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The Raven Public House
I became the licensee of The Raven in August 1982 assisted by my wife Hilary. We had previously been managers of The Blue Flag in Cadmore End for 4 years. A very basic boozer. A public bar and a Lounge bar (it had a ...Read more
A memory of Stokenchurch in 1982 by
The Train That Crossed The Street
From my childhood in Welshpool in the 1940s and 50s I have fond memories of the little steam train which crossed over Church Street, originally on a daily basis then later on Mondays only, carrying livestock from ...Read more
A memory of Welshpool in 1940 by
Memories
I can remember as a child staying in Tower caravan park, and also in the little roads leading up to the park which were all named after cars. The big old carts coming round couple of times a week to empty the toilets as at the time ...Read more
A memory of Jaywick by
Old Family
I have in my possesion a pocket watch, the final proceeds of a family will of which William Loveday was one of the executors. It was given to my grandfather, one Arthur Raven as a keepsake in clearing up the last few shillings of the ...Read more
A memory of Chelmsford in 1900 by
Nans House
Mr grandparents lived at 80 Dudley Road. This property was many years earlier a public house (I think it was called the Raven or the Blackbird). It was next to the railway line. To this day it has helped to give me a love of steam engines. I ...Read more
A memory of Lye in 1962
Going For A Dip.
I lived in Bassaleg from 1941-45 and attended Bassaleg County Ssecondary Grammar School. My Friend Hazel Williams and I used to walk to Allt-yr-yn lido for a swim in the hot weather. It used to take us the best part of an ...Read more
A memory of Allt yr Yn in 1944 by
Happy Days
I remeber rugeley I was born there.garden view terrace.moved to birch lane when I was 4 a brand new house number 22.started raven hill school then went to nursery fields when it was first built.oh happy days.live in yorkshire now
A memory of Rugeley by
Binbrook School Reunions
I started searching just this evening (1/9/13) for a former school chum, Ashley Cook and was amazed to find this site and all the comments which I remember so well. I attended the junior school and remember both Mr ...Read more
A memory of Binbrook in 1955 by
Paddy Ravens
We used to deliver sidecars and boats made at paddy ravens to pride and Clark stockwell London.
A memory of Cheshunt by
Early Days
Hi Paul I first encountered the Priory in 1965 when i became friends with a boy who lived there and was invited to the annual summer fancy dress party( all Priory parties were fancy dress back then) Residents of the household were Mrs ...Read more
A memory of Staines by
Captions
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Three large housing estates were built during the 1960s, and the population has risen from about 1000 to nearly 4000 today.
The Old Whyte Harte Hotel has risen again as the Phoenix Hotel and Chinese Restaurant.
Today it is known as the Raven Hotel.
So that W H Hammond, who bought Raven Hall and became a local benefactor, did not have to look at an ugly railway line, a tunnel was constructed.
By the time Brunel had completed his final design, the estimate had risen to £57,000. Work began in 1836, but stopped in 1843 when the money ran out.
Hare Lane was the location for the Old Raven Tavern. Here there was once a plaque stating that this was the brthplace of the Hoare family.
High on the 600ft cliff and looking towards Robin Hood's Bay is the Raven Hall Hotel, once the site of a Roman signal station.
By 1939, the population had risen to just over a quarter of a million.
A decade later the population had risen to 329,096, and it was boasted that Glasgow was now the Second City of the Empire, a record it would hold for exactly a century.
