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My Grandfather
I was born in 1953 and my Grandfather was already dead. His name was William Bowe and he was the last mill keeper at Hall Mill, although his son John, my uncle, ran a joinery business for a few years from there. Billy Bowe was the ...Read more
A memory of Workington in 1953 by
Childhood Holidays
I was evacuated during the war for a time to Whitwell and spent it with my Grandfather Walter Williams who lived almost opposite the Bull PH. My elder brother born 1938 was just about old enough to attend the local ...Read more
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The Cottages
The cottage nearest to the telegraph pole was my grandmother's. My uncles Ted and Bob lived there with her until they moved to Woodbine Farm, Langtoft. After they left, gran moved in with my family at the other end of the ...Read more
A memory of Gristhorpe in 1950 by
I Am A Beach Boy
I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more
A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by
Pitts Cottage
My nan Eliza Geal or Jelly as she was known, worked at Pitts Cottage doing the cooking in the 50-60s she lived at Park Cottages just down the road and her husband Sunny worked on the Squerrys Estate which was run by a Major Warde, his ...Read more
A memory of Westerham by
1966 69 Happiest Year Of My Childhood
Reading all the memories, mostly happy, and recollections from both staff and pupils at Warnham Court has opened the floodgates to my own happy, carefree school days. Gosh, so many people and ...Read more
A memory of Warnham Court School by
The Laws Kingennie
The Laws was a beautiful mansion-house in a perfect setting. The drive from the gardener's cottage (Mr Robb) up to the big house was a wonderful journey past mature trees, past the famous rock-gardens and lily pond, the ...Read more
A memory of Kingennie House in 1940
Bowes Rd
I lived in Bowes Road from 1980 until 1985, when circumstances meant I had to move away, but I always have good memories of the area, as some of my best times were spent there. I had reason to return recently and I could not take in ...Read more
A memory of Palmers Green by
R & H Law
My Grandfather, Harry Dewhurst, was a partner/owner (I am not sure of the exact commercial position) of R & H Law (Main Street, Grange-over-Sands) in the 1950s. I remember R & H Law having all all four shop fronts as per ...Read more
A memory of Grange-Over-Sands in 1960 by
Booths/Sadler St/Princes Road.
I tried to post on the board earlier, but may have botched up. But if it appears twice. Whoopsie! Now, I'm going back a bit... My grandparents Annie and Arthur Booth and their daughter (my mum) Barbara lived on Sadler ...Read more
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Packed to the gunwales, the newly-commissioned pleasure steamer 'Teal' leaves Bowness Pier for a trip on Windermere.At this time, private boat ownership was beyond the means of all but the wealthiest
An important sailing centre, Lymington was originally a Saxon port with shipbuilding in operation between the Norman era and the 18th century.
This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.
Both children clasp the toy of the era, a wooden hoop.
Three-storied 18th-century town houses, including the bow-windowed front of the Sykes Temperance Hotel, line the Market Place of Askrigg, a pleasant village in Upper Wensleydale.
A young lad balances precariously inside a small boat, whilst men work on the mast of a vessel moored starboard side to the jetty.
The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of the lake was originally a hand-rowed opera- tion.
This slightly later view looks across what has become the motor launch area of the Bowness boat station.
The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort for
This mansion just north of Richmond has been altered by successive owners: the Aske, Bowes and Wharton families, Sir Conyers D'Arcy, and, since 1763, the Dundas family, now ennobled as Marquesses of
Here we see St Martin's Church after its 1870 renovation, in an apparently spacious setting but with the buildings of old Bowness tightly packed behind.
Built in 1782 to designs by Thomas Baldwin, Somersetshire Buildings remain the most elegant and ornate in the street; the bowed centre house is a total contrast to the regular flat fronts of the other
This is the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted
From further up Bear Street we see what was demolished to allow the new road through.
A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.
St Martin's Square takes its name from the nearby parish church, which was consecrated in 1483 and contains medieval glass which is thought to come from Cartmel Priory.
This is the original hand-rowed ferry service across the narrowest part of the Windermere at Bowness Nab.
This small and delightful riverside town has a bustling quayside with a mix of pleasure boats and commerce in the shape of boat builders and repairers.
We can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers, in this post-World War II scene by Bowness pier.
In this post-Second World War scene by Bowness pier, we can see the large boats of the 1930s, the 'Teal' and the 'Swan', each taking the name of one of the Victorian steamers.
In this later picture, the 'Teal', a comparatively modern large boat, launched in 1936, approaches the steamer pier at Bowness.
It is easy to understand why this quarter of South Cerney, with its squat stone cottages ranged along the banks of the River Churn, are often photographed by day trippers.
Dotheboys Hall was where William Shaw ran his notorious Bowes Academy, upon which Charles Dickens based Dotheboys Hall in his novel 'Nicholas Nickleby'.
Looking up to the Granville Temperance and Commercial Hotel in Pump Square, several establishments that did provide alcoholic drinks may be seen among the 18th and 19th century buildings
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