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Memories

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Fun Times

I was born in Lower Aire Street in 1944, my brother was born in 1942. I left when I was 8 years old but can still remember the street. We lived next door to Mr and Mrs Wiley on one side and Mrs Hargreaves on the other ...Read more

A memory of Windhill in 1944 by Christine Thomas

My Early Childhood Years

My grandfather worked at Murex down by the river and I loved being able to pick him up from work on the odd occassion with my late Mum, Dad and younger sister as we would be allowed to see any boats passing. I still love ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1964 by Rosemary Singleton

Born In Fenny Stratford

I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera  Cusack.                      Just after the begining of the war my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1948 by Kathleen Roberts

My Second Home

Right from a small child i have grown up loving Wells-next-the-Sea, my dad used to take us on holidays there and we stayed in a little cottage which was a short walk to the quay where my brother and I would wander down to ...Read more

A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1969

Pinehurst Childrens Home Park Rd Camberley

Memories of Camberley come from my childhood days as an orphan residing at 'Pinehurst', a Surrey County Child Welfare Home 1949-1953. I was put there as a 9-year-old and recall spending a very happy ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1949 by David Share

Whitethorn Morris Dance With The Flowers Of May In Denham

Correct me if I am wrong but I think that this view shows the splendid canal side pub which I remember as "The Malt Shovel". One fine evening in May 2004 the dancers from two Harrow based ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

Happy Days

My father bought a horse and gypsy caravan in the summer of 1946.He borrowed another horse from his brother and was able to take the caravan to Shoebury Hall camp site. He painted 'Happy Days' on the caravan door. We had the ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness in 1946

Lymington In The 1940s

My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1944 by Brian Veall

Happy Days

I was just reading 'Formative years in Kirn'. Yes they were good. I used to fish off Kirn pier for cat fish for Mrs Drovandi's cat and in exchange she would give me an ice cube. I remember Reggie Brooks and the boats - We used to live in ...Read more

A memory of Kirn in 1950 by Elizabeth Lewis

Broadstairs And St Mary's Home 1957

I was 6 years old and had had bronchitis and asthma and so I was sent away from smoggy London to St Mary's Home in Broadstairs. I was taken with other young children on a train by a nurse in a brown uniform. ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1957 by Tessa Farthing

Captions

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Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge 1921

The rowing boat in this view is approaching the boat slide, the abutment of which is just visible on the far left.

Caption For Colchester, Castle Gardens River Colne 1904

This small and delightful riverside town has a bustling quayside with a mix of pleasure boats and commerce in the shape of boat builders and repairers.

Caption For Port St Mary, From Harbour 1901

During the second half of the 19th century it became common practice for boats to go into south-east Irish waters and fish for mackerel from March to June, to return to Man for the herring season,

Caption For Thorpe St Andrew, The River Yare 1919

The boating business is still there; it is now called Hearts Cruises, and has a wider range of boats than in 1919.

Caption For Newby Bridge, River Leven 1914

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

Caption For Ranworth, Broad 1934

It is a busy day for the small Ranworth Broad, with sailing boats and dinghies out as well as a large motor cruiser.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From Hillsborough 1906

The wind-rippled water sets the craft pitching and rolling gently as the man in the nearest lower foreground boat attends to its moorings, with one eye anticipating its motion.

Caption For Orford, The Quay C1965

Here the shingle beach is thick with pleasure sailing boats of various types and sizes.

Caption For Walton On Thames, The Swan Hotel 1908

Girls pose with shrimping nets outside the Swan Hotel, with its boats for hire.

Caption For Bournemouth, Swanage Boat 1908

Given that this part of the coast had a small number of harbours, the coastal pleasure boats were moored alongside Bournemouth's Pier.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, Boat Station And Old England Hotel 1893

There are plenty of rowing boats for visitors at the Bowness Boat Station in this photograph, taken just six years after No 20451.

Caption For Stalham, The Staithe C1935

In contrast, an evening scene further along the cut shows holidaymakers enjoying the company of other boat people whose boats are moored alongside.

Caption For Filey, The Promenade C1960

There are swing boats and roundabouts for the little ones.

Caption For Reading, The Promenade And River C1955

Taken from the south bank promenade, this view looks west past the eight-oar racing boats on their stands.

Caption For Howth, The Harbour 1897

A safely loaded rowing boat is pushed away from the stone quay of the commercial harbour leading out into Belfast Lough.

Caption For Aberaeron, The Harbour C1955

The original plan for building the town included a harbour, which provided a large and safe place for coastal vessels and fishing boats.

Caption For Runcorn, The Locks C1955

A pair of boats prepares to enter a lock.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

The lake is now restricted to boaters; they may take out a skiff, but no private motor boats or any such thing noisy and anti-social.

Caption For Shepperton, The Lock 1890

Many devotees of boating consider that the River Thames is at its best around Shepperton, particularly when a regatta is being held, with boats crowding the river and excited spectators

Caption For Braunston, The Canal C1965

Early holiday boats like this were often converted from old working boats.

Caption For Scarborough, The Sands And The Harbour 1890

The sheer volume of boats in the South Bay is amazing.

Caption For St Mawes, The Harbour C1955

Its sheltered harbour was once for fishing boats, but it is now very much a haven for boating, holidays and retirement.

Caption For Barnstaple, Trinity Church And River 1935

Billy Moore's Boat Station - across the water - was built on a raft which floated up and down with the tide.

Caption For Abingdon, Stert Street 1893

The punts and rowing boats have long since disappeared, and the Boat House has been demolished, though the landing stage is still used by Thames pleasure steamers from Oxford.