corner

I lived at Corbieton Cottage for 22 years between 1939 & 1961 and this is the view I saw as I came down the hill to go to school, to Sunday school, to Scouts, to the Kirk, to the pub, the Hall, the bowling, the ...Read more

A memory of Haugh of Urr by Jim Cook

I Lived Here

I moved to West End in 1966. My family owned the Wheatsheaf from 1964 until about 1967 and my auntie still lived in West End so I often visit. I was 11 in 1964 and my earliest memory of the village was seeing the Gordon ...Read more

A memory of West End in 1966 by Beverley Thouless

The Printing Works Premises.

The property on the left of the photograph marked 'Printing Office' is where I grew up and lived until my student days. My parents operated a bakers and confectionery business from the premises. In 1890, when a printing ...Read more

A memory of Ingleton by Claire Allen

Boyhood

I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided all ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

School Days

I am surprised that no one has added any memories to this page. When I was a child the village was small and everyone knew everyone else, now it has changed out of all recognition, apart perhaps from the very centre by ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1947 by Gloria Knight

Birchinlee

I don't have memories of Derwent Reservoir but my Great Grandfather was a Navvy who worked on the building of the Howden and Derwent Reservoirs and Dams. He lived with his family in the purpose built village of Birchinlee in hut ...Read more

A memory of Derwent Reservoir in 1900 by Denise Fenton

My Memories Of Resolven.

The personal views of Resolven expressed in these pages reflect my own fond memories of Resolven, the Vale of Neath and its people. In 1953 I returned to the valley as a teenager, little did I know it was to become my home. I worked ...Read more

A memory of Resolven by Barry S Britzman

Buy My Lily Of The Valley.

On one day of the year, through the forties and probably the fifties, my grandmother Ethel Glazier, would pick all the lily of the valley she had, in a square bed about three foot square, in her back garden in Rowledge. She ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1941 by Raela Croft

Fond Holiday Memories

In the summer of 1963 my Dad took my sister (11), brother (4) and me (6) to stay with my Auntie Marie.  She lived in the house adjoining the pub.  I think it had a name like Penryn and appeared on the front cover of Country ...Read more

A memory of High Easter in 1963 by Christine Mabbett

Captions

5,033 captions found. Showing results 625 to 648.

Caption For Wollaston, High Street C1955

To the south of Wellingborough lies the village of Wollaston, separated from its neighbour Great Doddington by the River Nene.

Caption For Cound, The Village 1936

The village of Cound is split in two by the Coundmoor Brook - this photograph was taken in Upper Cound, which is separated from the earlier part of the village (where the church stands).

Caption For Hartington, The Pond C1960

A family pose with their fine-looking pony by the village pond, or mere, at Hartington.

Caption For Terrington, The Village C1955

School House on the left looks out over the village green in this charming scene. Terrington Hall, set amongst the trees, is now a preparatory school.

Caption For Cosby, The Brook C1965

Cosby brook runs through the centre of this pleasant village, which is a doorstep to the city; the village was the first in the county to have a conservation area.

Caption For Alrewas, The Trent And Mersey Canal C1955

This pleasant village on the Trent & Mersey Canal was a popular stop-off point for old boatmen: the pubs in the village were the main attraction. The church is mainly 13th- and 14th-century.

Caption For Horsmonden, The Village 1903

Once a major ironworking centre, this village also boasts the first Fuggle hops to be grown.

Caption For East Challow, Post Office And Village Hall C1965

It has suffered the fate of many village post offices, and is now closed. During the 1980s the green wooden Village Hall, opposite, was replaced by a modern brick building.

Caption For Mells, The Green C1965

Mells was the village of fabled Jack Horner, who misappropriated its deeds when the landowning monastery was dissolved. The village grew with coal, quarrying, an iron works and cloth making.

Caption For Upchurch, The Village C1955

Although actually very old, this is another Medway-side village that was left with a distinctly Victorian appearance by the 19th century building boom, when it was a source of brick earth and also chalk

Caption For Otterton, The Village Green 1914

Otterton's village green was the setting for medieval village fairs, and it is still a venue for local events.

Caption For Tanworth In Arden, The Village C1965

The character of the village has changed greatly in recent years as commuters have discovered it.

Caption For Brook, The Church C1955

Three miles from Wye, the Norman village church has remained largely unaltered since it was built, with the exception of its windows.

Caption For Tanworth In Arden, The Village C1965

The character of the village has changed greatly in recent years as commuters have discovered it.

Caption For Claverdon, The Green C1960

Claverdon is a large village which saw considerable expansion in the 1970s and is mostly inhabited by commuters.

Caption For Mardy, The Village C1965

Since this picture was taken, the 'village' has undergone further housing developments which mean that it has become a suburb of Abergavenny.

Caption For Kilmersdon, The Village C1955

The 100ft tower of St Peter and St Paul's Church dominates this estate village of grey lias cottages. The tower is in the Somerset style, and is decorated with fifty carved figures.

Caption For Scorton, The Village 1913

The village lies next to Bolton on Swale five miles east of Richmond; it has the largest walled green in the whole of the country.

Caption For Braemar, Mill On The Cluny 1890

The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.

Caption For Appledore, The Street 1955

More recently, Appledore became a wealthy village with its own harbour. However, in 1287 a storm changed the course of the river Rother and left the village landlocked.

Caption For Blackboys, The Post Office C1960

Blackboys is a small iron industry village. Its name is believed to have come from the appearance of charcoal workers as they emerged from working in the woods.

Caption For Handcross, High Street C1950

A village on the eastern edge of the St Leonards Forest at a high point on the London to Brighton trunk road. The Red Lion, c1550, is an old coaching inn.

Caption For Broadway, The Village 1899

Broadway is an exceptionally beautiful Worcestershire village, each building in harmony with its neighbour and all constructed from the same warm local stone.

Caption For Clovelly, Post Office, Transfer Of Mail 1936

Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon.