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Gatacre Hall

I was taken to the ruin of the hall which was almost completely overgrown. Shortly afterwards a newspaper article appeared about Lord Gatacre abandoning the property earlier in the century. I recall a tree growing up through an old car ...Read more

A memory of Gatacre in 1957 by Roger Sherlock

Mytchett Road

My aunt and uncle used to own a large old house in Mytchett Rd. It had a long driveway leading down to an orchard and fields, where my cousins and I would spend many happy hours. In one field was a large pond with a willow tree on the ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1957 by Julia Clarke

Vindiin Winter

I remember it was freezing most of the time - we had short blue jackets. I can remember taking the slops to the waste - my hands froze to the rope handles. We had no sheets, just blue covers and blankets. I remember fighting for ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1957 by Leonard Thomas

Perivale

I worked at a textile mill called Sewing Silks in Perivale Avenue from 1957 to 1960, the compnay had been a German one until the Second World War when it was taken over by an Austrian manager whose son was an RAF ace I believe. It was one ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1957 by Colin Lane

Joy And Sadness Binbrook

Hi, my father went to work on the farm at Binbrook for Mr Holmes in 1957, and my brother John, sister Anne all played on the farm and went to school in a taxi with Mr Holmes' daughter Janice. I remember the pony, ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1957 by Derick Smith

Leytonstone In The 1950s

I was born in Walthamstow in 1952 and moved to Drayton Road in Leytonstone in 1953. We lived there for 10 years and my brother and sisters were born there. I went to Goerge Tomlinson School from 1957 to 1963, my ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1957 by Kathleen Stepney

Port Regis

My sister and I were both at Port Regis for Delicate Girls between 1957 -9 approx. Various memories (good & bad). Very hard to find a site that is just for this convent. Seems to split between a Broadstairs site. Various names crop up but none that I recognise.

A memory of Broadstairs in 1957 by Diane Youens

Berwick Road School

Our family have a long association with the school. Our grandfather William Short born 1884 was educated there, also our mother Hilda Short born 1920. Then the school taught both primary and secondary education. My mother ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1957 by Sandra Hemsworth

St.Johns

I spent 3 years at st johns 1957 to 1960 it was a tough place in them days we wore army boots with the studs short pants and bright red army jackets the boys are tough and the staff were mean you had to toe the line the cane was the norm and ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield in 1957 by Robert (B0b) Ward

A Memory Of Westbury Village 1

The two principal grocery shops in Westbury village, as it was still usually called, in the late 1950s and early 1960s were the Co-operative grocery by the corner of Church Road -- the Co-operative butcher on ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym in 1957 by Timothy Purnell

Captions

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Caption For Liverpool, The Exchange 1895

Much of the shipping and insurance business of the port was done on this square behind the Town Hall.

Caption For Preston, Docks 1893

The town is just fifteen miles from open sea, near enough to have docks; Preston has been used as a port since 1360.

Caption For Port Sunlight, The Memorial And Art Gallery C1960

The war memorial, unveiled in 1921, was designed by Sir William Boscombe John, and stands on the site of Port Sunlight's old gymnasium.

Caption For Howth, The Harbour 1897

It is interesting that the boatman is using an oar on the starboard side, and is watching the effect on the craft as the boy standing with both hands on the port oar takes the strain on the rowlock.

Caption For Holyhead, South Stack Lighthouse 1892

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

Caption For Porthmadog, Harbour 1908

If the date of the picture is correct, 1908 is quite late for a paddle-tug to be serving at other than a major coal port such as Cardiff, Sunderland or Seaham.

Caption For Saltfleet, Manor House C1955

Saltfleet lies just behind the dunes, but is a remnant of the medieval town and port a little further east, long washed away by the sea.

Caption For Port Sunlight, Christ Church C1960

The building Lord Leverhulme was said to be proudest of was Christ Church, the place of worship that he built for Port Sunlight.

Caption For New Brighton, Tower And Sands 1900

Once again, money was short, and maintenance was haphazard.

Caption For Ulverston, Hoad Hill And Monument 1912

Local collectors found themselves £100 short to complete the construction, so they turned to Trinity House, who donated the money on the understanding that the monument could be used as working lighthouse

Caption For Barton Upon Humber, Market Place C1955

Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.

Caption For Barton Upon Humber, Market Place C1955

Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.

Caption For Fleetwood, From The Lighthouse 1898

1898 was a prosperous time: Fleetwood was a busy port, sending ships all over the world from Shanghai to San Francisco, and the fishing fleet was announcing record catches.

Caption For Island Of Philae, Pharaoh's Bed C1857

It would be a short, exciting race of only a mile and a half for young untested three-year-olds.

Caption For Southampton, No5 (Prince Of Wales) Dry Dock 1908

This was the port of destination or call for such lines as Union Castle, North German Lloyd and American Lines.

Caption For Rothesay, The Pier 1897

The paddler pulling away might be the 'Ivanhoe', shortly after her sale to the Caledonian Steam Packet Co, but before her paddle-boxes were painted white and a bar installed.

Caption For Godalming, Wesleyan Church And School 1903

The Roman Catholic Church, discounting the 1000 years or so before King Henry VIII separated the Anglican church from it, has a relatively short history in Godalming.

Caption For Penrith, Brougham Castle 1893

The castle was enlarged by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, during his spell as Guardian of the Western March toward Scotland, but its career as a fortress was short.

Caption For Bideford, The Quay 1890

Bideford was a busy little quay both for traffic up and down the Taw and Tamar rivers, and for general coasting trade between the north Devon and north Cornwall ports, the Bristol Channel and South

Caption For Thornton Hough, Village C1950

The second was William Hesketh, later Viscount Leverhulme, who came here from Bolton in 1887 and set up his soap factory at Port Sunlight.

Caption For Loughborough, Emmanuel Church C1950

The alarmed ferryman remembered them and the leader, James Towle, was arrested shortly afterwards.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, View From Adeyfield Road C1960

This short stretch of road, which joined Bury Road to the west with Queen Street, now Lower Queensway, became known as Broadway.

Caption For Barry Docks, 1899

Situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff, Barry was the last of the great Welsh coal ports to be developed.

Caption For Bisham, All Saints' Church, The Hoby Chapel 1890

Other monuments in the church include a Purbeck tomb in the north chapel; this is a short tomb chest and canopy of three hanging arches on colonnettes with lozenge patterns.