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Wallingford During The Second World War

I arrived in Wallingford as a 10 year old boy with my sister and mother on a cold winter February night. We had been bombed out from our house in Dagenham just a few days before and my brother, who was ...Read more

A memory of Wallingford in 1943 by Leslie Nash

Childhood Memories

In August 1939 I came to Roadwater from Kingston, Surrey to stay with my grandparents for my summer school holidays. My grandmother's name was Eva Morse and my grandfather's Rupert Morse.  At that time they lived in a house that ...Read more

A memory of Roadwater in 1930 by Raymond Morse

Abridge In The 1950's

I moved to Abridge in 1950 when I was ten years old. My parents bought the white cottage on the London Road, which had a wooden building next to it. This very soon became The Poplar Cafe, my mother’s dream of riches! I attended ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1955 by Helena Rogers

My Dads Shop

I always remember my dad's tuck shop in Idle, we were the end cottage on Albion Road next to the school. I was only 5 years old when we moved away but it's funny how memories, even at such a young age, stay with you. I remember walking what ...Read more

A memory of Idle in 1963 by Christine Collins Nee Furby

Sadie Uzolins

I lived in Cleehill in the early 1950s in a cottage in the middle of a field. And I do remember the very deep snow we had, and my father having to dig us out. We had a nanny goat which used to butt my father if he got to near her. We ...Read more

A memory of Clee Hill in 1952 by sadieuzolins

Grand Father

I am writing in response to the memories of Terry Richardson and in particular his memory of 'Pop' Rapley.  Pop Rapley was my grand father and I too remember him as described, in his brown gaiters and highly polished boots, he worked ...Read more

A memory of Binfield in 1960 by Jean Call

The Southam Family

My great-grandfather William Southam was born in 1829 in Catesby in Northamptonshire. He married Eliza Green, born Wormleighton, Warks. They lived in Ladbroke, Warks, in a cottage next to the School House that still exists but is ...Read more

A memory of Ladbroke in 1870 by Patricia Butler

Holidays

My grandparents Robert Owen and Anne Davies lived in the cottages next to the church and I spent many holidyas there, I remember when the A5 went right past the garden gate, that was before the lay by was made.

A memory of Maerdy in 1954 by Robert Davies

Otham School

l started my first school in Otham in1935 at the age of four, l was living with my grandparents opposite the school called Primrose Cottage. l then moved with my mother and two brothers and sister to the Vicarage Cottage next to the ...Read more

A memory of Otham in 1930 by Gordon Savage

My Mothers Memories Of Brambridge

My mother's aunt, my great-aunt Annie was the house keeper at Brambridge during the 1920s. My great-uncle Ernest, great-aunt Annie's brother, was the chauffeur and responsible for the running and maintenance ...Read more

A memory of Colden Common in 1920 by Joan Russell

Captions

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Caption For Newnham, The Cottage C1955

Here we look up School Hill, past New Cottage (new in 1716 when built) to Stone House.

Caption For Sidmouth, Esplanade 1904

Overlooking the sea are some fine old cottages, exuberant in design and with bulging thatch.

Caption For Alton, All Saints Church C1955

All Saints' Cottage is on the left.

Caption For Grasmere, Church Stile 1926

Notice the charming cottage draped with creeper opposite the churchyard with its unusual porch, and the village shop next to it.

Caption For Abridge, The Village C1960

The view is much the same today, with Gould's Cottages (c1840) on the left-hand side.

Caption For Port Erin, From The Cliff 1901

The cottages and buildings along the beach belong to the earliest settlement, while the later Victorian developments are strung out along the higher ground.

Caption For Astbury, The Village And Church 1902

The ivy-clad cottages facing the village green were built in the 19th century for agricultural workers, and are an example of the general improvement in housing for estate workers.

Caption For Maldon, Market Hill 1909

photographer, who has set up his camera where Market Hill turns sharply to descend to Fullbridge Flow Mill and a bridge over the River Chelmer.The tall house on the left survives, but the cottage

Caption For Manaccan, Village 1930

The simple white-washed cottages are grouped irregularly about the church of St Menacca, their gardens bright with red valerian.

Caption For Finedon, The Village C1950

Rows of houses and quaint ironstone cottages line the street; in the distance is the familiar figure of the local postman out making his deliveries.

Caption For Amberley, The Village 1901

Its author, Mrs Craik, lived at Rose Cottage.

Caption For Coalville, Jackson Street C1965

Small, well-mannered cottages set a later 19th-century scene in the days before parked cars lined the roads.

Caption For Hatfield Heath, The Clipped Hedge Tea Rooms C1960

This beautiful thatched building is now known as Clipped Hedge Cottage.

Caption For Roydon, The High Street C1955

Here we see the White Horse, partly weatherboarded, with small, brick-built cottages beyond. The railings around the garden on the left apparently survived the war years, when many were removed.

Caption For Writtle, The Village C1955

Behind the war memorial stands a weatherboarded cottage.

Caption For Wimbish, The Village Shop C1950

Close by, almost hidden by the trees, are pleasant cottages.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, Downstream From The Railway Bridge 1890

On the Hampton Wick side, hidden by the trees, are Walnut Tree House and Grove Cottage, with Wick Lodge Boathouse just beyond the motor launches.

Caption For Steep, Kettlebrook 1898

In this photograph the cottages had only recently had their thatch replaced and the wall, next to the woman with the dog, rebuilt.

Caption For Chardstock, Holy City C1960

Many of the farms in the parish date back over 800 years, and there are a number of picturesque cottages.

Caption For Abbots Ripton, The Flower Gardens C1955

The Hall is the centre of the Abbots Ripton Estate; many of its timber-framed and thatched cottages and farmhouses date from the 16th century.

Caption For Hilton, Graveley Road C1955

It was converted to two cottages and a shop that later became the post office in Victorian times. The telegraph pole takes pride of place.

Caption For Cley, The Windmill 1955

Pebble-built cottages line the coast road to the corn windmill, which stands immediately behind the 17th-century harbour. The mill was converted to holiday accommodation as early as 1921.

Caption For East Brent, The War Memorial C1965

East Brent's green is surrounded by white- and cream-washed cottages. Here its Anglican and Wesleyan churches each provided schools.

Caption For Maiden Newton, 1906

The working lives of the Dorset labourers who lived in cottages like these was hard, with poor wages and long hours.