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Memories

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17th Century Murder Replayed At Church Norton.

The more I think back on this incident, the more bizzare and terryfying it seems. In 2001, around Oct/Nov, myself and a friend drove to the car park at Church Norton church at about 11:00pm. We were at ...Read more

A memory of Sidlesham in 2001 by Jon Clatworthy

The Blackmore Family

A little more information on the Blackmore family, they moved from Ide to become the licences of the Sturt Arms, I would say around 1880, Albert was born 1886 and his sister Alice in 1874. Miss Lillian Wreford sold Albert ...Read more

A memory of Down St Mary in 1940 by John Shapland

Saltergate

I lived at no. 37 Saltergate, next door to us was Hawksworths plumbers, and the council yard was nearby, I used to watch the steam roller coming out of the yard. There was a cobblers, paper shop, food shop and Harry Fish was near the ...Read more

A memory of Chesterfield in 1957 by Rita Umney

Delivery Days

I was born and bred in the (then village) of Biddulph, south of the hall. My closest memories of the Old Hall were the stories my mother related to me, especially about the incidence of the siege during the Civil War and the use of the ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph in 1947 by Victor Mayer

Youth Club And Cadets

I have had some wonderful memories brought back to me durting the last few days. I attended St George's Youth Club for a number of years and had great fun at Christmas when we produced a pantomime in the Church Hall. I spent ...Read more

A memory of Boscombe in 1966 by Graham Francis

Joppa House

I was there at the time Theresa writes about, and my 4 children were too. I remember you and your brother playing in the hall, and nearly getting killed when you knocked the grandfather clock down. Your mom and I would walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Innellan in 1963 by Doris Wickerd

My Ancesters!

My memories are not of my own associations with Latimer, but I still feel a great affection for the place. When my grandparents got married in 1897 they went for a brief honeymoon in Latimer. My grandfather's aunt, Elizabeth Amanda ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1890 by Marjorie Davidson Smith

Silverdale Crossings

Our family lived at Silverdale Crossings until 1959. Mother had a small sweets and general stores shop, Father worked as crossing keeper until his death in 1959, the house (now demolished) came with the job. Initially he was ...Read more

A memory of Silverdale in 1959 by Frank Hodkinson

My Memories Of Dibden Purlieu

I lived in Talbot Road back then with my foster sisters and our wonderful Foster Mum Mrs. Jones. I can remember attending Orchard Road Junior School durring the Queens Silver Jubilee and getting a coin with the ...Read more

A memory of Dibden Purlieu in 1977 by Andrew Price

Grammar School And All That!

I remember the Grammar School well - I got transferred from Mexborough Tech because I had failed my 11+ Then I actually got to TEACH at the Grammar School whena student when the music teacher was ill for a time. ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1956 by Terry Ladlow

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Caption For St Margarets Bay, Excelsior 1903

The popular composer Noel Coward later owned one of the small houses here.

Caption For Thorpe Arnold, St Mary's Church C1955

There are earthworks to the south- west of the church, the remains of what appears to be a 17th-century formal garden, and eroded house platforms along the south side of the road.

Caption For Odiham, High Street, Lower End C1950

After conversion from the Fancy Repository into a garage in 1914, during the Second World War and until 1949 London House (left) became a British Restaurant.

Caption For Maidenhead, St Luke's Church 1896

The right-hand half is occupied by 26 Norfolk Road, and the rest by houses in Vicarage Road.

Caption For Cosby, St Michael's Church C1965

An oddity is the large external projection which houses the rood loft staircase; evidence suggests that the fabric of the chancel may predate the body of the church.

Caption For Newtown Linford, The Village C1965

Ribbon development of local stone houses under thatched and slated roofs, while not overheating the blood, do present a well-ordered scene; their dates range from the pre-17th century to modern, close

Caption For Grantchester, High Street C1965

His house and the bakery, second from left, are thought to be more than 300 years old.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, Library And Museum C1955

The Opera House complex behind the war memorial incorporates Barclays Bank.

Caption For Old Newton, Finningham Road C1965

The first, opposite the telephone box (in the distance on the right), was kept by Ella Kemp, the second was in the house with the posting box (centre).

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1965

The old building on the right, which still houses Lloyds bank, dates from the early 1900s.

Caption For Enfield, Market Place C1950

The earlier cross was moved to the gardens of Myddleton House at Bulls Cross.

Caption For Tottenham, Making The Road In Lordship Lane C1903

The open area to the left is the site of the yet to be built Peabody Housing Estate and in the right foreground is the corner of Mount Pleasant Road.

Caption For Royston, High Street C1965

The photograph was taken shortly after the High Street was closed to through traffic; the untidy houses on the left will soon become desirable town residences and shops.

Caption For Larne, Town Hall, Cross Street 1900

The town was the first in Ulster to use electric street lighting; this lamp illuminates what was then the T-junction of Main Street and Cross Street. The public house is still in place.

Caption For Galleywood, The White Bear C1965

Fifteen years earlier, this scene would have looked very different: the houses and shops on the right were still open farmland.

Caption For Pitsea, Railway Hotel And London Road C1955

He drew up plans for houses and shops in that style and organised their construction. The first Tudor building was the Railway Hotel, built on his own land, which he sold to a brewery.

Caption For Chelmsford, Roman Road 2005

From the word go, the Romans probably installed a small military post beside the Can, on the site of the Iron Age houses. Whether or not it was continually manned, we do not know.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, West Promenade 1906

The house on the extreme left offers lodgings to let.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Hospital 1919

Its frontage is a protected building and still stands, housing a small range of health services.

Caption For Aylesbury, The Milk Factory 1897

The meadow is now occupied by 1990s housing, Hilda Wharf. The factory is part of the Aylesbury Condensed Milk Company's works, which opened in 1870; it is now (in 2000) part of Nestle's.

Caption For Aylesbury, High Street C1955

Of the 1850s terraces with white band course beyond Marks and Spencer's, only one house survives. In the far distance is the Hazell, Watson and Viney printing works with its tall chimney.

Caption For Whitchurch, Oving Road C1955

Whitchurch is a long village with many fine houses and cottages, and also the remains of Hugh of Bolbec's early 12th-century earthwork castle.

Caption For Netherbury, Village 1902

Draped on the garden hedge of the adjoining two-storey brick house is an item of laundry laid out to dry amid the surrounding hollyhocks.

Caption For Whitby, Arguments Yard 1913

Here, in Arguments Yard, the house on the right is derelict, the stone stairs have seen better days and the outside toilet looks ready to collapse.