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St. George's Presbyterian Church
St. George's Presbyterian Church stands in the forefront of this photograph between what was the Co-operative shop and Tommy Jones the fishmongers shop. How long the Presbyterian Church has stood on this site I ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1972 by
Phil & John's Amazing Journey Part 2 Football, Pubs, Old Friends
Stopping briefly outside the Working Men’s Club, the meeting place on Saturday lunchtimes for us Groby footballers before away games, we pass the chippy, the old blacksmiths where the old ...Read more
A memory of Groby in 1970
Brambletye Preparatory School
Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely being ...Read more
A memory of Brambletye House in 1967
1960s And Prior London Road Haunts
I was born in Bagshot but moved to Camberley in 1955 when I was 8. I attended York Town Primary School which was, and on checking the maps still appears to be, located on the other side of the London Road, a bit ...Read more
A memory of Camberley in 1960 by
My Dad The Rag Man
My dad was born in Howden Clough but he had a rag warehouse at the Smithies cross roads opposite the Grey hound pub. He used to buy old clothing and rags from people known as 'totters' or from householders who took them to him. ...Read more
A memory of Birstall in 1960 by
Soutergate
Lived in Soutergate, no 50 with my nan, Aggie Gardener and grandad, Hurbert. Went to Church Walk & Victoria schools. I remember well Richy Gelder (smithy), Mr Powell the cobbler, the folk at the old friends, good old Cissy ...Read more
A memory of Ulverston in 1960 by
My Old Gran, 1950s
My name is Peter Smith. I have some wonderful memories of Ryde. The flying boats in East Cowes is one of them. The trams that ran through Ryde, before the underground stock was bought in from London. I remember being severly told off ...Read more
A memory of Ryde in 1957 by
Blackmill
The name is Gareth Davis, and my grandfather (Harry Davis) lived at No 2 Ivor (Ifor) Terrace in Blackmill, although I later lived in Bryncethin I used to travel with the local butcher Clive Heale back to Blackmill to deliver meat to homes ...Read more
A memory of Blackmill in 1957 by
My Time At Rapleys Grazeley Green
I was born and spent my early childhood at Rapleys, Grazeley Green. My father's farm, James Farm, was at the far end of the Green in James Lane. We had a herd around 120 friesians for milking as well as arable ...Read more
A memory of Grazeley Green in 1955 by
Our Childhood
My twin sister and me were brought up in Hixon from babies till we were about 10, we were known as the Taylor Twins. We first lived with our nan in the house that stands at the top of Smithie Lane and Featherbed Lane, we then moved into ...Read more
A memory of Hixon in 1954 by
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The Old Smithy c1955.
The pantile-roofed building is a workshop or old smithy where a cart is being repaired.
The old post office, dated 1672, is now a residential cottage, but the Old Smithy, over to the right, is open as a needlework gallery.
To the right, just out of the picture, was the site of the old Smithy, now occupied by Goddard and Grants, a stockist of Francis Frith's prints.
The Hippodrome Cinema on Main Street replaced an old smithy, which was demolished in 1913.
At the junction of Old Road and the main road, the A271, was this entrepreneurial former village smithy.
Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.
The old smithy has been here since 1795 - it is still open, and now also houses a small museum.
It was on Goodworth Clatford that a flying bomb landed, destroying the old Royal Oak, the school, the smithy and a row of cottages.
Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.
Two white-collared Edwardian lads stand behind a trap outside the village smithy in the village which gave its name to the Hope Valley.
It was sold in 1875 for under £300, and the sale included the old smithy next door.
The village pump has been taken away, but the old smithy (centre), later a hearse house, remains.
The roots of tradition run deep here, and some old customs were observed until the 19th century.
WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.
WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.
WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.
The smithy stood there, and in Butts Lane was a tithe barn and turf dales at what was then called West End.
This old gateway in the 19th century gave access to the Taylors Arms, the building half-way up on the left, which was destroyed by fire in 1930.
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