Books

26 books found. Showing results 673 to 696.

Memories

4,713 memories found. Showing results 281 to 290.

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were all ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

My Childhood In Coldharbour

In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village.  My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by Rosemary Shields

Phil Munton

Hi, I've recently discovered this while doing research on a book I am writing and was interested to hear how many people from Selsdon remember their childhood and, in most cases, enjoyed the village as I knew it as a good place to grow up. I ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by philmunton48

A Real English Village

My parents moved to Wickham Bishops in 1948 to help friends run the village Post Office Stores which sold everything - stamps, paraffin (you brought your own can and it was filled from a barrel at the back), vinegar (as ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Bishops in 1948 by Carol Argyris

Downside School & Abbey

I spent two mostly happy years as a boarder at Downside School, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, in the early 1980s. What a beautiful place. And with the magnificent minor basilica Downside Abbey. I last returned(from London) ...Read more

A memory of Stratton-on-the-Fosse by Dumle Kogbara

My Youth In Farnham Common By Peter Harrison

I spent my youth in Farnham Common and have nothing but happy memories. We lived in an old house called Glenwood in Templewood Lane. In those days (The 1950's and 1960's) there were very few houses. As ...Read more

A memory of Farnham Common by dcpharrison

Summer Holidays At Ye Old Tuck Shop

My mother was the daughter of Mrs Price and along with my father and my sister we would go for our summer holidays for 2 weeks and stay with my Grandfather and Grandmother in the little cottage. The Tuck shop was mainly ...Read more

A memory of Lucton by keithvickers31

An Arreton Childhood

I lived in Arreton from birth until my marriage.  My family consisted of Dad and Mum, my sister Gill, my paternal grandparents and a retired infant teacher Miss Muskett. She taught me at home before I began school at the village ...Read more

A memory of Arreton in 1940 by Pat Phillips

Progress And Change

Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by W&C ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Denman Lalonde

Whitehill In The 60s And 70s

My husband Vic moved into the brand new council estate in 1968 with his parents and sister - Champney Close. His house backed onto the common and MOD training land. He’d stand up on the embankment watching the trains pass ...Read more

A memory of Whitehill by D Toovey

Captions

5,033 captions found. Showing results 673 to 696.

Caption For Hornby, The War Memorial C1965

Beside the main road through the village on the base of the ancient cross is an elaborate war memorial.

Caption For Warnham, The Village 1907

Situated just outside Horsham, the village of Warnham is noted for its large mill pond.

Caption For Langham, Old Cottage And Chapel C1950

The village's mid-Victorian Baptist chapel stands close to the 13th-century church of St Peter and St Paul.

Caption For Byfleet, Civic Restaurant C1955

The Civic Restaurant was also the village hall.

Caption For Milborne Port, Ven House C1955

The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

Caption For Rode, Village C1960

Rode church is at the south-east end of the village, the bulk of which is to the north-west towards the River Frome. This view was taken from the south-west.

Caption For Asfordby, Dalgliesh Way C1965

Dalgleish Way is part of the later 1950s and early 1960s village expansion.

Caption For Milton Malsor, The Church C1955

A compact village with concentric circles of winding, intimate lanes, the church has a surprisingly timeless appearance with the field in the foreground used for village fetes, including the 2002 Golden

Caption For Abbotts Ann, St Mary's Church 1899

Most village churches near Andover are older, altered or rebuilt Victorian. St Mary's, rebuilt in 1714, is a larger Georgian exception, seating 170 in box pews and gallery.

Caption For Great Chart, Village 1908

Although only just outside Ashford, Great Chart, along with its neighbour Little Chart, retains its traditional village character.

Caption For Angmering, The Village Green C1955

We are at the hub of the village, with the war memorial in the foreground. The Village Stores has a sign advertising Oxo on the shopfront. The scene is little different today.

Caption For Melplash, The Village 1907

Only the feet of the carter are visible, as his horse stands patiently waiting while he unloads part of his wares from the back of his wagon for delivery to the creeper-festooned cottages in this village

Caption For Waddesdon, The Five Arrows Hotel 1901

Ferdinand de Rothschild who built Waddesdon Manor also reworked the village, this time choosing a picturesque Olde English style with lots of half-timbering and ornate chimney stacks.

Caption For Overstrand, High Street 1938

Known as the village of millionaires at the turn of the century (because no less than six lived in the village), Overstrand maintained its exclusivity for many years.

Caption For Bolney, Post Office 1957

Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.

Caption For Caldecott, The Green C1955

There are two greens in the village and this view shows The Plough Inn nearby. The Old Plough was opposite but closed in 1948, the licence being transferred to the 'new' Plough.

Caption For Harworth, The Game Cock, Bawtry Road C1968

An entire colliery village was laid out east of the Tickhill to Blyth road after 1922, and named Bircotes.

Caption For Kingsdown, 1906

Kingsdown was a fishing village, with a strong tradition of commitment to the sea from generations of the same families. Some properties remain on the sites once lived in by their Viking forebears.

Caption For Ayot St Lawrence, The Village C1955

The post office at Ayot was used by George Bernard Shaw in a rather lesser known play, 'A Village Wooing'.

Caption For North Curry, The Square C1955

Continuing south-west, the route reaches North Curry, a village on the low ridge that separates West Sedge Moor from the Tone valley.

Caption For Othery, Main Road C1955

From Bridgwater we head south-east into Sedgemoor to Othery, a village built on a low hill that rises 60 feet above the Moors.

Caption For Bossiney, The Village 1920

This village, described in the 19th century as 'hamlet of beggarly cottages', was built around a castle. All that remains is an earth mound.

Caption For Upper Slaughter, The Village C1960

Upper Slaughter was the home of F E Witts, the 19th-century parson, who portrayed the village in his 'Diary of a Cotswold Parson'.

Caption For Trusthorpe, Trustville C1955

The village of Trusthorpe is located between Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea, and Trusville was developed after the war. This area is now mainly caravans and chalets.