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The Castle School Stanhope
I think I must have talked to about three ex-Castle School kids since I wrote my memories about the the school. It was opened by an Act of Government during the Second World War in 1942. I can remember one of the teachers ...Read more
A memory of Stanhope by
Laleham Abbey
My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more
A memory of Laleham in 1970 by
Longleat
My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast cost ...Read more
A memory of Great Dunmow in 1948
Boyhood Memories From 1952
It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the streets ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by
Dibden Purlieu Newsagents Mr Mrs Storey
It was so lovely to see you refer to Mr Storey (Sid) in the earlier post - he was my wonderful Grandad! Nan and Grandad (Grace and Sid Storey) used to run the newsagents, and as a little girl, I was ...Read more
A memory of Dibden Purlieu by
Childhood Memories Great Bardfield 1969
My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in that ...Read more
A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by
A Quiet Haven Of Peace.
I lived next door to Davenham Church, and one summer's day, when I was about 7, I went for a walk around the churchyard. Hearing a rustling noise on the ground, I crouched down, parted some long grass, and found a baby ...Read more
A memory of Davenham in 1959 by
Memories Of Growing Up In 1940s Tideswell
My memories of growing up in 1940s' Tideswell are: navy blue knickers with elastic bottoms, gym slips and liberty bodices, awful shoes, legs like poppy stems, twirling and whirling, chalk on the blackboard, ...Read more
A memory of Tideswell in 1940 by
My Second Home
Right from a small child i have grown up loving Wells-next-the-Sea, my dad used to take us on holidays there and we stayed in a little cottage which was a short walk to the quay where my brother and I would wander down to ...Read more
A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1969
Memories Of Growing Up In 1940s Tideswell
Memories of visiting Uncle Bernard at his cobbler's shop, and smelling the leather and sweaty feet. Uncle Bernard makes crisps, peeling potatoes so thin with the knife he uses to cut leather, and the crisps ...Read more
A memory of Tideswell in 1940 by
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A schoolboy's attention has been caught, perhaps by the girl running after her ball in front of the Kingsbury Arms Hotel.
The railway runs along the embankment in the centre of the picture, and the Ulverston Canal passes in front of the ironworks on its way to the Leven Estuary beyond.
The river runs alongside the right of the churchyard.
Pelham Road runs all the way through the town; it is now built up on both sides of the road. The vehicles are up-to-date - a new Austin A30 van is delivering to the shop on the left.
In the latter part of the 19th century, several colleges run by various religious denominations opened around Leeds. The Leeds Clergy school and the Roman Catholic Seminary were both opened in 1876.
Looking towards Kimbolton, this view shows the old chapel, which was converted to a private dwelling in 2000.
St John's Church stands at the busy crossroads of the High Street and Station Road, which runs towards Fry's (now Cadbury's) chocolate factory at Somerdale.
The Bourne stream runs through the area of Lower, Middle and Upper Bourne, joining the River Wey at Moor Park.
The beautiful valley of Eskdale runs down from some of the highest ground in the Lake District to reach the sea at Ravenglass.
The beautiful valley of Eskdale runs down from some of the highest ground in the Lake District to reach the sea at Ravenglass.
Lines of wind shelters adorn the beach at the popular Yorkshire coast resort of Filey. Once a fashionable beach accessory, they are seldom seen today, so perhaps it was windier in the Fifties!
Only the post office is still here, and it too is under threat of closure.
The branch line from Wadebridge runs along the southern shore of the estuary; the first train ran on 23 March 1899.
A timeless scene in one of the many creeks of the long estuary that runs between Salcombe and Kingsbridge.
Osmington was an ancient manor founded at the time of King Athelstan, though the church we see today is mostly Norman.
The Spring c1965. A spring flows beside the village street in Fulking, and on the side of the wellhouse is this text: 'He sendeth springs into the valley which run among the hills.
Coverack men were infamous for smuggling, and early coastguards reported that '7,000 ankers of brandy' had been covertly run ashore in the bay in the previous twelve month period.
Lynmouth's twin rivers run fast and furious, and no more so than in 1952, when it suffered a terrible tragedy.
Loders Post Office, run by J A Wells, can be seen in a view eastwards from the middle of the village. Waynflete and Lothers (left) face No 41 and the Loders Arms (right of centre).
In the latter part of the 19th century, several colleges run by various religious denominations opened around Leeds.The Leeds Clergy school and the Roman Catholic Seminary were both opened
The mast of a sailing barge breaks an even horizon, whilst the falling tide exposes mooring chains.
Within a year, electric street trams would be running, and the horse-trams were phased out. Glasgow was the last city in the UK to abandon its tramway system.
There was once a railway running down the middle of this street and around the corner at the end. It went to Westward Ho! and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.
The coming of the railway made Horsham a natural target for expansion, helping to boost the town's economy.
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