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Salfords Memories Of A Small Boy

We lived in Salfords from about 1948-1952, at the top of Honeycrock lane. Yes Angela, you did pay in the cubicle in the butcher's and the baker's shop was Cakebread's - very appropriate. I went to the old ...Read more

A memory of Salfords in 1948 by John Lund

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

Holidays In Laugharne

I and my family stayed at the Ferry House, next to the Boat House from 1965 to 1973. The house was then owned by the wife of my dad's boss and we used to be able to go for a fortnight each summer. We used to park our car, ...Read more

A memory of Laugharne in 1965 by Julia Hammonds

Those Lovely Days

These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and ...Read more

A memory of Greylake in 1955 by Marilyn Kick

Pav's Tea Gardens, Westgate

Pav's Tea Gardens in St Mildred's Bay was a place where I spent my youth, owned by Herbert Smith the famous film producer, the cafe was full of stills from the films he had worked on, there must have been over ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Barrie Smith

Cheadle In The Second World War

I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by Terry Brooks

I Was Born Here

Seeing this photo brings back many happy memories, on the left of the photo are two black gates and the first cottage next to them is where I was born back in 1955. Shortly afterwards they were demolished and a service road was put ...Read more

A memory of Twyford in 1955 by Stephen Bennett

Hinton St George Estate Telegraph Dept

I have an old wall phone from the thirties that has a label marked "Hinton St George Estate Telegraph Dept". It is very unusual for an estate to have its own telephone department, and I would love to ...Read more

A memory of Hinton St George by Geoff Mawdsley

Cargo Fleet

When I look back, they were probably the best years of my life though I didn't think so at the time, my mam had parted from my dad, I was 12, had never heard of Cargo Fleet, had lost my dad and was taken to this place Id never ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1968 by Alison Jones

Those Were The Days 2

It didn't change until the sixties when the station was rebuilt and opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 in 1961. I watched the whole building project from start to finish from the comfort of my bedroom window. When it ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

Captions

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Caption For Rustington, The Village C1960

All along the coastal belt, but rarely extending more than a few miles inland, rounded beach flints or cobbles were used for walls and every type of building.

Caption For West Hoathly, The Village 1895

The churchyard consists of six terraces, each one characterised by a retaining wall. The church dates back to 1096; opposite it lies the picturesque 500-year-old Priest House.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate 1908

The adjoining walls and buildings were subse- quently destroyed so that traffic bypassed the gate.

Caption For Polperro, Fishing Boats 1924

'Imagine some stupendous giant ...arising out of the sea and letting his axe fall slantwise upon the rocky wall so that it is riven from crown to base.'

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Norman Tower 1898

It was flanked by the high Abbey precinct wall, and the arched entrance with supporting towers formed a porch.

Caption For Mullion, 1939

On the right, the harbour wall has been badly damaged by a storm; it was not fully repaired until after the war.

Caption For Yarcombe, Yarcombe Inn C1955

The walls we see here lining the churchyard path have since been removed.

Caption For Minchinhampton, Church Interior 1901

The nave walls have been plastered and whitewashed and the chancel ceiling embellished.

Caption For Oban, Dunstaffnage Castle 1901

It was equipped with a high curtain wall 10 ft thick and round towers.

Caption For Nottingham, The Statue Of Robin Hood C1955

It is positioned just outside the castle walls.

Caption For Cound, Cound Hall 1936

Built in 1704, this fine mansion is especially famous for its superb staircase which is described as 'flying' up the back wall.

Caption For Cadnam, The Forest Stores And Post Office C1960

A Calor Gas stockist, the shop also boasts Brooke Bond and Walls ice cream. The parasol outside advertises Martini. On the left of the picture are the familiar red telephone box and post-box.

Caption For Ely, The Cathedral, West Front C1955

The magnificent west front of the cathedral overlooks the Cannon Green; since this picture was taken the fence has been replaced by a new wall. In 1986 massive restoration work was required.

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral, From The North West C1862

The wall of the cloisters, a feature of monastic buildings, can be seen on the right of the picture, although no monks ever dwelled within these!

Caption For Salisbury, High Street Gate 1894

The High Street Gate (sometimes called the North Gate) is still closed every evening, a practice that has continued since about 1340AD when the wall surrounding the cathedral was completed, thus

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The flint-walled boatshed on the left is now obscured by a gift shop/information centre.

Caption For Newlyn, Harbour 1908

Boats are drawn up on the beach under the walls of the fishing township, and their nets are drying on the rails beside the slipways.

Caption For Market Harborough, 1922

Beyond the high brick wall with its iron restraints, a very good array of Georgian houses lead the eye into the market place and on to St Dionysius Church.

Caption For Peterborough, Cathedral 1919

If these great walls had ears, they had undoubtedly heard it all before.

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral, Nave East 1897

The fine vaulted roof is clearly visible, as is the leaning north wall of the nave, sloping outward as it rises.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Shakespeare's Birthplace Before Restoration C1850

It had undergone a number of incarnations since the Bard's day, but the timber framework, the floors and some of the internal walls are as they were in the 16th century.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Shakespeare's Birthplace Before Restoration C1850

It had undergone a number of incarnations since the Bard's day, but the timber framework, the floors and some of the internal walls are as they were in the 16th century.

Caption For Steep, Kettlebrook 1898

In this photograph the cottages had only recently had their thatch replaced and the wall, next to the woman with the dog, rebuilt.

Caption For Chester, Water Tower 1891

This tower was built in 1322 as an outwork to the tower on the north-west corner of the wall.