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Teenage Years In Fareham

I lived and worked in Fareham when I moved with my family from Hertfordshire. My father and uncle worked for Fareham District Council. I remember going to the Odeon and Embassy cinemas on many occasions with my fiance. I ...Read more

A memory of Fareham in 1953

Great Haseley

I was five when I moved to Great Haseley from Newington, near Stadhampton, with my mother, father and brother. The year was 1957 and Horse Close Cottages was a new housing estate - we were thrilled to have a bathroom and an inside ...Read more

A memory of Great Haseley by Linda Twibill (Nee Ring)

My Father

My father worked for BP Llandarcy from the 1960s. I was born in 1971 and some of my earliest memories are the smell of my dad coming home from Llandarcy. He worked on a machine called the catreformer. He rescued my first cat Sooty from ...Read more

A memory of Llandarcy in 1974

A Magical Time

My name is Peter Weeks and I lived on Llanwoanno Road. Every Sunday I would cross this bridge with my elder brother Kenneth, on our way to the Baptist Chapel. This was the time of steam trains. We could hear the trains comming a ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1964 by Peter Weeks

Westray St And The Appletons

Hi, I was born in 1937 in Furnace Cottages but spent my childhood until 1954 living at 26 Westray Street. My gteat friend is Peter Libby who still lives there and who I manage to visit every year . Might I suggest you ...Read more

A memory of Carlin How in 1948 by Fred Miller

Starting School

This is my first school, Dunston Hill Infant & Junior School, I started school the year the photo was taken, I fell off a small wall first day, I remember it vividly. Favourite teacher in the junior school was a Ms ...Read more

A memory of Dunston in 1955 by Victor Johnson

Childhood Days

I was evacuated to Reepham from London, when the war was going on. I lived in the high street with a Mrs Tonn, and a Mr & Mrs Mason on their farm. The days of freshly made butter and milk! Farm animals as pets! I ...Read more

A memory of Reepham in 1940 by Shirley Ring

Beanfield Secondary

I was in that class at Beanfield Secondary and remember, Jim Drummond, Ray Shillitoe,Pete Bird and also Mick Hambly, Clive Evans, Ann Francis, Irene Mitchell, Jim Gardener, John Gamble, Michael Parker and others. I lived on the ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1965 by Ken Brooks

Crosby Rosedale Aveune

I was born in my grandparents' home in Rosedale Avenue in July 1947. I remember Crosby well, the cinema at the top of Endbutt Lane, going to church at St Peter and St Paul's RC Church, seeing the Beatles, and here I am in 2010 ...Read more

A memory of Crosby in 1947 by Ann Hamlet

Family Household Occupants 1946

In 1946 The occupiers of Avondale Street from 68 to 102 numbers were as follows 68 Avondale Street,adjacent to Battenberg Street were Mr. and Mrs Mason who had three children namely,daughter June the eldest,sons ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1946 by Royden Jones

Captions

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Caption For Ruthin, St Peter's Square C1965

Note the spire of the 1284 St Peter's Church, the monument, the much-loved 'eyes of Ruthin' (the prominent rows of dormer windows on the Myddleton Arms), and the Georgian Castle hotel (right).

Caption For St Mary Bourne, The School C1955

The church of St Peter stands in the village.

Caption For Swaffham, Market Place 1891

The church of St Peter and St Paul is a magnificent Perpendicular edifice with a grand hammer beam roof and a delicate spire.

Caption For Chesterfield, Holywell Street C1955

The Peter Sellers and Robert Morley film 'Battle of the Sexes' is showing at the Odeon, but also of interest is the Thrift Shop, an early attempt at a discount store.

Caption For Ribchester, The Almshouses C1960

To the left is the Catholic church of St Peter and St Paul, which was erected in 1789, and just along the lane is an older chapel, dedicated to St Saviour.

Caption For Sudbury, Market 1904

Despite the stalls, agricultural implements, horses and ponies, the attraction is the Punch and Judy show outside St Peter's, which is enthralling young, old and even the carriage trade.

Caption For Limpsfield, Village 1906

The long village High Street running down from the ridge overlooking the Weald and the 13th-century church of St Peter is lined with picturesque tile-hung cottages.

Caption For Oughtrington, The Church C1955

He commissioned Slater and Carpenter of London to design St Peter's in the fashionable Gothic style at a cost of £10,000.

Caption For Woolhampton, The Church And School C1955

St Peter's Church was completely Gothicised in the mid 19th century.

Caption For West Clandon, Church 1904

The village church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and parts of it date back to the 13th century.

Caption For Chester, St John's Priory 1913

Construction of St John's Priory was begun about 1075-76 when the Bishop of Lichfield, Peter de Leia, transferred the seat of his diocese to Chester.

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene C1955

A few lorries of the period are parked on rough ground behind a hut; this makes a contrast with the full south-east outline of St Peter's Cathedral.

Caption For Marlow, The Fisherman's Retreat 1890

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.

Caption For Dagenham, Church Street C1950

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham, dates back to the 13th century.

Caption For Ospringe, The Church Of St Peter And St Paul 1892

The church of St Peter and St Paul is like many churches built in Norman times - it is situated near a spring.

Caption For Harborne, The Bell Inn C1955

The Bell occupies a pleasant site, almost semi-rural in character, tucked away on Old Church Road, with the sandstone tower of St Peter's as a backdrop, and Victorian houses nearby.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill And Church 1907

The familiar statue of Thomas Gainsborough in front of St Peter's was not erected until 1913.

Caption For Teston, Orchard Stores Corner C1960

The Vicar of St Peter and St Paul's Church, James Ramsay, played a major part in ensuring the abolition of slavery.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street 1923

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

Caption For Godalming, Boarden Bridge 1906

In the background is the medieval church of St Peter and St Paul, with its 13th-century lead spire - rare in Surrey.

Caption For Chertsey, Guildford Street 1908

A young boy pushes a handcart towards the camera on this street running south towards the church of St Peter, as two elegantly hatted ladies drive their pony and trap past a sunbathing dog on the pavement

Caption For Great Bowden, The Village 1922

The stumpy spire of the mainly 15th-century church of St Peter and St Paul pokes above the rooftops, readily identifiable by its high lucarnes.

Caption For Parham, The Church 1894

The church, which is dedicated to St Peter, was built in 1545 and almost rebuilt between 1800 and 1820.

Caption For Empingham, Church Street C1955

This exquisite view shows the tall 14th-century tower of St Peter's Church with a small but richly ornamented spire and very tall pinnacles.