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Memories

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Chichester Bell Tower

Does anyone exactly remember a new bell or bells being winched in by a very large crane into the tower. My memory as an 9 year old standing outside Morants watching with Dad ( Vicar of Oving then) and younger brother, was it ...Read more

A memory of Chichester by chris432121

Long Time Ago.

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

Life In Oxshott In The 1940s And 50s The Ridgeway

I lived in Oxshott from 1943 to 1957. I was actually born in a nursing home at 1 Avenue Elmers, Surbiton, a building which has been converted to luxury flats now. My maiden name was Huitt and I had two ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott by Rose Phillips

The Toy Shop And Miss Swann’s School

I lived in the Toy shop in the early 1950’s and went to Miss Swann’s school which I think was somewhere near the clock tower? I remember twin girls, maybe Patricia and Pauline, their father owned a timber merchants. ...Read more

A memory of Rainham by Susan Jackman

Junior Art Department Attached To The Keighley Boy.S Grammar School

In 1945 I attended the Junior Art Department of Keighley. Our school badge was an anagram of J.A.D. the uniform was Burgandy. This was a small school of 40 to 50 mixed pupils. The ...Read more

A memory of Keighley by jessopella123

Hart Lane

I was born in hart lane opposit water tower / Dick

A memory of Luton by richardtuffnell

Blackpool In The Fifties

I spent many happy holidays in Blackpool as a child. We would set off on a coach from Rochdale it would be either Ellen Smith's or Yelloways There would be a kind of competition as to who would see the Tower first coming near ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by circassion87

Red Lion Primary School In 1949

My name is Alan Naber and in 1949 I was five years old and started my school life at Red Lion Road school. This is an account of how I saw life at that time with a few additions from other students I am still in touch ...Read more

A memory of Tolworth by oldcyclist

St Joseph's Convent School

I note that a couple of people have mentioned St Joseph's Convent School. Having attended that school from 1960 to 1966, I can confirm that the location was opposite Hoadley's and the building did indeed curve alongside ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill

Southlands School, Harrow On The Hill

While sorting through some old photographs from the 1950s when I was in England and Europe with two girlfriends from Western Australia, some of the Southlands school were among them. So we did an internet ...Read more

A memory of Harrow on the Hill by Lynette Cornish

Captions

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Caption For Axminster, St Mary's Church C1960

Much of what remains is Norman and Early English; the mighty tower was rebuilt in the 13th century. A piece of original Axminster carpet hangs within.

Caption For Maidstone, The Museum 1898

The courtyard, with the then-pinnacled tower of St Faith's visible in the background.

Caption For Nonington, Church C1955

A timbered barn stands opposite the entrance to this 13th-century church with its small square crenellated tower.

Caption For Ludham, Post Office Corner 1931

Behind it is the parish church of St Catherine with its large flint tower. The church contains a beautiful rood screen and a rare medieval painting of the Crucifixion.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1890

This photograph was taken from Lambeth Bridge, and shows the Houses of Parliament before Victoria Tower Gardens were laid out on Millbank.

Caption For Colchester, High Street And Town Hall 1901

The impressive Victoria Tower of the Town Hall rises to a height of 162 feet.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church 1898

The chuch was re-built c1220 and was once graced with a tower.

Caption For Bollington, View From White Nancy C1955

White Nancy is a tower situated on the ridge to the south of the town, and is said to have been built by a member of the Gaskell family to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, and to be named after one

Caption For Rothbury, The Queen's Head C1960

The other solid building in the village was the old vicarage, a former much-altered pele- tower with a barrel-vaulted ground floor.

Caption For Winchester, St Cross Church 1906

The squat tower is thought to have been rebuilt in 1384. Inside, there is a striking Norman font and a lectern of 1509.

Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street 1922

The chancel is 13th-century, and the tower is thought to be the oldest surviving building in Oxford. On the left is the old Clarendon Hotel.

Caption For Oxford, St Aldates C1950

Christ Church, otherwise known as 'The House', can be seen on the right, with Wren's splendid Tom Tower rising above it.

Caption For Chesterfield, Midland Station 1896

Prominent in the middle distance is the Midland Railway Company's station, recently completely re-built and modernised, and beyond that rise the tower of the Town Hall and the famous twisted spire of the

Caption For Ewell, Nonsuch Park Entrance C1955

Here we have a closer view of the impressive entrance to Nonsuch Park Palace, with its stuccoed white walls and the prominent three-storey central tower incorporating angle buttresses, battlements and

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

Scaffolding is in place on one of the Minster towers, as serious repairs were taking place.

Caption For Worcester, The Cross 1899

The Cross is dominated by the tower of St Nicholas's Church - said to have been originally designed for St Martin's- in-the-Fields in London.

Caption For Rusper, The Village 1909

Just visible in this photograph is the church of St Mary Magdalene, which has a large and striking tower. Inside are various old brasses, together with the royal arms of George I.

Caption For Coggeshall, Stoneham Street C1965

Little has changed since this picture was taken, save that the clock tower of 1887 is now painted blue and white.

Caption For Trusthorpe, Trustville C1955

The tower in the background is of the church of St Peter in Trusthorpe village.

Caption For Great Shelford, The Village 1914

The parish church with its octagonal tower and spire rises over the roofs.

Caption For Hartlepool, The Harbour C1960

The Dock Master's Office stands on the left, with its clock tower. An impressive marina is now established nearby.

Caption For Eastbourne, Western Lawns 1910

The town climbs increasingly steeply away from the sea to the west of the Wish Tower, with an expansive green- sward, known as the Western Lawns, between the much lower promenade and the buildings fronting

Caption For Horndean, The Windmill C1965

Chalton Down Mill was a brick tower windmill located on a remote hill top overlooking the main London to Portsmouth road. It was powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail.

Caption For Truro, Calenick Village 1912

The clock tower on the far side of the bridge belonged to an important tin smelting works which operated throughout most of the 18th and 19th centuries before closing in 1891.