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Royalty At Milford
In 1962 I was in Cledwyn Evan's class at the primary school. In the Summer terms Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother used to visit King Edward's School in Witley, and Mr. Evans led his class to the roundabout to see her go by. He ...Read more
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Where My Mum Was Brought Up
My grandfather was the lock-keeper at Roydon Lock after he came out of the army after the First World War. He had to have an outside job as he was shot in the neck and also mustard-gassed.
A memory of Roydon by
Heston Middlesex 1950s
It was good to see people's memories of Heston, as I spent much of my childhood there. My father was manager of a branch of grocers called Platts Stores Ltd, Norwood Green, although we were on the corner of Fern Lane Heston and ...Read more
A memory of Heston by
Growing Up
My father came back from war in 1946 I was born in 1948 in Salisbury my father rented a flint cottage in the middle of the woods at Beach’s barn (they were demolished many years ago ) my father was born in Everleigh the family were ...Read more
A memory of Beach's Barn by
St.Matthias Youth Club 1950s
I was born in December 1939 in Redhill Hospital which then changed to Edgware General. My parents Bill and Gladys Wyness lived in Marlow Court, Colindeep Lane and my maternal grandparents lived in Chalfont Court also in ...Read more
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Lady Neville Recreation Ground
I played here from 1970 onwards. Behind the building were the public loos. To the left of the building, and to the left of the entrance off Avenue Road was a hump, about 4 feet high with a double skin brick wall ...Read more
A memory of Banstead by
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I
Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox ...Read more
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Happy Days
I remember happy childhood holidays at Talacre. We would stay in a wooden chalet belonging to a friend of my Dad's. He would pick us up in his Ford Anglia, my dad would sit in the front. Then Mum, my sister Annette and myself would sit in ...Read more
A memory of Talacre by
Evacuee
My name was Evelyn Smith "Eve". I was evacuated to my uncle and aunt's home during the war. My uncle was Sidney Smith - he was station master. We lived at 3 Coombe Lea. Miss Richardson was our school teacher - a really beautiful ...Read more
A memory of Tipton St John in 1940 by
Forge Cottage (Blacksmith's Cottage)
My family and I lived in Forge Cottage (known to us as the Blacksmith's Cottage) from about 1962 to 1964, whereafter we emigrated to Canada. I have fond memories of the cottage and its low ceilings, the Aga ...Read more
A memory of Easthampstead in 1963 by
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Its very Dutch-looking curved and pedimented gables came when the house was rebuilt after fire destroyed the upper storey in 1674.
Various benefactors, including John Forest, Dean of Wells, came to the rescue, and work on the college was eventually finished.
As we look from inside the city walls through the arch to St Dunstan's Street, we can see the route taken by Henry II when he came as a penitent after the murder of Thomas Becket in 1174, and by Henry
In 1838 Queen Victoria came to drink the waters.
Farmers and merchants came from miles around to do their business here, and there were enough of them to support several inns.
Beer is famed for its quarries, which were worked by the Romans and have continued in use down the years.
on the edge of Hainault forest, has been much developed over the years, but the village still presents a deceptively leafy appearance.The bakery and tea-rooms are reminders that many Londoners came
The Cranfords came from Dittisham in the 1770s to set up a business dealing in tea and coffee.
Redcar was once the most northerly of the Yorkshire resorts and was famed for its horse racing.
Littleham became fashionable during the Georgian period when such notables as Lady Nelson, who was estranged from her naval hero husband, came to live in the village.
Southbourne has an unfortuate place in aviation history as the scene of the air crash that killed the pioneer pilot Mr Rolls, of Rolls Royce fame, in 1910.
At that time it was one of the biggest warehouses in England; the staff came largely from their factories in Dagenham.
A branch of the famed family lived nearby for over 400 years from 1490; round-the-world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester was one member.
Pilton is famed for its pop festivals, which started in 1970.
Before the arrival of the railway, Middleton One Row was aptly named; it consisted of just one row of Georgian cottages.
This is where busy port and tourism came together.
At this date, the old fashioned, rather cumbersome bathing machines were being replaced by bathing tents, the forerunners of the wooden huts which came later.
The ornate Waterhead buildings served an increasing trade of tourists to the area, particularly after the railway came to the Lakes in 1847.
Like similar parishes nearby, the wealth of this fen village came from wool.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842, and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.
Methodism came to the town during the 1740s and 1750s through the efforts of John Cheesborough and John Wesley.
Many travellers on the Brighton line will remember the Monotype name, as it was advertised along the factory buildings which backed on to the railway line.
William of Wykeham, of 'manners maketh man' fame, died here in 1404.
Power lines are visible in the picture, but electricity came to Chilbolton much later than many other communities.
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