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Memories
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Heswall Shore
My nanny and gampi lived on Banks Road in the 1960s. Nanny (Tilly Wilson) used to shell the shrimps in her kitchen. We would pay them a visit on our way down to Heswall shore and the shrimps would be piled high in the middle of the cold ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1967 by
Warners
As a young child I can remember several holidays taken at the Warners holiday camp at Seaton. The serious business of 'motoring down to Devon' was never taken lightly, lunch was prepared the night before to be eaten at Stonehenge, where one ...Read more
A memory of Seaton in 1965 by
Bristol City Docks 1989
Two of the cranes were purchased by 'City Dock Ventures' and two by the city council. All four were put into the museums care in 1989. Although the electricity supply to them was cut in 1974, one has been restored and another ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1989 by
My Childhood Garden Part V
Beside the strawberry bed grew a large cooking apple tree that produced enormous green apples. We had a variety of both eating and cooking apple trees in the garden, the fruit from which was harvested and then stored ...Read more
A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by
Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s
I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more
A memory of Portsmouth by
A Winter Crossing On The North Sea
I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting to ...Read more
A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by
My 50 Years In Bridgnorth
I was born in Bridgnorth in 1958 and spent 20 years at sea navigating B.P. Tankers around the World. I loved the Town so much I used to write historic booklets on the Town in my spare time at sea and during my long shore ...Read more
A memory of Bridgnorth in 1958 by
Living In
When I moved to live on the Cricket Green with my parents in 1947, the previous tenants were called Bacon, and for many years afterwards, people would say "Oh you live in Bacons' old house" - my mother would seethe! My brother ...Read more
A memory of Hartley Wintney in 1950 by
Childhood Day Trips
I am now 62 years of age and remember many coach trips to Ogmore-by-Sea from Cardiff with my parents when my brother and I were small, always thinking how cold it must be to live there in winter. Never in a million years did I ...Read more
A memory of Ogmore Vale in 1952
My Subsequent Visit 29.10.2008
My wife and I had pre-arranged to meet my sister and her entourage in the Fox and Hounds at midday yesterday. The long and winding lane from Eynsford became muddier and narrower with each passing mile and we were ...Read more
A memory of Romney Street in 2008 by
Captions
293 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.
These 18th-century cottages were built to house farm workers and fishermen when the latter moved up from the shore.
Known today for its massive castle (begun in 1285), one of Edward I's chain of fortresses built to subdue the Welsh, this town on the shore of the Menai Strait at the mouth of the River Seiont is now staunchly
Set in a most attractive position on the shore of Restronguet Creek off the Carrick Roads, the old thatched inn was once owned by the captain of the 'Pandora', which sailed to the South Pacific to
We are on the peaceful, reed-fringed shores of Rydal Water, near Grasmere. Rydal was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850, and this was one of his favourite lakes.
Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.
The old pilchard-curing cellar, or 'palace', beside the shore in the foreground was one of the largest in Cornwall.
The Village c1955 Despite the steady encroachment of urban and residential development along the shores of Southampton Water, we may be thankful that the quaint lit- tle village of Hamble remains
Other finds at Wallington House, Wicor Shore and Portchester Harbour have been dated from the Mesolithic period (10,000 BC to 4,000 BC), while flint and stone artefacts from Titchfield and Wallington
The wooded Claife Heights on the western shore are prominent in the background.
The castle dominates the old town, originally founded by the Romans who built the first castle - one of their chain of forts along the Saxon shore.
Situated about six miles south-west of Westport, it rises just over 2,500 ft from the south shore of Clew Bay.
An island at high tide, this famous granite rock is seen here from the eastern shore. We
Portchester Castle was built by the Romans to defend the English Channel from raiding Saxons and is one of the largest of the 'Saxon shore' forts.
On board for the short trip to the western shore at Sawrey are two horses and carts.
The horizontal plume of smoke from the funnel of the ship moored off Sun Pier suggests that the glass shelter on the right might have offered welcome protection from an off- shore breeze
One can imagine the smugglers being able to transport their contraband from the shore, up the rugged terrain and inland without being detected, before these roads were built.
We are standing on the northern shore of the wide and shallow Usk, looking at the grand bridge. It is 17th-century in origin with 13 arches in total, but only 12 are visible from the west.
Beyond Dennis Head, on the opposite shore, is the mouth of the Helford River, which runs inland for five miles to Gweek.
The ruined castle is seen here from the shore at South Point.
The shores of the reservoir are now thickly wooded.
The early 19th-century stucco houses in the distance show how far back from the shore line the early development was.
Shore Road (left) and Banks Road (centre) lead from Poole and Lilliput to Sandbanks (far right).
Here on the north shore, a mile from Mawnan Smith, is the ferry place for foot passengers wishing to cross the estuary to Helford village on the Lizard side. A small van is making a delivery.
It is also still known as the Druids' circle, though it was erected long before Druids ever existed on these shores.
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