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Memories

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Great Niece Of Joseph Henry Lachlan White

My great uncle's home. I had heard about Bredfield House all my life because it belonged to my great uncle, Joseph Henry Lachlan White. I only saw it in 1960, however, long after it had been demolished ...Read more

A memory of Bredfield in 1960 by Margot White

St Marys Home

My memories of the home, which was run by the Southwark Catholic Rescue Society. The sisters of charity looked after us, I was taken there just before my 10th birthday in april 1947 along with brothers Bill 13 and Bob 4. My early ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1947 by James Duffy

Geoge And Dragon

I lived in Wingate in the 1960's. My Mother and father Jean and Syd Price had the George and Dragon pub for a while until it was pulled down. My Grandmother, Gina Richardson, also had the pub which I think was known as the Top ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1960 by Colin Price

Rickmansworth Road

When I was about 6, we moved to Ricky Rd. The Cassiobury Park gates were over the road to us, slightly to the left. Me and my two sisters were crossed across a very quiet road by our mum, with a packed lunch. We just played all ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1960 by Lidia Skrzypek

Working In Clyffe Pypard

I came down from Scotland when I was 16 & was a nanny in Broad Hinton for a year for Mr & Mrs Huddy (can't remember the name of the house), & then I decided that I wanted to work with horses, so I got a ...Read more

A memory of Clyffe Pypard in 1969 by Alison Cloy

My Great Great Grand Parents

Up to 1840 my 2 x Great Grand parents lived in the village. It is said he was in General Hardware, whether it was in a shop or he travelled the village, I do not know. They lived in the little white cottages ...Read more

A memory of Buckland

Childhood

Between about 1956 and 1963, every year, my Mum and I would holiday in London for a week and then visit Auntie Claire in Cerne Abbas for one week. Claire lived in Acreman Street a direct reflection that the Cerne Giant took up an Acre ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1960 by Dave Knight

Being In Garfield House Childrens Home,And Going To School In Crown Road, Dereham

My maiden name was Marion Grange, I am now known as Marion Yallop. I used to go to Crown Road, Dereham school, where I finished my school days from there in 1968. I ...Read more

A memory of Dereham in 1966 by Marion Yallop

Laneswood The Home

As quite young boys of then 7 and 6, my brother and I with our parents, over Christmas in 1945 soon after the end of WWII came across from Holland, to visit our grand-parents who lived in "Laneswood", a true manor house ...Read more

A memory of Mortimer by Jan Willem Van Weel

Dock Area Life

I was born at 13 Ellor Street, Hankey Park, in 1940 to Sarah and Charles Feeley (snr), the youngest of five siblings: Charlie (jnr) Eileen, Monica and Hannah. In 1941 my father left for the army, and we moved to 46 Brookland St off ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Kevin Feeley

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Captions

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Caption For Southwell, The Minster And The Bishop's Manor 1920

How fitting it is to view the cathedral from the bishop's garden: the Gothic foliage carvings in the chapter house are justly famous.

Caption For Ledbury, The Park C1955

It now houses a branch of Boots, the chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.

Caption For Ledbury, High Street C1965

It now houses a branch of Boots, the chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.

Caption For Bitteswell, C1960

Several early 19th- century houses group around The Green, and in the mid l9th century the village was described as large.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Lodge 1906

The lodge was built in the 19th century to house the gardener, and is now the English Heritage information centre.

Caption For Oakley, St Leonard's Church C1955

The pinnacled tower of Oakley church has a sturdy staircase turret, a fine Tudor doorway, and a memorial window to William Warham, a local boy, reputedly born at nearby Malshanger House, who

Caption For Kettering, The Market 1922

The shops and houses to the right of the church have all gone; now, trees form the boundary. The whole scene is overlooked by the tower and steeple of St Peter and St Paul's church.

Caption For Hardingstone, The Green C1965

Originally the village extended no further than Back Lane, Coldstream Lane, the High Street and the houses in the vicinity of the green, which we see in this photograph.

Caption For Milton Malsor, Post Office C1960

This picture shows the village post office, delightfully housed in a picturesque thatched cottage. Most of Milton Malsor's buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1950

In the distance to the north, earlier housing estates, mostly Pre-War and 1950s, can be seen - the Development Corporation plans mainly expanded the town to the south and north-east.

Caption For Finedon, Bell Inn (Oldest In England) C1955

The older part of the village is full of houses and cottages built by the Victorian lord of the manor, William Mackworth-Dolben. None are more fanciful than The Bell Inn on Bell Hill.

Caption For Islip, Church And Lychgate C1955

Islip remains a small village, with mostly stone cottages and houses. This view looks through the 1903 lychgate towards the crocketted spire of the 15th-century parish church.

Caption For Overstone, Lake Side C1955

The Victorian Gothic pile of a country house is now Overstone Park School, situated in the centre of the vast park. This view was taken by the eastern lake.

Caption For Spilsby, The Terrace C1955

Next door there is now a bookmaker, and the Trustee Savings Bank building now houses Messrs Dexter & Sharp, who are accountants.

Caption For Holcombe Rogus, Waterloo Stores C1960

The building today is a private dwelling, Waterloo House.

Caption For London, Elephant And Castle 1885

The Elephant and Castle, a great meeting place of thoroughfares, was termed a 'ganglion of roads' by Dickens in 'Bleak House'.The squat old inn that gave it its name dominates the scene, and is

Caption For Hallow, The Post Office And Oakleigh Avenue C1955

But the Post Office still occupies this same house, even if it is much modernised and extended. Sadly, the little circle of grass has long since fallen victim to the demands of modern traffic.

Caption For Rochdale, The Memorial C1965

Alderman Cunliffe OBE JP purchased the Manor House estate and gave it to the Corporation, but the Great War interrupted plans for development.

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft Bridge 1900

Ahead, just left of centre, is the bathing place, and straight ahead are the houses in Melford Road. The bridge has since been replaced, but part of the brick wall to the right remains.

Caption For Sudbury, Mill Common 1932

To the right are the houses of Stour and Cross Streets.

Caption For Dutton, The Village C1960

A new estate of housing also now replaces the post office and shop on the left so that this view is very much altered.

Caption For Walsham Le Willows, Summer Road C1960

This pair are dated 1890, and the gable ends have inscriptions which read: 'Turn fortune turn thy wheel; with smile or frown; our hoard is little; but our hearts are great: Except the Lord build the House

Caption For Barnt Green, Hewell Road C1965

Houses were built near the station, and a recognisable village centre began to form, with a range of amenities.

Caption For Linton, High Street C1955

The tall house on the right has fire rings at eaves height for ladders to be tied to the wall. A serious fire in Linton was witnessed by Charles Darwin when he was a student.