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The Good Old Days Continued

I also recall the days when the old tramp used to go around the bins in the old market hall looking for food, and old Les the deaf mute who used to hang around the taxi rank on Market Hill, he used to go to Warwicks fish ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

A Ramble In The Dunsford Nature Reserve And Lunch In The Royal Oak

Today I joined a group of friends on an organized ramble through the Dunsford nature reserve run by the Devon Wildlife Trust. My friends are all dancers and musicians with Heather ...Read more

A memory of Dunsford in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

My Youth In Stopsley And Luton Bedfordshire

When I was a very young man and I lived in Luton in Bedforshire. I remember my who my Godparents were but only by their surename of Ingham. My fathers name was E dward Shotten Stuart and my mother's was ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1960 by Brian Stuart

Happy Days

I lived in South Ockendon from 1961-1967. Our home was a cold, damp prefab in Tamarisk Rd. I went to Culverhouse Secondary and had a Sat/Sun job in the Esso garage which can just be seen in one of the photo's for sale on this site. ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by David Firth

Stockton Road

I was born in Flixton before moving with my parents to Stockton Road Chorlton-Cum-Hardy. At the time my dad was working at Metrovicks in Trafford Park before getting a job working for the MOD at The Royal Ordinance Factory - ...Read more

A memory of Chorlton-cum-Hardy in 1941

My Memories Of Plasterdown Camp

Following my basic training at Crownhill Barracks Plymouth in June 1951 I was transferred to Plasterdown Camp to complete intensive training until October 1951. I was in the Wiltshire Regiment and as I came from ...Read more

A memory of Tavistock in 1951 by Brian Timbrell

Netherthong Public Houses Part 2

This is the second part of my ongoing research into the public houses in Netherthong. There is reference to two inns in Thongsbridge in 1853 - the Rose & Crown publican Hiram Earnshaw, and the Royal Oak with ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong by Michael Meitiner

The Rectory

I grew up at the rectory in Withyham, my father Peter was Rector of Withyham and Blackham from1953 to 1986. I was the eldest of eight children. I have many fond memories of my life in Withyham and also some sad ones. My father's ashes ...Read more

A memory of Withyham in 1953 by Patrick Scott

Wartime Memories Of Hay Part Three Final

Wartime Memories of Hay: Part Three. (Continued) Apart from Ration Books and the coupon implications for restricted purchase of food and clothing, my own recollections of life in Hay during World War ...Read more

A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by John S. Batts

Royal Merchant Navy School Bearwood

The Royal Merchant Navy School As far back as 1827 the Royal Merchant Navy School was established under the name of the Merchant Seaman's Orphan Asylum to provide a home for the destitute offspring of British ...Read more

A memory of Winnersh by Sylvia Lambert

Captions

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Caption For Waddington, Church 1903

Richard Tempest, lord of the manor, was probably advised by King Henry VI about this beautiful church in Perpendicular style when he was sheltering the royal visitor in 1500.

Caption For Bitteswell, White Cottage And St Mary's Church C1960

In 1825 he designed Leicester Gaol, and the now- demolished Theatre Royal, Leicester, with Samuel Beazley in 1836.

Caption For Kegworth, St Andrew's Church C1965

The church is built of a grey sandstone; the scraping of the interior has left it somewhat dull, but relieved by the royal arms dated 1684 above the chancel arch.

Caption For Dunnottar, Castle C1900

It was the only fortress in Scotland that flew the Stuart royal flag after Charles's defeat at Worcester in 1651.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier C1955

The huge Canadian vessel 'Port Royal Park', driven broadside into the pier during a gale, inflicted structural damage so severe that demolition was considered.

Caption For Bosham, Church 1901

Bosham was a royal manor owned by Earl Harold, later the last Anglo-Danish king of England, who is shown praying here before sailing for Normandy in 1064.

Caption For Saddington, St Helen's Church C1955

As a church architect, Peck was certainly indifferent, but his memorial is the former Royal Agricultural Hall, London Borough of Islington, which he built in 1861.

Caption For Chatham, Main Gate, Hm Dockyard C1955

The almost intimidating main gate in Dock Road was built in 1719; the Royal arms in coloured relief above the main arch are those of George III, added in 1811.

Caption For Brampton, The Royal Oak And Signpost C1955

The Royal Oak is in a good position to attract customers from the turnpike.

Caption For Grimsby, The Royal Dock C1955

The first fish dock opened in 1856, and the Royal Dock was built between 1849 and 1852.

Caption For Cowes, The Parade 1908

A yachting agency advertises itself on the left-hand side of the house by the Royal Marine Hotel.

Caption For Newhaven, Harbour 1897

It was here that James IV founded a royal dockyard where he could build his navy.

Caption For Manchester, Exhibition Tobogganing Slide 1887

There was something for everyone at the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition.

Caption For Kettering, Market 1922

The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged. On the right the Victorian Corn Exchange has become the Variety cinema.

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Street 1921

The shop on the right was replaced in the 1930s by the neo-Georgian offices, Royal Chambers, and beyond the gabled building, now the Bedfordshire Probation Service, several buildings made way for the Granada

Caption For Nottingham, Market Street C1950

Market Street leads from Old Market Place behind the photographer to Upper Parliament Street, and is terminated by the Theatre Royal's 1865 stuccoed front with its six-columned portico.

Caption For Heswall, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital C1965

The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital has closed since this photograph was taken.

Caption For Hertford, The Castle 1922

Later it became a gaol for royal prisoners, who included Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI, King David II of Scotland and King John of France.

Caption For Cowes, Royal Yacht Squadron C1955

There is a private landing place for members of the Royal Yacht Squadron and officers engaged on Her Majesty's Service.

Caption For Conwy, Plas Mawr 1892

In this photograph, taken when the building belonged to the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, the stone mullioned windows and the craggy rough facade gave no indication of its former glory.

Caption For Bray, Village 1911

A former royal manor, Bray is well known for the song 'The Vicar of Bray', celebrating the vicar who changed sides several times during the Civil War and after to keep his living.

Caption For Salisbury, Cathedral, North West 1928

In the centre of the building is an interesting octagonal lantern with the royal coat of arms above the doorway.

Caption For West Bay, The Harbour C1955

Dubbed Noah's Ark and debunked by royal surgeon and Dorset writer Sir Frederick Treves - 'as out of place as an iron girder in a flower garden' - Pier Terrace still comes in for criticism.

Caption For Manchester, The Royal Infirmary C1885

The Royal Infirmary, with its high dome and clock face, lords it over Piccadilly.