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Memories
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Post Office And Boy's School
The Red Lion Building used to be a Post Office run by Mr and Mrs Salter. Next door to was the Boy's School. The boys and girls went to separate schools in those days – the girls were taught by Miss Bibby at Monteclefe ...Read more
A memory of Somerton by
Childhood Memories
I moved to Freshford with my family when I was 12 years old and lived at The Inn for 5 years before moving away. We did not have the wall on the end of the building that you see in the foreground. By then a large car park had ...Read more
A memory of Freshford in 1964 by
My Family Church
This was the church I attended with my family as a child from 1950-1966 when I moved away to college. My father is buried at the end of the path up to the entry to the church. The rector for some time was Rev. Cottrell with three ...Read more
A memory of Edgware in 1950 by
Ty Pwca Road Upper Cwmbran
Born in Church Rd, Pontnewydd, in 1935 we moved to Ty-Pwca Rd in 1947. I attended Upper Cwmbran School and well remember the fun we had there. Gardening lessons with the Head, Mr Jones - "Clear the weeds boys and sow ...Read more
A memory of Upper Cwmbran in 1947 by
East Front Road In The Sixties
My Grandparents, George and Ella Ashford, had retired to Pagham in 1958. They lived at number 12 East Front Road. Their bungalow was very comfortable with a great view out over the channel. The original railway carriage ...Read more
A memory of Pagham by
Singehurst Pond
Singehurst pond was the place for both girls and boys to go fishing with their bags of dampened bread and makeshift fishing rods. Throughout the season we caught loads and then returned our catch at the end of an outing, sometimes ...Read more
A memory of Ticehurst in 1974 by
Discos And Status Quo
A college full of young female teaching students on my doorstep - what more could an 18 year old ask for? Yes, Coloma College was , for a short while , a weekend hotspot for me and my friends. There were regular discos , and ...Read more
A memory of West Wickham in 1971 by
The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more
A memory of Barnes in 1870 by
Boyhood Memories Of Peperharrow Road.
It was the summer of 1946 and we used to go swimming in the river at a spot called "The Ginny" which was up the road a little (towards the camera) on the opposite side of the road to these houses. This part of ...Read more
A memory of Godalming in 1946 by
Madeley As It Was
I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more
A memory of Madeley in 1949 by
Captions
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A view in winter of the river Erme near Ivybridge. This pretty river rises on Dartmoor, seen in the background, and flows 14 miles to the English Channel.
In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House. It was completely rebuilt after a fire.
The picture gives us an indication of the size of the Gigantic Wheel at the Winter Gardens and the imposing bulk of the Tower.
Valley Road appears unsurfaced: dusty in summer, a quagmire in winter.
New Bridge is the starting point for canoe- ists embarking on the stretch of the river known as 'The Loop'— a three-mile white- water run downstream to Holne Bridge, tackled in winter when the
Thick reed beds glow golden in winter sunshine, a magical sight with blue sky reflected in the water.
Scaffolding is in place on one of the Minster towers, as serious repairs were taking place.
Apart from working in Leicestershire, he designed Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and was also employed on Ripon Minster, Yorkshire.
John Glasman supplied stained glass for the East Window of York Minster. The earliest slitting mill in the Midlands is thought to have opened at Rugeley in 1623.
The restaurant was closed for the winter here, but it certainly looked neat and tidy and waiting for the rush of summer visitors.
During the winter months these rough seas are common on this coast. A terrible storm in 1871 claimed the lives of six local lifeboat men.
Once known as Vicar's Lane and then Little Alice Lane, the street branches off to Minster Yard, where the Theatre Royal opened in 1730 - it was the first theatre in York.
John Glasman supplied stained glass for the East Window of York Minster. The earliest slitting mill in the midlands is thought to have opened at Rugeley in 1623.
A tablet inside the minster names 164 Wimborne men who lost their lives during the Great War.
Its famous Symphony Orchestra often gives concerts at the nearby Winter Gardens.
The name 'saltern' suggests that this was a place where early inhabitants of the island would come to the seashore in search of salt for the winter preservation of meat.
It shares the distinctive 'spotty brown and grey' stonework which brought the minster mixed reviews from architects and travel writers. The porch has acquired a glass door in recent years.
To the right, there is still a fish and chip shop by West Street, which runs down to the Minster.
Minster on the Isle of Sheppey has two public houses in its High Street, as we can see here: The King's Arms is on the left, and The Highlander in the centre.
It became the meeting place for most Minster teenagers, serving only coffee and sweets. It stood on the corner of Station Road and St Mildred's Road, known by older villagers as Vicarage Lane.
Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.
Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.
A winter river scene with the church in the distance; the boathouse with a path beside it belongs to Hartford House.
The Force has been known to freeze over in the depths of winter.
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