Places
12 places found.
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- Fairfield, Kent
- Fairfield, Hereford & Worcester (near Bromsgrove)
- Fairfield, Cleveland
- Fairfield, Merseyside (near Liverpool)
- Fairfield, Greater Manchester (near Hyde)
- Fairfields, Gloucestershire
- Fairfield, Derbyshire (near Buxton)
- Fairfield, Hereford & Worcester (near Kidderminster)
- Fairfield, Central Scotland (near Alva)
- Fairfield, Greater Manchester (near Bury)
- Fairfield, Hereford & Worcester (near Evesham)
- Fairfield Park, Avon
Photos
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Maps
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Memories
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Coastguard Station
We came to Bolt Head in 1950, my father having joined the Coastguard service after being in the Royal Navy for 40 years. I found it quite a way to cycle to work, I worked in the post office in Malborough. I used to go rabbiting ...Read more
A memory of Bolt Head in 1950 by
Seaton In The 1950s And 60s
I lived in Seaton from the very early 1950s to the very early 1970s. My happy memories are: going down to the River Welland in Harringworth and fishing, going down to Seaton railway station and watching the ...Read more
A memory of Seaton in 1950 by
Military Parachuting At Watchfield
I was in the RAF at Abingdon on two different postings during 1963/4 and 1967/69 and very often did detachments to the Parachute training school drop zone at Weston on the Green as the aircraft controller. In ...Read more
A memory of Watchfield by
Lympne Airport In The 50s
That plane was bright blue! As far as I can remember, the pilot was Polish - left over from the war. He used to keep the plane at the airport, and give stunning free acrobatic displays on bright sunny days. For special ...Read more
A memory of Lympne by
Bicycles And A Happy Hunting Ground.
Being the offspring of parents otherwise engaged, and only partially supervised by a succession of Nannies, whose only concern was that we should be clean and respectably dressed when we got up to mischief, we ...Read more
A memory of New Milton in 1950 by
46 Bridge Road, Cove
46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more
A memory of Cove in 1943 by
Colerne In The Second World War Continued
Those of us at Colerne school who passed our 'scholarship' exam at the age of about eleven usually went on to Chippenham Secondary School, which probably goes under a different name now: it's at Hardenhuish, ...Read more
A memory of Colerne in 1940 by
St Barnabas School For Girls
A very small window for any results, but, would anyone remember a SANDRA IRENE NELSON who attended the above school in the years 1958+? She resided in Fairfield Rd for the duration of her childhood years. Please ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Green in 1958 by
Memories Of Raf Lichfield
My father was an officer in the RAF and was based in RAF Lichfield from 1954 - 1956. My brother and I went by bus to St. Christopher's School in Alrewas. The school building was on the side of the canal and from one ...Read more
A memory of Lichfield by
Fairfields Infants
I went to Fairfields Infants in the years 1951-53, and can remember hearing of the death of King George VI in February 1952. My sister (a year older) was there too. We each received the book "Elizabeth Our Queen" soon after the ...Read more
A memory of Basingstoke in 1952 by
Captions
34 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
During the Second World War, Folly Hill, which lies just outside the village, was the site of an airfield, with Wellington bombers based here.
During the last war a small airfield was built in Carnaby; it was in use up to 1963, by which time it stored intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The wartime airfield was over to the left.
Nearby is a memorial to a World War Two fighter airfield, which was used by the American Air Force.
A temporary World War Two fighter airfield was constructed at Chailey in 1943, with grass runways.
During the Second World War, Folly Hill, which lies just outside the village, was the site of an airfield, with Wellington bombers based here.
During the war Scotch Farm was taken over by the RAF, and developed as an airfield from October 1941.
The three men wearing peaked caps (centre right) could well be airmen from one of several nearby airfields; one of them, Hemswell, is now a very large antiques centre.
The three men wearing peaked caps (centre right) could well be airmen from one of several nearby airfields; one of them, Hemswell, is now a very large antiques centre.
Local airfields were heavily used for training pilots, while the city's factories turned over to the production of everything from rations to parachutes and torpedo nets.
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