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St Mary's Church

Re: St Mary's wednesday morning church service at Dewhurst Secondary as it was known in those days, I remember Stan Mathews falling asleep on his knees as in prayer. My mother now lives in the alms house next to the church, so every ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt in 1963 by Trevor Monk

Pub Crown And Thistle Just Out Of View

I moved into the Crownd and Thistle about 1941 aged 4 and I left village in 1960. Arthur Benstead was landlord for many years. He and Muriel his wife retired just across the road to a house left by Mr Knowles ...Read more

A memory of Fulbourn in 1940 by John Benstead

Me Granda

I am writing this because I have been back to Clara visiting after I was contacted by Brian and Helen who now live in me Granda's house, they had read my memories of Newburn which mentioned Clara and sent me a message. Me Grandad Cecil ...Read more

A memory of Clara Vale in 1947 by Jimmy Burrows

Second World War Memories

I was only a nipper in 1942 but recall clearly the German bombing raids Weston had to survive. Bristol was their main target, but to get a smart getaway they would fly over Weston shedding any spare bombs as they went ...Read more

A memory of Congresbury in 1942 by Jim Beckley

Evacuation To West Hendred From 1941 To 1946

I was evacuated at the age of 4 yrs with my mother, Catherine and younger brother Alfred. We had been buried alive in a shelter, in Upton Park, East London and only saved when someone heard my mother ...Read more

A memory of West Hendred by Stanley Brand

Church And Cottages In Duke Street

I have a print of this view in my study. My grandparents lived in the second cottage up from the church and my father was born there in 1902. My grandmother died in 1939 and my grandfather, who served in the Boer ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1944 by Des Sturges

Pearson Cottage Stanhope

I am doing my Family History and have got as far as Stanhope. Is there still a Pearson(s) Cottage in Stanhope? The surnames I have are: Pearson and Liddle, they came over from Northumberland.

A memory of Stanhope in 1860 by Pauline Barker

Pearson Cottage Stanhope

Robert Pearson lived in Pearson(s) Cottage in 1891, with his wife, Margaret Gowland, and their children: Annie (born: 1882) - Joseph (born: 1883) - Edith (born: 1885) - Robert (born: 1887) and Margaret (born: 1890). If ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope by Pauline Barker

My Home.

I was born here in 1956 at 5 Vaynol Cottages. The house with the plaque. I remember the trees across the river. I used to run from Pen Lon all the way home as they were very scary in the dark .

A memory of Llanberis in 1964 by Pauline Griffiths

Skinner Stonemasons

I was born in Barnet, but lived in Hatfield, 9 miles away. My grandfather was a stonemason and his father Walter Skinner had a Stonemasony business in East Barnet Road. Walter's father came from Wakerley, Northants, where ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1900 by Christine Newman

Captions

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Caption For Fullerton, Vine Cottage C1960

Viewed from the old railway bridge, here is Vine Cottage by the River Anton where it joins the Test at Fullerton Junction.

Caption For Funtington, Hallidays 1965

An isolated village of flint and brick cottages, to the west of Chichester. In the village are Adsdean, a gabled Tudor style house of around 1850, and the church of St Mary, built in 1859.

Caption For Basildon, The Clock C1965

The clump of trees just in front of it marks the position of Barstable Cottage, one of the thousands of small tenements swept away by the New Town.

Caption For Milton Malsor, The War Memorial C1965

This is a scene of contrasts, featuring Manor Cottage, an 18th-century thatched stone-built house, and the dull 1960s house to the left. The bus shelter remains, but re-roofed in sheet metal.

Caption For Stanion, Shop And Cardigan Arms, Cardigan Road C1965

The shop has closed and been converted to a chalet bungalow while the thatched cottage in the distance has lost its thatch.

Caption For Ticehurst, Church Street 1903

Further up Church Street, these late Victorian terraces of cottages, numbers 12 to 20, adopted the Sussex vernacular style with tile-hung upper floors, bay windows, dormers and tiled roofs.

Caption For St Athan, West Orchard Farm, Higher End C1955

It is interesting that the terrace of old Welsh cottages appears to have been re-roofed with modern tiles and not stone slates - this is an indicator of the lack of planning regulations at this time

Caption For Botley, Winchester Road C1955

The left-hand side of Winchester Road remains constant, with the pub and the timber-framed cot- tage still to be seen.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Bracebridge Pool, Sutton Park C1955

In 1921 a catering business was started at Bracebridge Cottages and in 1983 it became Bobby Brown's.

Caption For Ludham, The Village 1934

In the centre stand good examples of cottages thatched with Norfolk reed, and beyond are roof pantiles brought over by the Dutch. The village store has a good range of gardening tools on display.

Caption For Monsal Dale, From The Bridge C1864

Beyond the scattered farms and cottages, the limestone hills sweep up towards the large exposed cutting, just visible above the trees to the right, which has been made for the imminent coming of the Midland

Caption For Kersey, The Village From The Church C1965

On the right, beyond the thatched cottage, is Goymer's pork butcher's shop, which closed c1950.

Caption For Parham, The Village C1955

Beyond the barns are two 17th-century groups of houses: Street Cottages and the flint and brick White Gates.

Caption For Chipping, Talbot Street C1955

Many of the stone cottages date from the 17th century, and at number 22 lived a cloth merchant, John Brabyn, who founded a Bluecoat school and almshouses in Chipping.

Caption For Botley, Winchester Road C1955

The left-hand side of Winchester Road remains constant, with the pub and the timber-framed cottage still to be seen.

Caption For Chideock, The Village C1955

Bridge Cottage Tea Parlour (centre) doubled as a newsagent's under the ownership of Edgar Allen, and also advertised a wide range of entertainments, from 'Viva Zapata' at the Lyric Cinema, Bridport, to

Caption For Blaenavon, The Eastern Valley C1955

White House cottage to its right, at the end of Bunker's Row, has now been demolished.

Caption For Long Melford, Hall Street C1955

The group of cottages to the right was demolished in the 1960s to make way for an extension to the hotel.

Caption For West Stafford, St Andrew's Church C1955

The cob, stone and thatch cottages on the corner (right) date from the 18th century, and the tower of the parish church (left) from the early 16th century.

Caption For Canford Magna, Village 1904

Between 1867 and 1904, finding themselves short of workers accomodation, the Guest family built more than 110 cottages accross their far-flung estate, paying special attension to Canford Magna itself

Caption For Beer, The Village 1898

Little has changed in more than a century, though the cottages just past Northcott's shop (left) are no longer thatched.

Caption For Abridge, The Village C1960

The Malsters Arms (left), originally a beer-house, is still very much the same, although it has expanded into the cottages to the left.

Caption For Starbotton, From Moor End 1926

The 17th-century cottages used to house lead miners, and there is evidence of an old smelt mill. The village has a Quaker burial ground and a former Methodist chapel.

Caption For Ramsbury, Burdett Street 1906

This is a street mainly of 16th- or 17th- century timber-framed cottages.