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930 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

Welbeck Colliery Village Now Know As Meden Vale

My Grandparents moved to Welbeck Colliery Village about 1926, when my mother was 10 years old, and stayed in the same house at the bottom of Elkesley Road until they went into care in the 1970s. ...Read more

A memory of Meden Vale by Christine Davies

Court Crescent Junior School And Wellinger Way

I was born at my Grandmother's home at No: 50 Hand Avenue on the Braunstone Estate. When I was about 3 we moved from Grandma's to our own home at No: 9 Wellinger Way. I went to Queensmead ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town by Jaycie Perkins

Return Of A Native

Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1988 by André Goddard

Butterflies

I believe my great uncle Edward Goodwin of Canon Court, Wateringbury, donated his Butterfly and Moth Collection to the Maidstone Museum on his death in 1934. Since that time I think the museum was burnt down, and of course, the butterfly collection too.

A memory of Maidstone in 1930 by Valerie Cornwell

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

Crichel House During The War Years

Dumpton House (Preparatory) School was evacuated to Crichel during the Second World War from Broadstairs in Kent. My older brother (Paul Cremer) was already at the school and due to the war my parents sent me ...Read more

A memory of Crichel Ho in 1940 by Jonathan Cremer

The Court In Diss

I lived in the Court in Diss as a 3 and 4 year old girl. My father was in the US Airforce so we moved all over the world. The Court has special memories for us. My sister Sharon was born in the house. I remember beautiful gardens, ...Read more

A memory of Diss in 1954 by Adrienne Love Workman

My Childhood In Merllyn Cyffylliog

My parents lived in Merllyn from 1947 till 1996 when they had to leave. An idyllic childgood with many characters about....Dic Dun who wnadered about and slept in hedges, a fascination to a child. Will Tom ...Read more

A memory of Cyffylliog in 1956

Manfred Mann/Merseybeats Gig In West Wickham

Re Malcolm's question 'does anyone remember the gig?'. I do. I was 10 and had no interest in music at that time and my parents hated pop music. Our house backed onto the tennis courts in Blakes ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by David Hayhoe

Walton Colliery

My name is Roland Mitchell. I worked at Walton colliery as a haulage hand. I worked alongside Percy Heckles, Alan Jennings, Phillip Casgoin and Phillip Redmond and a young lad by the name of George Bernard Shaw. ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1971 by Roland Mitchell

Captions

532 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Chard, Fore Street C1955

Right of the Westminster Bank stands Manor Court, which was built as a merchant's house in 1550; in the upper rooms, some ceilings still retain their fine plasterwork decoration.

Caption For Southport, Kings Gardens 1921

A view across the Promenade, tennis courts, and King's Gardens to Pleasureland. The Gardens were part of a scheme to enhance Southport's image as a garden city.

Caption For Maldon, High Street 1891

Initially a defensible tower, it was later given over to civic purposes: a court and a police station were housed here. Until 1974 the council used to meet in the room above the clock.

Caption For Maldon, High Street 1906

Initially a defensible tower, it was later given over to civic purposes: a court and a police station were housed here.

Caption For York, Assize Court, The Castle C1885

Two of the courts are still used on a daily basis.

Caption For Henley On Thames, The Tow Path C1955

On the Henley bank we can see the old 1913 grandstand with a glimpse of Phyllis Court in the trees behind. The grandstand was rebuilt in 1993.

Caption For Ibsley, The Old Beams C1955

Not far away is Moyles Court, a school, and between here and Ibsley there are some lakes.

Caption For Cambridge, 1st Eastern General Hospital C1918

The 1st Eastern General Hospital was set up in Nevile's Court in Trinity College at the beginning of World War 1, with beds placed around the cloisters.

Caption For Winchelsea, The Court Hall 1894

At the junction of High Street and Higham Green, opposite the chancel of St Thomas's Church, is the old Court Hall, a 14th-century building restored and altered in the 19th century as a museum.

Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1893

The Pitched Stone Court at Raglan took its name from the pitching or cobbling of its surface.

Caption For Tredegar, Bedwellty Park C1955

The ladies` shelter in the park was well known to courting couples, but unfortunately this building became so vandalised that it has now been demolished.

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

Augustus John, the painter, lived at Fryern Court, north of the village, from 1927 to 1961.

Caption For South Petherton, Monks Corner C1960

Its old fives wall (fives is a ball game played in a walled court) was saved and restored.

Caption For Chesham, Blucher Street C1950

Brandon's on the right is now Brandon House, and Broadway Court beyond lost its shopfronts in the 1980s.

Caption For Margate, Clifton Baths Promenade 1897

The luxurious Cliftonville was built in 1868; it sported its own tennis courts, croquet lawns and cricket pitch. It was demolished in

Caption For York, The Castle C1885

As we look east over Skeldergate Bridge and the River Ouse to the left we can see the Assize Court; to the centre, standing out against the skyline is the spire of what was the Debtors' Prison and

Caption For Abergavenny, Sugarloaf From The River 1898

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks. It was re-named by William Nevill, Marquess of Abergavenny, when he bought it in 1890.

Caption For Abergavenny, Sugarloaf From The River 1898

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle House 1914

From the late 19th century, after the Marquess had bought Nevill Court, the lodge was leased to tenants, who supplied refreshments to visitors.

Caption For York, The Minster, Choir East 1921

Made in the 13th century, it is larger than a tennis court. Releading of the window was begun when it was removed during the second world war for safety; the mammoth task took ten years to complete.

Caption For York, The Minster, Choir East 1921

Made in the 13th century, it is larger than a tennis court.

Caption For Weybridge, Prince's House C1960

It has subsequently been demolished and replaced by blocks of flats called Prince's Court. The grassy area in the foreground is the present-day location of the Yool memorial.

Caption For Worthing, Stanhoe Hall Hotel 1899

In 1899, G H Warnes converted York Terrace into Worthing's premier hotel, with a Palm Court sextet performing daily in the ballroom.

Caption For St Johns, Tynwald Hill 1903

The modern Court of Tynwald includes the island's Governor, the ten-member Legislative Council, and the House of Keys.