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I was brought up on Minley Estate on Twelve Acre Crescent. My dad worked at the RAE as I would think did many. Just read memories of Cove. Munday's the sweet shop.The butcher's was Harris and Webb. I remember the sawdust and the lady cashier ...Read more
A memory of Cove by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Dear Old Nunhead
I was born in nunhead in 1939,lived in barset road,nunhead,i survived the bombing years,was avacuated for a while,then returned to hide in the Anderson shelter in our back garden,went to holidale road school,then on to Peckham rye ...Read more
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The Shops And Doctors At Sandiway 1956
We first arrived in Sandiway in 1956. I remember getting off the bus at the top of Mere Lane and walking down towards our new home in Cherry Lane. The house was a 'tied house' belonging to the ICI and our ...Read more
A memory of Sandiway in 1956 by
Station Road
The railway is now behind the photographer, who is looking down High Street at the height of its Victorian expansion with the street dominated by tall telegraph poles. Thorley’s, the cattle feed merchants, has gone, to be replaced by 1970s ...Read more
A memory of Horley
Croxley Station 1940 1945
Hi, my name is Brian Nicoll. My mother, father and I lived in 10 Frankland Rd from 25/9/35 when I was born until 1956 when I got married. As a small boy I used to have a friend called Roger Gosney who lived over the ...Read more
A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by
48 Horley Road
The car on the opposite side of the road to the Clearview garage was my dad's Triumph Renown. And I can't quite see what the signs say on the cafe next door but one to my house but I remember it as Molly's Cafe - a transport cafe. My ...Read more
A memory of Earlswood
Growing Up In Horley In The 50's
Prompted many memories of growing up when Horley was a small market town , where cattle, pigs, and other creatures were bought and sold. When empty, it made a marvellous play ground. No doubt it would be out of bounds ...Read more
A memory of Horley
First Job
My first job on leaving school in 1964 was at East Grafton, at the poultry packing station, known as CC Chinnery but run by Charles Eady (I believe stepson of the late Mr Chinnery. I spent 5 happy years working there with a great ...Read more
A memory of East Grafton in 1964 by
Family History
I was born in Borehamwood but moved to Radlett when I was two weeks old. My father came from Radlett, his name was Peter Cole. His father was Charley Cole who owned the electrical shop in the high street, C&R COLE. My father played ...Read more
A memory of Radlett by
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This is Chorley's main street, the A6, Lancashire's main north to south road; it used to get very busy in the summer.
This is Chorley's main street, the A6, Lancashire's main north to south road; it used to get very busy in the summer.
This is Chorley's main street, the A6, Lancashire's main north to south road; it used to get very busy in the summer.
Chorley Town Hall, with its clock and spire, show up (right) at the north end of the street. Chorley gets its name from the smallish but charming River Chor, which runs north of the market town.
Chorley Town Hall, with its clock and spire, show up (right) at the north end of the street.
Even in the 1960s, this part of Chorley was a one-way system to help ease the traffic problems. Today this area is pedestrianised, and the whole of Chorley centre seems to be a one-way system.
Chorley's oldest building is the parish church of St Lawrence, which was built in the 14th century. The centre aisle is the original church; the two side aisles were added in c1860.
Chorley's oldest building is the parish church of St Lawrence, which was built in the 14th century. The centre aisle is the original church; the two side aisles were added in c1860.
What is thought to be the oldest inhabited house in Cheshire is also near Alderley Edge: the stone-built portion of Chorley Hall is thought to date from about 1330, the remainder being Elizabethan.
While Chorley Old Hall is still recognisable for what it was, and lies, still with its moat, on the outskirts of Alderley Edge village, Hawthorn Hall, originally part of the hamlet of Morley, is
Chorley's oldest building is the parish church of St Lawrence, which was built in the 14th century. The centre aisle is the original church; the two side aisles were added in c1860.
Dating from long before the time when Machester's workers even considered the need to escape to live in more peaceful and cleaner areas, Chorley Hall is thought to be amongst the oldest inhabited timber-framed
Originally named Alderley, the station became Alderley & Chorley in April 1853, and Alderley Edge in January 1876.
Cobbled Church Street leads to the church of St Michael and All Angels - the parish boundaries once extended to Chorley. At the end of this street is the ancient base of a restored preaching cross.
The area near Chorley has Bronze Age burial sites on the moors, indicating that it has been a settlement from ancient times.
Some visitors to Hertfordshire think that Thorley lies on the main road between Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth - this should, correctly, be called Thorley Street.
Thorley’s, the cattle feed merchants, has gone, to be replaced by 1970s shops and offices, while all the old shopfronts have been replaced on the other terraces.
The theatre is famous as being the scene of the world premiere of 'Charley's Aunt' in 1892.
This was run by Lib Riches and Charley Borley, who became the first tenants here. Since 1960 the porch has gone, and the room to the left has been extended to twice its length.
In the centre is the white façade of the Cliftonville Hotel, where now stand Thorley's public house and a bowling alley.
The theatre is famous for its world premiere of 'Charley's Aunt' in 1892.
Wolstencroft the chemist boasts that they serve General Drugs and Patent Medicines, Horse & Cattle Medicines and Thorleys Cattle Spice, as well as being Oil & Colour Merchants.
