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The Stone Family Of Margate
What wonderful memories I have of my childhood holidays in Margate. Reading others memories bring them all racing back. The children born just after the war were so lucky. Although we really had nothing as regards money ...Read more
A memory of Margate in 1880 by
Nash Court
I too was a member of St Matthew's church choir in Stretford, Manchester. I remember going to Nash yearly for some years in the 1960s. Some of the choir men also went but I think the organiser was the choirmaster Mr Ronald Frost, who was ...Read more
A memory of Nash in 1965 by
Cranford Shops 1980s 2010
Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more
A memory of Cranford
Growing Up In Lower Belvedere
My first real memory of Belvedere was that of starting school at St Augustines Primary around 1954. I can recall a wind up gramaphone which the teacher would frantically wind up to keep the music playing, even a ...Read more
A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by
The Raf Estate
We lived on the RAF estate in Ickenham during the late 1950s, in a semi-detached house at 14 Nettleton Road. Every RAF home mirrored the next; their furnishings were also identical. You could move from Scotland to England (which we ...Read more
A memory of Ickenham in 1957 by
Chislehurst & Sidcup School For Girls
My parents were so pleased when I won a scholarship to the Sidcup branch of the school and my father bought me the new-fangled biro (was there a propelling pencil the other end?) as a present. Mum could only ...Read more
A memory of Sidcup in 1950 by
I Know You!
It’s lovely to read all your memories especially yours Deb, my best friend! I was at Berwick Road Primary school from 1960-1965, I remember the aptly named Mrs Pie the dinner lady, also Mr Jones the new assistant head who had ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by
Kingsbury Road Prefabs
We lived in the prefabs in Kingsbury Road from 1955 until 1961, when we moved to Maple Grove off Church Lane. I remember taking our pets to the PDSA van in the swimming pool car park, which was a 300 yard walk for us. As ...Read more
A memory of Kingsbury in 1958 by
Hinton Blewett 1945 1946
I first saw Hinton Blewett on a late September day when arriving at my prep school, Colchester House. This was housed in Hinton Blewett Manor, which was its wartime home. Its true home was in Clifton, Bristol but ...Read more
A memory of Hinton Blewett in 1945 by
Post Office
I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post ...Read more
A memory of King's Caple in 1960 by
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Built in 1813 by Oxley of Alford, it is a five-sailer owned by the County Council and often open to the public.
In the centre is a motorbike and sidecar, a popular and affordable form of transport.
Calshot has long been popular with local people and holidaymakers for the views it affords of Southampton Water.This stretch of the Hampshire coastline is the perfect spot to watch all the comings
The town developed in the 19th century as a suburb of Manchester for those who could afford to live away from the smoke and grime, and could also spare the time to travel.
There is now a golf course here; and the shelter afforded by the Great Cumbrae makes Largs a first-rate place for boating.
But in the 16th century, Alford was also a major glass-making centre.
Elsewhere people paid to follow fashion and cover their houses with bricks; here that was a luxury few could afford.
Though cars were more affordable by the 1950s, engines, being thirstier by today's standards, needed more frequent refueling.
The thatched cottages of one or one and a half storeys with dormer windows are more villagey in character: there are remarkably few thatched houses in towns, but in Alford even the Manor House is thatched
The railway also turned Whitley Bay into commuter country for those who could afford to escape the grime of Newcastle.
Rothesay is the chief town of the County of Bute, and is situated in a well-formed bay, which affords safe anchorage in high wind.
As a result it was afforded the rare privilege of flying the White Ensign.
Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661
Standing some 800ft up, rising in green terraces above the village, it affords panoramic views with the erosion caused by rivers and frost action during the Ice Ages evident in the isolation of the
Calshot has long been popular with local people and holidaymakers for the views it affords of Southampton Water.
The second shop from the left is T E Clegg's shoe shop; how many fisher families could have afforded shoes?
At the end of the 18th century, much of the village was in disrepair because the previous owners, the Mordaunt family, were unable to afford the upkeep towards the end of their tenure.
That at No 30 is of particular interest; it afforded the occupants the very best of views of the public hangings that used to take place on Court Green.
Sir James Colquhoun of Luss developed Helensburgh in the late 18th century as a residential district for those who could afford not to have to live any nearer to Glasgow than was absolutely necessary.
Its survival in its near-original form probably owes much to the fact that its owners were often very stretched for cash and could never therefore afford to alter it, add bits on to it or change it in
The pier affords fine views of the shipping and docks of Liverpool, the Irish Sea, and the mountains of Wales.
A rough sea is coming onto the beach, but the pier affords protection to the dangerously narrow harbour entrance beneath the cliffs.
Built in 1813 by Oxley of Alford, it is a five-sailer owned by the County Council and often open to the public.
Now known as Truro School, the college was founded on the hill overlooking the city 10 years before this photograph was taken, 'affording a thorough English education at a moderate cost' for up to 120
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