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Wonderful Memories

I was born in Blenheim Gardens in 1964 at my parents' house. I have great memories from the Tuffty Club through to starting school at the Primary in Aveley. Teachers that come to mind were Mrs Sykes and Mrs Southgate. The sports ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Andrea New

Childhood Memories

I have wonderful memories of many summer holidays and of Christmas time, when the whole family gathered to stay in a house called Cestria with my aunt, Nellie and Marcus Webb. I remember a gardener called George, a ...Read more

A memory of Brafield-on-the-Green in 1954

Growing Up In Enfield

I remember the pool very well, I attended Suffolks Secondary Modern School in Brick Lane, just off the Great Cambridge Road, we walked to the pool for swimming lessons but if you could not swim the teachers did not bother to try ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1951 by Dorothy Leeder

Drayton St Leonards 1936

1936 - my father Ernest Eldridge and mother Violet and myself Barbara moved from Dorchester on Thames to Drayton St Leonards. My mother's friend May Rusher (wife of Frank Rusher) arranged for the cottage next door ...Read more

A memory of Drayton St Leonard in 1930 by Barbara Gibson

Remembering The High Street As A Young Child

I remember going into the Prompt Cafe with my parents along the High Street. As a young child, I can recall seeing loads of little mats or coasters on the wall. Yes, I also remember the strong smell of ...Read more

A memory of Beckenham by Sheila Hancock Nee Cornelius

Maesycwmmer And Beyond

Born in 1949, was brought up in Maesycwmmer, lived in Vale View, went to the primary school, and later to Ynysddu Sec. Mod. My parents were Tom and Violet, siblings were Robin [who still lives in the village], Roger R.I.P. ...Read more

A memory of Maesycwmmer by Ian Woodyatt

The Rose And Crown

Ivy Myers. I wonder how many people from Chalfont remember the "Rose and Crown", a Benskins pub. My father owned it from 1946 until 1950. There was also the “Kings Head” which was on the corner of Joiners Lane. Of ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1949 by Ivy Jones

My Memoirs 1964 1966 Part One

Wayne Carter My father is Frederick Carter born in London, and mother was Loraine Carter nee Chadwick was born Cyfarthfa Street Roath; mum sadly passed away in 1998. I have a younger sister Jane Carter nee ...Read more

A memory of St Mellons in 1964 by Wayne Carter

My Memoirs Of Trowbridge Cardiff Part Two

Wayne Carter’s memories from 1966 - 1973 I remember Olive an old lady in Trafaser Crescent, she lived in the flats, I use to do errands for her; she always buy me ice-cream, or give me sweets. I ...Read more

A memory of St Mellons in 1966 by Wayne Carter

Captions

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Caption For Bury, Church From The River 1898

We are on the navigable and tidal River Arun.The church of St John the Evangelist has a shingled broach spire; flint and stone are used for walling and buildings.A ferry with landing steps connected

Caption For Belbroughton, Church Road C1960

This large village near Clent has Georgian and Tudor architecture and sandstone walls.

Caption For Ashwell, West End C1951

The first token reference to the growing traffic can be identified in the reflective pillar mounted on the boundary wall (centre).

Caption For Dover, Castle C1965

But the great keep, the inner bailey and much of the curtain walling were built by Henry II between 1168-86, at the then colossal cost of £3,000.

Caption For Greatham, Front Street C1955

On the left are the boundary walls of the Hospital of God at Greatham, founded in 1273 – this was not a hospital in the modern sense, but accommodation for the elderly and the poor, the earliest present

Caption For Navenby, The Church C1965

The path between the hedge and the stone wall is named the Cat Walk.

Caption For Cossington, The Village C1965

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th- century rectory and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality set behind the low wall on the left of the photo- graph.

Caption For Leeds, Victoria Hall 1888

The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

Caption For Kingsclere, George Street C1955

In this photograph it is worth noting the old Hovis sign on the wall of H Pearce & Sons.

Caption For Yeovil, The Park And Church 1900

All the houses on the left went to make way for the inner ring road and its roundabout; the gable on the far right belongs to The Armoury pub, which does survive.

Caption For Conisbrough, The Castle 1895

By the mid 16th century the castle was semi-derelict: a long stretch of curtain wall had collapsed and at least one floor of the keep had fallen in.

Caption For Groombridge, C1955

On the extreme left we see cottage walls constructed in the popular Flemish bond. A simple decorative effect is gained from the incorporation of differently coloured headers.

Caption For London, Covent Garden 1900

The cries of traders echo through the expansive square, planned by Inigo Jones.The scene has been described by a contemporary guidebook: 'All night long the rumble of heavy wagons seldom ceases,

Caption For Bramber, Castle Ruins C1950

Only a 75 ft high fragment and some stretches of bailey wall remain on this refreshingly unmanicured site.

Caption For Boston, The Windmill C1965

that did so much damage to the town's historic fabric and cross the Maud Foster Drain into Willoughby Road, where Boston's celebrated Maud Foster Mill dominated the town's eastern growth beyond the town walls

Caption For Conisbrough, The Castle 1895

By the mid-16th century the castle was semi-derelict: a long stretch of curtain wall had collapsed and at least one floor of the keep had fallen in.The fortress was in such poor condition that it was

Caption For York, The War Monument 1909

The whole area has changed almost beyond recognition.The castle walls to the right of the view are now demolished.

Caption For Arlington, Church C1955

On the right we can see the timber-framed Tudor walls of The Corner House.

Caption For East Runton, The Beach C1955

W Green (his pitch is in the left foreground) has done reasonably well in supplying deckchairs.

Caption For Seaton, Promenade 1922

This view shows the sea front before the construction of the modern sea wall that holds back the sea on stormy days.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Pier And Duchess Of Devonshire 1912

The paddle-steamer is not approaching the Cobb wall on a busy day.

Caption For Navenby, The Church C1965

The path between the hedge and the stone wall is named the Cat Walk.

Caption For Burton, Barn End C1955

The Bible tells us that we should build our houses on rock and not sand – and all the oldest cottages in Burton sit perched on outcrops of sandstone.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, St Laurence's Saxon Chapel 1900

Excavations outside revealed the walls, and repairs revealed the carvings. A table made from one of the old oak beams from the 1850 restoration work is on show in the town museum.