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Memories

2,822 memories found. Showing results 791 to 800.

Childhood To Marriage

MY first memory of"LLan"was driving down the hill from Swffryyd, to my new home at No.6 High Street. My father Thomas Hughes, with my mother Eileen, had purchased Barttlets Grocery Store,a long held wish of my fathers to own ...Read more

A memory of Llanhilleth by Derek Hughes

Drayton St Leonards 1936

1936 - my father Ernest Eldridge and mother Violet and myself Barbara moved from Dorchester on Thames to Drayton St Leonards. My mother's friend May Rusher (wife of Frank Rusher) arranged for the cottage next door ...Read more

A memory of Drayton St Leonard in 1930 by Barbara Gibson

Grandparents

The Blackburn family. Hi, my grandparents lived in Forcett all of their married life and brought up four children there. Milly was the oldest, she was my gran's daughter from her first marriage, the surname was Swann. Then she met and ...Read more

A memory of Forcett in 1960 by Lorna Meadows

The Rose And Crown

Ivy Myers. I wonder how many people from Chalfont remember the "Rose and Crown", a Benskins pub. My father owned it from 1946 until 1950. There was also the “Kings Head” which was on the corner of Joiners Lane. Of ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1949 by Ivy Jones

Living On The Farm

I lived at 2 Plass Cottages until we were evicted in 1951 or 1952, my step dad worked on the farm, his name was George Squire.

A memory of Lower Machen in 1951 by Kenneth Squire

Tinker Tailor Solder Sailor 1916

Lynette Carter nee Evans My grandfather was Romany Gypsy, Stephen Evans, who better known as (Stinny)? During 1916 he lived in Gorseion, while his wife; my grandmother Mary Ellen Boswell lived in Gowerton. Nobody ...Read more

A memory of Gorseinon in 1900 by Lynette Carter

The Bellas Sisters

Before emigrating to Australia in 1927, my uncle Michael Samuelson (1898-1975) lived for about a year in Rosgill and made a living taking farmers' eggs to market. On leaving England, he was given a photo of the Bellas sisters ...Read more

A memory of Rosgill in 1920 by Maurice Samuelson

Sam Cook The Blacksmith

I can remember Sam the blacksmith. I would stand and watch him at work in the forge. He had lost an arm (presumably in the war) and he had different attachment false arms which he would change to provide the tool he required. I ...Read more

A memory of Dalham in 1955 by Robert Smith

Mr Mrsgrabham

Thlocal shop was owned by my grandmother, Mrs Grabham, my father was brought up there, and had a very happy childhood. We used to visit when I was a child and I loved it. Sadly the shop does not exist any more, but it still a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Chipstable by Denise Morton

Childhood

I remember spending the first twelve years of my life in Haltwick, we lived in Sunnny Side Cottage, my brother and I would go down past the pub to get water from the well and we would play in the woods and fields. We moved to Dane End when ...Read more

A memory of Dane End in 1946 by Pete Young

Captions

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Caption For Oakley, Post Office Corner C1960

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

Caption For Ashwell, Forester's Cottages, High Street 1951

The Foresters Cottages, in the right foreground, were to be demolished in a few years after the photograph was taken, but were saved and extensively restored in the 1960s through the Hertfordshire Building

Caption For Stanmore, The Broadway C1965

In the distance can be seen the jettied row of cottages, now offices, which identify the 1906 photograph.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Church Street 1897

On the right, all the red brick cottages went about 1900 to be replaced by the buildings seen in view 49245.

Caption For Ansdell, Entrance To Fairhaven Golf Links 1927

On St Anne's Old Links, Granny Fisher of Cross Slack Cottages supplied golfers with refreshments. This lady had twins four times!

Caption For Mundesley, High Street 1921

The thatched cottage was used by Spurgeon the butcher and then by Mace the cobbler; it is now a florist's.

Caption For Watford, Cassiobury Park And Iron Bridge Lock 1921

Under the magnificent spreading canopy of the Cassiobury Park trees, just beyond the keeper's cottage, the barge horse and his female driver enjoy a brief rest while waiting for the Iron Bridge lock

Caption For Cawthorne, Memorial Corner C1955

The lane past Fountain Cottage leads to the quiet surroundings of All Saints' Church.

Caption For Otford, The Archbishops Palace 1895

Built by Archbishop Warham in the early 16th century, this small manor house, consisting of a three-storey brick tower, a gallery (later turned into cottages), and the single-storey storehouse beyond

Caption For Swansea, General View From Hill 1893

This panoramic view is very evocative of two major factors in the city's history: the rolling hills which surround it, and the rows of terraced worker's cottages, which testify to the city's once significant

Caption For Portreath, Harbour C1955

The old harbour master's house and dock cottages are on the far side, with more recent housing above. A white daymark stands on the clifftop above the harbour entrance.

Caption For Belvoir Castle, 1890

In the foreground, the cottages are roofed in attractive pantiles, a common material in this part of the county.

Caption For Quorn, Cross C1965

The battlemented tower of St Bartholomew's (left) just shows above the row of rather good brick and tile cottages, into which the post office has been thrust.

Caption For Fenstanton, Chequer Street C1955

The Rover 90 is parked outside a row of late 19th-century terraced cottages. These have been replaced by a row of similar, but modern, terraced houses.

Caption For Abingdon, Culham Bridge C1950

The lock keeper's cottage is not of 1809: it was, like many others, rebuilt by the Thames Conservancy, in this case in 1958.

Caption For Brookwood, Basingstoke Canal C1955

This view is of Pirbright Lock, No 15; we are looking past the lock keeper's cottage (then a café, now a private house) to the girder bridge across the canal.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, From Bridge 1890

The cottage with the smoking chimney was rebuilt in about 1910, and houses the Clifton Hampden Post Office and General Stores.

Caption For Quorn, Cross C1965

The battlemented tower of St Bartholomew's (left) just shows above the row of rather good brick and tile cottages, into which the post office has been thrust.

Caption For Bothenhampton, The Village 1904

Clematis Cottage (left) faces a long line of dwellings, all of which survive, from No 5 (left end) to No 39 (far right).

Caption For Abergavenny, General View C1955

Even here the developers are busy: the cleared space beyond Laburnum Cottage is soon to be increased in size with the removal of Nos 50 and 51 Cross Street, opposite the Angel Hotel, at the junction

Caption For Broadwater, The Village 1906

The green island has gone, and the terrace of three cottages on the left was rebuilt in the 1960s as a Nat West Bank.

Caption For Otford, The Archbishops Palace 1895

Built by Archbishop Warham in the early 16th century, this small manor house, consisting of a three-storey brick tower, a gallery (later turned into cottages), and the single-storey storehouse beyond

Caption For Rothley, Old Cottages, Fowke Street C1955

A rather thin box-frame on the left is alongside what appears to be an 18th-century house, while opposite is a fine, close-studded pair of cottages.

Caption For Belvoir Castle, 1890

In the foreground, the cottages are roofed in attractive pantiles, a common material in this part of the county.