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Wrinstead Court
I went to Wrinsted Court with my mother and brother and sister in 1950. We went as tenants. Here is a short background. My father was killed in 1941 as he was in the Navy. Then my mother met my first step-father who was also in ...Read more
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An Evacuee
I remember a sunny day in 1940 a 10 year old London kid alone nervous scared alone except for a bunch of other kids, We had been scurried away from war torn London having gone through the Battle of Britain German airraids. The British ...Read more
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Childhood
I was born in London, and my family moved to Culberry Cottage in East Pennard when I was about 8yrs or 9yrs old. That was a short but happy stay in the area amongst the farm lands, animals and walks in the fields picking wild daffodils ...Read more
A memory of East Pennard in 1951 by
Moved To Barns Green In 1958
My family moved to Barns Green in 1958 purchasing Cootes Farm and then Bachelor's Farm shortly after (hardly large enough to be called farms, but that was their names). I was 15 at the time and had many friends and fond ...Read more
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The Rhondda Fawr And Me!
My mother was born in Blaenrhondda at the top of the Rhondda Fawr in 1914 and was one of four sisters but she was the only one to leave the Rhondda at the age of fourteen to go into service in England. During WW2 when my father ...Read more
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Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction company. ...Read more
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School Maternity Home School
During WW2 the pupils were evacuated and the school turned into a temporary Maternity Home. The Doctor attending the home was only part-time, but always on call. The Doctor lived a few houses away and at night time he hung ...Read more
A memory of Ripley in 1942 by
My First Job When Qualified As A Nurse
I worked at Hydestile Hospital when I first qualifies as an Enrolled nurse in 1982 when it was a geriatric hospital. I remember the open corridors to the wards and I loved it there. I left a year later to work at ...Read more
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The Fair
Christmas and birthdays were an under-whelming time of year in our household. However, Eastertime, coincided with the arrival of Stanley Thurston's fair (and a big dollop of rain). l lived opposite Manor Rd Park (or reck) from 1956-64, and along ...Read more
A memory of Luton
Summer Memories Of Picktree Village
In the late 1950’s and as a young boy around 8 or 9 living in the west end of Newcastle, I used to visit my Auntie Bella and Uncle Ted regularly. They lived at Number 3 Picktree Cottages, a short row of picturesque cottages ...Read more
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However, the economic life of the canal was short-lived. From the 1840s the steam railways proved to be the death-knell of the canal era.
A short distance from the coast road, modern village developments and camp sites many be found near East Runton Green or Lower Common.
Load Street is short but wide. The substantial-looking structure on the right with the Doric pilasters is the Town Hall, completed in 1808.
Lullington Church stands a short walk away from Alfriston village, across the White Bridge over the Cuckmere. It is one of the smallest churches in England - it seats about 20 people.
Ruts either side of this ravine prove the use of this short cut to West Mark.
A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
This short, 2-mile canal was opened in 1773, and is an extension of the River Ure. In this view of the stone-walled canal basin we see the cathedral rising over the roofs, and the old arched bridge.
Yealmpton, always pronounced Yampton, stands on the River Yealm near to the end of its short journey from Dartmoor to the sea.
The two Bittell Reservoirs, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and some pleasant countryside are all just a short stroll away for the lane`s residents.
'In short a sight shocking to all beholders' (Manaton Parish Register).
The church site may have been used at an earlier date and lies only a short distance from the line of The Devils Highway, a former Roman road.
Although this scene appears tranquil, the railway line runs close to the river here, and now the M2 motorway runs only a short distance further south.
Besides watching clowns, jugglers, musicians and conjurors, short sea trips in the little sailing boats were immensely popular.
After the major restoration of the chancel which took place shortly after this photograph was taken, all the walls were whitewashed, and remain so today.
Boys wearing ties, jackets and short trousers, and girls with neat ankle socks and strap shoes are typical of school-age children of the 1940s and 50s.
The railway reached Portrush with the construction of a short branch line from Coleraine on the Belfast to Londonderry line.
Following the railway journey, which was frequently a short one, the day-trippers could find suitable refreshments in the Pontsarn Hotel.
Notwithstanding the 'shorts only' rule, some of the boys found comfort from a blanket draping their knees.
In a few short years four large homes for sufferers from tuberculosis were established in the resort.
They were con- verted into a hotel, as seen in this view, but shortly afterwards the building was reconverted back to twenty-nine flats.
The Centre's shorts-only rule applied to everyone, partly as a security measure to distinguish authorised from any unauthorised users.
The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
This is one of several short parades of shops along the main road through Penn. Built in the early to mid 20th century, it remains largely unchanged today.
Shortly after this picture was taken in 1906, cliff erosion caused a part of the building to collapse; the remainder was demolished in 1907.
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