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Ollerton By The Sea
my family moved to ollerton in september of 1957,from ushaw moor near durham.the move had been delayed by the birth 5 weeks earlier of my sister patricia,she arrived on my birthday,so the children of the family had had to stay ...Read more
A memory of Ollerton in 1957 by
The Howard Family At Hammersmith And Barnes
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations ...Read more
A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by
Heather And Gorse Clog Dancers Busk At The Sidmouth Folk Festival
Each August huge numbers of dancers and musicians head to Sidmouth for the annual folk festival - a week long event which celebrates our national heritage of music, dance and song. ...Read more
A memory of Sidmouth in 2008 by
Hugh Bell School
Seeing Norman Jackson's reflections on the teachers of Hugh Bell School conjured up all sorts of wonderful memories. I agree totally with his description of the two headmasters, "Taffy" Evans, the cane toting, foot stamping ...Read more
A memory of Middlesbrough in 1940 by
The Old Milk Round
When I went to school in the High Street next to the Royal oak I can remember the milk man with his old horse and cart delivering milk all along the houses along the cobbled stone path. You had the cobbler's, it began with K I ...Read more
A memory of Corsham in 1962 by
Borth A Sea Born Village
I was raised in Borth from 1952 until I went to sea in 1968 and it was still very much home and sanctuary at every opportunity until I moved to Australia in 1991.The second son of Aran and Eileen Morris of Bel-Air I remember ...Read more
A memory of Borth in 1952 by
My Memoires
Dear readers, My name's Steve Hopkins and I was born in Llwynypia hospital in late 1957. My mother's a Liverpudlian evacuated during wartime to Malpas in Cheshire and my father’s from Rhydfelin near Pontypridd. I was readmitted to ...Read more
A memory of Llwynypia in 1965 by
Maternal Family History And Onwards Dictated By My Mum Age 84
My name is Hilda Mary Fenn nee Hurman. I was born at Yarford in 1924. My father was William Thomas Hurman, my mother Caroline Elizabeth nee Tucker. They are buried in the ...Read more
A memory of Kingston St Mary in 1920 by
Summer Days In Mary Stevens Park
As a young boy from 1943 to 1960, I lived in Heath Lane, Stourbridge and I think I spent almost all my free time playing in Mary Stevens Park. The area where the playground still stands would be where all the ...Read more
A memory of Stourbridge in 1952 by
My Memories Of Selly Oak And Bournbrook
I was born in Bournbrook, Birmingham in 1950, daughter of Kenneth Clarke born 1924 and Joan Clarke (nee Price) born 1927. My father was born at 21 North Road, Bournbrook, son of Edith Clarke and Jack ...Read more
A memory of Selly Oak in 1950 by
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The drama began with proposals for a relief road that would take traffic away from the High Street to make it a more inviting shopping environment.
Glasgow began its westward expansion in the late 1830s, when fine terraces were laid out along Sauchiehall Street to Charing Cross and beyond.
The town's lifelong love affair with its football team began in 1873 when the first club was formed in connection with Walsall Cricket Club.
This began in the 1820s and 1830s among a small group of Oxford dons, and was initially a purely theological aspiration aimed at restoring a greater awareness of the historical church and its hierarchical
The decline in iron ore mining continued, and the iron and steel industry was being affected by foreign competition that began to increase in the early 1900s.
After 1900 the first sporadic growth began, and much farmland was turned into building plots for the tiny timber bungalows that were so popular as weekend retreats for Londoners in the 1920 and
Most of the land around Pitsea, Dunton and Langdon Hills had originally been farmland; the crops were mainly barley, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and clover.
Peter Bruff began to sell off other plots of land around Pier Avenue to individual developers, but he was determined that his town of Clacton-on-Sea should maintain proper standards.
In 1878 the Town Council obtained powers to clear the area; they began by extending the town centre with a fine new street connecting Castle Place with York Street.
The building work began in 1882, and by 1885 the town hall was almost complete. Disaster struck even as the date stone was added.
Fortunately these plans came to nothing and the gallery began to be used as a hostel where off-duty service women, posted to this area, could spend their leisure time.
Car parking was also problematical, and when the former market site became available the wheels of progress began to move.
The founder of the firm was Arthur Bowden who began selling door-to-door from a horse and trap.
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