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Gods Little Acre.
We Joined Bradwell Bowling Club after I couldn't walk properly owing to a bad accident in Wales a couple of years before. I thought I could manage the bowling. It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon when John (my late husband) and I ...Read more
A memory of Bradwell in 1976 by
Clitheroe And Trough Of Bowland
My father, Ken Hatton, worked as a surveyor with Cementation, a civil engineering company from Bentley Nr. Doncaster. They were driving a water tunnel under the Trough of Bowland. At that time we lived in Clitheroe at ...Read more
A memory of Slaidburn in 1951 by
My Mums Memories Of Eynsford
My mum lived here for about 7 years until 1967, her father was the village policeman and they lived in The Police House in Eynsford. Mum was christened in St Martin's Church and went to the primary school which has been ...Read more
A memory of Eynsford
Smallfield Prepares For War 1939 45
bill.haylor@btinternet.com Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs. One of the first indications in the village relating to war was the erection of a telegraph pole, on the top of which was a platform ...Read more
A memory of Smallfield in 1940 by
Memories Of Bristol Zoo, Clifton
Clifton Zoo was founded in 1835 by a group of eminent local citizens and opened to the public in 1836. It is the fifth oldest in the world, and the oldest one that is not in a capital city. There were 220 shareholders ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1930 by
Nothing To Do
As a child growing up in Windlesham village I was frustrated because there was so little to do. I went to the local school which backed onto our house at the bottom of Poplar Avenue which joined Up Down hill. When I had grown up ...Read more
A memory of Windlesham in 1959 by
Colerne In The Second World War
My parents and I came to Colerne in late 1939, having left London shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, and lived at Ford, a few miles from Colerne, for a few months. That winter, of 1939-40, was a hard ...Read more
A memory of Colerne in 1940 by
Geo Orts Bakers
My dad owned the above. I spent 22 years in Perivale and went through school there. I finally left in 1977. I have fond memories of Perivale and my dad's shop was very popular, it was on Bilton Road. We lived in Devon Close. Johnny Kidd ...Read more
A memory of Ealing in 1960 by
Knatts Valley And Woodlands
I was brought up in Woodlands. My parents owned the Holiday Camp which they retired from in 1968. They built it up from 1927, the year they were married and gradually increased the size of it (on 7 acres) until it ...Read more
A memory of Knatts Valley in 1947 by
Over The Bump To Play Football
This photograph illustrates all too well the erosion of the cliffs. The profile of Beeston Bump seen in the background of this photograph compared with to day shows just how much land ...Read more
A memory of Sheringham by
Captions
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Constructed by Telford and Jessop to link the rivers Severn, Dee and Mersey, the Llangollen Canal is one of the most popular waterways in the country.
Picture postcards, hugely popular at the time, are for sale on the left - perhaps they included Frith postcards.
Nowadays the seating is very different and the coaches have roofs above their open sides, but otherwise this rather unfashionable railway and park are still thriving and immensely popular with the people
These were very popular in the inter-war years with young people, for they were a cheap form of transport.The one nearest the camera seems to have the lady driving and the gentleman in the sidecar.
This photograph shows Witton Gilbert's war memorial in its original position on part of the dene on a popular and well used walk down to a bathing hole where people used to swim, and where parents brought
The popularity of the Clyde excursion steamers changed all that: Dunoon developed into a holiday resort, the largest and best known on the Cowal.
This popular watering-place is very pleasantly situated. The coast here, turning to the south, forms a wide, open bay.
valuation and estate agency operation seen in the centre of the picture, F Simmons's tailoring concern offered liveries for wealthy households with domestic staff, and cycle suits, reflecting the growing popularity
This famous resort on the Holyhead road, in the narrow, deeply-glaciated valley of the river Conwy, became popular when it was reached by the railway in Victorian times.
In days gone by, Berkeley cheese was as famous as Double Gloucester, and in recent times this locally-made delicacy has enjoyed a revival in popularity.
Cockfighting was a very popular pastime in rural Wales until its prohibition in 1849.
It has been very popular as a holiday retreat, and indeed nowadays most of these houses are holiday homes. All who have come gaze at the remaining gable of the small ruined church of St Brynach.
The village became Increasingly popular with visitors because of its proximity to Blackpool, but caravans and a holiday camp seem at odds with a village recorded in the Domesday Book.
It is still popular, and has the truncated remains of its inn courtyard within – we see it here from the yard end of the carriageway through the building.
A popular location, it is somewhat surrounded by uninspiring housing estates and housing, such as the 1950s Bell Banks bungalows opposite, but it and Bell Banks Road are living links with
The George (the pub on the right) still exists, and is a popular local watering-hole. The towing path is in excellent condition now, and is used for walking and cycling.
A boat trip from Llangollen Wharf to the Horseshoe Falls is as popular today as it has ever been. This is probably the longest-lived operational horse-drawn trip boat on the canal system.
A popular destination of walkers, it was built to allow the miners of Pentre Du to reach the mines in the hills; a mile west of Betws-y-Coed, paths lead through the meadows to this steeply-inclined gangway
Bembridge, the easternmost settlement on the Isle of Wight, became popular in late Victorian times as a centre for golf, being the headquarters of the Isle of Wight Golf Club.
To reach this popular bathing cove with its old inn, travellers must thread a path down a deep lane between hills bright with heather and wild flowers.
Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and as a result became popular for runaway marriages of English couples - Lord Hardwicke's act of 1754 abolished irregular marriages in England, but not in
Of all the Torbay resorts, only Paignton has a pier, owing to a combination of its popularity as a family resort and the gently sloping sands that facilitated the pier's construction.
Exmouth has been a popular resort for over two hundred years. Its miles of long sandy beaches, gently sloping sands, and safe bathing offer all that is needed for a perfect seaside holiday.
The Dam is still the popular name for Clowne's reservoir at Harlesthorpe, north of the former coal-mining village.
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