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Pretty Little Ainstable
I was brought up in the white cottage mid-left, by the roadside, by my grandparents. The Crown Inn at the middle of the picture in the distance was run by Jim and Winnie Tuer, and I was friends with their daughter Ruth. ...Read more
A memory of Ainstable in 1949 by
Jackson Boat Platt Fields
I too remember Jackson's Boat. Living off Derbyshire Lane in Stretford, we would make the mammoth walk down the canal to Jackson's Boat on a Sunday and have a drink sat outside, then walk all the way back. At Platt ...Read more
A memory of Stretford in 1960 by
Rats, Rats And More Rats.
This photograph was obviously taken when the road bridge was nearing completion in 1961. My husband grew up nearby, and tells some gruesome stories about the plague of rats they experienced when the undergrowth was being ...Read more
A memory of Saltash in 1961 by
A View From The Band Stand
I was born in 1965, the year the photo was taken and at the time my dad was a gardener at Parc Howard. I remember going to visit him almost every day, in the summer months, with either my grandmother or mother. This was ...Read more
A memory of Llanelli in 1968 by
Growing Up In Cold Ash
I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more
A memory of Cold Ash by
Barn Croft.
The house in the middle is where I lived from 1972. The address is 62 Main Street and the house was called Barn Croft. The house on the right was a farm and the house that the middle house was built on was part of the ...Read more
A memory of Cossington
Growth Of Wokingham
When my parents moved to Wokingham in 1950 I understand that it had a popululation of 5,000 and my memories are of a sleepy market town. I gather the population is now about 60,000 and it certainly shows when I return - it ...Read more
A memory of Wokingham in 1950 by
Visits To Cathedral
We used to stay one week each summer with my mother's aunt and we would be taken to see the sights of Coventry. I remember so well going into the ruined cathedral and feeling a sense of awe and that it was still a place of ...Read more
A memory of Coventry in 1955 by
Holidays In Uley
My Uncle Gus and Aunt May lived in South Street and I spent a number of holidays with them at Easter and during the Summer for 2 or 3 years in the early 50's. I loved climbing up to the Bury with my Aunt's nephews, Tony and Reg, ...Read more
A memory of Uley in 1953 by
Memories Of Life
I was born in 1942 and spent my childhood years living in the Way Road area of the city. My brother and I were lucky enough to have a family living directly behind us in Homefield Avenue (I think that is what it was called) - ...Read more
A memory of Leicester by
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Tantallon was the stronghold of the Douglases, wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway, and by the end of the 15th century masters of much of Lothian, Stirlingshire and Clydesdale.
The rower in the foreground would appear to be a park warden, judging by his cap.
This, of course, was before traffic wardens came on the scene.
Enclosed by a bend in the river Medway, the castle was founded in early Norman times and rebuilt during the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, a Warden of the Cinque Ports.
A £2 million redevelopment plan for the park, mainly funded by heritage lottery money, was announced in July 2003, and a warden is being appointed.
Old Warden is best known nowadays for the Shuttleworth Collection of vintage aircraft and other vehicles.
The rower in the foreground would appear to be a park warden, judging by his cap.
With Camp Wardens on hand to curtail anything too boisterous, this now seems a golden era – carefree youngsters left to their own devices.
The rower in the foreground would appear to be a park warden, judging by his cap.
Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, lived in Castle Road in 1808, and later at Walmer Castle as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, where he died in 1852.
The tower was added as a memorial to Admiral Kepple, who had lived in the village and was a church warden.
To the right is the 'Lord Warden' sailing barge, and behind her is the old fish market, which was destroyed in World War I.
It was run by Arthur Hillary, who was a Special Constable and, during the Second World War, an ARP Warden.
This Grade I building, now called Valley Farm, is the Warden's House of the Field Studies Council, who run environmental and arts courses at Flatford Mill, Willy Lott's House and Valley Farm.
The castle was granted to Richard Duke of Gloucester in 1471 and he used it as a base during his period as Lord Warden of the Western Marches.
Tantallon was a stronghold of the Douglases, a powerful family who were wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway, and by the end of the 15th century masters of much of Lothian, Stirlingshire and
It was once the seat of the powerful Douglas family, wardens of the Border Marches and lords of Galloway.
The north-east tower is known as Belted Will's Tower, named after Lord William, who as Warden of the Marches took great delight in hanging wrongdoers from trees in view of the castle.
This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.
This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Walmer was subsequently modified and converted into the official residence of the Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports - the towns of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich - which were originally responsible
Apart from the railway and asylum, the erection of any additional buildings was hampered by a settlement clause in Warden Sergison's will.
Nicholas Robinson had resigned his position as Warden of St Mary's Guild to become the first Mayor of the new Corporation on 1 June 1545.
Nicholas Robinson had resigned his position as Warden of St Mary's Guild to become the first Mayor of the new Corporation on 1 June 1545.
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