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The Millhouse

I was born at home in the mill house at Kestle Mill. My mother ran a small Bed and Breakfast from there when I was little. My parents were Julia and Michael Soady. The midwife arrived in a red MG to deliver me. I have one picture of ...Read more

A memory of Kestle Mill in 1958 by Jane Tilley

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 Patricia Clarke

How I Chose Somerton To Live

Whilst serving in the Fleet Air Arm at RNAS Yeovilton the squadron I was serving on had an organised function in the Red Lion and I well remember standing outside and saying to my brother, who was also on the same ...Read more

A memory of Somerton in 1975 by John Waller

Loveday's And Blewers

My mum is a Loveday and her mum and dad, Sid and Amy, ran Kaysland caravan park. Mum married my dad George Blewer, and they had us three kids. Grandad Blewer had the timber yard and then my Uncle Johnny took it over. We ...Read more

A memory of West Kingsdown by Jane Fornero

1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years

I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by Dora Murphy

First Holiday

My first holiday was when I was 9 years old (in 1958) and my parents and I came to Goodrington. We stayed at Beech Hurst which if I remember correctly was in Youngs Park Road. It was lovely. I made friends with a girl who lived next ...Read more

A memory of Goodrington in 1958 by Barbara Lucas

Early Years In Hindley

What - no memories of Hindley? I was born in 1935 (nee Pennington) at a house in Liverpool Road, just up from the Strangeways Pub (The Paddock). The area was called Navvies' Lump, and although the address was "Liverpool ...Read more

A memory of Hindley in 1930 by Edna Booth

The Shops And Doctors At Sandiway 1956

We first arrived in Sandiway in 1956. I remember getting off the bus at the top of Mere Lane and walking down towards our new home in Cherry Lane. The house was a 'tied house' belonging to the ICI and our ...Read more

A memory of Sandiway in 1956 by Keith Wilson

Holidays In Saham Hills

Just after the war we visited Saham Hills quite regular from Hull. We stayed with an aunt and uncle of my father's by the name of Smith. He was called Charlie, his wife was Pat and they had a son who was called young ...Read more

A memory of Saham Hills in 1950 by Mal. Wilson

St. Mary's High School

I'm wondering if anyone remembers St. Mary's High School in Western Road. I attended the school when I was very young in 1946-9, before my family emigrated first to Canada, then to the USA. My best friends were Zena O'Shea, ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1949

Captions

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Caption For Great Chart, Village 1908

This street scene shows some fine red brick, tile-hung, ivy-clad houses with beautiful old chimneys, lining the left-hand side of the road.

Caption For Minehead, Quay Street 1903

By 1903, the Red Lion, seen on the far left, has replaced a row of fishermen's cottages, but those beyond mostly survive, one being now The Old Harbour House Tea Rooms.

Caption For Boston, Bargate C1955

Other changes are that Mason's (left) is now Clarks, Radio House (next door but one) is now Dixon's, and Woolworth's have totally replaced the buildings beyond, the Red Lion (there is a commemorative plaque

Caption For Boston, Bargate C1955

Other changes are that Mason's (left) is now Clarks, Radio House (next door but one) is now Dixon's, and Woolworth's have totally replaced the buildings beyond, the Red Lion (there is a commemorative plaque

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1955

A little further north along Albert Embankment we get this wonderful view of the houses of Parliament.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones C1955

The massive circle of stones virtually encompasses the village; here, we can see the Red Lion pub (the white gabled building), the chapel on the right, and domestic thatched housing all inside a stone

Caption For Brent Eleigh, The Street C1960

The imposing red brick almshouses (right), built by Edward Colman in 1731, were modernised in 1966.

Caption For Chesham, Red Lion Street C1950

The original Red Lion, after which the street was named, stood at the junction with Germain Street and, due to road improvements, was replaced by a 1930s neo-Georgian road house style pub.

Caption For Dumfries, The Old And New Bridges C1890

Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae. Burns died in 1796 at the age of 36 and is buried in St Michael's Church.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Bridge Over The River Thames 1890

George Gilbert Scott certainly transformed the village, 'restoring' the church, rebuilding the manor house and building the school.

Caption For Maidstone, St Faith's Church 1892

Other buildings in the church and palace riverside group include some remaining fragments of the college of priests, chiefly the gatehouse and the master's house, the Archbishop's stables and the

Caption For Herstmonceux, Castle, South West 1890

It was built in the 1440s after Sir Roger Fiennes was granted a royal licence to crenellate (that is, build a battlemented house) using locally- made brick, and it is now a beautiful mellow red.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village C1960

Beyond is a 17th-century manor house, now known as the Rookery.

Caption For Carlton In Lindrick, High Road C1965

Two miles south of Langold, Carlton in Lindrick is a village of two parts, the original village to the south and a large former colliery village with hard red brick semi-detached houses.

Caption For Bramley, St James Church C1960

The late Norman church, distinguished by its red crenellated tower, contains some ancient wall paintings, including a fresco of the murder of Thomas a Becket.

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft And Roman Catholic Church 1900

Then comes the Presbytery and the red brick Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St John, designed by the Catholic architect Leonard Stokes, which opened in December 1893.

Caption For Richmond, The Castle And Bridge 1892

The castle was built from 1071 by Alan the Red as a defence station at the gateway to Swaledale.

Caption For Cromer, East Beach From The Pier 1954

The Red Lion Hotel (left) offers good food and public entertainment. The Bath Hotel (centre) is situated on the site of Bath House, which was smashed into pieces by a very high tide in 1836.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill And Pond C1950

A water mill has stood here since Norman times, but this red brick corn mill dates from the early 1800s.

Caption For Twickenham, Church 1899

The rest of the church was rebuilt in red brick after the earlier had collapsed in April 1713.

Caption For Aylesbury, Kingsbury 1921

By this time, one of the houses has become a shop. The Red Lion on the left is now the Hobgoblin.

Caption For Marden, High Street C1955

In this quintessential village scene, we see the village bobby standing next to the red telephone box, with a café selling ice creams behind.

Caption For Stamford, Barn Hill 1922

Just a few yards up the hill from All Saints' Church, Barn Hill is a far cry from the commercial bustle of Red Lion Square.

Caption For Cockfosters, The College, Trent Park C1965

The present red-brick house supersedes the much smaller original one designed for Jebb by Sir William Chambers; although it is large, with re-used features salvaged from other demolished London buildings