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Life On The Edge

I lived in Alderley Edge from 1950 to 1964, with my sister Ann, parents, and grandparents, after spending my very early years at Clockhouse Farm in Mottram St Andrew. We came to live in a house called Croston, previously the ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1955 by Graham Dilliway

Blackfriars

I too had an aunt who lived there.  In its time, it has had a house on top of the tower and a house on the wall attached to the left.  The house on top by then had disappeared. Through the archway was a line of small cottages with ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1930 by William Nicholls

Lee Tower

The Tower also had a bowling alley and the restaurant was a Chinese.  As a teenager I worked up enough courage to ask a girl for my first dance at the Tower's ballroom.  We used to park our motorbikes outside the "Bluebird Cafe" ...Read more

A memory of Lee in 1965 by Gordon Brown

Schooldays In Bexleyheath

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants school in North Street? I remember the excitement of the Coronation ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

Growing Up In Grappenhall 1980s And 1990s

Having grown up in Grappenhall I've seen it develop with time, but its managed to keep its identity, even though there's been a growing demand for redevelopment in the area.   Within the space of a few ...Read more

A memory of Grappenhall in 1990 by Pete Chorley

Fond Memories

was married at church on sat 3-3-1962,spent first few years of marriage living on upper floor of tower at 98 blackfriars road.i remember well the awful job we had to get our furniture in as the stairs were too steep and winding, ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1962 by John Cannell

My Early Years

I was born in Sheepwash cottage in 1926 the year Tommy Sopwith left the Towers and it was turned into a girls colledge by Miss Maule and Miss Isaceson . My father had worked for Tommy Sopwith for many years at the Towers and he ...Read more

A memory of East Horsley in 1930 by Ray Johnson

Ferry Trip

mum and dad and i used to go on the ferry from kilcreggan to gourock . we went to the cinema there, it was called the tower. we had tea and scones at a cafe on the front.they were wonderful times. i lived in rosneath for about a year , ...Read more

A memory of Gourock in 1953 by Nigel Holgate

Seaside Holiday At Westgate On Sea

My earliest memories of the seaside are from the 1950's. We lived in Bexleyheath and - like most people - did not own a car in those far off austerity years after the war. For this reason our summer holidays ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1952 by John Howard Norfolk

Days Out In Blackpool In The Forties And Fifties

Between the years 1944 and 1956 my family and I lived in Preston, Lancashire and from there it was only a short ride on the train or bus to Blackpool, where we spent many happy days. This photo shows ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by Diana Dioszeghy

Captions

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Caption For The Broads, Hunsett Mill On River Ant At Stalham C1925

A quiet scene showing a drainage tower mill starting to fall into disrepair; two blades of the fantail are missing.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Revolving Tower 1922

The Tower stood on Marine Parade, but it was demolished at the start of World War II.

Caption For Gloucester, The Cathedral 1892

The splendid Norman tower of the Cathedral rises above the roofs of the county town, forming an important part of the city's skyline.

Caption For Cartmel, The Church, Harrington Monument C1875

The tower has a unique formation: the upper part is built crosswise to the lower. It is said that it is theoretically unstable architecturally, but it has stood for 500 years.

Caption For Bray, Village 1911

This photograph of Bray shows the village centre, with the perpendicular chalk and stone tower of the parish church of St Michael peeping above the rooftops.

Caption For Feock, Pill Creek 1936

Its Victorian church, St Feoca, has a detached tower. Feock's original old church, demolished in the 1870s, is noted as the building in which the service was last held in the Cornish language.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From The River 1890

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the Castle in the centre and the tower of St Thomas à Becket on the hill overlooking it.

Caption For Bishop's Waltham, The Church Of St Peter C1955

With its modern tower and spire rising 140 feet above Twyford, the handsome church looks out across woods and meadows towards the bank of the Itchen.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

Caption For Eastham, The Church And Church Lane C1955

Parts of the first tower remain integral with the present church, which dates from 1574. A yew tree in the churchyard has been certified by dendrologists to be over one thousand years old.

Caption For Tillington, All Hallows Church 1912

The coronet design on the tower of All Hallows Church is the only one of its kind in Sussex, and rarely found throughout the country.

Caption For New Sawley, Marina C1967

In the background can be seen the cooling towers and chimneys of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power stations.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head 1949

The village church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is Norman in origin and was partially rebuilt during the 13th century.Within a few decades the church was extended; the west tower with its octagonal spire

Caption For Astwood Bank, The Parish Church C1965

Unlike most churches, it has no tower to mark its position, and few people passing through Astwood Bank will even realise it has a church.

Caption For Dunster, The Yarn Market C1955

This market, with the medieval Luttrell Arms Hotel to the right and Conygar Tower on the hill behind, has little changed.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade C1950

The Market Hall with its clock tower is on the right.

Caption For Methwold, The George Inn C1965

The church, like the inn, is dedicated to St George: with its lantern tower and steeple rising to 120 feet, it is visible for miles around in this flat landscape.

Caption For Oxford, Christ Church Tom Tower 1890

Tom Tower is one of the college's most treasured architectural features, as well as a famous landmark on the Oxford skyline.

Caption For Houghton, The Clock Tower C1960

The clock tower, erected in 1902 in memory of George the son of Potto Brown, still provides shelter for visitors on their way to visit the famous mill or using the Ouse Valley Way.

Caption For Sutton Courtenay, The Green C1955

Here we see the Norman tower of the village church of All Saints.

Caption For Finchingfield, The Green C1965

The squat church-tower, the steadily clambering roofs, and the central pond all combine to make a satisfying, unsophisticated scene.

Caption For Bromley, Parish Church And Lychgate 1899

Following bombing during the Second World War, the familiar tower is today attached to a new church. The wall survives, but the lychgate has a new position.

Caption For Pickering, 1953

The ruins are substantial, and include the curtain wall, three towers, a shell keep standing on a motte, chapel and halls.

Caption For Old Sarum, Garderobe Pits And Great Tower Foundations 1913

This picture shows the remains of the flint tower, which, as can be seen, needed substantial reinforcement with solid blocks of stone.