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Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I
Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox ...Read more
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The Fair
Christmas and birthdays were an under-whelming time of year in our household. However, Eastertime, coincided with the arrival of Stanley Thurston's fair (and a big dollop of rain). l lived opposite Manor Rd Park (or reck) from 1956-64, and ...Read more
A memory of Luton
Miner
My uncle Des emigrated from Dublin to Coronation Drive, Bolton On Dearne in 1950, he became a miner. In the course of writing letters home he told my mam that the streets of Bolton on Dearne were paved with gold, he had actually ...Read more
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I Remember This Coronation, 2nd June 1953.
The biggest reason I remember the 1953 Coronation was because it was the first time I had ever seen a television. I was only very young in 1953 but I was privileged to be able to watch Queen Elizabeth's ...Read more
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Croydon
My first time visiting this site and a message from "Simon" prompted me to add a message. I too remember with fond memories the old Parish Church Infants School. I remember my first day to Facing the church was a pathway on the left leading ...Read more
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Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more
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Many Memories
I went to the school here. Mrs Foster was my Teacher and Mr Pritchard was the Head Master. We would cross the road to the village hall for Dinner. I vaguely remember having music lessons in the hall too (We all had recorder ...Read more
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My Early Years In Longton 1870s To 1940s
I was born in Longton in 1933 at 151 High Street Post Office, Longton. All my childhood was spent there with my grandmother, Sarah Wright and my great aunt Matilda Ward (my grandmother's sister). Between ...Read more
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Fulham Memories
I was born in 1951 at Parsons Green maternity home. I have many memories of my mum's family. My nan lived in Bayonne Road, Escourt Road, Heckfield Place, Bramber Road, Cassidy Road, Fairholme Road and latterly Charleville Road, then ...Read more
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100 Melody Road. Wandsworth S.W.18
In 1943/4 My mother, brother and myself were bombed out of our home in Summerly Street. In that house we had a Morrison shelter and the night the bomb hit, a few houses away from our house, it affected our shelter ...Read more
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It also recalls the tragedy wreaked on the countryside by the Black Death and plague in the form of a graffito, '1350, wretched, fierce, violent - the dregs of the people survive to tell the tale'.
The A52 leads to Boston, and the A152 goes on to Spalding.
The square classical building with a pediment is Monkton Hill Wesleyan church, which stands on the site of the Black Horse (this inn is documented in 1750; it was built on land belonging to Monkton Manor
The Boot, the Royal George, the Rose and Crown, the Unicorn, the Bull's Head, the Griffin and the Black Horse were all a part of the Hastings' extensive grip on the town.
Victoria Pier used to be known as Crab Head until it was renamed following a visit by Princess Victoria with her mother the Duchess of Kent.
Maidstone was the head of navigation of the Medway for centuries.
on green turf, reminding us of Sir Edward Ford's activities nearby, whilst above them is the imperial Roman eagle (a reminder of Roman roads that ran through Sussex) wearing around its neck a black
Two bus stops are opposite each other: one is outside the shop advertising Zebrite, a black lead used to clean iron grates and the ranges found in most cottages.
The pencil works of A Banks on the right is an example of one of Keswick's major industries, founded on supplies of plumbago, or black lead, from the Seathwaite valley in Borrowdale.
bread, washed clothes, used carved spoons made of sycamore wood (it did not stain), cared for children and eagerly awaited the weekly carrier's cart to replenish their stocks of candles, lamp oil and black lead
Pencil making was one of Keswick's major industries, founded on supplies of plumbago, or black lead, from the Seathwaite valley in Borrowdale.
The two hanging signs on the left are for the Black Boy, where King George VI lunched during the Second World War.
The steps were never heard again after an Elizabethan house was bombed out and a workman found a string of beads.
The Black Lion was rebuilt in c1840, but stands on the site of an earlier inn of the same name, which can be traced back to c1660.
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