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Memories

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My Home, 2012

Me and my partner, Michael, moved in to number 1 Lion Cottages in March 2012. We love the house and its history, the village is quaint and idyllic, a perfect setting. Michael is 6 foot tall and cannot stand up in all areas of the house, but this adds to the character, a small sacrifice to make.

A memory of Farningham by Rachel Holcroft

Metal Bridge My Grandfather Harry Holmes My Childhood

Harry was born at spennymoor 1877, he moved to metal bridge in 1898 when he married Elizabeth Joyce born 1878 from Easthowle.They were married at St Lukes church, Ferryhill by vicar Lomax, ...Read more

A memory of Metal Bridge by Maureen Evers

Charlbury Road 1960's

My parents have lived in 34 Charlbury Road since 1967 and I have visited them often over the years, although I have not lived in Shrivenham for any length of time since 1972. I can remember playing in the fields and making ...Read more

A memory of Shrivenham in 1967 by Julia Jones

Great Niece Of Joseph Henry Lachlan White

My great uncle's home. I had heard about Bredfield House all my life because it belonged to my great uncle, Joseph Henry Lachlan White. I only saw it in 1960, however, long after it had been demolished ...Read more

A memory of Bredfield in 1960 by Margot White

St Marys Home

My memories of the home, which was run by the Southwark Catholic Rescue Society. The sisters of charity looked after us, I was taken there just before my 10th birthday in april 1947 along with brothers Bill 13 and Bob 4. My early ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1947 by James Duffy

Geoge And Dragon

I lived in Wingate in the 1960's. My Mother and father Jean and Syd Price had the George and Dragon pub for a while until it was pulled down. My Grandmother, Gina Richardson, also had the pub which I think was known as the Top ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1960 by Colin Price

Rickmansworth Road

When I was about 6, we moved to Ricky Rd. The Cassiobury Park gates were over the road to us, slightly to the left. Me and my two sisters were crossed across a very quiet road by our mum, with a packed lunch. We just played all day ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1960 by Lidia Skrzypek

Working In Clyffe Pypard

I came down from Scotland when I was 16 & was a nanny in Broad Hinton for a year for Mr & Mrs Huddy (can't remember the name of the house), & then I decided that I wanted to work with horses, so I got a job ...Read more

A memory of Clyffe Pypard in 1969 by Alison Cloy

My Great Great Grand Parents

Up to 1840 my 2 x Great Grand parents lived in the village. It is said he was in General Hardware, whether it was in a shop or he travelled the village, I do not know. They lived in the little white cottages near ...Read more

A memory of Buckland

Childhood

Between about 1956 and 1963, every year, my Mum and I would holiday in London for a week and then visit Auntie Claire in Cerne Abbas for one week. Claire lived in Acreman Street a direct reflection that the Cerne Giant took up an Acre of ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1960 by Dave Knight

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Captions

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Caption For Rickinghall, The Street C1955

Beyond the railway-like gate is the blacksmith's house.

Caption For St Columb, Fore Street 1922

This attractive little town of slate-hung houses is five miles inland from the sea.

Caption For Bovey Tracey, Coach For The Moors 1907

The Posting House on the right is a reminder of the earlier age of horse-drawn transport.

Caption For Colchester, Castle

This, like the one at the Tower of London, housed the castle chapel. In fact only the sub-chapel survived, because the chapel in the storey above was removed during the 1683 demolition.

Caption For Thorpeness, Esrtate Office And Boat House Loggia 1922

The Boat House on the right of this view was one of the earliest buildings of Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie's holiday village to be completed in 1911, even before the Meare itself was finished.

Caption For Tenbury Wells, Market Street 1898

Notice also the Clock House – so-called because of the clock on the side of the building.

Caption For London, London Bridge 1890

In the background is the Monument, rising over the roofs of Adelaide House, home of the Pearl Assurance Company.

Caption For Salisbury, High Street C1955

There is a striking coat of arms high up on the wall of Mitre House.

Caption For Godalming, Market House 1903

Known affectionately as 'The Pepperpot', Godalming's attractive market house of 1814 stands at the junction of three streets in central Godalming.

Caption For Dorking, The Mill 1903

Partially destroyed by fire in 1933, it stopped production in 1952 and is now a private house.

Caption For Colchester, Castle Park 1892

Beyond were firstly Roman houses and then Anglo-Saxon: all were cleared to make the outer bailey for the Norman castle. Behind are the tree-clad ramparts of the inner bailey along the ridge.

Caption For Colchester, The Red Lion Hotel C1960

This medieval inn with characteristic ranges on each side of the yard reached through the carriageway, was in fact a 15th-century house converted to an inn about 1500.

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Caption For Withernsea, The Donkeys C1955

However, eventually many substantial houses and a pier were built. Here we see donkeys lined up ready to delight the children.

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

Wash Road was a road of many farms: Watch-House, Mundell's, Petchey's, Benson's, Puckle's, Sellers, and Laindonponds.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Slaughden 1906

Today an active yacht club with a prestigious club house brings activity to this creek.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, The Welfare Ground C1955

The old caretaker`s house has now been replaced by an indoor sports pavilion. The Welfare Ground`s two stands and a floodlight system were erected in the late 1950s.

Caption For Alton Towers, 1956

In 1831 John, Earl of Shrewsbury, made this house his permanent home.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head Inn C1955

The north wing, which is jettied on a moulded wood bressumer, remains half-timbered; the south wing was rebuilt in the 19th century to house the parish hall.

Caption For Alton, Church Street C1955

The houses seen here were demolished in order to widen the road, and some of the land became a car park.

Caption For Camberley, Lower Gordon Road 1909

The premises have since been converted into a private house. Notice the decorator up his ladder taking a short break to make sure he is in the picture.

Caption For Polgooth, The Wesleyan Chapel C1955

It has since become a house and is virtually unrecognisable today - the roof shape and the site on Chapel Hill are the main clues to its origin today.

Caption For Barnstaple, 1919

With the slaughterhouse, the 'chemical manure' factory and a railway engine shed, the houses to the left must have suffered greatly from the smoke and smells emanating from this site.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1919

Bond's was a department store – 'The House For Value and Distinctive Ideas'. It was justly proud of its restaurant (advertised on the banner), as it was a stylish and popular meeting-place.

Caption For Weybridge, On The River Wey 1904

Large houses had access to the river, and often had their own picturesque boathouses. The one in this picture is particularly attractive with its thatched roofs and boat moored underneath.