Photos

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Memories

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Memories Of Ambleside And The Lakes

We as a family first stayed at Rothay Manor in Ambleside in 1953 and it was then that I had my first experiences in fell walking, trout fishing and negotiating the nearby "Stepping Stones" across the river ...Read more

A memory of Ambleside by ducatee

Student Nurse

I am a Ugandan, trained at Walton Hospital School of Nursing from Nov.1966 to 1969. I enjoyed loved training and working at Walton hospital. The nurses hostel was very good - we had a pantry /kichen on the ground floor which ...Read more

A memory of Walton by Priscilla Musidihe

Leave Things Alone

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 ...Read more

A memory of Blackley by Neil Edwards

Memories Of North Cheam

My friend and I now both 90 yrs old and still in daily contact! Although we live a long way from each other. My maiden name was Sheila Dwight and my friend's maiden name was Joan Byrn. We met age 5 yrs old at North Cheam ...Read more

A memory of North Cheam by Sheila Ashe

Memories Of Bexley Technical High School For Girls.

I was at this school from about 1961- 1966 after passing the 13+ exam. I went to Hall Place first, what a wonderful place it was! I remember Miss Moore who was the headmistress, we had Mrs. ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by vikkifenlon

Growing Up At Tombuie Cottage

My name is Drew Ramsay and my father retired from Calcutta India back home to Dundee in 1963 when I was 13 years old. He leased Tombuie Cottage for 5 years as a holiday home which came complete with a little over ...Read more

A memory of Tombuie Cottage by Drew Ramsay

Shooters Hill Grammar School 1951 1959

I was there from 1951-1959. Some of the happiest days of my life. A day started with assembly with prayers said and some hymns sung. An awful cacophony of weedy and breaking voices. Various announcements ...Read more

A memory of Shooters Hill

Royal Masonic Schools Bushey (J Ston And Ston)

I am not sure if this kind of opportunity attracts those who feel anger at a perceived or real unfairness, during their childhood years, and/or those who have a tendency to dwell on the negative but I'd ...Read more

A memory of Bushey by Laurence Blight

Growing Up In Brentwood

We moved to Pilgrims Hatch in 1971, such fun living on the Estate with a never ending hotch potch of mates to street rake with - knock down ginger, ipp dipp dog sh*t, duck duck goose, conkers and kiss chase. We'd bike to Ken ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood by Sam Golder

Early Mobile Days In Welling

Light-years before the introduction of the mobile phone, Welling in the 1950's had mobile networks of its own. These were weekly delivery services to households in and around local streets. As a young child I was always ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Captions

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Caption For Botley, The Mills C1950

The new building stands at the right hand end of the flour mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Caption For Hawthornden, Ben Jonson's Tree 1897

Drummond's library was one of the finest of its day, containing about 1,400 books in English, French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew.

Caption For Botley, The Mills C1950

The new building stands at the right hand end of the flour mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Caption For Nantwich, Parish Church 1898

In fact, it is the only church in Cheshire that Simon Jenkins in his recent book England's Thousand Best Churches placed in his top one hundred.

Caption For Ossett, Wesley Street C1955

To the right is the Liberal Club, also of 1893, and further along is the old Mechanics' Institute (1889) with its own collection of over 800 books.

Caption For Westbury, Warminster Road C1960

The millennium project book, 'Westbury & Westbury Leigh, A Celebration of the Town & its People' details the development.

Caption For Redditch, St Peter's Church, Ipsley C1955

Ipsley was in Warwickshire when it was mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), and only transferred to Worcestershire in 1931.

Caption For East Grinstead, Tooth's Shop 1927

Comparison with a similar photograph of c1905 shows few changes in the shop's stock of books, postcards, artist's materials and stationery over the years, although the shop's name, F & E Tooth, changed

Caption For Great Mitton, Post Office And Church 1921

Amongst ancient artifacts at All Hallows church are a leper squint, a Jacobean pulpit, chained books and the tomb of Sir Richard Shireburne of Stoneyhurst.

Caption For Godalming, Branksome School 1906

Acquired by the Borough and used as offices (gas masks and ration books were collected from here in the war), it was transferred to the regional water authority when local government was reorganised

Caption For Saffron Walden, King Street C1965

Boots' double-fronted shop is now Harts book shop, and Lloyds Bank is just a little further on.

Caption For Kington, Church Street 1956

There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.

Caption For Beer, Fishing Boats 1918

One Victorian guide book writer described Beer as 'a rare subject for the pencil'.

Caption For Bristol, The Bridge And The Church Of St Nicholas 1901

Looking across Bristol Bridge towards High Street.

Caption For Exmouth, The Harbour Entrance C1955

The bungalows to the left were demolished quite recently, and the site awaits redevelopment as this book was being written.

Caption For Hawkshead, Laburnum Street 1929

A coffee shop now occupies the 'pure ices' premises beyond, whilst the gable-fronted building has since become a book shop.

Caption For Daresbury, Parish Church C1955

Most famous as the church where Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) was baptised in 1832, the church now has a memorial window with scenes from the Alice books, and draws visitors from all

Caption For Botley, Mill Hill C1955

elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.To the right of it is the entrance to Botley Mills, an 18th-century mill complex, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book

Caption For Hawarden, St Deiniols Library, Hostel And Church 1903

William Gladstone laid the foundation stone for this impressive building in 1899 and donated his library of 250,000 books; after his death his family built a further wing in 1906, to the

Caption For Bibury, Arlington Manor C1960

The manor is mentioned in the Domesday book, the detailed survey of property which was conceived by William the Conqueror at Christmas 1085 in Gloucester.

Caption For Ruswarp, High Street C1955

Ruswarp, standing at the tidal limit of the River Esk, was at one time as important a port as neighbouring Whitby, and a mill was mentioned here in the Domesday Book.

Caption For Lydney, The Canal C1960

This is a view now firmly consigned to the history books.

Caption For Castle Donington, King's Mill C1955

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

Caption For Cardiff, War Memorial 2004

The original Book Of Remembrance containing the names of 35,000 fallen is now overshadowed by the death tolls of conflicts unimaginable to those at its original presentation.