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Memories
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Treorchy/Ynyswen/Trebert
My own memories date from 1956 when I went on a family holiday to stay with my mother's carer where she was evacuated in WW2. My mum was there from 1939 to 1943 at least, and she stayed with a Mrs Tancock, a widow, who ...Read more
A memory of Treherbert in 1940 by
National Service
I spent my national service 1955/1956 in nearby RAF BOULMER and though many years have passed since i still recall very happy memories of days and nights in Alnwick and of the people there who were some of the nicest friendly people i ...Read more
A memory of Alnwick by
Derby Pool
I have lived in The Village for 75 years. I used to play out with the Uptons and I lived in Lycett Road. I would like some info on my uncle, Mr Leslie Popham, who was killed when he dived into the Derby pool - I think that it would have ...Read more
A memory of Wallasey by
Yateley
Yateley, from my researches,was a very quiet village, yet being close to Sandhurst Military Acadamy & not that far from Aldershot, was a bolt hole for the military top brass, hence some large elegant houses. One, Glebe House, in Vicarage ...Read more
A memory of Eversley by
The Queens Head
The Queens Head is where my Mum and Dad had their first date, after meeting on Burley Street, and went on to live in Burley and have six of their seven children, before moving to Surrey.
A memory of Burley in 1948
Swanley Born And Bred
My parents were Gerald and Phyllis Smith, we lived in Goldsel Road from about 1939/40, having moved from 'Crescent Gardens'. My father worked at Philip Ladds Nurseries, which was owned and run by his uncle Philip. My father ...Read more
A memory of Swanley in 1940 by
Cheshunt St. Mary''s Mission
I was born in Barnet but brought up for my first 20 years in Cheshunt. Does anyone remember the St. Mary's Mission which was halfway down Windmill Lane where Roundmoor Drive is now. Long since demolished I would imagine. ...Read more
A memory of Cheshunt by
My Childhood Bramley West Yorkshire Leeds England
I must have around 7 years old when my mother used to take me along Bramley Town Street, where in those times it was back to back houses and shops. I was taken regularly to the ...Read more
A memory of Bramley in 1958 by
I Lived In Those Cottages!1948 1957 Ish
In 1946 my late father, Ron Goodliffe, got a job as a tractor driver for the vast Pemberton estate, and we moved into one of their tied-cottages in Swans Yard, that used to be off the High Street. Then, in ...Read more
A memory of Trumpington by
Captions
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The crags and chasm to the north date from December 1839.
These date from before 1723.
This is a typical example of the local style of architecture dating from the 1870s.
To the left the Shopping Centre occupied the Victoria Palace Theatre; this was mainly used as a cinema, and by the date of this photograph had been stripped of its ornate stucco facings.
The first known reference to the chapel was found in a document of 1552, though the original structure probably dated back to the 14th century.
Pevsner rightly refers to the house (extreme left) as the finest of its date in the county, designed by William Smith of Warwick in 1697 for Sir Roger Cave.
It is a curious contrast of building styles, ranging from the fine thatched stone house dated 1609 in the distance to the mundane brick of John Manners Ltd, now an engineering supplies store.
Then comes the HSBC bank followed by a building dated 1789 which now houses Calthop, solicitors.
It is mostly late 13th-century, and has Saxon origins.
Removal of the ivy enables us to admire the late 18th-century house (with a painter in action, left) and next door, a Georgian façade conceals a timber-framed house dated to 1454-55.
Behind is the Town Hall, built by Weymouth architect George Crickmay for George Burt in 1882, which incorporates the 1670- dated facade of Mercers' Hall.
The hall, parts of which date from 1550, has been re-built and added to over the years.
No parking restrictions were in place at this date, and the Market Place served as the bus station.
This castellated building dating from 1877 was designed for Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale to guard the entrance to the drive up to Lowther Castle.
The church is built of a grey sandstone; the scraping of the interior has left it somewhat dull, but relieved by the royal arms dated 1684 above the chancel arch.
The other houses date from the late 19th century.
This view, taken from about the same point as ZZZ05124, below, shows the surviving facade of the LNWR's fire station (now a music shop).When it opened in 1911, it was 'very well-equipped and up-to-date
The checkerboard finish on many of the buildings fronting the square is traditional and, in this case, dates back to the 18th century.
He was employed during a restoration of the church in 1851, continuing a family business dating from the mid 17th century.
Of all Windmill Land's windmills, the one in Lytham is arguably the most well known, but not the oldest—it dates from 1805.
The exterior, which appears attractive, modern and bright in 1965, is now looking out of date and tired.
The town walls date from the 13th century, and Tenby's tight, sheltered harbour and truly golden beach wears a crown of coloured Georgian buildings.
The Manor House, far right, dates from 1743; the original owner was Elenor Ellis.
Hoghton Tower, set on a hill and visible for miles, dates from 1565.
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