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The Triangle
My aunty Jenny and uncle Albert Stockton used to live at the house in the triangle which used to be the old jailhouse. My dad, Ivor, used to take me and my brother John there and he used to cut our hair in the old shed.
A memory of Bunbury in 1950 by
The Threepenny Bit House/Roundhouse
I remember as far back when i was 6 years old . I lived in the little house that used to be by the black iron bridge in gadebridge lane . I was born in the little house called the threepenny bit house . I ...Read more
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The Swing In The Cabbage Garden
I, m sure this is the convent me and my brother stayed in in the 60, s if so it had a walled garden full of cabbages and in the middle was a swing and I thought if I swung high enough I could escape I was about 8yrs old ...Read more
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The Sad Demise Of A Wonderfull Little Town
1 lived in Erith until 1970 born in 1932 at 7 Athol road off of Deluci road which is next to the old Tivoli cinema we move there in 1934 from west street we had incenderies drop on our house in 1942 my father put ...Read more
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The Postie
The postman was our great grandad, don't know his first name (I'll find out), but he was of the Fisher family. I believe the small girl is the mother of a friend of ours, Mary Rogers- will have to ask her maiden name. Rachel Anstis
A memory of Appledore by
The Bishopirc
What wonderful memories seeing this photo brings back. My aunt and uncle (Mr and Mrs J Piggott) ived at 6a Bishopric until it was modernised in the 1960s. Although the front door was between the sweet shop and Millidges all the rooms ...Read more
A memory of Horsham in 1957 by
Tanktops And Bellbottoms
Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more
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Swimming Baths
I am writing this memory on behalf of my late mother. She has lived in Sheffield since the age of 30. All of her good memories of Gateshead was the swimming baths. She was not very academic and she constantly told me how often she ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead in 1943 by
Swimming Baths
I used to travel from Rhymney via hills bus service to Tredegar park and go to the outdoor swimming pool. My name is Howard Cavender and I live in Rhymney.
A memory of Tredegar by
Sunny Blaenllechau
born in sunny blaen in 1954 growing up in the village was and always will be the highlight of my childhood so many good people i remember playing in the Glyn with Kevin hughes slapperers around blaen sports day up in the field ...Read more
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On the right is the Royal Leamington Bath and Pump Rooms, with swimming pool and Turkish baths.
The Baths, opened by the Duchess of Teck in 1895, used brine recently discovered under Stafford Common during the search for a good water supply.
This very old building was a bath house at one time - the street between the bath house and the college is called Bath Street.
The original Hoylake baths were opened in June 1913, and were filled by the sea flowing over a low sea wall.
The sunny summers of the 1950s filled this pool, which had excellent amenities – a café, changing rooms, diving boards, and sunbathing and spectator areas.
The Royal Baths first opened in 1897. When built, these baths were said to be unequalled in decoration and roominess. For 5s 6d it was possible to enjoy a 'mud bath' with electricity.
These swimming baths used sea water, and were designed for international competitions. The pool had a length of just over 50 yards and a width of just 20 yards.
At this date, the old fashioned, rather cumbersome bathing machines were being replaced by bathing tents, the forerunners of the wooden huts which came later.
On the beach in the background are a number of bathing machines. Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.
On the beach in the background are a number of bathing machines. Ladies wishing to bathe would enter the machines from the landward side and horses would haul the contraptions down into the water.
Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.
The Roman town of Aquae Sulis had as its focus the hot spring-fed baths, where citizens of the Empire flocked for rheumatic cures.
Clacton-on-Sea was founded as a seaside resort in 1871 - the year that the Bank Holiday Act was passed.
Clacton was an early promoter of mixed bathing from 1900 onwards, and the town provided unimpeachable arrangements. An array of Mr Cattermole's Bathing Machines is in the centre of the picture.
The building of Lytham Baths and Assembly Rooms started in 1882 midway between the Clifton Arms and the Neptune Hotel. At the same time Blackpool and Lytham were linked by the coast railway.
Despite its closeness to the sea, the open-air baths are a popular attraction, but the majority of patrons seem to prefer watching from the poolside or from deckchairs on the balcony above.
The vicar of Holy Trinity Church in the mid 19th century was the Rev Edward Lyon Berthon.
The development of many Victorian towns included the provision of a public baths and Lytham is no exception.
Children are having a jolly time in the old baths, which were situated on the sea front near the Staincliffe Hotel.
The bathing machines are doing good business. In the 1720s, it was the custom for those 'taking the waters' to bathe in the sea.
Aberystwyth became a popular resort for the well-off, who came here to bathe and socialise from the late 18th century.
This elegant colonnaded street, with its upper storeys supported on slender Ionic columns, is now cleaned and restored, and the distracting fountain has been moved.
Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters
Linnington's Hygienic Bathing Tents moved with the times and now offered 'Mixed Bathing'.
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