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St Nicholas Church, Perivale,Middlesex

On my way to school one morning in possibly 1944 there was the body of a woman in the river Brent where we crossed by the footbridge at the church. She was lying face down, motionless and her hat and handbag ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1940 by Jack Biggs

Amanda Avenue

I lved in Amanda Avenue from 1956 to 1974. Does anybody remember the Quinns of Amanda Avenue?There were 7 of us, we had happy times, we all went to Nicholls High School and St Thomas Junior. The Whit walks were always a big occasion, ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick in 1969 by Dee Mason

Happy Childhood 1950 Onwards

I lived in Hillbrow Cottages on the Eastbourne Road from 1950 to 1970s. My father, George Mison, worked in the sand quarry in Bletchingley and mum, Elsie, was a housewife. There are only 12 cottages at Hillbrow and so ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1950 by Ruth Bradbury Nee Mison

Thorne As I Remember

So much and so little time; Green Top Primary School, happy days before the big move up to the Grammar School or North Eastern Road Secondary Boys. Mr Morris for metal work, Mr Snow for woodwork. Mr Colin Ella for religious ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by David Walton

White Dove

My brother used to tell a story about Green Lane; there was a ghost of a white dove that haunted Green Lane, if you saw the dove you would die! Feltwell was a lovely village I always remember St Nicholas Church, even though I was only at infant school, I always loved that church.

A memory of Feltwell in 1958 by Angela Grindle

Palmer

My grandmother, Beatrice May Palmer, was baptised at St. Nicholas Church her dob July 13th, 1893.

A memory of Boston in 1890 by Patricia Dolby

Nostalgia

I lived in Dorking from 1945 to 1964 and was having a nostalgic browse through web sites associated with the area and found this photograph. I went to St Nicholas Preparatory School, as it was then, from 1951 to 1954 as a day boy, ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham by Andrew Davis

Thorne People

I visited Thorne a few years ago to attend a 90th birthday party with the Scutt family and lots of other people. The hospitality of all of those people that I met was second to none. The party was held in the Southfield Road Club and we ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by John Wallace

The Birthday Party

I visited Thorne a few years ago to attend a 90th birthday party with the Scutt family and lots of other people. The hospitality of all of those people that I met was second to none. The party was held in the Southfield Road Club ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by John Wallace

My Ancestry

I traced my family ancestry to St Stephen in Cornwall as far back as the 1500s. My husband and I visited England in 2005, and spent some time in Cornwall. As an Australian of several generations, I am fascinated to know where the ...Read more

A memory of St Stephen in 2005

Captions

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Caption For Launceston, High Street 1906

The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.

Caption For Launceston, High Street 1906

The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

Laindon took its name from the River Lyge, a lost tributary of the River Crouch, which rose from the hill on which St Nicholas's Church stands and is responsible for the extreme dampness of the

Caption For Carrickfergus, Looking North East 1897

Sir Arthur died in London in 1624, but was buried in the church of St Nicholas, where there is a wonderful Jacobean monument to him and his wife.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Market 1891

For centuries it suffered continual silting.

Caption For Boston, Pescod Square 2005

gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held by the Order of St

Caption For Boston, From The Ferry 1893

gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held by the Order of St

Caption For Dorking, Castle Mill 1909

hen travelling south from Leatherhead, we pass on our right the fine house in Norbury Park; it is said to be one of the loveliest estates in Surrey.

Caption For East Dereham, 1893

In the background are the two towers of St Nicholas's church - the second detached bell tower was built in the churchyard in the 15th century.

Caption For Maidstone, St Faith's Church 1892

This last was probably originally a millhouse at the confluence of the river Medway and its tributary the River Len.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Upper High Street C1950

Looking up towards St Mary's church. Note the unmarked roads. A branch of Stead and Simpson, a shoe shop, is on the right directly opposite Cash & Co, also a shoe shop.

Caption For Guildford, High Street 1903

St Nicolas church, built 1874-6, stands on the opposite side of the river.

Caption For Guildford, From Pewley Hill 1895

St Nicolas' church is in the middle distance. The name Pewley Hill derives from the de-la-Puille family, who owned the land in the 13th century.

Caption For Newbury, St Nicolas' Church C1955

This view of the parish church of St Nicolas is from the corner of Bartholomew Street and West Mills.

Caption For Newbury, St Nicolas' Church C1960

During the Civil War, the parish church of St Nicolas was occupied by the Parliamentary troops and used as a prison, a hospital, and a guard room.

Caption For Coulsdon, The Recreation Ground C1960

Woodmansterne Station, situated in Coulsdon, did not arrive until 1932 and, although some distance from the old village, it was an impor- tant factor in the development of new roads off Rectory