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Twelve Happy Months
I was born in Nant Gwynant in 1925 and lived there for the first 20 years of my life. In 1944 I was drafted into the army and served in German and Italy. Upon release in 1947, I decided to try and make a career in ...Read more
A memory of Nantgwynant by
Love That Place!
Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember ...Read more
A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by
My Childhood Garden Part Ii
Some months later, how long I cannot remember for the passing of time means little to a child, except that it always seemed so long for things to happen; but I found myself again seated in the back seat of another ...Read more
A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by
My Childhood Garden Part V
Beside the strawberry bed grew a large cooking apple tree that produced enormous green apples. We had a variety of both eating and cooking apple trees in the garden, the fruit from which was harvested and then ...Read more
A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by
Growing Up In Kielder
Living in Kielder from a child to a man ... I lived in Kielder from 1974-1995. I loved the way you could keep your front door unlocked. I could hear the river passing by my bedroom window, this was how quite it was. I am ...Read more
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Childhood In Benham Valence
It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more
A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by
I Lived Next Door
My family lived in the cottage next to the well during the Second World War and for a short time after. I have many very happy memories, including falling asleep on the stone monument on the moors, sitting on the stone wall of ...Read more
A memory of St Cleer in 1940 by
Clare Park
I lived in Larkfield but have very fond memories of Clare Park Secondary School. I only went there up to 4th year as in July 1980 we emigrated to Australia. I can remember the cross country run in the middle of winter and trying ...Read more
A memory of East Malling in 1979 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Childhood In Wreckenton
I started school at St Oswald's RC in 1944. We lived on Tanfield Road. I remember the head teacher was called Miss Wilfred, and later we had a headmaster called Mr Clancy. I remember when the war finished and we had to ...Read more
A memory of Wrekenton in 1940 by
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Next to him is Elizabeth's the outfitter's and then Mr Winter's jeweller's shop.
Apart from the need for something stronger, it was believed that the small arches restricted the flow of the Ouse and led to the formation of ice during the winter.
In the 1980s, the Historical Society made a good job of tidying up the approach to Sawley Abbey, and one enthusiast is in attendance on Sundays (not in winter) to explain the ruins.
The pavements have been removed and the post box in front of the Butter Cross has moved into Little Minster Street, next to the Vickers shop (right) that is now O2.
Also appearing in 1902 were Thornley Dodge and Madame Isa Stanley; for those who liked to show off their expertise there was dancing at the Winter Gardens.
It was laid out as 'winter gardens' with flower beds, where deck chairs could be hired.
Robert left an endowment of £1 a year for the clock in the tower to be wound, and ten shillings (50p) for the curfew bell to be rung daily at 5am and 8pm in summer, and at 6am and 8pm in winter
Rugby Club won the Sussex Trophy in 2003, and their home ground is in nearby Cuckfield, which is also used by athletes from the Haywards Heath Harriers during the summer months - during the winter
The minster finally became a cathedral in 1836.
By 1937 the town was being promoted as both a summer and winter resort, and hotels now occupied much of the sea front and the area behind it.
They appear to have been on the point of surrendering when one of them, said to be a servant of Sir John Winter, put a match to a barrel of gunpowder.
The tower was thought to date from the 12th century, but repairs in the winter of 1994 revealed a much earlier window, dating from about AD 980, in the south wall of the ringing chamber on the second
Richard Edmondson made an application under the General Pier and Harbour Act; his plan was to have a pier 307 yards long, with a grand pavilion, a conservatory or winter gardens, a theatre, a concert room
After the spire was removed in 1802 numerous schemes were drawn up to restore the building's former grandeur and in 1860 it was hoped to add a further 20 feet in order to give it a 'minster-like
This was the period of 'the Little Ice Age', when there were severe winters and the Thames frequently froze over, so farming life was hard.
The heavy clay soil, known to farmers as 'three-horse land', held water in winter and became deeply cracked in dry summers, and was difficult to work.
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