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My Childhood To Adulthood

I was born at Hesslewood Nursing Home in 1939 and lived in Kingston Avenue. The schools I went to were the infants school in Swinegate, Hessle County Secondary School on Boothferry Road and Tranby High School on Heads Lane ...Read more

A memory of Hessle by Terry Hood

Wilkins Of Priors Hardwick

If anyone has knowledge of the Wilkins family of Priors Hardwick who lived at Church End in the 1800s, I'd love to hear from you. My husband's ancestor Mary Wilkins was born there in 1820 and bore a daughter (Eliza) ...Read more

A memory of Priors Hardwick by R K

Olympic Games & After

My father, who worked for Philips Electrical (Mullard Amplifier Division) was the Sound Engineer at both the Wembley Stadium and Pool during the entire Olympic Games of 1948. He had to work very long hours not only during the ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1948 by Clive Warneford

Memories From My Father Tom Ebert Who Was Evacuated To Dersingham From Poplar During Ww2

My first recollection of Dersingham was as a seven year old boy in 1941. My mother, sister and I were evacuated from the East End of London during the blitz ...Read more

A memory of Dersingham by Karen Ebert

My Happy Memories In Marbury

My dad was Ron Watkin and we lived at 44 West Park (Marbury Park was divided in to a 'West Park' and an 'East Park' - I seem to remember that West Park was regarded as the 'posher' of the two!) . . I remember lots of ...Read more

A memory of Marbury in 1959

Hope And Anchor Inn

My first visit to South Devon was in 1950 as a teenager. We lived in London but my parents had discovered Salcombe and a boarding house in Devon Road and that is where we spent several consecutive summer holidays. From ...Read more

A memory of Hope Cove by David Roberts

Stoke Lyne School

I lived in Tusmore from about 1950 to Nov 1953 when we emigrated to New Zealand. I used to travel in a small van across Tusmore Park to school. Miss Saville was the teacher and my mother worked as her assistant for a few ...Read more

A memory of Tusmore Park in 1951

I Hate Reedham

The day after our trip to London, I woke in the morning and was told to immediately get dressed and put on my new shoes and overcoat by mother. We dropped Bernard at Aldersbrook School and then caught a bus into Wanstead Tube Station, ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Gordon Mays Baird

Home Village 1948 To 1965

I lived in Rudge Rise Addlestone from the age of 8 (Rowtown before that) and worked at Peto Scott and Aerco T/V and record shop, which was situated near the traffic lights with Natwest bank on one corner and the Dukes ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by Arthur Sharp

Under Holy Trinity Church

The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, tower and ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1950 by Dave Harris

Captions

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Caption For Thorpe Le Soken, The Village C1955

The church of St Michael, in the background, was largely rebuilt in the 19th century, but the west tower dates from Tudor times.

Caption For Lymm, Arley Hall 1897

The octagonal domed tower above the porch was removed in the alterations of 1968.

Caption For Bristol, Park Street 1950

The Gothic tower of the university rises above the rooftops.

Caption For Beaminster, Church 1902

Beaminster Church is mostly 15th century, though the dramatic perpendicular tower, which dominates the surrounding houses, and the arcade are 13th century.

Caption For Bidford On Avon, St Lawrence's Church 1899

The parish church with its medieval tower was one of hundreds of churches to suffer from the Victorian predilection for restoring ancient buildings extremely badly.

Caption For Warwick, Mill Street And Caesar's Tower 1922

On the right is Caesar's Tower, which rises to a height of 147 ft. It was built by Thomas Beauchamp.

Caption For Lake Vyrnwy, Sunset C1955

The 100ft height of the water tower is miniaturised, and the scene is not only breathtakingly beautiful but awe-inspiring as well.

Caption For Caversham, St Peter's Hill 1908

The tower can be seen from the river, peeping through the trees.

Caption For Teignmouth, The Promenade C1955

Now the tower of St Michael`s Church is more obvious, following the destruc- tion of numbers 1 and 2 Esplanade (the Berkeley and Esplanade Hotels) in September 1942.

Caption For Coniston, The Parish Church 1929

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Haverfordwest, From Prendergast 1898

Looking across the town into Haverfordwest, the tower of the Church of St Thomas à Becket can be clearly seen on the skyline towards the centre of the picture, and the main body of the Castle with its

Caption For Culmstock, C1960

This view is taken from the tower.

Caption For Fountains, 1895

The ruins date from the 12th to the 15th centuries; the tower, which was built between 1492 and 1524, is the latest part.

Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe Pier 1889

It was just 480 feet long, with facilities which included shops, a clock tower and a landing stage.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church And War Memorial 1931

In 1752, the Rewd William Cole wrote that the tower was `one of the most clumsy and heavy ones I ever saw`. Perhaps `solid` is a kinder description.

Caption For Rushton, The Parish Church C1955

The 14th-century church is mostly in ironstone with paler Weldon limestone battlements in the tower.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1892

This view shows how Jumbo the water tower dominates views in the town.

Caption For Edinburgh, St Giles's Cathedral 1897

The tower, which dates from c1495, is topped off with what is considered to be the finest example of a crown steeple in the whole of Scotland.

Caption For Wymondham, The Market Place And Cross C1965

The church was founded in 1107 and was the cause of bitter rivalry between town and prior, culminating in each faction building its own 15th-century bell towers.

Caption For Preston, Fishergate 1903

The tower with its clock belongs to the Preston Baptist Church; the Town Hall spire can be seen further up Fishergate.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Cobham, The Church 1899

The windmill is long gone, but the 12th-century church, to which the tower was added later, is famous for its pavement of 20 brasses dating from 1320 to 1529.

Caption For Wokingham, St Sebastian's Church, Nine Mile Ride 1910

A small but decorative wooden bell tower houses a single bell and is perched neatly on the gable end. A school was built nearby to provide for the educational needs of local children.

Caption For Great Ellingham, The Mill C1960

The tower of the corn windmill dominates the picture despite having lost its sails and cap.