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Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Slough High Street Park Street & Chandos Road

Hi, I am researching my family tree and am trying to locate Chandos Road and Unity Cottages in Park Street.  I believe that Chandos Road was knocked down when the Queensmere Centre was built.  I wondered ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1900 by Jan Saunders

Warden Point

I used to live in Cherry Tree Cottage, Warden Point in 1930, my father was Jock Martin, a sergeant in the R.A.F. stationed in Eastchurch. My mother was Phylis Woollett, daughter of Frank Woollett, mine host of the Crooked Billet. ...Read more

A memory of Warden in 1930 by Frank Martin

Information Wanted On Rose Cottage Malvern

I am looking to find information on Rose Cottage, my father in law's family lived here in and around the 1930s, not sure what date from or to.  I am looking for old photographs of this house and any ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern in 1930 by Karen Burgess

Born In Fenny Stratford

I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera  Cusack.                      Just after the begining of the war my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1948 by Kathleen Roberts

The Railway Crossing

Hi all. As a child of around 7 years or so I recall vising my grandad and grandma who lived at a small cottage near the railway crossing. I will look up the name of the road and add later to this story. My grandad's ...Read more

A memory of Llandrindod Wells in 1930 by Joe Brown

Hollybush Lane

When I was a child in the early 1950s Hollybush Lane, from Woodhall Lane to Great Ley, was quite literally a lane. On one side the council had built houses, but on the other were the farm cottages that were built around ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City by Rod Sharp

Longleat

My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1948

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

Captions

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Caption For Tenterden, Bells Lane 1902

The church tower rises above these small weatherboarded and tiled cottages in a side lane off the main High Street.

Caption For Winscombe, Sandford Hill C1965

The white building on the left is Jubilee Cottages, built in 1935. Despite modern development, much remains of the old Winscombe immortalised in Theodore Compton's 'A Mendip Valley' of 1892.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, The Bay Hotel 1927

The village became a favourite with artists and holidaymakers alike; many of its red-roofed cottages were perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs. It is also known as Bay Town.

Caption For Puncknowle, The Watercart 1939

Unfortunately, this supply dried up soon after this photograph was taken, and the cottages were then connected to the mains supply.

Caption For Syston, The Green C1960

An isolated lamp in the centre doubles as a bus stop, whilst the brick buildings behind look a little incongruous between the old cottages that neighbour them.

Caption For Cossington, The Church C1960

Cottages are grouped around the church and the manor (right), an early 19th-century building with bargeboards carved like lace.

Caption For Weybridge, The Memorial C1955

The attractive building behind the memorial is Albany Cottage.

Caption For Aylesford, The Church C1960

The village cottages and houses crowd down to the river, surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. St Peter's Church stands guardian on its knoll.

Caption For Black Notley, The Village 1909

All the buildings shown still exist, though the Post Office Stores is now the Tandoori Cottage Restaurant.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village C1960

Several cottages in the village now offer bed and breakfast to weary ramblers.

Caption For Conistone, The Village C1960

The limestone from the hills is used to build the farm cottages of this peaceful part of Yorkshire.

Caption For Chawton, Village 1897

The house, which was then called Chawton Cottage, was bought by her brother Edward.

Caption For Witchampton, Village 1904

Beyond the ornamental lych gate framed by these cottages is the church of St Mary and St Cuthberga, whose brown and grey stone west tower is Perpendicular.

Caption For Chawton, Village 1897

The house, which was then called Chawton Cottage, was bought by her brother Edward.

Caption For Torquay, Fleet Street 1906

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally

Caption For Ludham, The Village 1958

Old cottages, some with roofs thatched with Norfolk reed, line the main road opposite Ludham churchyard: the Celtic-style cross on the left is the War Memorial.

Caption For Ampthill, Woburn Street C1955

Dating back to the 18th century, the deed to each of these cottages restircts the householder to replacing the roof only with thatch, and further prescribes the method and colour of redecoration that may

Caption For Plaxtol, Dunks Green 1901

This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and several ivy-clad cottages

Caption For Easthampstead, The Church C1960

On the right, White Cottage dating from the 17th century is now a listed building.

Caption For Goyt Valley, 1894

The gatehouse and gardeners' cottages on the approach to Errwood Hall at Goyt's Bridge in the Goyt Valley.

Caption For Angle, The Village C1955

There is a marvellous sense of past in this photograph with the rustic service station and long line of old cottages that flank the crenellated Globe Hotel.

Caption For Keld, The Village C1955

A delivery van waits outside a sturdy row of 18th-century cottages in the Swaledale village of Keld.

Caption For Achill Island, Dooega Village C1955

A nostalgic scene of tiny Dooega, a cluster of cottages on the south western seaboard of Achill. Fishing nets are left out to dry on the cobbles at the top of the beach.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Common Lane 1914

Hemingford Abbots is an attractive collection of brick, timbered and thatched cottages and houses, which originally started as just a small hamlet gathered around the church, but which subsequently grew