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Fergusson Family

My forbears Robert Fergusson and Margaret nee Scott left Ceanghline around 1806 and moved to a farm near Dingwall. Family hearsay has it that they followed a charismatic Moulin minister Alexander Stewart when he went to the Black Isle. Thereafter the family were named Ferguson with one s!

A memory of Ceanghline by Peter Semple

Beanz Dreamz...

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

Grocers? 2166 Coventry Road

Hi there. This isn't so much a memory of my own. More that I'm hoping to jog someone else's memory.... I have a unique little vehicle (Hillman Imp pick-up) and the logbook shows it was owned by a Mr R Adams of 2166 ...Read more

A memory of Sheldon by Graham Foy

Church Path, Mitcham And The People That Lived There

I was born in Collierswood Maternity Home, a very short time before it was bombed during the Second World War. The year was 1944. My family being homeless were housed in requisitioned properties in ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1944 by James Bonser

Greenwich In The 1940s And 1950s

I was born, during the Battle of Britain, at 8, Roan Street. Our back yard bordered St Alfege's churchyard. The house is not there any more because it had to be pulled down after the war. We had several 'near-hits' ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich by marionlangham

Hart Hill School 1954

I was born in 1949 and entered Hart Hill School in 1954. Those were the times when 5 year olds were taken to school by their Mums for about one week into the new term! There were so many kiddies in the surrounding area of ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Kay Blythe

Topliss Drapers 1882 1975

I wonder if anyone remembers Topliss, 16 Mercer Row? It was there until 1975 when it was taken over by Boyes. It was probably the last shop in Britain to have a "cash railway" for taking customers' payments to the cashier ...Read more

A memory of Louth by Andrew Buxton

My Childhood In Coldharbour

In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village.  My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by Rosemary Shields

Fish & Chips In Brightlingsea

During the late 40's and 50's we all travelled to Jaywick Sands for our summer and bank holidays and on the weekends made regular excursions to the nearby seaside resorts of Frinton and Walton-on-the Nase but my ...Read more

A memory of Brightlingsea by ducatee

I Lived At 45 Warrington Ave

I was born in Taplow in 1957, my parents shared a house (a semi) with my grandparents. They lived downstairs and us obviously upstairs. I attended St Anthony’s Catholic School on the Farnham Rd and at that time they had ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Bob Gough

Captions

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Caption For Streetly, The Village C1965

Housing development followed the railway, but the station closed in 1965.

Caption For Southampton, Pilgrim Fathers' Memorial 1924

Travelling aboard the 'Mayflower', the emi- grants had to put into Dartmouth and Plymouth following problems with the ship.

Caption For Burry Port, General View C1950

This general view shows typical houses of the time; the terrace in the foreground is followed by 1950s semis leading down to the waters of the inlet of Carmarthen Bay, with the Gower peninsular just visible

Caption For Oxford, St Aldates Church 1890

Following the Dissolution of the Monastries, it was acquired by the Crown before becoming part of Pembroke College.

Caption For Llansantffraid, The Church C1955

Constructed by local workers, the church does not conform to standard architectural styles; the Welsh refused to follow the fashions of the age.

Caption For Wareham, North Street C1955

Its streets, North, South, East and West, follow the pattern laid down by the Romans.

Caption For Durham, The Castle 1892

The keep is 14th century, though it was rebuilt in 1840 to house students following the creation of Durham University in 1832.

Caption For Crewe, Station C1965

This was followed by the Liverpool-to-Crewe line, and then south to London's Euston.

Caption For Blackheath, The Volunteer 1927

But it still caters readily for thirsty walkers following the numerous paths which criss-cross this lovely stretch of countryside.

Caption For Halstead, St Andrew's Church, High Street C1955

Much of the church dates from the 14th century, but the old west tower fell down and was rebuilt in 1850; further restoration followed.

Caption For Hornsea, The Mere C1955

Joseph Wade, a Hull timber merchant, had a strong influence on the development of a resort here following the arrival of the railway in 1864.

Caption For Devizes, The Market Place C1950

This particular view shows the curve of the street: this echoes the line of New Park Street and Monday Market Street, which follow the castle's banks and ditches.

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas's Church 1893

The present structure dates from the early 15th century, and has a leper squint through which lepers could follow the service.

Caption For Whitekirk, St Mary's Church C1955

The church was targeted by the suffragettes during a campaign of violence following the government's refusal to grant votes for women.

Caption For Cambridge, Market Place 1938

With stalls creaking under the weight of locally grown produce, there is no hint of the rationing to come after the outbreak of war the following year.

Caption For Holmbury St Mary, Post Office 1914

A church, shops and a village club all followed.

Caption For Glasgow, Crookston Castle 1897

It was to here that Mary Queen of Scots and Henry, Lord Darnley came following their marriage in July 1565.

Caption For Berkhamsted, The Canal And Lock C1965

Following an amalgamation with several other connected waterways, the Grand Union was formed in 1929.

Caption For Macclesfield, View From Buxton Road C1955

There was once a proposal to link Buxton and Macclesfield by light railway, by a route following the road.

Caption For Theale, Englefield House, The Terrace C1955

The house dates from the reign of Elizabeth I, but was largely rebuilt following a major fire which undermined the structure in 1886.

Caption For Matlock Bath, From High Tor C1955

Note how the road and the river are sandwiched into the narrow gorge cut by the River Derwent following the Ice Age.

Caption For Wiswell, Village 1906

The nearby medieval vicarage has a priest hole, often used during the Catholic persecution that followed the Reformation, as this, like many other villages in Lancashire doggedly clung onto the Old Faith

Caption For Eastleigh, North Stoneham Church C1955

Market Street c1955 Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed

Caption For Coulsdon, Public Library C1955

The Library was opened in May 1936, following the purchase of the land from the Southern Railway.