Books

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Memories

36 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Living In Kensington In The 1950's

I lived in a flat at 185a Kensington. I recall watching the Lodges marching along the road on the 12th July. We would walk down Brunswick Road into town. At Xmas, we would go to the grotto at TJ Hughes, I remember ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1957 by Sue Bence

Glebe Farm Brough

Situation of Farm:  Glebe Farm was situated in the centre of Brough approached along a track off the Fosse Way,,the A46 and approximately 3 miles north of Newark.. About 800mt away was the very busy war time Winthorpe ...Read more

A memory of Brough by David Kind

Newark Swimming Pool

I too remember the cold dark (and wet) changing rooms and the fountain and the Bovril. I went to the Mount and I too walked there with my cossy in a towel, but the teachers were different.

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1957 by Meg Latham

Highbury Boys School

I remember as a nine year old first moving to Bulwell. I had moved from out of the countryside from Girton the other side of Newark. My first encounter was with a youth on a bike just outside of our new home who proceeded to ...Read more

A memory of Bulwell in 1959

Loudon Grove

Does anyone have photos of this street in Liverpool 8 especially of the street parties during the 40s to late 50s. Nancy Richards ne Ward

A memory of Heswall by Ann Richards

New Park Rd. Streatham

I lived with my aunt and uncle in crosman house? New park rd in 1950.Went to new park rd. School.Had a friend called Bobby Marshall.Left to go and live with my dad after 11plus. Mel Marsh.

A memory of Streatham by Melvyn Marsh

Boats

I had a cruiser ('Hely'n) at Pyrford marina in the 1990s, and remember some great barbeques moored in sight of Newark Abbey. Moved to Thames, to Penton Hook in the 2000s.

A memory of Pyrford in 1993 by Alan Mcdonald

Co Op Horse Stables At Cowpers Row On Brixton Hill

Does anyone remember Cowper's Row at the top of Brixton Hill opposite the "Telegraph' pub? There were two cobbled lane's, one Cowper's Row, the other I forget. Rouplell Park estate occupies ...Read more

A memory of Clapham in 1950 by Mick Street

The Governor's House

I lived in part of the Governor's house in 1973. The back of the house extended to where the car park access ramp is now, before the shopping centre was built. In the cellar were bread ovens and a bricked up tunnel that ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1973 by Kate Harrison

New Parks Boys School

I was at New Parks Boys for just over a year until I was moved to Oxford which I hated! One memory of mine was of one of the teachers who took Maths (we quickly nicknamed him 'slipper happy') and I can still remember the look ...Read more

A memory of Glenfield in 1964 by Robert Marlow

Captions

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Caption For Newark, Market Place 1923

Gladstone was a nominee of the Duke of Newcastle, who effectively chose Newark's members of parliament.

Caption For Newark, From St Mary's Church Tower C1965

Newark grew up where the Roman road from Axminster to Lincoln met the medieval Great North Road's predecessor and crossed the River Trent.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Newark Road C1965

By the late 1950s it had become overwhelmed, and Newark Road, known as the bypass, was constructed on the east side of the village.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Newark Road C1965

By the late 1950s it had become overwhelmed, and Newark Road, known as the bypass, was constructed on the east side of the village.

Caption For Devizes, The Market Place C1950

This particular view shows the curve of the street: this echoes the line of New Park Street and Monday Market Street, which follow the castle's banks and ditches.

Caption For Walsall, The Skate Park On The Waterfront 2005

For years seventeen acres of canalside land has been left vacant and derelict, a depressing backdrop to the modern, eye-catching new art gallery.

Caption For St Neots, Poppyfields 2005

Another important aspect of this development is a new park, and this forms part of a wider vision to improve access to, and the environment of, the whole of the green wedge that runs through the