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Wyleboro Farm, Havering Atte Bower
Does anyone remember Wyleboro Farm in Havering atte Bower, owned by my grandmother Mrs Maggie Saward? She also owned the riding school near the Green with her sons John, Tom and my mother Nancy,and I ...Read more
A memory of Havering-atte-Bower in 1950 by
Wannock Tea Gardens In The 1950s Early 60s
I remember catching the charabanc from Brighton seafront on a Sunday afternoon with my Nanna and invarably choosing the Wannock Tea Gardens coach outing. I used to love going there, it was a real treat ...Read more
A memory of Polegate
Queens And Kingsland Dance Halls
What happy memories I recall of my early dancing days, learning to jive at the Queens Kingsland and New Brighton Tower. I went a lot with my older brother Cliffy Keogh, there were live bands then and only stayed ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead in 1957 by
Childhood
I lived in Old Coulsdon for many years, I used to do a paperound for Mr Cook who ran the paper shop on the Brighton road in Old Coulsdon. I spent many my summer holidays exploring Happy Valley and Devils Dyke and I used to be albe ...Read more
A memory of Old Coulsdon by
Coffin Ancestry
My great-grandmother was Ellen Amanda Coffin, she was a direct descendent of Richard Coffin who was granted the parish of Alwington and the surrounding area by William the Conqueror for his services during the Norman Conquest ...Read more
A memory of Alwington in 2011 by
Raf Bletchley 1950 51
Hello Former RAF Bletchley 'inmates,' I spent a couple of happy years at RAF Bletchley which I would describe as just a dormitory station where we ate, slept and relaxed during off-duty hours from our work at RAF ...Read more
A memory of Bletchley in 1950 by
Brighton Jazz Club
Used to visit the Brighton Jazz Club - at the Aquarium, at about the time this photograph was taken
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Marine Crescent
I recall as a child in the 1950s, being taken on outings from my grandparents' home in Litherland via Seaforth/ South Road stations to the beach at Marine Crescent, Waterloo. On a recent nostalgic trip there I was surprised ...Read more
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Awalk With Grandfather
A walk with grandfather « Thread Started Yesterday at 2:03pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Walk with Grandfather. I was about 11 years old, one summer's day, ...Read more
A memory of Stramshall in 1930 by
Weekend Visits From School
I was a partially deaf pupil at Ovingdean during the 1970s and as my home was a long way from there, I was one of the very few pupils that resided at the school during the weekends. I do remember two very profound ...Read more
A memory of Newhaven in 1974
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Two phases of Victorian expansion are shown here in this view along the Brighton Road heading south-east from the town.
Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.
The area was never as commercial as its sister New Brighton, but it was still a popular holiday destination.
William Phelps, alias Brighton Bill, the pugilist, died here after his brutal encounter with Owen Swift in 1838.
Seaforth, Bootle, Crosby, Brighton-le-Sands, Blundell Sands and Formby were easier to reach along the firm sand during the wet winter months.
Redhill grew from nothing after the building of the London to Brighton road in 1807 and the railway in 1841.
There are examples of Chailey pottery on display at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.
The inn in the photograph is offering Tamplins Brighton Ales.
Brighton made the seaside fashionable for the upper crust, and its wider popularity was settled when the railway made the connection in 1841.
These were retained as a feature when part of the Brighton Road was widened on either side and renamed The Broadway.
Unlike Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, Worthing never aspired to having an opulent purpose built Victorian hotel.
Harry Treacher Harry Treacher was a bookseller from Brighton.
They did not sink, and the two lighthouses on this coast were built on this same principle: Leasowe first, then New Brighton in 1827 at a cost of £27,000.
…Cornfields were seen where the Fairdene Estate now rises whilst High Street, Coulsdon [Brighton Road] did not exist.
An unsuccessful candidate for Brighton at the general election in 1832, he was returned for London in August 1833, and sat until he was defeated in June 1841.
An unsuccessful candidate for Brighton at the general election in 1832, he was returned for London in August 1833, and sat until he was defeated in June 1841.
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