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Narrow Lane

I can remember Narrow Lane, Gresford although I lived there for a very short period. My Uncle Bob lived in the lane with my Auntie Peggy, he used to have a smallholding just across from where we lived. I am sure many people will remember ...Read more

A memory of Gresford in 1949 by Philip Kersey Smith

Moss Hall, Gresford

I am just remembering Moss Hall and Mr and Mrs Yaylor and their son Stan who lived in a cottage near the copse, and how at a night time you would stand outside and listen to badgers crying, it was really such an amazing place, the ...Read more

A memory of Gresford in 1965 by Philip Kersey Smith

Happy Memories

I have fond memories of staying at 'Captain's Ground' a cottage in Aternun, close to the church and the pub around 1960's. Is the cottage still there? The Wilson family lived there with daughter June and son John. Where are they now?

A memory of Altarnun in 1960 by Peter Morris

Fishing Under The Arches

I was born Marilynne Thompson at 17, The Lynch, Polesworth in January 1952. My mam and dad, Peg and Geoff Thompson both worked at Ensor's brickyard. When I was about two or three years old we moved to a cottage belonging ...Read more

A memory of Polesworth in 1961 by Marilynne Connolly

My Birthplace

My mother, Lily Mathtews and I, were both born in the same miner's cottage at 109 Station Rd, just cross from the Welcome Church. She was born in 1903 and I in 1932. My granny, Ada, was an artist and moved to 8 Sunnyside, and during ...Read more

A memory of Cramlington in 1940 by Charles Mc Gregor

Elm Tree Cottage Hitcham

I used to go every summer school holiday to my great aunt & uncle's cottage [ Elm Tree Cottage]. I visited last month and it is still there in excellent condition. I remember harvest time, shire horses, haystacks, ...Read more

A memory of Hitcham in 1948 by Ray Gibson

5 Jubilee Cottages

Born here 1942 - mother a member of the Wicks family based at Holly House (hurdle makers) father an airman stationed at RAF Hullavington. I recall land girls, the drone of planes. I was too young for school & roamed the ...Read more

A memory of Hullavington in 1942 by Tony Dighton

Blacksmiths Forge On Kingston Road, Ewell

Further to Pat Dickinson's memories....... I remember it vividly,especially the roaring fire and clanging iron -,the way the huge (to me) horses stood so still. We used to stop on our way home from school. There ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1940 by Chris Bragg

Pitch Place House

Hi, does anyone have any photos or info on the very grand, old, large manor house in Worplesdon, in the 1920's era or earlier? I believe it was the home of Lord and Lady Dewvine (not sure that is the correct spelling). My ...Read more

A memory of Worplesdon in 1920 by Sandra Northeast

Ballagh Cottage Was A Haire Dowager House

Ballagh cottage, part of the Haire family Armagh Manor estate, was a Dowager House - where Florence (Florries) Haire resided after the death of her more elderly in years husband, Major Haire. During ...Read more

A memory of Ballaghennie by Joan Haire Major

Captions

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Caption For Malmesbury, Baskerville C1955

Behind the cottages near the steps is a large three-storey house with gables.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, Excelsior 1903

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour C1955

The perfect little port with its floating dock is surrounded by cottages, and the outer harbour is enclosed by breakwater piers.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Higher Mill 1892

The second cottage, known as Jordan (centre left), took its name from the point chosen for baptisms in what they called the Jordan River.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Marine Parade 1930

Beyond the Bay Private Hotel and Madeira Cottages (left centre) are Hardown Hill, Stonebarrow Hill (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Seaward are a series of ledges.

Caption For Lepe, The Beach C1955

In the 1970s a six-bedroom property with staff cottage in Lepe cost £70,000.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

With its pollarded lime trees and some charming half-timbered cottages spread along its length, the village High Street suffered for several decades from the heavy traffic which thundered along this stretch

Caption For Southport, Cambridge Hall, Art Gallery, Library And Bank 1887

The complex was built on a site previously occupied by a row of cottages adjacent to Cambridge Hall, and opened in 1878 having cost around £14,000.

Caption For Galleywood, The White Bear C1965

Both the shop and the hip-roofed cottage to the right have now gone. The main street, Watchhouse Road, may have taken its name from a lookout camp here at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Widnes, West Bank 1923

The building on the right was the local cottage hospital for the very Welsh community who lived in West Bank.

Caption For Hamble, The Village C1955

With its steep, winding streets and pretty cottages, there is a definite hint of Devon or Cornwall about it.

Caption For Sprotbrough, The Village C1955

Here, looking down Main Street towards St Mary's Church with its horse mounting steps, we see the white Imperial Cottage (left). The chestnut tree has been removed, giving a view of Jubb's Farm.

Caption For Chilham, The Square 1903

the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and Jacobean cottages

Caption For Gawcott, Main Street C1960

Beyond is another thatched cottage, The White House. Behind the wide verge with its young trees is the churchyard of Holy Trinity.

Caption For Breachwood Green, Lower Road C1965

Outside the row of terraced cottages at Breachwood Green near Hitchin stands a pristine Ford 100E model. In front of one of these houses stood the community's well.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1960

This is red brick village Leicestershire at its best: nothing ostentatious in either the well- designed row of cottages (right) terminated by the Three Horseshoes pub, small and welcoming,

Caption For Cocking, Mill 1906

The mill buildings on the right have been converted to a house, Mill Cottage. The wagon shed has gone. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

Caption For Rusper, The Village 1909

Set in remote and well-wooded rolling countryside west of and utterly remote from Crawley, Rusper has a gently curving main street with many good houses and cottages.

Caption For Groby, The Village C1960

A lovely composition of local stone cottages in the lee of the tree-shrouded parish church.

Caption For Elstead, The Green C1965

This view is taken from Milford Road, with Farnham Road at the right curving past the former blacksmith's forge, which is now a cottage, The Old Forge.

Caption For Rousdon, The Landslip And Whitlands Cottages 1900

The Gapper family cottage on Dowlands Landslip was approached from the coast path, after having been detached from the hamlet above to which it formerly belonged.

Caption For Bainbridge, The Village 1924

Here, next to the Ure, are mill cottages. Around the charming green we can see the old school (centre), later a billiard hall, now restored as a private house.

Caption For Goodwick, The Village 1899

Note the boats pulled up above the high- water mark, the free-range livestock grazing, and the vegetable plot by the cottage.

Caption For Milton Lilbourne, The Village C1955

This peaceful village to the south of Marlborough is one long street retaining many old cottages.