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Swinging 60's

I came across this interesting page whilst looking for an old photo of Gowkshill for my Dad's funeral order of service. Dad, Billy Kane, lived at 2 the Crescent with his parents. When he married we stayed in Arniston, 43 Barleyknowe ...Read more

A memory of Gowkshill by Mary Kane

Peterlee In The 50s Early 60s

I was 2 or 3 months old in 1954 when the family moved from Wheatley Hill into a newly built council house on Kirkstone Road at the Horden end. My earliest memory is of sitting on the door step waiting for my brother ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee by Paul Dunn

I Played Piano At The Swan

I was directed to this site by a friend who was convinced one of the contributors must have been my brother, because it mentioned that his father ran a fish stall in South Harrow Market (our father did) and how green ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by David Lowe

Childhood

My memories of Mexborough are of living at York Street and playing in the 'backs' with Ann Sandford, Peter Sandford, Mary Sandford, Pat Sandford, Ian Gamble, Janet Owen, Christine Waller (Bebe), Pamela Foster, Rita Barker, Janet Barker. (Where are they now?).

A memory of Mexborough by Valerie Szczepkowski

Ightham Village

My sisters Rita, Susan and me all attended Ightham Primary School, the headmaster was Mr Foster, he travelled every day from Maidstone by car, Mrs Kath Gordon, Miss Tomkins being the other teachers, Mrs Hussey replacing Miss Tomkins ...Read more

A memory of Ightham by Janet Le Saux

A Walk From Shotgate Baptist Church To The Nevendon Road Part 2 See Part 1 Below

Continued from Part 1 below. Next to Martins Bank was a record shop, where I remember going with my parents and standing listening to records in the small listening ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

Eccles Family History

My great-grandfather, Joseph Eccles, built Bilsborrow Hall. He owned a number of cotton mills in Preston and played cricket for Lancashire. I have just started to look into our family history and will hopefully be able to ...Read more

A memory of Bilsborrow by Peter Eccles

Mitchelmores

Hi Peter, where do you think they lived?  We definitely called the house on the corner of Duddleston and Black Lion Lane "Mitchelmores". Are you related to Dr. Pennington who had a practice in the 1950's and 60's on Chester Road?

A memory of Little Sutton by Janet Lee

Salcombe Hotel

I worked as Baker- Pastry cook at The Salcombe Hotel when Peter Ryder was the owner. It was a great job, the bakery had a lovely view over the estuary & I first worked with old 'Billy' Carter who was in his 70s then & always ...Read more

A memory of Salcombe by Ian Mabbitt

A Kirton Holme Boyhood

I was born in a farmhouse called Bank House Farm on 20th Nov 1945. In 2 days I shall be 65. I was educated at Kirton Holme County Primary School. My teachers were Mrs Brown, Mrs Shawe, Mr R Tomblinson, and later headmaster ...Read more

A memory of Kirton Holme by Ken Hardy

Captions

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Caption For Manchester, St Peter's Church C1885

It was designed in Doric style by James Wyatt, and the plans and the building work were pushed through by the Rev Samuel Hall, a curate at St Ann's Church, who became St Peter's first rector.

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 Cromer, From The Sea 1902

With its imposing 160ft-high tower, Cromer church was erected in the reign of Henry IV and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

Caption For Weybridge, Portmore Gateway 1903

By the 19th century the mansion was in ruins, and the estate was bought by Peter Locke King in 1861.

Caption For Swaffham, Market Place 1891

In the background is the tower of St Peter and St Paul's church, which has a fine hammer-beam roof with over 200 carved angels with shields.

Caption For Petersfield, From Tilmore 1906

In the centre but more distant, the 900-year-old St Peter's can be seen.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street C1955

The archway leads to Dog Alley, the scene of one of Flora Twort's lovely paintings, which used to go through to St Peter's Road.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral Lightfoots Clock 1892

The astronomical clock, once thought to have been built by Peter Lightfoot, a monk at Glastonbury Abbey, was constructed in 1392 and has three dials.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The 15th-century tower of St Peter and St Paul church is on the skyline.

Caption For Winchcombe, Gloucester Street And The Church C1955

St Peter's is a splendid 15th- century church built in the Perpendicular style, although the interior was substantially renovated in 1872.

Caption For Basildon, All Saints' Church, Vange 2005

St Peter's Church, Nevendon is an ancient church built in the 13th century by a member of the Fitz-Lewis family.

Caption For Earley, St Peter's Church 1910

St Peter's is Early English in style and is appropriately in Church Road, Earley, now part of Reading.

Caption For Norwich, Market Place And St Peter Mancroft Church 1891

In the background is the soaring tower of the 15th-century 180ft long church of St Peter Mancroft, with its peal of twelve bells and concealed hammerbeam roof.

Caption For Bolton By Bowland, Church Gates 1921

church is the famous Pudsay Chapel: the large local marble lid of Sir Ralph Pudsay's tomb has carvings of himself and his three wives and his twenty-five children.The church is dedicated to St Peter

Caption For Manchester, St Peter's Square C1965

The Cenotaph was built to a design by Sir Edwin Lutyens; it is similar to the one in Whitehall, and it stands where St Peter's Church once stood.

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The 15th-century tower of St Peter and St Paul church is on the skyline.

Caption For Dunstable, Priory Church C1955

Parts of the original priory church, with its fine Norman nave and magnificent west front, have survived as the town's parish church - the Priory Church of St Peter.

Caption For Lingfield, Church Road 1895

The shingled spire of the 14th-century church of St Peter and St Paul rises above this picturesque collection of old houses and shops at the southern end of the churchyard.

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1955

Peter's Church, whose solid tower is visible peeking out from behind the building bearing a painted advertisement for the now defunct Home & Colonial store.

Caption For Newton Le Willows, High Street C1965

The enduring presence of the parish church of St Peter adds timelessness to the scene.

Caption For Titchfield, St Peter's Church 2005

Fact File (Christopher North) St Peter's contains some of the oldest ecclesiastical architecture in Hampshire.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Queen's Square C1960

One of the members playing in the Hemel Hempstead Band that day was Peter Davis, who also played in the Dickinson Band, 50 years previously, for the Queen.

Caption For Berkhamsted, Monk's Garden, Ashridge College C1960

A brass commemorating John Raven, squire to the Black Prince, can be seen in St Peter's Church; he is remembered in the road name Raven's Lane to this day.