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Bellis Cafe
The hot summer of 1976 - I was 16 and studying for my O levels in between minding the shop for my adopted parents Bert and Mary Belli. Our cafe was one of two Belli cafes in the town, but of course I always thought ours was superior ...Read more
A memory of Blaenavon in 1976 by
Descendents Of
Our great-grandfather, Somerton grocer and corn factor George Frederick Hatcher, was born in Somerton. George and Emma Peddle married and with their two boys - great-uncle William and our grandfather Frances- they came ...Read more
A memory of Long Sutton in 1900 by
Beach Bingo Family Memories
I have many fond memories of holidaying at Pinewoods Caravan Park where my now late grandparents (Lil and Bill Potter) used to own a caravan. They would take me up there for 2-3 weeks in the summertime and my ...Read more
A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1976
Family Home
My father Leonard Barlow was born in the house on the left in 1921. He lived there with his mother Florence and family until he was conscripted into the Air Force at the beginning of the Second World War. I have traced members of ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 1870 by
What Went On
This is from about the 1950s. Along Grange Road was a huge piggery and it was owned by the Liddle family, by, did it pong. Further along you came to the railway crossing with the sign STOP, LOOK, LISTEN in red, this was where the ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1952 by
Rugeley Boyhood
My family moved to Rugeley in 1954 from Northumberland. Dad worked at Brereton Colliery and Mum at Birmid Metals. I attended Aelgar school and about that time got my first job delivering newspapers for the 'Burnthill Press' (Market ...Read more
A memory of Rugeley in 1955 by
River Lune
Green Ayre railway station on the left, with the Greyhound Bridge curving across the river. The bridge is now a road bridge. Most of the station is Sainsbury's supermarket, car park, and a riverside park "heritage centre".
A memory of Lancaster in 1958
Evacuation To Harrington
I was born in Liverpool in 1932 from Cumbrian parents. In September 1939, just after the begining of the Second World War, my sister and I were packed off to High Harrington, as a sort of private evacuation, to the home ...Read more
A memory of Harrington in 1930 by
1960''s Kidderminster
My dear old hometown. I was 18 when this picture was taken. The Swan pub is on the left, and the Co-Op is where the blinds are. Just around the corner from The Swan was a broad flight of steps leading up into the market ...Read more
A memory of Kidderminster by
Butlins Staff 1976 `77
I had lost my son in a road accident and my marriage broke up. I was a qualified nurse and applied for the post of nurse at Butlins in 1976 (it was very hot that summer). I was the night nurse for two seasons. I met my ...Read more
A memory of Skegness by
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Two oil tankers, the Arkendale H and the Wastdale H, collided in fog and smashed into the bridge.
Our last view in this chapter before turning north back to Hailsham shows the Horse and Groom pub at the junction of the High Street and the Eastbourne Road, the A22.
This village has grown around a road junction on the Horsham to Brighton road.
Hoghton Tower, set on a hill and visible for miles, dates from 1565.
George Hilton`s business (extreme left) had expanded across the road to the newly built brick building on the right of the photograph.
It now has a much larger traffic island around it, and during the holiday season it is a very busy place indeed.
Laindon and Langdon Hills had always been separate villages with long histories, and even appeared as separate entries in the 1086 Domesday Book.
The Pilot Boat Hotel (left) is pictured in the time of Robert Warren, advertising livery stables, carriages and transport for invalids, as well as daily coaches to and from Bridport, which was
Attributed to Pearson and built in the Early English style, this large, red-brick church was built in 1896-7, so it was relatively new in Francis Frith's photograph.
AT LAST he [Troy] reached the summit, and a wide and novel prospect burst upon him with an effect almost like that of the Paci?
The street names survive to this day, but only a tiny section remains of the walls themselves, moved and repositioned near the former East Gate.
During the 1920s and 30s, Worthing continued to rapidly expand.
Other sports are popular in the town, notably cricket, and the club's ground is certainly in a very attractive setting; it has enthralled appreciative crowds since 1894.
In 1635 the town archery butts stood at the eastern entrance to Twickenham in Richmond Road - a reminder of the need for a standing army in a constant state of readiness for war abroad.
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