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I remember going here with my mother and grandmother in the 50's. When all the roses were in bloom the smell was magnificent, and we would sit and just enjoy it. To a small child it felt a huge and magical place.
happy holidays at eastwood grange national temperance summer school in 1970s trips to matlock and walk to ogston resovoir
I'm always alone on these sunny hills.
In this dream, it's always sunny and bright.
There only huts on the hills stone huts but they're so small.
And I've got my own big green house as well that is full of a few plants... Not a lot.
I've got my very own home. It's the perfect size not too big not too small.
It reminds me of teletubbies... A children's show I used to watch when I was very young... ...see more
The large house in the background to this photo was originally the village rectory and was bought by Pentland Hick, the owner and founder of the zoo, and it became his family home for several years, later to becomes offices for the zoo. The proceeds from the sale went towards building a new rectory near the war memorial.
I worked as a zoo keeper at flamingo Land in the 60's and 70's and this photo brings back memories of some of the misguided practices of the era.
Mixing bears from different back grounds was not a good idea, although all the bears where introduced as youngsters, as they matured conflicts occurred.
Eventually the polar bears moved on to there own enclosure.
My Grandmother was sent to Woodhurst Hospital, Peas Pottage, to convalesce following suffering from Bronchial Pneumonia. At the time we were living in Stockwell, South London, and for a small child it seemed to be a long way from London and in very different surroundings than our city centre flat! Far more imposing and very peaceful, just what you’d hope for when recovering from a serious illness, I ...see more
Does anybody remember Tam Ritchie and his band of merry men ? They were the council workers based at Dunivard Place always good for a laugh ! Tam lived in an old caravan which I think Marco Galli has rotting away in his yard at Glencairn Terrace .He drove the old steamroller when the were doing maintenance on the roads.If I remember when they disbanded the Garelochhead crew he moved to the wee road at the bottom ...see more
I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in Northolt in a small maisonette with my twin brother and my mother and grand mother. We went to Islip Manor Prinmary school which had just been built then in 1948. It was so bright and ...see more
Hi all..I’ve just come across this site whilst looking for information on pallotti hall.now and again I try to find this place and then forget what it’s called..I’m quite sure it is now called thornycroft hall off pexhill rd in siddington.(if I’m wrong then please correct me).
It had changed from an orphanage to a childrens care home and I stayed there for 9 mths in 1979 and have some great memories of the ...see more
Porthywaen born and bred, lived at the Gate House for nearly 30 years with Mum Dad and 2 Brothers, Dad lived there most of his life he was born next door at Yew Tree Cottage in 1940 his father worked in the quarries and some very interesting stories have been passed down. Went to porthywaen school between 1975 and 1981.... no central heating in there just a big roaring coal fire either end of the classroom, can ...see more
The first School I ever went to was Duncton Primary, I loved this school. Our Headmaster was Mr Salsbury who we nicknamed Mr Strawberry due to a strawberry shaped wort he had on the back of his head. He was an ex military veteran - or I was later told this - and was quite scary. He gave me the slipper for something i had done and my mum insisted on it and was there on the day. My first ...see more
I worked for Boeing and spent from 1979-1981 living in Camberley, but our office was just around the corner in 21 Kingswick House. A trip to the Three Jays for lunch (Ploughman's lunch or Shepherd's pie) was a regular stop
I was 4 years old when I was taken from Liverpool to this Hospital. It was a very frightening experience because I was the first child in the family and they say I was there for 6 weeks. I have never found out why I was sent there. There was always secrecy about this and some in the family said I should never have been sent there. There were no family visits but I remember once being taken out ...see more
I am the boy in the foreground on a bike and in the background on a bike is my friend Tony.
We were worried about the man staring at us, he had a big box and I guess a tripod. When we got home we said about it to our dads and later were told it was a man taking photos, others had also asked.
Our family lived in Church Road from 1953 for, I believe, around 27 years.
Does Ludgershall still have a "Ludgershall Lads" football team. As a teenager I played for them, that was in 1951 to 1953 or thereabouts. The manager's name was Sid though I've forgotten his surname and one year Ted Bates, Southampton's manager, visited us to give us tips. The first year we played we were a disaster losing 22 to nothing on the odd occasion but we must have improved because in my 3rd year we ...see more
I went to Helmshore primary school in the early 60s. A great time in my life. Mr Jenkinson was the headmaster at the time. I would like to find some of my school friends. I’m Peter Metcalf and have brothers Andy and Raymond. Thanks Pete Metcalf.
My family lived in Osborne Road so my brothers and I went to Beulah Infant and Junior Schools. I think Mrs Colby was head of Infznts and Mrs Grumberg head of Juniors. Mrs Bird was my favourite teacher. I loved having stories outside in the garden in the summer. There was a swing and a large fallen tree that we could play on. My friends were Jenny Gray and Catherine Holloway. Jenny lived in ...see more
My brothers and I lived in Osborne Road in the mid 60s - 72 and we used to climb in to the nursery in Beulah Crescent just to look at the pond! I believe it was in an old horse water trough but I might be wrong. We were fascinated by it. We never did any damage though. Was sad to see flats in its place when I last looked. Also… does anyone remember the blue police box ? It was either by Beulah Road shops ...see more
i was born in Hednesford Road, followed by my sisters in 1958 and 1960. We enjoyed a fantastic childhood - we lived in a three up, three down, with an outside toilet and a tin bath. I remember our toilet freezing over in the winter and walking to school with snow up to our thighs in our wellygogs.
Our Auntie Mary lived in School Road, and our Auntie Doll (Barratt) lived down the road in Railway ...see more
When I was 9 we lived in a new block of flats (at that time) opposite the Pier and just across the road from the baths. I used to walk to Stanwell Rd School through the Park which was always beautiful. I actually never ever paid to go onto the pier or baths as the people who ran these places knew I only lived across the road. I must have gone to the pier nearly every day and I remember making friends ...see more
This was one of the routes I took in the early 70s when riding my beautiful horse out. We would go up West Balgrochan Road, turn in to Acre Valley Road and go up the hill where the woods are and down to the other side, sometimes going on the narrow bridle path past Ferrymill. It was a lovely scenic ride!
I have received details of my father's RAF service (actually some years ago) to find he was stationed at RAF Bletchley.
But I know nothing at all about the place and I have found it difficult to find a good resource.
Sadly, my father died in 1977 long before I was even more than slightly aware of his service.
I did know he was a signalman (as far as I remember) and finding out today that the ...see more
My parents farmed in Hertford Heath, only a short drive from my Uncles home in Roydon, as did my Grandfather from Nazeing. An uncle and aunt lived in Ashridge Park in Hemel Hempstead so rather further away from Roydon than us. My favourite uncle lived at Didgemere Hall, Roydon and every year our families would descend on Uncle Angus’s home for an evening of Eightsome Reels, Highland Flings and ...see more
Are there any Waltonians who remember the this school before it was pulled down? Or who have any knowledge of the previous school it replaced in 1936 known as the Central School.
Next to it was an Infants and Junior School and next to that was the « Tuck Shop » or so we called it among other names mainly because of the grumpy couple that ran it…but we must’ve been indeed were a cheeky band!
I used to live in 10 U Block. I was born in 1935 and now at 87, I live in Katsuura, Japan. When the war broke out in 1939 I was evacuated to Dukes Wood Boarding School in Hexham. An excellent school where I received an excellent primary education. So different to Walker and I remember the Sunday walk to services at beautiful and historic Hexham Abbey
Towards the end of the war I was returned to 10 U Block - ...see more
John Tolley was my Great Grandad, my nan was born in Dog Lane. The houses at the end of Dog Lane are now called Tolley Corner after Great Grandad, he was a haulier. Love this photo. My Auntie first found it at Bewdley museum, so we've got a postcard.
Hello, I'm dave from bostock I'm seeing if anybody has memories of the lions at stanthorne mill in the 70s
I was evacuated to this village in the war. I have lots of nice memories.
I was born and grew up in 10 North Street and I remember this as the dairy at the end of the street.It was owned and run by a lovely old spinster and her deaf brother. My Mum and Nan were friends with her ( I can't remember her name ),and I have fond memories of her giving me a bottle of orange juice often when I was playing out.
My name is Peter Seager-Thomas. The shop on the corner (LHS) was Shewells the Chemist. Mr Shewell and my father had studied together and whilst our future home was being built, in Upper Brighton Road, Mr Shewell put the family up in late 1954 and early 1955.
My elder brother and I had the room on the second storey, the window of which can be seen in the picture. That winter I remember laying on the ...see more
I spent my childhood living in one of these cottages on the waterworks gated property in Purley. I walked to school under the railway bridge that crossed the road to the left as I walked out the gate. We called them "The Purley Gates" due to their location and as a reference to the biblical "Peary Gates". I remember a nursing sister who walked under the bridge going in the opposite direction on her ...see more
I went to Burcot Grange School in Mere Green. From 1961-1964 or there about. Mrs Keates was the Headmistress and her husband was the vicar. Mrs Shinner was deputy head.
I got told off for dangling my legs out of the top floor window with my friends watching from the ground! ( wooden bars were erected across the window as a result!)
My friends were Jayne Wills, Susan and Elizabeth Glasbey, Diana Weisburg.
I ...see more
I have always lived in Somerton. As a child I lived in New Street in and as an adult I now live at the other end of Somerton.
I have fond childhood memories of attending Mrs Potts' playgroup, the Infant school in Etsome Terrace and Monteclefe School. My mum used to take me to school on a child seat on the back.of her bike when I was very young, and later when I went to Monteclefe it was only a short walk ...see more
I wonder if any remember the Bull and Bush 1960's Recall Steve Barr , Johnny Page Waldemar Hasko Trevor Deacon , Barmaids Carmel and Duffy . Also Girls Sandra who married Graham, Gaynor ,Jette and others.
Would particularly like to hear from Carmel and , Sandra as I have news re Steve and Val. Also danish girl Jette from Denmark who was an au pair in Finchley. Cherished memories
I used the post office many times as a child and teenager. I started my first savings account in 1963 at Upton Lea post office and still have the original book with about 3 pounds 15 shillings on it. I recall it was quite a useful shop as well as a post office and I brought a number of Xmas presents for my family from there, being too young to go into Slough high street on my ...see more
Can anyone help with the location of the coastguard station in Pitts Deep around 1904. My mother was born there - her father was the coastguard.
My father lived here many years ago, and I would love to see a photograph of Jews Row, showing the original houses. Can anyone help with that?
Thank you
I lived in Headley in 1969……
There was a riding stables and a few houses opposite with a telephone box…..I can’t remember the name of the road….
There was one small youth club in the village and a small shop….
I remember Fran who’s dad was a farmer…
And Steve who also went to the youth club….
Also Ian who lived I think in Leatherhead and would drive over to Headley in his red van….we went greyhound ...see more
My brothers, sister and I all attended Dobb Primary school in the late 40s/50s. I remember it as being a very happy school with Miss Kenworthy/Mrs Shaw being the headmistress.
That's my Mum pushing my younger sister, Rosie, into the newsagents. We lived in Northwood Avenue from when the house was built in 1958 until the early 80s - although I still drive through Purley on a regular basis. A couple of doors away from the newsagents was a fish and chip shop which was an occasional treat for us. The photo may be a black and white but her skirt was orange, yellow and white paired with a white ...see more
This was my Dad's shop where he started his butchering business in the 1930's till, he closed in 1973. Both my brother Tom and I worked there. Tom from 1955 till it closed and I began in 1962 and left in 1966, for Australia. In those days we had our own slaughterhouse. as most other butchers in Guisborough did. It was a pain to push the barrow with the hind and forequarter of a bullock across the busy road on a ...see more
My parents and I spent several vacations at Higworth farm caravan camp in the early/ mid 50's. I remember my Father having to get out of the coach, along with others, to lighten the load to cross the bridge.
On the way to the beach we passed a dairy ice cream stand which had the best strawberry ice cream ever.
My Father and I would go on the rides while my Mother added to our every day china set by winning at Bingo.
I was born Nov 5, 1939 at 81 Star Lane, the home of my maternal grandparents, James and Anne Maria Bullock. My mother, Annie Grace Bullock, was the youngest of six children. She married my father, Henry George Hooper, in 1935 at Trinity Church at the junction of Barking Road and Hermit Road.
My father, always known as Harry, was born in 1909 in Poplar, but the family moved to 35 Star Lane, where my grandfather, ...see more
I have such good memories of Much Hadham. My grandparents, Mr & Mrs Morris lived in a lordship cottages just outside of Much Hadham village - the house went with my grandfather's job which was a gardener for Doctor & Mrs Wilson. I lived in Kent with my parents & brother but loved our little holidays there, going to Bishop Stortford where at one time my mother's sister & her husband run a post ...see more
Hi, This is not Kait Bey mosque, it is Al Emam Alrefaei mosque and the one next to it is Alsultan Hassan mosque.
Kait Bey is a different one in another area in Cairo.
I was born and lived in this area. We still live there.
Thank you for letting us know our error - now corrected. Ed.
We moved to Churchtown in '61 from the North East. Attended the junior school attached to St Cuthbert's church.
Remember the area very well, Botanical Gardens especially. Used to go fishing there even though it was prohibited [which boys didn't!].
Left in 1970.
Fond memories
Does anyone remember the Mother and baby home in Chertsey…
Or was anyone there in 1972 ?
Mrs. Thompson was the cook…she was very nice and her dinners were delicious…
The lady who’s name I can’t remember was in charge of the home was lovely , very caring and non judgemental…
I shared a room with Bridget who went back to Ireland…..
Would love to hear from anyone who was there in 1972/3….
It was the best home I was in……very caring …
I lived in Elgin Avenue Belmont and went to Priestmead School. I was born in 1934.
I have a lot memories about the wartime with all the problems we had.
Did you go to of Priestmead school ?
Do you remember The Park by the school.
John
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My memory was triggered by the person writing about the Constitutional Camp's hall/ballroom building being burnt down. At the time I was attending the Primary School in the village and we could see the smoke and flames from our classroom. Our lovely Head teacher Mr Etheridge allowed us all to go onto the playing field and watch as the fire engines rushed through the village to attend the fire. I think he ...see more
I think this is my Grandad Wick Jakes
I was at both the old and new Scotland Hill school, left in 72. Mr Shanks was a fearsome character, with some relief when he retired.
I use to go to Mrs Huddles house occasionally as she lived in forest end. Kind lady. Mrs Culbert lived opposite me in Hearts Leap Road, I remember her driving a light blue bubble car, always had a serious look about her.
I still have our schools football photo with Mr ...see more
Surely, the caption should be, "Somerton, Church Of St Michael & All Angels, 1904"
(Thank you for letting us know - our archivist has now amended the image title.)
I was one of nine children from three families who lived and spent innocent days exploring what seemed the vast grounds of this estate. Our family rented (for £1.50p a week) some outhouses, whilst the other two families lived in the main house (which was in a state of some disrepair). The building is long gone but the memories remain childhood bliss.
Did anyone attend St. Michaels 1968/9…I was in Mr. Thomas class…..
I remember Colin James…. Linda Underwood…..Karen Smith….Dave Dawson ( another class )
Many others….would love to hear from anyone….Anyone who went on the trip to Italy…..
I lived on Frenchbarn Lane just across from St Peters church from 1960 to 1972, I was 5yrs old when I moved there. Coming from Salford docks area it was like moving into one of Enid Blytons books. A real farm just up the road had me and my brothers amazed. I became great friends with Paul Hodgkinson who was the grandson of the owner (Gaffer). I found my first True Love in Blackley, a beautiful girl ...see more
Having moved out of Plymouth, and awaiting a new build house off Dunstone Road, I lived for a while at my grandparent's house on Dean Hill whilst attending Goosewell Infants. At that time Dean Hill was a tranquil leafy lane with hedgerows, and I recall that at the top of the road, where it became Furzehatt Road, before it met Underlane, there was a smithy on the right. As others have remarked, at the ...see more
I grew up in Welling in a house on Ridley Road. My mother lived in that house for over 60 years until she died this past January. I have 3 sisters - that was a tiny house with 1 bathroom, at times we seemed to really fill the place - felt more like a zoo with a dog 2 cats a rabbit, hamster and a gerbil .
We knew everyone on that street - the guy who would never give back any of the balls that went over his fence, to the ...see more
I grew up in East Horsley, where I attended St Martin's C of E Primary School. We had no car and we lived nearby so we always walked to the primary school and my mother walked to the shops on Bishopsmeade Parade. When Mum was at home we walked home for lunch and once she started work in a local insurance office, my sister and I lunched at the "Singing Kettle" on Bishopsmeade Parade, where she had once ...see more
I did a wonderful photography course in Tavistock run mainly by Pete, assisted by his partner Hannah. We did a lot of inspired photography (film) and worked on the results in the darkroom. Pete was a wonderful photographer and well known around Tavistock with his camera. Hannah was also a good photographer.
Sadly Pete died from a heart attack. I hoped and wondered if Hannah continued ...see more
My grandfather worked as a chauffeur and then a gardener for a family called Edwards who lived at this house in the 1930s and 1940s. My grandfather had a cottage in the grounds. When we visited and the Edwards were not at home, we were allowed to play on the lawn at the back of the house.
This was our last pre-war family holiday - a week in Glasgow with Dad's brother [Somerville Drive, Mount Florida] and three wonderful weeks in Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, with mum's parents. I have clearer memories, as a near 10 year old, of the latter than of the visit to the Exhibition but remember sitting in the upper front 'cabin' of the 'car on the way there and the striking Mounties ...see more
Does any 'old codger' who lives locally remember the name of this shop?
We moved into the area, just before The Queen's Coronation, the first residents in the newly built block of flats on The Mall, next door to the fire station.
Every sunday, there were queues out of the door, it was the only shop open for groceries and it too, closed at 1.00PM. For some reason, my parents ...see more
Ottawa has been my Home Base for nearly fifty years, having lost my faith of a future in UK during a troublesome strike by miners which was crippling the UK economy - no doubt the miners thought that the closure of the mines and the loss of their jobs justified their Union's Strike Action - this was the start of the North Sea Oil and Gas Industry squeezing out the use of dirty polluting coal. ...see more
Hello,
I spent my early childhood in Barmore Street, which holds special memories. I do have an old photo showing a Street Party, which I will endeavour to upload (not sure how yet).
The Queens Head Pub was on the corner of our street, as yet have not seen any photos showing the Pub.
"Cabins" the sweet shop was just around the corner on York Road.
Bathrooms??? We had a weekly bath at the ...see more
I remember the many years, 1964 - 1975 attending “night school”, and also working at Southend Tech, Engineering Dept. All gone now, first the original College building which used to be where the Odeon cinema is now, then later the London Road, Engineering Dept building, which is now a Students accommodation site. Carnarvon Road building now converted into Flats etc.
Such fun it was sitting at the ...see more
I remember this school with great affection
I lived with my grandparents and mum in Shadwell drive (can't remember the number) but it was the last house facing the school.
Nan would watch me walking to school every day as she could see right up the road and never worried about me. Sadly we moved to Southall when my grandparents died and my mum remarried.
My grandparents surname was Marshall and my surname was Green
Happy days
Greetings from Canada. Although I have never visited England I have long had a great admiration of Wales. My Great Grandfather who was born in London in 1835 of Welsh parents wrote many notations in margins of a Family Bible of stories handed down of related families who dwelt in Pembroke, way back to 1700's. The "s" in my surname, Johns, was added on by an ancestor in late 1700's, prior to this it ...see more
My grandmother appears as a cooks assistant at a school at Fairlea Meads ,Chesterfield Road in Eastbourne. Sadly I cannot find any photos of the building.Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a specific patient who was at Heswall in 1952, named Nora. Someone who stayed at Heswall at the same time is looking to find her.
I'm a Producer for the TV show Gwesty Aduniad where we reconnect people with people who meant a lot to them, and in this case, that's Nora. If anyone has any knowledge of a Nora who stayed there, or an idea for organisations I ...see more
My father and all his brothers worked on the Tarboats for many years duringWW11 . It would be great if anyone could supply any info as the families have little on them . Many thanks
I would like to get in touch with any one who was at St johns in 1975 /76, they organized a trip to wales where we learned how to canoe and abseiling down steep rocks, the place in wales was called Llanberis, please contact me through this web site it would be interesting to exchange memories, many thanks.
As a 10 year old in 1954, I sold sweets from a small table inside or outside the tobacconist and sweet shop to the left of the Regal. This was for an hour before the children's Saturday morning pictures started, for which I was paid 6d - the price of going into the pictures. Does anyone remember buying from me and/or the name of the tobacconist?
I'm an Awliscombe Loaring descended from at least 2 generations of Loarings who operated the mill c1700 on the River Wolf just down the lane to the southwest of the Honiton Inn in Awliscombe. I'm hoping someone knows how the River Wolf got its name. There are 2 other Rivers Wolf in Devon, and I see online that at least one of them is not named for the handsome canine creature. There are giant ...see more
I hope, I think I am the first to write - I lived in Hainton 1951/54. Our dad worked on the farm just up the road (Stockman). I went to the little school in Hainton. Headmistress - Mrs Slingsby. Do not remember her deputy, but Miss Officer comes to mind.
Yes, remember it well, lovely small two Classrooms - oh yes, complete with an outside loo. Would walk to school. Route = from our house right out the gate, then a short ...see more
I lived in 1a Ethelbert Road from 1968 to 1979. so many happy memories, the plowing match over the 'Butts' , the deep snow every year , and my old mate Duncan Yandle who lived next door.
The sports fields had 3 football pitches and a cricket green. There was a pavilion in one corner of the higher field made of wood with a thatched roof. The pavilion became vandalised and eventually dismantled. It would appear that the fields have not been used for sports for a long time.
My mother was born in Blaenrhondda at the top of the Rhondda Fawr in 1914 and was one of four sisters but she was the only one to leave the Rhondda at the age of fourteen to go into service in England. During WW2 when my father was in the army, my mother and I moved back to my grandmothers house in Clyngwyn Road in Blaenrhondda for a few years, I can vaguely remember attending Blaenrhondda School for a ...see more
My son Matthew provided the opportunity to once again retrace our well worn steps around this beautiful county and in particular The Lake District. As is our norm it was non-stop driving and walking, although walking is now less attractive to me as old father time lessens my ability to trek as I once did. The "Striding Edge" and "Scafell Pike" just distant memories now as we shuffled around ...see more
John Horrocks the Mill owner and MP - Born 1779 - 1816 was my GGGGGGGGGG Grandfather.
Great memories of Streatham.
I was born and brought up in Streatham and just wondered if anyone remembers a big food store back in the1970’s called “Internationals”?
I too remember Gadsbys the art/gift shop - so interesting to look at everything in there. I also remember Pratts Department store with their lovely old fashioned glass swivel soap dispensers in the toilets they had. They also had a gentleman ...see more