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Memories

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Edgware Days In The 70/80's

I grew up in Edgwarebury Lane from when I was born until I was 17 and having always lived close by. I attended Boradfirlds and Edware Secondary School so fully born and bred Edgware. I loved the old days of spending ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1979

New Farm

I attended Edmondthorpe village school from 1947 to 1953. I live at New Farm with my grandparent Harry and Ethel Gresham. My mother Betty Bratby, nee Gresham, my two brothers Jim and Tim Bratby, uncles John, Harry and Paul. A lodger ...Read more

A memory of Edmondthorpe in 1942 by Josephine Shaw Nee Bratby

Fond Memories

I remember St Faith's hospital very well. I was the Head Porter there for a number of years until it was closed down. I met my wife there. She was a catering assistant. We were engaged with two other couples in the social club.That ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1985 by John Dale

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Wonderful Memories Growing Up In Bassaleg

I lived in Bassaleg from the age of 3, (1955), when Church Crescent and surrounding area was being developed. I lived in Church Crescent with my family until I left for Manchester in 1976. I went to the ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1966 by Linda Sullivan

Memories Of My Childhood

I was born in 1956, in Wiltshire, but my first memories are of Pawlett, where we moved, when I was very small. It was a smaller, quiter village than it is even now. I went to the village school, on the village green, next to ...Read more

A memory of Pawlett in 1961 by Rene Rees

The Old Mill Coytrahen

My memories of Coytrahen go back to the 1930s and 1940s. I was born in 1931 at The Old Mill, home of my Grandparents and spent many summers visiting there. The Old Mill was rather off the beaten track ,getting there from ...Read more

A memory of Coytrahen Ho in 1930 by Patricia Heighton

Childhood Memories

I have lived in Mitcham all my life. I was born at St Helier Hospital in 1955 and we lived in the nissan huts opposite what was then Pollards Hill High School in Wide Way, we lived next to a family called the Butlers and I went to ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1955 by Vivian Woodjetts Nee Bond

Little Pond House At Tilford

My wife's health was not that good, and, in 1961, she was sent for a recuperative fortnight at the Little Pond House. It was a convalescent home for children used by the NHS and had also been home to children from Europe ...Read more

A memory of Frensham by Mark Hough

The Dew Pond

I used to play around this pond, ride my bike through the edges, and later on caught fish here. Many of those were aquarium species that had been released into the pond. We used to catch goldfish often, and I once placed a crayfish ...Read more

A memory of Wembley Park in 1965 by Steve Windsor

Captions

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Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, The Swing Bridges 1895

A Ship Canal Pleasure Steamer Company was formed, and weekends and Bank Holidays would see two or three of these paddle steamers taking passengers on sight-seeing trips up and down the canal.

Caption For High Salvington, The Old Mill 1919

High Salvington, a hamlet on the downs, is now swallowed up, as is the Findon Valley below to the east; in effect it is a suburb cut off by the teeming A27.

Caption For Fobbing, White Lion Hotel C1955

But then, Essex people were not known for going down without a fight.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street 1911

Down past the latticed railway bridge is the new road over the bridge to Middleton. At this time, before the First World War, the town is still very relaxed.

Caption For Northwich, Anderton Boat Lift C1960

Narrow boats entered a caisson along the trough to the left and were lowered down to the river. One such can be seen sandwiched between two barges.

Caption For Saddington, St Helen's Church C1955

The building is of about 1300 with an unbuttressed west tower of 1707, when its spire was taken down. As

Caption For Fair Oak, The Church C1955

The walls have been constructed of flints (which are copious in the chalk hills of the South Downs) and edged with stone at the windows and doors.

Caption For Northchapel, The Village 1902

This is taken further down the same road as 48369. The Swan Inn advertises 'Good Accommodation for Cyclists', and another sign offers 'Horse and Trap or Wagonette for Hire'.

Caption For Tywyn, View From Marine Parade 1908

It is home to the Tal-y-Llyn Railway, which opened in 1865, making it the oldest narrow-gauge railway in Wales; it brought slate down from the Abergynolwyn quarries.

Caption For Whiteleaf, The Cross And The Chilterns 1897

The bare chalk in this view of the Whiteleaf Cross is nowadays not seen so clearly; the downs have since become covered in trees and scrub, with woods in the middle distant field.

Caption For Odiham, High Street, Lower End C1950

Mr Chapple opened his garage further down the street in 1914 – note the petrol pumps on the pavement – and on either side are a barber's shop and a café advertising teas.

Caption For Falmer, The Village C1955

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes. Near the rebuilt church there is a thatched barn and an early dewpond.

Caption For Washington, The Post Office C1960

main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up on the top of the Downs

Caption For Willingdon, The Post Office C1950

We are on the slope of the Downs between Eastbourne and Polegate. A nearby vantage point at Combe hill is 638 feet high.

Caption For Combe Martin, The Kings Arms Hotel 1926

When this picture was taken it was rather run down, but a major refurbishment has improved it wonderfully.

Caption For Stamford, St Mary's Street 1922

As we move further west, we see a part of St Mary's Street with an interesting mix of buildings with alleys leading down to the river front and The Meadows.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War, the fighter pilots based at Biggin Hill used to congregate at the Victorian White Hart pub further down the street.

Caption For Outwood, The Windmills 1906

The smock mill on the right, so called because of its resemblance to a countryman's working dress, became derelict and was blown down some years ago.

Caption For Cornholme, Road To Shore C1960

This lane from the hamlet of Shore snakes down the hill past a huge mill chimney.

Caption For Chepstow, The Castle 2004

It is still a popular tourist attraction - note the figures looking down on the visitors from Marten`s Tower.

Caption For Whitby, Tin Ghaut 1913

This was one of the many narrow alleyways leading down to the harbour area. From here children could play safely, and the fishermen could prepare their nets and their boats.

Caption For Rotherham, All Saints' Church C1955

The 180ft-high spire dominates the town, and looks down onto the heart of the shopping area.

Caption For Banstead, The Station C1965

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

Caption For Walditch, Village 1899

This is a fine example of Bridport`s eastern countryside, with the Dorset Downs falling away into the Marshwood Vale (far left) from the heights of Eggardon Hill and woods of Knowle Hill (left),