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Priestwood Square
The newsagent was called l.B.Corne and Mr Corne doubled as Father Christmas at Meadowvale School when I was a youngster. His relatives also managed the post office based in the shop. My late mother attended the opening of the ...Read more
A memory of Bracknell by
Steve Storey The Postman.
My father, Steve Storey, was the postman for East and West Harlsey in the 1960's and 70's. I used to walk up to the village with him in the late 60's to do the afternoon postal round in East Harlsey. I remember the ...Read more
A memory of East Harlsey in 1960
Walshaw Chippy
We used to own Walshaw chippy, it was a garage made of asbestos. I had loads of friends who used to turn up hungry, Fri and Sat night after the pubs shut. My dad used to have a back room full of people eating fish and playing cards. ...Read more
A memory of Bury in 1967 by
Western Road
My Grandfather, William Rondeau (Old Bill), owned a second-hand shop on Western Road, opposite Love Lane. Next door was Reggie Wiisbey's, the green-grocers, then came 2 little cottages and Maidments the corner shop. They had 2 sons, ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1950 by
The Day We Set Earith On Fire
Well . . . not all of it! My dad was enlisted USAF stationed at Alconbury 1959-1960 and he found us a place on High Street that we shared with a number of other people. I believe it was one of the first three ...Read more
A memory of Earith in 1960 by
Growing Up With The Dinosaurs.
I lived in Thicket Grove which had the Thicket public house at the top. Crystal Palace Park was a very short walk away. During the school holidays we would spend our days in the park. Mum would pack us a picnic ...Read more
A memory of Crystal Palace in 1953 by
My Childhood Of Old Bracknell Farm
Hi Peter, I remember the Thompkins was it the baker or was that the Cheneys? Joe Smith was the newsagent who used to treat the kids to a summer outing by train every summer. We used to get a new florin and a ...Read more
A memory of Bracknell in 1949 by
Flaxley Road
I was born in 1950 and lived at 151 Flaxley Road until 1958. My father was William Yardley, he was a manager at the Levis works in Station Road. He died in 1953, and in 1958 my mother was re-married to a local retiring policeman, ...Read more
A memory of Stechford by
Stockleys Of Kings Somborne
I am researching my Stockley ancesters who came from Kings Somborne and Mottisfont in Hampshire. The earliest records that I have found so far relate to a William Stockley from Kings Somborne (born around 1695) ...Read more
A memory of King's Somborne by
First Memories
I was in the first intake to the school. My first teacher was Miss Roseberry for a while and then the lovely Mr Stevens. I lost my bus fare home and Mr Cowie gave me a lift home. I remember the plans to build a pool but we moved to ...Read more
A memory of Pyrford in 1958 by
Captions
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The pulpit here at St James was used for forty six years in the 19th century by Jack Russell, the famous hunting parson.
Russell Thorndike, brother of the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, lived here when he wrote the eerie Dr Syn novels set in Romney Marsh.
This name recalls the place where cloth was stretched out to dry after dyeing or fulling.
It is famed for its Shrewsbury Chapel, which is located on the south side of the 15th- century chancel; among the monuments is one to the 6th Earl who was burdened for so many years with the task
Dating from the 7th century, and named after Winifride, or Gwenffrewi in Welsh, the holy well has been the site of pilgrimage ever since, and known as 'the Lourdes of Wales'.
The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.
In July 1905, when the king and queen came to Sheffield to open the university, tramway takings during the visit were a staggering £6664.
The chandelier came from Andover's St Mary's when that church was rebuilt from 1842. The Georgian font is from another church.
By adopting a strategy that combined aggressive advertising with special offers, discounts and sales on specific lines, Lewis's was an immediate success; shoppers came from miles around in search of a
The castle passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.
Just eleven years later the railway came to Whitby, altering trading patterns completely.
Compton Castle, near Marlton in Devonshire, is a 14th-century manor house built without a moat, though the gatehouse came complete with machicolations.
The names Crane Street and Crane Corner came from the use of the crane to transfer trucks onto the tramway.
Piped water came to the village in 1892 after an outbreak of typhus. The ford was replaced by a bridge over the beck in the winter of 1966/67.
After the railway came to Mundesley in 1898, it was anticipated that the village would be as popular as Cromer.
The wide end of the Ironmarket was also known as Butchers' Row; even its supply of water came to the surface courtesy of the Butchery Pump.
Its name refers to its position on the river Anton. In 1945 its population was 16,000, but today it is three times that. High Street remains unchanged, and is still used for markets on Saturdays.
Old Sarum is a hillfort built by the people of the Iron Age, who came to Britain from around 500BC. Its spectacular ramparts and ditches enclosed their community.
Still more came in the late 19th century after the arrival of the railways.
Just eleven years later the railway came to Whitby, altering trading patterns completely.
Additional protection came by digging out the original Roman ditch defences and piling the spoil over what remained of the circuit walls to create a rampart.
Pargetting is a feature of this delightful building, which used to house the village fire engine (which was not famed for speed—it was often a case of 'first find your horse').
Development came to Burnt Oak in the early 1920s with the arrival of the Northern Line.
When the Domesday Book was being compiled, Kenilworth came under the jurisdiction of the royal manor of Stoneleigh.
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