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Memories

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Elmore Court The Bronets Of Guise

Elmore Court is a beautiful manor and ancient house with many acres of property which belonged to the Baronets of Elmore, the Guise family, since the 13th century. My great-great-grandfather, Martin George Guise, ...Read more

A memory of Elmore by Miguel De Althaus

Childhood Memories

I was born in Hereford County Hospital in 1945 and together with my twin sister was bought back to Broad View, Llangrove where I lived with my Mum and Dad and older brother from 1945 until I got married in 1965. My Dad had ...Read more

A memory of Llangrove in 1950 by Sheila Gwilliam

Cranford Shops 1980s 2010

Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more

A memory of Cranford

Nannas House

I remember going to my nana's house in Roddymoor, it was only a bungalow but I was so small I thought it was massive, haha. I remember jumping the little ditch near her house. I remember taking pictures of the horses.

A memory of Roddymoor by Leah Crossling

My Childhood In Knatts Valley

I was born in Knatts Valley, in a bungalow belonging to George and Elsie Lines of Lynwood, friends of my mother and father. George became my Godfather, and one of my names is also George. I was supposed to have been ...Read more

A memory of Otford in 1940 by Rod Duffy

Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s

I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Brian Veall

Some Childhood Years In Sorbie 1932 T0 1937

The family moved from Reay in Caithness to Sorbie in 1932 - I was 2 years old and had a sister who was 12 years old and a brother, 10 years old, so there was a huge difference in ages and I was brought up ...Read more

A memory of Sorbie in 1930 by Fionn Young

Bad Memories

I was in the Sanatorium, the children's section, aged seven in 1949 suffering from TB, my mother was sent there the following year and stayed in the woman's section, also with TB, and unfortunately she died there after just a ...Read more

A memory of Chandler's Ford in 1949 by Geoff Merritt

Bestwood Lodge

After browsing this site in search of any information or memories about Bestwood Lodge. Nothing comes up other than Bestwood Village. So I thought I would add my own. So here goes...........Is there anyone out there who ...Read more

A memory of Bestwood Village

1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years

I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by Dora Murphy

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Captions

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Caption For Hixon, Green Man Inn C1955

In the 19th century the Bank House brewed its own beer: the wall and steps of the malt kiln and the cellar can be seen on the right.

Caption For Chelmsford, Moulsham Street 1919

The cluster of half-timbered houses dated from the late 15th century. Known as The Friars, they marked the position of the Dominican priory's gatehouse.

Caption For Broadway, The Village 1899

A number of the old houses here were originally inns, for Broadway lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

Caption For Winchcombe, Jacobean House And Church C1955

The Jacobean House in Queen Square is constructed of the same beautifully coloured stone as many of its simpler neighbours.

Caption For Hawkshead, Flag Street 1892

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

Caption For Porthcawl, Rough Seas C1960

rough seas breaking over the Lower Promenade, with a fine view along the Promenade: from the right we can see the Esplanade Hotel, the Grand Pavilion, the Westward Ho Hotel, and private houses

Caption For Aldbrough, The George And Dragon C1955

This quaint public house was probably built on the site of a coaching inn. The present building was constructed in the late 17th century, and it underwent remodelling in the 19th century.

Caption For Hitchin, The Croft 1929

Though altered over the years, parts of this old house dated from the 1400s. Though not ideal, its replacement is at least in keeping with the character of Bancroft.

Caption For Botley, Church Lane C1955

The lane is narrow and has its attractive, individually designed houses which appealed so much to William Cobbett and, indeed, to others who see them today.

Caption For Patrixbourne, Village 1903

The Tudor-style houses in the village are, however, imitations constructed around the middle of the 19th century.

Caption For Mardy, The Village C1965

Since this picture was taken, the 'village' has undergone further housing developments which mean that it has become a suburb of Abergavenny.

Caption For Colchester, Trinity Street 1921

The lamp on the left lights the alley to Tymperleys, a superb late 15th-century timber-framed house, now a clock museum.

Caption For York, Skeldergate Bridge C1885

It was the toll house, and until 1914 it cost a halfpenny to cross. Opposite, in St George's Field, was the ducking stool used for scoundrels and females who served false measures or brewed bad beer.

Caption For Askrigg, Post Office 1911

Many of the buildings along the main street are imposing, three-storey houses, dating from the period when the town was a centre for lead-mining, cotton and worsted manufacture.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, High Street 1929

the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted houses

Caption For Old Basing, 1898

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

Caption For Bishops Cleeve, The Village C1955

This photograph demonstrates very clearly the relationship between church and manor house in earlier times.

Caption For Tiverton, The Park Entrance 1920

Children's wear apart, this view is unchanged save the removal of the trellis to the left-hand front of the house. Needless to say, the trees have also grown a little.

Caption For Dell Quay, C1960

While sitting in the garden of the very popular Rose and Crown public house, visitors can still enjoy this view of the ancient estuary today.

Caption For Mundford, The Stores And King's Head C1960

This is a large village with a number of neat houses. It is close to the River Wissey and the main road to London.

Caption For Buriton, High Street C1960

Edward Gibbon, who wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, lived at the Manor House as a child.

Caption For Warminster, Silver Street C1955

The house on the right with the double flight of moulded steps, known as The Cedars, is late 18th- century.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Mill From Longbridge C1955

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.The Millers House seen here is all that remains of a much larger building; it is now almost invisible from

Caption For London, Royal Exchange 1886

The photographer is standing on the Mansion House balcony looking directly at the Royal Exchange. Proclamations announcing a new monarch or a dissolution of Parliament are read from the steps.