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Scrase Bridge School Class Photos

I am trying to find any class pictures of Scrase Bridge School between 1964 and 1968 featuring my wife then known as, Jill Gigney. There seems to be no archive for the school during that period, and no former ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath in 1967 by John Wells

Memories Of Bedhampton

We lived at 'Pantiles', Penhurst Rd, Bedhampton from approx the mid fifties until the mid sixties. I went first to the Priory school on Hayling Island, when Miss Rapley was Head teacher, until a Mr Neilsen-Carrigan took over ...Read more

A memory of Bedhampton in 1956

From Far Away

A while ago, a lady who came from Walton, was sharing her memories and mentioned she had been on holiday on the other side of the world. She had met someone who lived there and who had said they new of Walton, and of a ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill by Elizabeth Waters

Past Memories, Dagenham

Hi, born in 1941 and lived at 5 Downing Road. I attended Arnol Road School, then Gorsbrooke, would love to hear from old friends' Chris Case, Teddy Martin, Alf Cornell to name a few. Cannot remember to much. Mum and dad both ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Thomas Potter

Long Time Ago..

I lived on Darren Road, my aunt took me in as an evacuee. My uncle, an electrican looked after the power staion. The pool I remember well, many a happy hour spent there, also the bowling green. Myself and friends used to spend a ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1943

Wandle Park

I grew up in Lower Church Street, next to the Pitlake ph. As kids we used to play all summer long in the park. By then the boating lake had been drained and it was just a big circular ditch with the island in the middle. The river was ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1965 by Stuart Bowie

Hepple School Northumberland

As a child my family lived on a farm about two miles from Hepple village. Like my 2 older brothers I attended the primary school at nearby Hepple. I started my school life there in August 1961 and remember being upset ...Read more

A memory of Hepple in 1965 by Norman Anderson

Childhood Memories

I went to Wheatley Primary School next to the church and Mr Evans was the headmaster. There used to be a bakery across the road where I bought a doughnut. Mr Stimpson was my teacher. I lived in The Avenue, Wheatley, my parents ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1965

The Old Bridge Over The Canal

I have just been reading the memories of a Ms Hamilton. I used to cross the bridge on the way to and from Goldsworth Junior School as I lived in Horsell. My sister and friends would stop and fish for newts or frogs - ...Read more

A memory of Woking in 1969 by Natalie Dignum

Buckhaven In The Late Thirties And The 50's

In the late thirties, my mother worked as a dispatcher in Stuarts Bakery in Church Street just down from the junction with Randolph Street. This building has been closed down now for many years. In the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhaven in 1950 by David Gillies

Captions

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Caption For Bedford, View From Town Bridge C1955

Taken from slightly further out over the river from the bridge, this view shows the riverside conservatory/orangery added to the Swan's rear ranges before 1900 - it has subsequently been

Caption For Ickleford, The Village 1903

Two miles north of Hitchin lies Ickleford, where the Roman Icknield way crosses the confluence of the Rivers Hiz and Oughton.

Caption For Piercebridge, West View C1955

Situated six miles west of Darlington, Piercebridge is unusual in that the village was built within the ramparts of a Roman fort that once guarded the bridge over the Tees carrying the road between York

Caption For Wroxham, At Wroxham Bridge 1952

We are looking towards Roys of Wroxham (on the Hoveton side of the bridge). The wooden building on the right has been demolished, but others remain.

Caption For Abergavenny, 1898

The house has now gone, and the bridge has been replaced by another. This photograph was taken in Lower Monk Street near the weir in Swan Meadows.

Caption For Mells, The Village 1907

The photographer is looking north-west downhill across the Mells Stream bridge to the village, an attractive cluster of stone houses with many thatched roofs.

Caption For West Rasen, The Church C1955

Apart from All Saints church, West Rasen is noted for its 15th-century pack horse bridge which crosses the River Rase, from which the Rasens are named, and which descends from The Wolds to merge with the

Caption For Builth Wells, The Bridge C1955

This finely proportioned bridge was constructed in 1779 and widened in 1820. Builth grew up under the shadow of the castle, which was rebuilt by Edward I in 1277.

Caption For Bridgnorth, From Castle Walk 1898

The bridge is thought to have been rebuilt by Thomas Telford, who was also responsible for designing the local church dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.

Caption For York, Minster From City Walls C1940

It is nearly 20 years later, and the area to the right is now completely built up.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Bethcar Street C1950

The Red and White bus disappearing in the distance was specially built for the area: it was one of the first double-decker buses for low bridges.

Caption For Geddington, The Village C1955

Beyond the medieval bridge over the River Ise lies the Church of St Mary Magdalen, distinguished by its tower and octagonal spire.

Caption For West Rasen, The Church C1955

Apart from All Saints' Church, West Rasen is noted for its 15th-century pack horse bridge which crosses the River Rase, from which the Rasens are named, and which descends from The Wolds to merge with

Caption For Fullerton, Vine Cottage C1960

Viewed from the old railway bridge, here is Vine Cottage by the River Anton where it joins the Test at Fullerton Junction.

Caption For Bodiam, The Castle 1925

Following the burning of Rye in 1377 and of Winchelsea in 1380, Bodiam Castle was built in 1385 because of the imminent threat of invasion by the French.

Caption For Tenby, Castle Hill From St Catherine's 1890

A temporary bridge was erected from a ledge below the Store or Detachment Shelter on the left to Castle Hill, which allowed the passage of building materials and labourers from mainland to

Caption For Menai Bridge, Hms Conway And Menai Bridge 1953

The currents and eddies in this part of the Menai Strait can be treacherous. HMS 'Conway' was a training ship run by the Mercantile Marine Services to train officer cadets.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognizable hills.

Caption For Widnes, The Transporter Bridge C1955

In fact the air quality here was so atrocious there was great concern about its affect on the bridge's iron frame.

Caption For London, Southwark, Findlater's Corner 1897

This view looks from London Bridge Station approach towards St Saviour's Collegiate Church, which eight years later became Southwark Cathedral.

Caption For Colchester, Old Houses

In this photograph Charles Brown & Sons advertise the sale of linoleum, rugs, floorcloth, mats and matting.

Caption For Tewkesbury, The Cross And High Street C1955

Tewkesbury's cross stands at the meeting point of the town's three main roads – the High Street, Church Street and Barton Street.

Caption For Leeds Castle, 1892

At that time, it was still a private residence, its past as a 'queen's castle' and a prison for 'persons of consequence' but a distant memory.

Caption For Cambridge, River Cam C1965

We are standing on Magdalene Bridge looking at the Cam.