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My Memories Of The Coronation 2nd June 1953

My memories of the Coronation-2nd June 1953 While I was studying at the Bridgend Preparatory and Commercial School two events happened which changed the course of history for Great Britain. In February ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig in 1953 by Catherine Delahay

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

Fatso & Friend

It was 1970 before I found myself working in this enclosure with 'Fatso' the male lion and his mate, whose name I, unfortunately, cannot remember. I began working at Dudley zoo in 1970 as the Giraffe Keeper and was moved to the 'Cat Round' ...Read more

A memory of Dudley in 1970 by Nicholas Ordinans

Sunny Hillzzz

I'm always alone on these sunny hills. In this dream, it's always sunny and bright. There only huts on the hills stone huts but they're so small. And I've got my own big green house as well that is full of a few plants... Not a ...Read more

A memory of Sunny Hill

Molly Gray's Memories Of Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey.

When we were children during WWII, my brothers Rob and Wilf and myself often visited Weston Green. At Weston Green there were two churches and two ponds called Marneys and Milburns. My ...Read more

A memory of Weston Green by Janet Moore

1965

1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

More Memories From A Boy Growing Up In Burghfield

Back in Burghfield around 1962, I clearly remember one day during the School Summer Holiday seeing a Huge Red and Green Steamroller coming towards me with a whole host of Road Tar making ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common by Andrew Cooper

Low Bradley Farm

I lived in Low Bradley Farm in the late 60's early 70's with my dad Peter Dominey, Mam Dorothy Dominey and brother Christopher. I was only just over a year old when we moved onto the farm and left when I was 7. The farm was owned by a ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley by Hazel Wilson

Air Force Brat

My father was stationed in Lakenheath, England in 1963. My mother and 2 brothers followed 3 months later - I was 12 at the time. Coming from Texas, November in England was a shock, and it was the coldest winter they'd had in 60 years. We ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket

Precious Memories!

Some of my most precious memories of life belong to Menith Wood. My parents bought a caravan where we had many happy times on the “Bird in Hand” public house caravan site, opposite the woods. I remember feeding “Thomas” the boar, the ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood by Elizabeth Flint

Captions

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Caption For Saltfleet, Manor House C1955

The big tree has gone, and the outbuilding, whose steps can be seen at the left is now a single ruined wall.

Caption For Mablethorpe, Butlins Amusement Park C1950

The fun fair with its big wheel has been entirely replaced with a much more spectacular amusement park complex including the Dunes Theatre.

Caption For Charlcombe, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1907

With the grassy downs behind, this is a most delightful medieval church: small and intimate, set in a well treed churchyard, with a most unusual stone bell turret, battlemented and carried on big corbels

Caption For Windermere, The Main Street 1929

The gardens, barely visible to the right, are those of the big house, Ellerthwaite, which now houses the public library and the Citizen's Advice Bureau.

Caption For Headingley, St Michael's Church And The Shire Oak 1897

Taylor's Drug Store signboard is almost as big as the shop premises.

Caption For Headingley, St Michael's Church And The Shire Oak 1897

Taylor's Drug Store signboard is almost as big as the shop premises.

Caption For East Keswick, Stock's Hill 1951

The recent history of the ancient village of East Keswick is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the nearby 'big house' of Harewood.

Caption For Weobley, The Orchard C1955

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Caption For Hayle, Fore Street 1927

The big car is overtaking the little car in a manoeuvre that would be impossible with today's vehicles and traffic volumes.

Caption For Bransgore, The Post Office C1960

Avon Castle 1891 This late 19th-century mock castle was built 'at great cost and with the best materials and workmanship' by John Turner Turner, a renowned sportsman and big game hunter.

Caption For Weobley, The Orchard C1955

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Caption For Pin Mill, The River Orwell 1909

Arthur Ransome described Pin Mill with its 'crowd of yachts and its big brown sailed barges and steamers going up to Ipswich or down to the sea'.

Caption For Llanover, The Church 1898

She is buried with her husband Sir Benjamin Hall (after whom Big Ben was named) in Llanover churchyard, to the left of the path.

Caption For Little Sutton, The Square C1935

The posters on the wall advertise 'Pinders Big Zoo Circus', a flower show at nearby Helsby, and a British Legion 'Flower and Vegetable Show and Gala'.

Caption For Cliffe, High Street C1955

This village, archaeologists believe, is the 'Cloveshoo' of Saxon times - known then as a big town with several ancient councils. Its full name is Cliffe-at-Hoo.

Caption For Holker, The Village 1912

Standing by the gatehouse to the 'Big House'—Holker Hall—these four schoolchildren from Holker pose for the camera on a wet day.

Caption For Wragby, Market Place C1965

It received a market charter from Charles II, and at its centre is a big triangular Market Place. The garage has now been replaced by public toilets.

Caption For Warrington, Manchester Ship Canal C1960

Still a busy canal for commercial traffic, everything here was built on a big scale. For example, one of the locks at Latchford (in the south of Warrington) is 600 feet long and 65 feet wide.

Caption For Colchester, The Castle 1891

Constructed in 1080, its floor plan is half as big again as the White Tower's. It stands above a temple dedicated to Claudius's victory of AD43.

Caption For Mablethorpe, South Promenade C1950

There were numerous chalets which could be hired for the day or week along the promenade, and the big wheel is also to be seen in the far distance – it has now gone.

Caption For Tenby, Cemetery 1890

The chapel bell, which cost a further £33 3s, was cast in 1855 from the same batch of metal as Big Ben.

Caption For Haworth, General View C1955

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

Caption For Hose, The Black Horse, Bolton Lane C1955

The cantilevered pub sign over the front door advertises Home Ales from the Home Brewery in Nottingham, now a cog in Scottish & Newcastle's big wheel, but still producing good real ale.

Caption For Uppingham, School, Old Studies And Memorial Hall C1950

The boys are walking across the quad from the Big Schoolroom.