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The Londesborough
My memories of the Londesborough in the mid to late sixties was that it was one of the city's music pubs. Around 1966 local bands (called groups then) played at the Londesborough, The Coach and Horses and the Burns. The ...Read more
A memory of York in 1966 by
Surbiton Road Photo
My parents owned the Tip Top Cafe which was on the right of the picture where you can just see a parade of shops with flats above, which is where I was born. The bus stop in the forefront is where I used to catch ...Read more
A memory of Hook in 1961
Glenboig Nicknames
Hi, I've put together a list of Glenboig nicknames - can you add to it? Here is a small selection of the nicknames. If you would like a copy of over 80+ Glenboig Nicknames, please send me an email. Also,i f you have any old ...Read more
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Small Timber Cottage; Dicks Mount, Burgh St Peter
Location: Burgh St Peter, Beccles: My sister and brother-in-law (Ronald and Shirley Miller), owned a small timber cottage above the dyke on Dicks Mount during 1960-1970's. It was a charming one or ...Read more
A memory of Beccles in 1966 by
Evacuation To Fonab Castle Sept.1939
Evacuation - September 3rd 1939 The government decided that mothers and children should be moved to the countryside away from areas at risk from bombing. On the 3rd, parents and children all gathered at their ...Read more
A memory of Pitlochry in 1930 by
Wrens Warren Camp
I'm reading a book. Came upon the name Christopher Wren (astronomer around 1683). Suddenly it slipped into my mind the combination Wrens Warren Camp and via google came upon this site. I'm Dutch, survived the winter of ...Read more
A memory of Colemans Hatch in 1945 by
Wallsend Central
Central Girls school Wallsend was operational during the ten years I was there from 1941. It was one of three large units that were respectively, The Infants, Boys, and Girls. We were segregated once we survived the 'Infant's, ...Read more
A memory of Wallsend in 1951 by
Upper Day House
The women of my father's family decided to go to Shropshire to get away from the bombs in London. There were about 7 women, mostly Harts, who went & rented Upper Day House with their children, about 10/11 children. The ...Read more
A memory of Church Preen in 1941 by
Remembering My Time Here
I was born in Louis Margaret’s Hospital in 1963. My dad was in 3 para, James Bruton nickname BUTCH. I had a serious burn on my hand whilst living in Macadam Square, not sure of number. I think at the time of my accident, my ...Read more
A memory of Aldershot by
Growing Up
I was born into a family called Burns, Mother's name Dorothy, Father's name Leslie. They was a hard working family with two daughters Margaret and Patricia then there was three boys, Robert, Stephen and . for me it was a place that we ...Read more
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On the village green, the memorial is mounted on to the pedestal of an old cross. The church of St Cuthbert is dedicated to that saint as he is thought to have stayed in the hamlet.
West of the crossroads, Church Street runs north from Frilford Road, behind the camera, to the church, glimpsed to the left of the big tree at the far end.
In the 12th century Friern Barnet belonged to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the church, notwithstanding extensive mid 19th-century additions, dates from around that time.
The pretty village of Shackleford, west of Godalming, has a mixture of houses in different styles, as evidenced here by the creeper-clad building on the right, the tall-chimneyed cottages with their neatly
Main Street here leads up to Beeford Road in the direction of the 13th-century church of All Saints, with its circular churchyard. This road also leads to the remains of the old castle.
Only the steam train (centre) interrupts the tranquillity of this scene. This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.
Here we see the river bridges and Nag's Head island, which separates the main river on the right and the back water on its left.
The Six Bells on the right is the last remaining public house in the village. It was built in the 16th century, and over the years is has been renovated, rebuilt and extended.
Still close to the Yorkshire county boundary and south- west of Harworth, Oldcotes village is situated at the crossroads of the A634 and A60; Main Street runs east from the A60 Doncaster Road
This lovely thatched, half-timbered inn has stood on this site, alongside the connecting road from Birkenhead to Neston, since 1611.
Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.
To the right is Church House, which shortly before this view was taken had ceased to be a farmhouse; the flint walls in front are remnants of its barns, retained as boundary walls.
This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller.
Crossing the River Clun in the valley is the most delightful medieval bridge, which we can see here just beyond the white van.
The Bethesda Baptist Chapel is seen in all its glory on the right.
The much-expanded village rests on an ancient site - the remains of a Roman house were found here, and the church has Saxon foundations.
Three years after William Cobbett rode through this stretch of countryside in August 1823, the Dale family came to Aldhurst Farm.
Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.
Here we have another view of the village, with its cottages and barns built in its local sandstone.
On the right, just above the Trustee Savings Bank, is the New Day furniture store; the building is now occupied by the 'Burnley Express'.
Cosby presents a most unusual configuration for a Leicestershire village, which with care and attention over the years could have been described as picturesque.
Note the fine heavy chimney stack. The cottages are now shops, but the timber-framed gabled range adjacent remains in residential use.
By now, the High Street was crammed with houses: all the plots had been filled.
Edwin Chadwick was in charge of the government campaign to sanitize towns and cities by cleaning up the water supply and trying to improve the habits of the growing populace.
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