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Memories
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Christmas Eves 1960s
I was born in Stroud and lived in Cashesgreen and Paganhill until I was 11 when the family moved to Hertfordshire. My aunt lived at Minchinhampton in a house my sister now owns. As children we remember making the then very ...Read more
A memory of Rodborough in 1963 by
A Year To Remember
How well I remember arriving at Wells-next-the-Sea from Leicester as a new bride. My husband was a former high school pen-friend who was now in England serving in the U.S Air Force, having been in the country from his ...Read more
A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1951 by
Memories Of Swithland
My first memory of Swithland Village goes way back to the days when I was very young. The war was over and we had become accustomed to Holidays at Home instead of going to the sea-side. My parents bought a chalet in what we ...Read more
A memory of Swithland in 1947 by
Days Gone By
My memories of Greyabbey date back to 1940 just after the Blitz when Mum and her 3 sisters plus one sister-in-law with a bunch of kids relocated to Cardy, a small community appox. 3 miles from Greyabbey. I was 8 years of age at the ...Read more
A memory of Greyabbey in 1940 by
"The Cafe"
A familiar landmark for anybody who knows Overstrand. This picture could have been taken from my old front garden down Cliff Road. When I first became interested in cricket (1964-5 ish) around the age of 9 or 10, I would be watching the ...Read more
A memory of Overstrand by
Woolwich Ferry
There has been a ferry at Woolwich for many centuries but the people of Woolwich complained in the 1880s that West London had free access across the River Thames by bridges so why couldn't they have free travel? The river was too busy ...Read more
A memory of Woolwich by
Portwrinkle Beach
My parents used to take me there after school sometimes on their half day off from Menheniot C0-Op in the 1950s and early 1960s when I was a child. It was a steep climb down to the beach from the road but worth the effort. Once ...Read more
A memory of Portwrinkle by
Summer Trips To Martin"S
My sister Pauline and I used to come here with our mother, and sometimes father, on hot summer days, around 1948 to 1952 (age 6 to 10). We commuted three stops from Reading South in electric trains. I basically learned the ...Read more
A memory of Wokingham in 1950 by
Where I Was Born
My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more
A memory of Sole Street in 1946
Heswall Shore
My nanny and gampi lived on Banks Road in the 1960s. Nanny (Tilly Wilson) used to shell the shrimps in her kitchen. We would pay them a visit on our way down to Heswall shore and the shrimps would be piled high in the middle of the cold ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1967 by
Captions
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People have lived in the vicinity of Fordingbridge for millennia. Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age.
As we turn down Higgs Lane, this is what we would see looking back towards the main road.
The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.
Next to Hilton's lovely church is the village green, landscaped by Capability Brown, and surrounded by houses dating back to Tudor times. Hilton sports a turf-cut maze as its most unusual feature.
This busy street has many shops and cafes to serve both the locals and visitors, but some close for the winter. The shops and houses on the left back straight on to the sea.
We cross the railway bridge, and look back from where we have come from. On the right is Mr Turner's grocery shop, with the Standard public house in the distance.
This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.
Another view of Bath Street, looking back towards the church.
Bookies and punters alike watch as the second race on the card draws to a close.
Deal is an elegant town, and nowhere is this clearer than in this view, taken from the Pier pavilion looking back to the town.
The church of All Saints at Fawley dates back to Saxon times, though much of the present building is Norman or later. The church was bombed in 1940, but has now been carefully restored.
The novelist Henry Fielding knew Upton well, featuring the town's coaching inn The White Lion in his novel 'Tom Jones'.
Despite its name, Newchurch is one of the oldest parishes on the Isle of Wight, and once included Ryde and Ventnor within its bounds.
Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.
The present church of St Mary's dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries, with some earlier Norman features.
Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by
Built of red brick, the church of St James the Apostle was erected in 1881 with seating for 250 parishioners.
Maiden Newton's mill is probably situated on the site of many earlier mill buildings. There are records of settlements here dating back to the Roman occupation.
This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.
This elaborate entrance to the church at Broad Chalke, near Salisbury, has been well-maintained throughout the years.
St Michael's dates back to 1853 and was designed by Street, but was later enlarged.
Melcombe Bingham's manor house dates back to the time of the Plantagenet kings, though much of the present building is Tudor.
Newmarket is the world's capital of horse racing.
The wall on the left now has two boards bearing the names of all the Mayors of Totnes back to 1359.
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