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Maps

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1899, Newton St Loe Ref. RNC791981
1899, North Wick Ref. RNC794081
1919, Burnett Ref. POP656295
1919, Chew Magna Ref. POP667706
1919, Chewton Keynsham Ref. POP667714
1919, Fairfield Park Ref. POP702771
1919, Farmborough Ref. POP703483
1919, Double Hill Ref. POP692243
1919, Gold's Cross Ref. POP717330
1919, Combe Down Ref. POP675958
1919, Compton Dando Ref. POP676361
1919, Britten's Ref. POP650590
1919, Norton Hill Ref. POP794653
1919, Odd Down Ref. POP795927
1919, Stony Littleton Ref. POP840811
1919, Priest Down Ref. POP810798
1919, Stanton Drew Ref. POP838499
1919, New Town Ref. POP790388
1919, North End Ref. POP793228
1946, Dolemeads Ref. NPO691765

Books

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Memories

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The Visitation Convent Bridport Dorset.

For unruly behaviour, I was delivered to boarding school at the age of 4, after enjoying wonderful times on a Devon farm. I was taken to the Convent by my parents in an Austin 7. I remember crying and staring at ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1948 by Rex Duffy

Living In Aveley 1948 68

Hello. I came across this site yesterday quite by accident and was really taken away by all the memories. Here are mine - I was surprised by the names and everything else that came back to me. Forgive me if I don't spell all ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1948 by Colin Newberry

Living At Wigpool After The War

I lived in Wigpool after the Second World War with my new wife and baby son. There were no proper roads to the village, just mud tracks which became impassable in the winter for vehicles. This meant we had to ...Read more

A memory of Wigpool Common in 1948 by Colin Hall

Reighton. Sea View Store.

I lived at Reighton Gap from early 1948 to 1951. The picture of the shop brings back many memories as I worked in it  aged 11 during the summer school holidays. My jobs were to handle the dirty jobs, handling of potatoes, ...Read more

A memory of Reighton in 1948 by Frank Archer

Pwll Y Crochan Woods

My late father was born in Colwyn Bay and his father and some of his relatives resided in Grove Park.  Every year my parents and my siblings had to visit the relatives, especially one we called Aunty Polly who I think was ...Read more

A memory of Colwyn Bay in 1947 by Susan Jones

This Is History!

I went to Colwyn Bay with a girl friend and we stayed at 'Tyn-y-maes' (sorry can't remember how to spell it). I met my husband on that holiday when we were only in our early teens. We were friends on and off for several years and ...Read more

A memory of Colwyn Bay in 1947 by Norma Singleton

Boy From The Slums

I was born on the 28th March 1947, into an existing family of 5 siblings in a one-up one-down decaying terraced house of 12 Russell Street, Teams, Gateshead, just off Upton Street, near to the coke works, the gas works, the rope ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1947 by Alan Bull

A Long Happy Association

My family has had a long association with Dymchurch since the 1890s, first at Barn House and later at Grantchester Cottage in Sycamore Gardens. Six of my family are buried in the churchyard and two are named on the war ...Read more

A memory of Dymchurch in 1946 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

The Son Of A Preacher Man

1946 to 1951 - my father was the vicar at St Nicholas Church. The vicarage was a huge place in nearly two acres of land, with a quarter of it wild and rambling. Loads of trees and bushes to make a delightful hunting ...Read more

A memory of Thames Ditton in 1946 by Patrick Wilds

Little Boy Left Home

My mam had died not so long ago when I was 8 years old. Me and my brother and sister, and my dad, we lived in Elm Street, near the wall at the river that came out of the Ebbw Vale steel works, a nasty smelly water way that would ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1946 by Roy Compton

Captions

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Caption For Brockham, Old School Lane 1958

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

Caption For Warburton, Old Church 1897

Even at this time the old church dedicated to St Werburgh saw only weekday services and funerals.

Caption For Chesham, The Broadway 1906

Little survives to the left of The Carlton Printing Works, nowadays Threshers wine merchants, and the shop-blinded two-storey building at the far left.

Caption For Bridlington, Prince Street 1897

Bridlington lies near the top of Bridlington Bay, its northern flank protected by the great headland of Flamborough some six miles distant.

Caption For Broadwindsor, The Village 1902

This sizeable village nestles in a valley close to two notable landmarks: Lewesdon Hill (894 feet) and Pilsdon Pen, at 909 feet, the highest hill in Dorset.

Caption For Worbarrow, Sea Cottage 1972

Seen as a ruin, looking east from the beach of Worbarrow Bay, stone-roofed Sea Cottage was the home of generations of the Miller family.

Caption For Penmaenmawr, Parade 1913

Today, Penmaenmawr is a small, much-loved seaside resort overlooking Conwy Bay and backed by precipitous coastal mountains.

Caption For Portland, Bow And Arrow Castle 1898

This is Portland's rugged eastern seaboard, south-westwards from Gilbert Castle and Castle Hayes (foreground) to medieval Rufus Castle and Gallops Weare (centre); God Nor is the headland above Freshwater

Caption For Gainsborough, Old Hall C1955

The centrepiece of the town is undoubtedly the great 15th-century mansion of the de Burghs, the Old Hall, set in a grassed square surrounded by Victorian housing.

Caption For Beyton, The White Horse Inn C1955

The White Horse is a timber-framed building of 1694, later encased in Victorian brick when the far bay was added. On the left is the corner of the shop, with its penny bubble gum dispenser.

Caption For Bare, The Promenade C1955

To the north of Morecambe is the quieter sea front of Bare.

Caption For Southwold, High Street C1955

The seven-bay Crown Hotel (right), with columned porch, has a large and elaborate sign over the street. The painted advertisement next door has gone, but the gable beyond retains the date 1662.

Caption For Puncknowle, Village 1906

This is a low-angle shot up Church Street from beneath the horse chestnut trees in the churchyard (right) to the thatched Crown Inn (centre).

Caption For St Margarets At Cliffe, The Droveway 1908

These large houses stand in an idyllic situation on the cliffs above the Channel overlooking St Margaret's Bay.

Caption For Lulworth, 1894

To the left, an artist sits at an easel and paints Lulworth Cove, while his wife shades herself with a parasol.

Caption For Lulworth, 1894

To the left, an artist sits at an easel and paints Lulworth Cove, while his wife shades herself with a parasol. By the end of the 19th century, the cove was already attracting a great many visitors.

Caption For Bakewell, Holme Hall 1923

The view from the tennis court shows the little-seen back elevation of Holme Hall.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill C1960

A Panorama south-eastwards across Allington hamlet and West Allington street to the Rope Works, St Michael`s Works and Priors Mills (middle distance, left).

Caption For Osmington, Lychgate Cottage C1955

The lychgate stands at the entrance to the churchyard. The church is dedicated to St Osmund and has a 15th-century tower, although most of the fabric is from about 1840.

Caption For Port Erin, Cliffs From Bradda Head 1895

This view looks towards Bay Fine, Aldrick and the Calf of Man.

Caption For Preshute, St George's Church 1901

Inside, the late 12th-century arcade has four bays, circular piers, octagonal abaci, and capitals with decorated trumpet scallops.

Caption For Swanage, The Bay And Highcliffe Steps C1960

Steps from the Highcliffe (right) descend to the beach at North Swanage, beyond the promenade (upper centre) where the cliffs are skirted by beach huts.

Caption For Douglas, Rough Sea 1903

The Irish Sea can be as flat as a mill pond, but when an easterly, south-easterly or north-easterly gale blows up, this is what happens at Douglas.

Caption For Ladram Bay, From High Peak C1965

This wonderful view shows the East Devon coast from the great cliff of High Peak to distant Exmouth, circling part of the great sweep of Lyme Bay.