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Places
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Memories
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Shenstone Training College
Bromsgrove Teacher Training College's proper name was Shenstone Teacher Training College and was under the aegis of Birmingham University. Shenstone was originally situated on the old prisoner of war camp outside ...Read more
A memory of Bromsgrove in 1963 by
Convent Of The Visitation Bridport Dorset
CHAPTER TWO School Years - Convent of the Visitation 1939-1945 One’s school years leave an indelible impression on one for good or bad. My views over these years in this regard, have modified considerably. ...Read more
A memory of Bridport in 1940 by
Childhood Days
My name is Peter Warner. I spent many holidays at Upper Dean in the 1930s. My uncle was a farmer at Top Farm. I was also evacuated to Dean during the Second World War and attended Dean school. It remains to this day my favourite ...Read more
A memory of Upper Cuts in 1930 by
Mitchelmores Gardens Duddleston Road Black Lion Lane
I have noticed one or two comments with regard to 'Mitchelmores Gardens' in Duddleston Road/Black Lion Lane. I think that the writers are perhaps a little confused. Mr Mitchelmore was an ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton by
Growing Up In Dovercourt
I have been trying to remember the exact dates when we lived in Dovercourt but I think it was something like 1953-57, while my father worked for the railway at Parkeston Quay. We first rented a place in Shaftesbury Avenue ...Read more
A memory of Dovercourt in 1955 by
Moss Hall, Gresford
I am just remembering Moss Hall and Mr and Mrs Yaylor and their son Stan who lived in a cottage near the copse, and how at a night time you would stand outside and listen to badgers crying, it was really such an amazing place, the ...Read more
A memory of Gresford in 1965 by
Life In A Kent Village During World War Two
Benenden was my home for the first 5 years of my life. We lived in Greenwood, a lovely white Kentish weather-boarded house on the Cranbrook Road, sadly knocked down and modernised a couple of years ago. I ...Read more
A memory of Benenden in 1940 by
Ballagh Cottage Was A Haire Dowager House
Ballagh cottage, part of the Haire family Armagh Manor estate, was a Dowager House - where Florence (Florries) Haire resided after the death of her more elderly in years husband, Major Haire. During ...Read more
A memory of Ballaghennie by
Postcard Of This View Sent In 1904
l have a postcard of this view which is dated Oct 11th 1904. ln which the sender write's about just moving into a house that is facing one of the houses on the left which had just been recently built and so does ...Read more
A memory of Scunthorpe by
Date Of Photo
The car with the 'L' plates is the car my sister learnt to drive, and so the photo must have been taken in a few months from late January 1966. Athough the PO has closed, the Newburys have lived here from at least as far back as 1853 to date.
A memory of Sarisbury by
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Inside, the south arcade of the nave dates from about 1200, but the rest is from Edward VI's reign. Until its restoration in the 1860s there were dormer windows in the aisle roof.
At this date Southport had the longest pier in the country.
On the extreme right is St Mary's Church of 13th-century date with its stumpy recessed steeple.
Dated 1869, it worked to 1938. It is now restored to full working order and is open to visitors.
There is documentary evi- dence that the Ship Inn on the left dates from at least 1600, and its cobbled court- yard remains today thanks to a preservation order.
Greystoke Church dates from the 13th century. Chantries were added to the original structure by the 14th Baron Greystoke, who built the first Greystoke Castle.
Most of Milton Malsor's buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries. Opposite the post office is a classic Morris estate car, a familiar sight in the 1950s and 60s.
Though the photographers' stalls were harmless enough, the beach by this date had acquired a reputation for cheap and tacky sideshows, gambling, brawling and drunkenness.
The Embankment, with its dolphin lampposts dated 1870, is by Bazalgette; in fact it hides the great sewers he built to collect London's effluent and take it further east to rid the city of its appalling
Though St Mary's contains a Norman chancel arch, much of the building dates from John Dobson's restoration of 1828-29.
The bridge, complete with pedestrian refuges, is thought to be 15th-century: some of the houses facing the bridge date from the early 17th to early 19th centuries.
The building—with the date 1510 on its gable—is reputedly where four local Puritans met before sailing to the New World aboard the Mayflower.
Though St Peter's dates from Saxon times, it is believed that Hamelin Plantaganet might have also have rebuilt the church, as much of the stonework is 12th-century.
On the left is Leeds' oldest shop, which dates from 1613 and is receiving a face lift. Further along the street on the right stands the Empire Theatre.
Much of the town dates from between 1890 and 1939, and many of its residents were employed by the railway.
The Harrow is the oldest public house in Wanborough, dating back to at least the 18th century.
From the partial billboard on the gable end, it was obviously a retailer of the News of the World, which at this date, it may be interesting to recall, was a working class but quite serious broadsheet,
on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.The parish church is extremely old and surprisingly large, with parts dating
It has the oldest dated bell in Sussex, 1369, which is of Dutch origin.A young girl waits patiently in the field for photographer to finish.
The origins of St Nicholas' Church date back to the 12th century. It was built by Abingdon Abbey to cater for their lay servants, their tenants and passing pilgrims.
Jack Callow moved to Bates Lane in 1929, and here he opened a shop, which became known as Callow's Stores. We can see it in this photograph, down near the high wall, centre right.
Shops and private houses of all dates surround the large Market Square.
An old Ford Prefect and a motor scooter help to date the view.
The building and its tower, distinguished by its tracery and four gables, date back to 1892. The first three shops on the right have all changed hands over the years.
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