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Conkers And The Pram Race

Hello, my name is David Clarke. I lived in Barlborough from 1972 to 1978. We lived at 12 Westbridge Rd during that time frame. I went to Barlborough Primary School and so did my brother until my family moved to the U.S. in ...Read more

A memory of Barlborough by davidbcd10

Uncle Trevor

My mum was taken in during WW II as a young girl to move her out of London. She lived with Trevor Gawler and his wife until the refugee kids were sent back to the big city. My mum loved it in the countryside and didn’t want to ...Read more

A memory of Hazelbury Bryan by wymanmichelle111

Good Old Days

I remember Elite fish and chip shop. Went to Colmers Farm 1957-1967 Fine Fare was opened by the Dagenham Girl Pipers. Avery’s was the shoe shop. Hadley’s we went for bags. Delaney’s toy shop. Dowlings for veg and straw for the ...Read more

A memory of Rubery by susancripps

Beloveded Ash

I ALSO HAVE MANY MEMORIES OF ASH, MY MOTHER WAS A HARMSWORTH BEFORE MARRIAGE,AND MY UNCLE OWENED THE BOATHOUSE AT ASH VALE MY AUNTIE ALICE LIVED IN THE COTTAGE NEXT TO THE BOATHOUSE.I ALSO REMEMBER HEATHVALE BRIDGE AND THE SWAN HOTEL WHEN ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale by gerald.wilcock

My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's

I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by ian.blundell

Merewood Cottage And Bank House

I have just been going through some old photos of my dads. He grew up in Ambleside in the 1930’s and 1940’s. His dad was the local bank manager I believe. He lived in a house called Merewood Cottage. I was wondering if ...Read more

A memory of Ambleside by karencaster1

Fairdene School

I was a pupil at Fairdene School from 1960-1965. I had lived in New York until I was 6, so being a girl with a Yankee accent in a school for young ladies was quite a challenge! The two female headmistresses, Miss Turner and Miss Delmege ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead by familylock

Tilly Biggins

The previous writer mentionedTilly Biggins who was my uncles stepmother. I stayed with her many times when I was very young. She was born in Victorian times and still dressed in lace up boots, long skirts and big hats. No running water in ...Read more

A memory of Gristhorpe by terrybroadhead003

Pitts Cottage

My nan Eliza Geal or Jelly as she was known, worked at Pitts Cottage doing the cooking in the 50-60s she lived at Park Cottages just down the road and her husband Sunny worked on the Squerrys Estate which was run by a Major Warde, his son ...Read more

A memory of Westerham by timddeacon

Evacuation

I am with my Dad, peter Brandon, who was also evacuated to the area during the war with his 2 brothers and sister and parents. They were in a terrace of cottages, Dinnaton Cottages south od Swimbridge. he went to Swimbridge school, probably ...Read more

A memory of Swimbridge by Tony Brandon

Captions

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Caption For Aylesbury, Castle Street C1955

The 18th-century cottages on the left stand behind a raised pavement.

Caption For Oving, Church And Black Boy Inn C1955

The ugly lean-to on the cottage has been replaced by a conservatory, and the railings by a rubble stone wall.

Caption For Canford Magna, Village 1904

Autumn was the favourite season, when the Virginia creeper shrouding the cottages was at its scarlet best and the roadside chestnuts were golden.

Caption For Canford Magna, Sanatorium And Main Street C1950

Autumn was the favourite season, when the Virginia creeper shrouding the cottages was at its scarlet best and the roadside chestnuts were golden.

Caption For Sproughton, The Mill C1955

These model estate cottages were built by the Berners family for their agricultural labourers and artisans.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Village C1955

These model estate cottages were built by the Berners family for their agricultural labourers and artisans.

Caption For Wem, High Street C1965

One of the few earlier buildings is Dial Cottage, seen here on the right.

Caption For Stourpaine, South Holme C1955

With a half-hipped timbered frame, visible at the gable end, and attic windows plus roadside flowers, early 16th- century Anthorn Cottage continues to give character to Blandford Road in

Caption For Alton, Normandy Street C1955

Some of the houses on the left are boarded up and empty in this photograph, but when they were for sale in August 1920 they were described as 'a Block of Four Capital Cottages'.

Caption For St Ives, Draycott Terrace 1901

The terraced cottages in Primrose Valley below are still intact.

Caption For St Blazey, Church And Cottages 1893

The cottages have small gardens, walled enclosures, sheds and washing lines. The line of the Par to Newquay railway can be seen across the valley.

Caption For Feckenham, High Street C1967

Today, Feckenham is only a village, but a large, prosperous one with fine houses and charming cottages, many of them formerly inhabited by needle makers who worked at home.

Caption For Hutton Le Hole, The Village C1955

The stone-built, pantile-roofed cottages still cluster around the white-railed green with its series of footbridges over the beck, in what is now a Conservation Area in the North York Moors National Park

Caption For Northallerton, Romanby Green C1955

The pantiled roofs of the cottages are typical of this part of North Yorkshire.

Caption For Rodborough, Common C1960

The cottage below it, which enjoys spectacular views, has acquired a sun lounge with a balcony and a dormer window, but has lost a chimney.

Caption For Croston, Town Bridge C1955

A 17th-century packhorse bridge spans the River Yarrow, and beyond the cottages rises the square, battlemented tower of St Michael and All Angels' Church.

Caption For Glasson Dock, The Docks C1955

Warehouses, offices and a customs house sprang up around the quayside, with cottages nearby for the stevedores who handled the cargoes.

Caption For Bossington, The Village 1931

Lying near the coast below Bossington Hill, these cottages over- look a stream that once powered a corn mill. Close by is Lynch Chapel, a medieval chapel-of-ease to the church at Selworthy.

Caption For Eyam, Village 1896

The twin-gabled cottages in the centre of this photograph are where the infamous plague first struck in 1665.

Caption For Wallasey, May Cottage And The Nook 1898

Notice the old gas light outside May Cottage.

Caption For Metheringham, High Street C1955

In this view the Beehive shop and the dormered cottage beyond survive, but the buildings beyond have been rebuilt for Townsends and the Post Office.

Caption For Nether Wallop, The Square C1955

This picturesque village has cottages lining its winding streets, and the trickling sound of water can be heard from the river. This remains a nice village in which to enjoy a walk.

Caption For Burnham On Sea, Promenade 1907

Beverley Cottage of the 1850s has a battlemented parapet, and beyond are two crescents, each flanking the junction of the promenade with Sea View Road.

Caption For Dymchurch, High Street 1921

She lived in one of the two-storey terraced cottages on the right of the picture.