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Memories

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Sunny Blaenllechau

born in sunny blaen in 1954 growing up in the village was and always will be the highlight of my childhood so many good people i remember playing in the Glyn with Kevin hughes slapperers around blaen sports day up in the field ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by Howard Thomas

Paddleing In The Valley Gardens

i was born in pontefract , paradise gardens, when i married at button park i moved away to leicester, when i came to visit my mum , i would take my children to the valley gardens to picnic and paddle in the pool there .

A memory of Pontefract by carolpearce48

George Ambrose Ex Gurney Valley And Eldon Lane.

lovely to read claire keller story.i new her father,grandfather and great grandfather.wonderful family everyone of them.the place they walked to i can tell was grange hill farm it powers down on to eldon ...Read more

A memory of Eldon Lane by bambroseuk

Wilson Of Braidwood

My brother and I were packed off to Scotland from London each summer to visit our ancestral homeland, whence we would visit our Aunt Daisy and Uncle Adam at their place next to the old Braidwood school near the bottom of the ...Read more

A memory of Braidwood in 1967 by kwilson_57

Whetstone Hey Shops

I remember the triangle of shops at the top of Whetstone Hey in(1962), when I was about 7 years old. If you came up Whetstone Hey, from Valley Drive, on your left was Wartons Newsagents (what we called The Paper Shop). It was ...Read more

A memory of Great Sutton by John Harrison

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

Weaverham In The 1940,S

I have a similar tale to as someone also brought here from Liverpool in 1948 when my dad started work for the ICI in Lostock. We lived in Keepers Lane with a view over the Weaver Valley. We spent lots of happy days in Owely ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by franktompeate

War Time In Shirley

I was born in Croydon in 1936, and lived In West Way, Shirley. My mother could not bear to part with us, so we lived at home all through the war. A bomb was dropped into the garden next door. After six months it was discovered it had ...Read more

A memory of Shirley by heather

War

The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Arthur Cottrell

Vyrnwy House, Meifod

This photo was taken from a spot very close to Vyrnwy House where my great Aunt Winifred Morris used to live. Broniarth Hill is behind the photographer. I used to visit her quite often in the 50's, usually on a Sunday when my father ...Read more

A memory of Meifod in 1951 by Brian Morris

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Captions

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Caption For Harrogate, Royal Pump Room 1907

Here, bumpers of sulphuric and chalybeate water were dispensed from seven o'clock in the morning, after which a constitutional in the Valley Gardens was highly recommended.

Caption For Harrogate, The Royal Pump Room 1923

After taking the first glass, a mild constitutional in Valley Gardens was recommended.

Caption For Harrogate, Valley Gardens And Tea House 1911

Visitors relax in the splendour of Valley Gardens, and tea is served from the Sun Pavilion.

Caption For Harrogate, The Royal Pump Room 1923

After taking the first glass, a mild constitutional in Valley Gardens was recommended.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Miniature Railway C1955

Always a highly popular attraction, the miniature railway was opened in the Valley Gardens in 1947.

Caption For Harrogate, Royal Pump Room 1911

The roads leading to the Pump Room were often chained off to allow drinkers the opportunity of enjoying a leisurely constitutional in and around the Crescent and Valley Gardens.

Caption For Castleford, Valley Gardens C1965

Complete with a stream and ornamental flowerbeds, the Valley Gardens still give much pleasure to shoppers seeking relaxation after shopping in nearby Carlton Street.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Tea Gardens C1955

Here we see another restful feature in the Valley Gardens, but this is a later design.

Caption For Little Sutton, Rivacre Baths C1935

Rivacre Valley Swimming Pool was one of the main attractions within the 45-acre site that comprised Rivacre Valley.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Italian Garden, Valley Gardens C1955

This attractive feature was part of the Valley Gardens site in Saltburn Glen, and was originally established in the 1860s when the concept of an Italian garden was very fashionable.

Caption For Harrogate, Valley Gardens 1907

Valley Gardens was a favourite place for a mild constitutional after taking the waters.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pier 1897

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Italian Gardens 1891

As with many Victorian seaside resorts, Saltburn boasted elaborate, well kept, (and labour intensive) public gardens, as seen here in the Italian Gardens.

Caption For Waterrow, The Village C1955

Climbing westwards, the Taunton to Barnstaple road crosses the well-treed and young River Tone Valley at Waterrow.

Caption For Ardingly, The Village C1950

Ardingly is a village overlooking the Ouse valley, north of Haywards Heath.The 14th-century church of St Peter has an impressive tower.

Caption For Combe Martin, Newberry Beach 1926

The deep, sheltered valleys of this part of the coast were at one time noted for their market gardens, which grew a variety of produce, but were most famous for their strawberries.

Caption For Goyt Valley, 1894

The gatehouse and gardeners' cottages on the approach to Errwood Hall at Goyt's Bridge in the Goyt Valley.

Caption For Harrogate, Valley Gardens 1907

Valley Gardens was a favourite place for a mild constitutional after taking the waters.

Caption For Litlington, The Village C1960

This leafy flint village is situated in the Cuckmere valley near Alfriston.

Caption For Aberfan, Aberfan Road C1965

This valley community became the focus of a nation's grief when in 1966 Pontglas School and a row of adjacent houses were buried under a sliding coal tip.

Caption For Litlington, The Village C1960

This leafy flint village is situated in the Cuckmere valley near Alfriston.

Caption For Calver, Cliff College C1950

A view from the gardens of the imposing front of Cliff College at Calver, in the valley of the River Derwent, near Bakewell.

Caption For Lamberhurst, The Village C1955

Lamberhurst sits in rolling downland in the beautiful Teise valley close to the border with Sussex, surrounded by orchards and hop gardens.

Caption For Chalford, The Hill C1960

Houses with terraced gardens climb the steep sided Golden Valley and overlook some of the most lovely scenery in the region.