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Memories

143 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

St Anne's Well

As children we went off on our own exploring the Malvern Hills. Along the footpath of North Hill from by the quarry, which was still being used in those days. Climbing up the side of the Beacon and quenching our thirst at St Anne's ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by Audrey Hills

Chilhood And Family

My family connection with LLandudno starts with my grandmother. She moved with her widowed mother, brother and sister from Sutton Coalfield sometime in 1900s. The family name was Ford, it comprised my great-grandmother Emma and ...Read more

A memory of Llandudno by Cheryl Thornthwaite

Memories Of Barmouth Road Sw18

Hi, I grew up in Barmouth Road, Wandsworth SW18 I was born in 1961 (so nearly 50!!). We lived in a lovley big house on the corner of Barmouth Road/Cader Road, the road has changed so much, it used to have lots of ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Karen Williams

St Roberts Catholic School 1951 Festival Of Britain

This is my Dad's memory and my search for anyone who may have a copy of the photograph explained in the information he gave me which follows. I would love to get a copy as a surprise gift for him, ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1951 by Caroline Gruber Prince

Some Historical Facts Of The Plumbs In Barroby

The newspaper published at Grantham in England, the original home of the ancestors of the well known Plumb and Parker families of Mills, Pottawattamie, Cass and Shelby Counties, recently carried a story ...Read more

A memory of Barrowby by Alan Plumb

Kay Key Moss Farm Witherslack

My great-great-great-grandfather JOSEPH FLETCHER Esq lived at Kay Moss Farm (as it was called then), now known as Key Moss. He is buried along with 3 of his children who died young and 1 daughter Ellen at St Paul's ...Read more

A memory of Witherslack in 1870

Living In Godmanchester

Growing up in Godmanchester was a good experience. We lived in St Anne's Lane and I went to school there as well, then went to school in Park Lane. Then in 1956 I went to the Secondary Modern, starting at Brookside and ...Read more

A memory of Godmanchester in 1950 by Danny Evans

Stewed Apple And Custard

I was born in Bersteds hospital although I'm not jewish, St Anne's was full in 1964. My mum was daughter to George Wilcox, the builders of Seven Sisters Road, then married Fred Taylor. They had 7 children.He sadly passed ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Sharon Turner Nee Saunders

Nurse Hampton

On August 13, 1961 I took up residence as a student nurse in Lindsay Smith House across from the hospital. It was the day the Berlin wall went up, and, as I recall, the day before the grouse shooting season began. I was 19 ...Read more

A memory of Virginia Water in 1961 by Patricia Hampton

Farming At Hessenford

I moved to Hessenford in about 1958 when my father took on the tenancy of St Anne's Farm. The farm was situated up past the church on the lane that led from Hessenford to Bake. Previously we had lived at West Trenean Farm, ...Read more

A memory of Hessenford in 1958 by Nick Serpell

Captions

81 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Catterick, The Village 1913

Catterick has three greens; this one looks along Sour Beck to the 15th-century parish church of St Anne, financed by the owners of nearby Brough Hall.

Caption For Bethesda, Town C1955

This Snowdonian village on the Holyhead Road (A5) lies at the mouth of the pass of Nant Ffrancon, beneath the famous Penrhyn slate quarries, once the largest in the world and still producing slate today

Caption For Manchester, St Peter's Church C1885

The church's foundation stone was laid on 11 December 1788, and the church was consecrated on 6 September 1795.

Caption For Manchester, King Street C1885

This part of the street was going to be called St James's Square, a challenge by the Roman Catholic, originally Stuart-supporting element, to St Anne's Square, which was named for a Church of England Queen

Caption For Ormskirk, The Catholic Church 1895

The Roman Catholics also built an attractive new church at this time. Father Crook died in 1800 and his place was taken by Father Talbot, who remained in Ormskirk until 1845.

Caption For Ormskirk, The Catholic Church Interior 1895

The Roman Catholics also built an attractive new church at this time. Father Crook died in 1800 and his place was taken by Father Talbot, who remained in Ormskirk until 1845.

Caption For Ansdell, Grannys Bay C1955

The scene has changed much since the days of Richard Ansdell RA, when he ordered his house Starr Hills to be built, and this was a wild and lonely area of marram grass covered sandhills.

Caption For Botley, The Bugle C1960

A close-up view of the Bugle Inn, a one time coaching inn for travellers before crossing the River Hamble.

Caption For Belfast, Ann Street 1897

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.