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Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

Hazel Slade House Racing Stables

I was an apprentice jockey with master Robert Charles Ward from 1954 to 1960, then I went in the Forces, then I emigrated to Australia and now live in Victoria, in Langwarrin. With reference to Mrs Gillian ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford in 1954 by Clive Brookes

Great Haseley

I was five when I moved to Great Haseley from Newington, near Stadhampton, with my mother, father and brother. The year was 1957 and Horse Close Cottages was a new housing estate - we were thrilled to have a bathroom and an ...Read more

A memory of Great Haseley by Linda Twibill (Nee Ring)

The Brook

Wonderful memories! It was awonderful place to have grown up. I learned to swim in the brook, aged about 11 years. I wonder who wrote the following which I was taught in school. Very appropriate! "Little stream flowing ...Read more

A memory of Gayton by Sylvia Pugh

Childhood

I was born in May Street and then moved to Brook Street where I went to school. It was very handy as I only lived across the road. I then went to the secondary school where I played hockey for the 2nd Eleven. I still live here now. ...Read more

A memory of Snodland by Sandra Malyan

2up And 2down!

My father was born in Ford Street Hockley Brook Birmingham in 1936. He was the youngest of 6, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Ford Street consisted of a row of houses on one side and factories on the other side. The houses were 2 up ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1940 by Raymond Parlett

Bernard Knowles Brook

My grandmother was Lydia Brooks, her father was Bernard Knowles Brook. She lived with my mum and me at Burton Agnes Hall gatehouse until her death in 1949. My mother was Eedna Brook Wilson, born in 1904. Lydia Brook married ...Read more

A memory of Keadby in 1900 by Edward Horsley

Central House Kemerton

My father Raymond John Price, known as John, was born in Central House on the 8th 0ctober 1918, his father was George Price and mother was Sophia Jane Price. My father was called up to served in the Royal Navy during the ...Read more

A memory of Kemerton in 1952 by Nicholas Price

St Andrews Church

I can remember the old St Andrews in Brook Road, which was demolished and the new church built in its place. Wonderful old building, tiny spiral stairs to the balcony level, beautiful. Shame I have no pictures.

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1960 by Rosie Bishop

Happy Days

Oh the memories stored away!! Charlie's opposite Cove Green, going there for sweeties on a Sunday, Cove Green (not as good as Tower Hill swings though!), Mundays closing at 1pm on Sundays, Thorntons with its yellow facade, and wool etc, I ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Ann Mozdzer

Captions

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Caption For Lulworth, 1894

Lulworth Cove is perhaps the most famous tourist attraction on the Dorset coast, immortalised in novels, poems and paintings.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, Beach And A Steam Boat C1955

The beauty of Lulworth Cove has always attracted writers and artists.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, Beach And A Steam Boat C1955

The beauty of Lulworth Cove has always attracted writers and artists.

Caption For Monxton, St Mary's Church 1888

Tucked away among trees by Pill Hill Brook, Monxton Church, with its shingle-faced belfry and broach spire perched on the gable, was rebuilt in early Victorian times.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall Gardens C1960

The gardens are laid out on a site that slopes gently down towards Rope Walk and The Brook, offering a pleasant place in the centre of town in which to stroll or sit, and perhaps recover

Caption For Cosby, The Barn C1965

This view looks towards the brook from behind the chestnut tree we can see to the left in No C433010.

Caption For Andover, Anton Mill 1906

Little Ann Village C1955 Ann or Anna was originally the name for the shining stream now known as the Pillhill Brook, a tributary of the River Anton.

Caption For Evershot, The Village C1965

Evershot has changed little in character since the Tudor topographer Leland described it as 'a right humble towne'.

Caption For Wainfleet, The River C1955

This is the Steeping river flowing towards the Wash and the North Sea.

Caption For Grantchester, Village 1914

The Old Mill 1914 'And laughs the immortal river still Under the mill, under the mill'.

Caption For Sheffield, Whirlow Brook Park C1955

Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones.

Caption For Sheffield, Whirlow Brook Park C1955

Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones.

Caption For Benson, High Street C1965

Brook Street c1955 Bensington is Benson's proper name; it was once an ancient British city.

Caption For Linton, The Church C1955

In 1897 the vicar employed district visitors to serve the growing congregation, estimated at 1,200 people with 240 regular communicants.

Caption For Wainfleet, The River C1955

This is the Steeping river flowing towards the Wash and the North Sea.

Caption For Ramsey, High Street C1955

The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.

Caption For Uplyme, Yawl Bottom 1900

A walk through the countryside around Uplyme often takes you as much into Dorset as Devon, for the county border weaves around the ridges, woods and tiny brooks of the locality.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Manor House Tennis Court 1892

Bexhill's ancient manor house was a retreat for the Bishops of Chichester in the Middle Ages, before passing into the ownership of several notable English families such as the Dorsets and Brooks

Caption For Dinas Powys, Cwrt Yr Ala 1900

This house was built in the early 1800s by Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.

Caption For Wethersfield, The Green 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For Calbourne, Winkle Street C1955

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Elsenham, Fullers End C1960

Herrington's window (right) is a treasure-trove of 1960s grocery products: Lyons Swiss Rolls, Brooke Bond Tea, Woodbines, and Bev.

Caption For Calbourne, Winkle Street C1955

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight.