Brading, Village 1923
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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Brading is one of the oldest towns on the Isle of Wight, once returning two members to Parliament. People have lived in this locality for a long time - not far away is a fine example of a Roman villa, with a pavement showing Orpheus playing a lute and surrounded by animals.
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A Selection of Memories from Brading
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Brading
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The lady and the small boy by the Wax Museum are my mother and me. I was born in 1962.
Mr grandfather owned the old cement works in Quay Lane (this picture shows the large building with the tall chimney, centre of frame) and his men used to make concrete roofing tiles there. In the late 1950's the chimney became dangerous and they used expolsives to demolish it. I have some very poor photos of this. His building company was so busy he closed the factory one winter and the employees were ...see more
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