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Daresbury Firs And Other Memories
Brought up in the Square I have happy memories of playing in Daresbury Firs. The blue bells were always marvellous in the spring! I used to help my stepdad (Roy Forster) collect leaf mould for his vegetable ...Read more
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Memory
Grandmother used to live on the slip; she was housekeeper to Mr. Sales and we used to walk over the marshes to Reedham Swing bridge to visit relatives in Reedham. There was a farm on the corner owned by Chubbocks and I used to collect ...Read more
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Holidays In Coldingham
Until we emigrated to the U.S. in 1948, my family spent our summer holidays in Coldingham with Cha Crowe & family, also, Johnny Walker, known as Walker the Butcher whose son Ian still has his butcher shop in Eyemouth. ...Read more
A memory of Coldingham in 1940 by
Daniel Adamson
I recall, as a young police constable, going for a trip on the MSC barge 'The Daniel Adamson'. This was from no 8 dock at Manchester, just by the Trafford swing bridge. The trip went though Mode Wheel locks, Latchford ...Read more
A memory of Manchester Ship Canal in 1972 by
Ledston School L
In 1957 l went to Ledston Hall school at the Time it was a boys boarding school. My stay was short only one year as the school moved to breckenburgh Hall near Thirsk. Sadly Ledston Hall was deamed to be unsafe. I have a lot of memories about the school.
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Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978
I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more
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Does Anyone Have Any Information About St Joseph's Rc Poor Law School For Girls Which Existed In Southall Between 1918 1930 Ish.
Hello I'm trying to find out the name of the convent that my Mother grew up in in Southall. She was left there as an orphan as a 2 or 3 year old in 1915 and lived there being looked after by nuns until she ...Read more
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Stilings Pharmacy Courtenay Street
I have just bought a print of Frith's postcard of Courtney Street in 1955 and am delighted to see the premises named "Stilings Pharmacy" on the right of the picture. My father ran this business for the Misses ...Read more
A memory of Newton Abbot in 1940 by
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
Phil Munton
Hi, I've recently discovered this while doing research on a book I am writing and was interested to hear how many people from Selsdon remember their childhood and, in most cases, enjoyed the village as I knew it as a good place to grow ...Read more
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A car passes up the High Street, while a horse-drawn conveyance comes down the hill.Wright's Garage, on the right, emphasises that shortly after the First World War the internal combustion engine had
The MV 'Coronia' - famed for its part in the 'Little Ships' rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940 - returns to port.
In its day, Grimsby was the biggest fishing port in the world.
In its day, Grimsby was the biggest fishing port in the world.
Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.
Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.
Thomas Hardy lived in Wimborne for a short period during his first marriage.
The village becomes busy in the summer with visitors seeking Crantock Beach, which is a short distance away.
In its early years it developed into a substantial fishing port with two deep-sea fishing companies, a fish quay and ice-house, and ship repairing facilities.
Until near the middle of the 20th century, there was plenty of choice for a short sea trip in a rowing boat, a sailing boat, a motor boat or even a speed boat.
The white building close to the beach is the Rashleigh Arms; just to the right is a short slipway up to the old lifeboat house, which was used until 1922 but is now converted to a café and shop.
All Saints' Church is an interesting one, with Anglo-Saxon 'long and short work' quoins to the nave and an Anglo-Saxon tower with an elaborate Norman west doorway and arcading.
This is another of the Lincolnshire churches that has Anglo-Saxon long and short stone work in the tower.
This village must qualify for having had one of the most short-lived halts in railway history.
Shortly afterwards the bandstand was removed to this spot from its position on the promenade.
Judging by the crowd gathering on the beach, it looks as though a seaside concert party will shortly be giving a performance.
The pebble and sandy beach provides views along the coast to Worthing pier; just a short distance inland are the grassy slopes of Highdown Hill, which has long been a popular recreational
In the background a ferry heads into port.
What makes the Wet Dock so useful is that it is a non-tidal section of the port.
Sixty years on, Beccles has declined as a port, with goods being carried more by road.
More interesting are the three windows to the left of this poster; these belonged to Mr Short, a local photographer, whose photographs adorned these windows in neat rows.
The swords on the county coat of arms are seaxes, the short swords or sword knives used by the Saxons, which may in fact have been straight rather than curved.
Paddle steamers provided pleasure trips and a bus service of sorts out to the coastal ports of Harwich and Felixstowe.
The shops which lined the steep road down to the pier were demolished shortly after for being 'unhygienic and ugly'.They sold all manner of seaside items from postcards, buckets and spades, paddling
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