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Memories

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Holidays In Laugharne

I and my family stayed at the Ferry House, next to the Boat House from 1965 to 1973. The house was then owned by the wife of my dad's boss and we used to be able to go for a fortnight each summer. We used to park our car, with ...Read more

A memory of Laugharne in 1965 by Julia Hammonds

Evacuation

I was 6 years old in 1941 and a native of Glasgow. During the worst of the German bombing at that time, my mother, brother and I moved to Auchnahyle Farm, which was farmed by my father's uncle and aunts, Bob, Mag and Jess Jamieson. My ...Read more

A memory of Pitlochry in 1941 by Robert Jamieson

Those Lovely Days

These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and look ...Read more

A memory of Greylake in 1955 by Marilyn Kick

Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s

Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway.  Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market near ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Danny Robinson

Cheadle In The Second World War

I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by Terry Brooks

The Rone Clarke Family Rose Cottage Bristol Road Bournbrook Birmingham

My great-great-grandfather was CHARLES RONE CLARKE born 6 March 1837 at 13 Court, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. He was a master woodturner and sixth great-grandson of Henry ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1860 by Sue Coates

This Stile

I was seven when we moved to Wordsley and we lived at 3 Hope Street. I remember walking up to this stile many times, with my mum and brother, and later when I came up here to play in the woods on my own with friends. Many times when we ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1955

The Patch

I remember playing on 'The Patch' at the top end of Filey Road. It was mostly long grass in those days, except where the lads had trod it down in the middle playing footie. Every year all us kids would collect wood for a huge fire on ...Read more

A memory of Fordhouses in 1965 by Julie Rowley

Small Boystoys And Other Pastimes 1930s

bill.haylor@btinternet.com  Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs A large number of our toys were made from wood, dependant on what tools were available in fathers shed, if it was unlocked! The only ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

History Of Netherthong

I am currently researching and writing a history of Netherthong and I have well over 200 photos and other ephemera. I have started numerous chapters relating to such subjects as schools, parish council, churches, sport, ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong in 2010 by Michael Meitiner

Captions

583 captions found. Showing results 457 to 480.

Caption For Westdean, 1921

Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.

Caption For Abinger Common, Wotton House, The Hunt C1965

The diarist John Evelyn described the 'delicious streames and venerable Woods' around Wotton.

Caption For Waddesdon, The Manor, West Front 1897

Lodge Hill was then a bare hill, but the Baron imported vast numbers of mature trees to give it its present wooded character; teams of horses toiled from far and wide to haul the trees to their destination

Caption For Wrea Green, The Duck Pond C1965

Cottages, the Grapes Inn, the church and the school are facing or clustered round the green. An old resident, Mrs Lancaster, had a fund of memories. She was a Rose Queen one Club Day.

Caption For Richmond, Arthur's Oven 1913

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

Caption For Camberley, St Paul's Church 1907

He won the Battle of the Falklands in 1914, and also began the setting up of a fund to preserve the 'Victory' in 1920.

Caption For Stevenage, Cromwell Hotel C1955

It is thought to have started life as a farmhouse, and was possibly owned by John Thurloe, Oliver Cromwell's Secretary of State. The Courbold-Ellises owned it until the 1930s, when it became a hotel.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cliffs 1906

We are looking eastwards along gated Ware Lane (centre) to Golden Cap (skyline, centre right) and Lyme Bay (right).

Caption For Scaynes Hill, Nash Lane And Butterbox C1955

Thank goodness for signposts, as they were (and still are) a necessity when travelling though these rural areas.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, Sailing Boats 1896

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

Caption For Silverdale, Road To The Beach C1955

Silverdale is a beautiful limestone village in the midst of woods and craggy outcrops.

Caption For Bury, Market Place 1895

A church existed on this site at the time of William the Conqueror, and the Domesday survey lists its patron as Roger de Poictou.

Caption For Chalford, The Church 1900

Not far from Stroud, the village of Chalford clings to the steep wooded hillside of the Golden Valley.

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Caption For Wray, C1955

Still pleasantly rural, with views of woods and the distant Bowland Fells, this village stands near Wennington Hall, where Peter Hesketh, founder of Fleetwood-on-Wyre was born.

Caption For Bolton Abbey, The Abbey C1886

In the background are the romantic ruins of the Augustinian priory, and to the right are the tumbling waters of the River Wharfe.

Caption For Preston, Moor Park 1913

Moor Park was always a popular place for children, and I bet our young ladies in the picture had had a smashing time.

Caption For Preston, Moor Park 1924

Moor Park was always a popular place for children, and I bet our young ladies in the picture had had a smashing time.

Caption For Walditch, Village 1899

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left),

Caption For Eynsford, 1905

This picture postcard village is strung out along the road, with the River Darent running through it and under the 15th-century humpbacked bridge (seen here behind the horse and cart) alongside a ford

Caption For Bolton Abbey, The Abbey C1886

In the background are the romantic ruins of the Augustinian priory, and to the right are the tumbling waters of the River Wharfe.

Caption For Overstone, The Swimming Pool C1955

The north-east quarter of Overstone Park is heavily wooded.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet moat

Caption For Runcorn, Hill 1923

Today, however, the valley is thickly wooded and it would be impossible to hold a concert here. Instead the hill is now an important nature reserve.

Caption For Hitchin, Hemitage Road 1929

The fine avenue of box trees was removed - box wood was in great demand by the Luton hat makers for use as blocking moulds - and houses and shops were built.