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Memories

1,284 memories found. Showing results 301 to 310.

The Boating Lake

I grew up in Newquay - and Trenance Boating Lake was a favourite haunt. There were rowing boats, and some motor boats were added at some point. As I was only 5 in 1960, I was restricted to the paddle boats- which were in an adjacent ...Read more

A memory of Newquay by Pete Slee

The Rose And Crown

Ivy Myers. I wonder how many people from Chalfont remember the "Rose and Crown", a Benskins pub. My father owned it from 1946 until 1950. There was also the “Kings Head” which was on the corner of Joiners Lane. Of ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1949 by Ivy Jones

Prefabs In Ripple Road Dagenham 1947 To 1959

I was born in Upney hospital in July 1947 and lived in a prefab at 703 Ripple Road. Opposite was a bone/scrap yard and along the road the Ship & Shovel pub. I went to Campbell and Dawson schools and ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Maureen Morris

Happy Days

Brought up in Thomas Street from 1947. I remember the cinema at the end of the street, and the Police Station next to the Llanbradach Hotel .As someone mentioned earlier, summer was spent at the outdoor baths, always freezing cold, ...Read more

A memory of Llanbradach by Haydn Beach

My Early Years

I was born 1942 in a wool shop at 300 London Rpad, grew up in Stakes Wood, granny tree, blue bell woods etc. Idylllic childhood . I went to Stakes Hill Rpad primary school 1947 to 1953, Mrs Nelson my teacher. Elsie Patterson Pat ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1949 by Nigel Butlin

Birchington In The 50s !

Many happy memories of Birchington - my sister (born 1933) often used to take me to the Ice Cream Parlour which until about 5 years ago still had the rattan chairs and tables and distinctive smell of vanilla. Most family ...Read more

A memory of Birchington by Mervyn Burton

The Girl Maureen

She was launched as a rowing lifeboat, Docea Chapman, and came to Padstow as a relief boat. She was only on station for nine moths then laid up. I am the girl Maureen. Father bought her in 1952 and converted her into a fishing boat, ...Read more

A memory of Padstow in 1960 by Maureen Tatlow

Garfield Road Rec

Half way down Garfield Road was the Recreation Ground; better know to all as simply the Rec. It was quiet a large area bounded on one side by Garfield Road and the other by the River Wandle, about which more another time. Along ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1954 by David Aubrey

At Brannocks Chruch

Back in 2009, I brought my son down to North Devon to retrace the places my grandmother's family originated from. I had previously found references to generations of Manleys and my x 2 great grandfather was the church warden of ...Read more

A memory of Braunton by Maria Curran

Childhood

My name is Gail Godden, formally Morris, my father was Tony (Anthony Morris), my mother Eugene (Jean Morris). My father and I were both born at No. 6 Church Row, West Peckham, we moved to No. 2 Church Row. West Peckham has a strong pull ...Read more

A memory of West Peckham by Gail Godden

Captions

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Caption For Shanklin, From Lift Steps 1892

The man in the rowing boat appears to be getting ready to pull the yacht off.

Caption For Belfast, Queen's Square 1897

The square had reached what was to be the height of its dignity, though the row of buildings on the left was modest enough. Some of its very old houses survived until recently.

Caption For Liverpool, The William Brown Library And Museum 1895

There was much celebrating, and a day's holiday for the townspeople, when the building opened; it was the first of a magnificent row of public buildings in this street.

Caption For Howth, The Harbour 1897

A safely loaded rowing boat is pushed away from the stone quay of the commercial harbour leading out into Belfast Lough.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1890

On the shore, registered M26, is Annie, a 23-ton trawling ketch with a 45ft keel; owned by George Rowe of Harding Street, it carried 2 men and a boy.

Caption For Eype, Beach 1930

This view shows Eype Mouth, looking westwards to what is now a National Trust skyline, with Ridge Cliff and Doghouse Hill rising into the 508-feet summit of Thorncombe Beacon (centre).

Caption For Crickhowell, High Street 1898

Now the Dragon Hotel, the Dragon Inn (left) first opened in 1740. Its licensee in 1898 was Elizabeth Davies.

Caption For North Warnborough, The Village 2004

This long row of jettied timber-framed buildings (now known as Castlebridge Cottages) is unusual in a rural setting. The central bay was destroyed at some time and has been rebuilt.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Silver Street C1955

To the right, on the corner of Kingston Road, is R E Christopher, chemists since 1863 (the premises now belong to Davies & Davies, estate agents).

Caption For Kettering, Bakehouse Hill C1955

In the row of late Georgian shops on the right, two new shop-fronts, Norvic and Sketchley, flank Roberts & Sons, a high-class grocer where loose tea was kept in black and gold canisters and a smell of

Caption For St Neots, High Street From The Cross C1965

The spire of the Congregational church stands proudly above the row of shops spanned by the Westminster Bank and the premises of John Rayns Smith (the first white building on the right).

Caption For Belfast, Antrim Road 1897

Castleton Terrace, near the camera, is still there; it is typical of the handsome rows lining the road to enjoy views of the Cave Hill and the Lough.

Caption For Leeds, Roundhay Park Lake 1897

The boathouse at the other end of the lake was constructed in 1902, and held 150 rowing boats.

Caption For Guisborough, The Church C1955

For ease of maintenance, the headstones no longer mark the positions of the graves and now stand in uniform rows.

Caption For Bucklers Hard, C1960

The fifth cottage down from the start of the terrace, No 84, is a chapel, and No 74 is now the village shop. The last house in the terrace was the master shipbuilder's house, now a pub.

Caption For Bangor, The Bay 1897

This is the view the big houses saw, with the new rows of houses which had helped to add nearly 50% to the town's population in ten years.

Caption For Belfast, Boat Club House, River Lagan 1936

The club was 23 years old, and had 300 members to share 'the delightful pastime of rowing'.

Caption For Kettering, Bakehouse Hill C1955

In the row of late Georgian shops on the right, two new shop-fronts, Norvic and Sketchley, flank Roberts & Sons, a high-class grocer where loose tea was kept in black and gold canisters and a smell of

Caption For Burwash, High Street C1960

On the left is Shadwell Row: although greatly modified over the years, it incorporates two original houses dating from the late medieval period.

Caption For Burnley, Manchester Road 1952

On the right, just above the Trustee Savings Bank, is the New Day furniture store; the building is now occupied by the 'Burnley Express'.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1909

Down the street, the Assembly Rooms (centre) can be seen protruding from behind Middle Row. Holiday- related businesses include a Post Card Depot and a photographer's Kodak sign.

Caption For Belfast, Alexandra Park 1897

The row of houses stretching up to the Antrim Road has the name Jubilee Terrace, celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

Middle Row juts out (bottom left), and the raised pavement leads to Bell Cliff (bottom left).

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1965

On the left is the Swan Inn, on the right is Graball Row. as to make it easier to carry away stone from the castle.