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Memories

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Kings, The Bakers.

I always remember the lovely smell of the bakery and seeing their chimney smoking away whilst they were baking the bread. I used to love going into the shop as a child to buy freshly cooked bread and I would enjoy picking the hot ...Read more

A memory of Wolverton in 1963 by Susan Travell

East Kent Coastal Holidays In The 1950s/60s

As a child the East Kent coast was a regular destination for our 2 week family summer holiday. We usually stayed in Westgate. In the late 1950s the excitement started with the journey from ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Peter Leach

18 Happy Years

We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by Ian Hiley

My Grandparents

My grandparents lived at Fern Cottage. They moved there before the war and had two children, Dick and Jean. Dick was based at Wick and died in the war. Jean, my mum, married and had me and my sister. I have wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop in 1960 by Richard Booth

Personal Memories Of A Child

I was born in 1942 and by the time I was five years old I has a brother and two sisters. My mum and dad used to send me up to Longriggend for weekends and holidays, probably because my mum was so busy with the other ...Read more

A memory of Longriggend in 1940 by Joe Mc Laughlin

Folkestone Sandgate Road

On the extreme right, you can just make out the showrooms of the Folkestone Motor Co., main Austin dealers. This became Henlys, and I worked there for a few years from around 1968 to 1977. Across the road was a nice ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Sue Tym

The Wherry Dyke

The 'Wherry Dyke', Somerleyton, was the home of 'Ripplecraft Co' which built and hired out the Broads Cruisers that the picture shows. It had been owned by Sir Francis Cockeral, inventer of the Hovercraft, who tested his original ...Read more

A memory of Somerleyton in 1960 by Julian Burdett

The Fleetwood I Left Behind

I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then being ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1970 by Pat Corrigan

Pontrhydyrun Avondale Road

I am Roger Davies of 11 Avondale Road, DOB 19.09.43.  Went to Sebastopol Infants school 1948 and then to Griffithstown Junior Mixed - Bryn Jones prior to 11+ !  West Mon 1954. - Harrison, Garnet, et al.  Recall ...Read more

A memory of Pontrhydyrun in 1948 by Roger Davies

Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This is ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

Captions

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Caption For West Bay, From The West 1902

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

Caption For Low Row, General View C1960

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

Caption For Water End, The Village C1955

Close to the village of Nettleden is one of the most beautiful places in the county.

Caption For Walberswick, The Green 1933

Walberswick stands at the mouth of the River Blyth just across from the moorings of Southwold, and was once, like so many of these quiet Suffolk coast villages, a thriving port.

Caption For Castletown, Derby Haven And Fort Island 1897

The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.

Caption For Aldborough, The Green C1955

Set a short distance away from the Cromer to Norwich road, Aldborough offers a spacious prospect with cottages grouped round a broad green.

Caption For Dunster, The Yarn Market C1955

This market, with the medieval Luttrell Arms Hotel to the right and Conygar Tower on the hill behind, has little changed.

Caption For Hever, The Village 1906

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.

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Caption For Brundall, C1960

On the left is a wartime landing craft, which has been converted into a houseboat.

Caption For Seabrook, 1903

The village of Seabrook has now merged with the town of Hythe, but at the time of this photograph was quite separate.

Caption For Westbourne, The Beach 1918

Despite modern development, Westbourne, to the west of Bournemouth, retains its village atmosphere. Spacious houses and hotels are situated around a dramatic woodland chine leading down to the sea.

Caption For Linwood, The Village C1965

Linwood is situated high on the heathlands of the western edge of the New Forest, overlooking the broad valley of the Avon.

Caption For Caernarfon, The Square 1933

In this view of the square, coaches are parked in the broad open expanse. The town consists of ten streets within the walls, which are defended by round towers, and around twenty outside.

Caption For Plymouth, George Street 1889

George Street was once the very heart of the old city but was almost entirely destroyed in the blitz. Today, a short section behind the Theatre Royal is all that is left.

Caption For Coltishall, On The Banks Of The Bure 1902

The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages. This photograph shows reeds growing at the edge of a broad, with the cut stalks stacked by the cottage.

Caption For Wroxham, The River Bure 1921

One of the three main rivers which drain the Broads, the Bure is typically slow-flowing; a large number of cruising boats from Collins & Son (in the background) confine their cruising to the River Bure

Caption For Fritton, From The Parlor 1890

Fritton Lake, like the Broads, originated as a series of peat pits in the medieval period. It was later used as a duck decoy. The ducks were drawn into the decoy by the decoy man's dog.

Caption For Horning, The Queen Of The Broads 1934

A pleasure steamer, the 'Queen of the Broads', crowded with tourists and well equipped with life belts, ploughs her way round the wide bend of the river Bure and down towards the sea.

Caption For Stalham, The Mill And Staithe C1935

The Museum of the Broads is now housed in the brick building with decorative arches alongside the staithe.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, The Pier Pavilion 1900

Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pavilion, where the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra are playing.

Caption For Hever, The Village 1906

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.

Caption For Hythe, The Promenade C1950

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1891

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

The 'Widgeon' is drawn up alongside the mill offloading its cargo.