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Memories

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Connemara

My grandmother (name of McDonagh, nee Faherty) lived in a place I believe is called 'Ryn' (not sure of the spelling) in Connemara. She had a beautiful cottage a short walk from the sea. I would like to be able to take my husband to ...Read more

A memory of Connemara in 1975 by Geraldine Thompson

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

Now Living In Egypt

Hi Anthony, I knew your grandmother Ketura and your grandfather Ellis and most of their children. They had a very large family. Your Auntie Margery and I were great friends. We were always getting into trouble for climbing ...Read more

A memory of Llysfaen in 1960 by Anthony Roberts

A Farm Workers Daughter In Dunsyre

Dunsyre was my first school, there were only 7 children in the whole school, myself and my two brothers all went there. I loved my teacher, she showed me great kindness, her name was Miss Low, I will never forget ...Read more

A memory of Dunsyre in 1954 by Jean Mcbride

The Smallfield Brickyard

I was born at 1 Kings Cottages in April 1931. I have two brothers, and as young boys we were close friends of the late Gerald Mitchel. Gerald's mum, nee Doris King, lived with her husband (Syd, who served with the RAF) ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Tony Harper

My Second Home

Right from a small child i have grown up loving Wells-next-the-Sea, my dad used to take us on holidays there and we stayed in a little cottage which was a short walk to the quay where my brother and I would wander down to ...Read more

A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1969

My Grand Parents

My grandparents lived in Hearts of Oak Cottages and we used to go and see them on Sundays with my dad and brothers while my mam made dinner. We would walk down the old line. My dad took us to the engine room at the colliery ...Read more

A memory of Nantyffyllon in 1957 by Eira Waite

The Low Davidson Family

My sister and I are from Canada and came to Scotland this past month, August, 2009, to see where our mother, Kathleen Low, and her family were born and raised in their youth. After many years of hearing them describe ...Read more

A memory of Johnshaven in 1900 by Judi Parry

Tea Times At Beadnell

My name is Sean Sweet. I have many memories of Beadnell. My Grandparents owned a cottage near the harbour called Sandy Dell and later my parents had a static caravan on the links. Every summer seemed to be hot and sunny and ...Read more

A memory of Beadnell by Rosemary Sweet

Aunt Tilly

Aunt Tilly, Sussex Cottage, Harbury. Born Mary Matilda, Southam 1863, Ladbroke Warks. She married a William Wells, born 1871 Harbury, Warks 1899. Any information on the Southam or Wells Families would be much appreciated. Regards, Patricia Ann

A memory of Harbury in 1947 by Patricia Butler

Captions

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Caption For Boscastle, Pixie Cottage C1960

Boscastle's slate-built cottages cling to the side of the beautiful valley of the River Valency, an important route inland down which came the slate and grain that were shipped from the harbour.

Caption For Bakewell, Old Cottages 1914

This row of delightful cottages is on South Church Street, the hill out of town. The gas street light on the left is now replaced by an electric one.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Tow Path Scene C1955

is little changed, with only the c1900 Little White Hart hotel replacing some cottages. The premises of Shepherd & Dee, the boatbuilders, are now two art galleries.

Caption For South Littleton, Main Street C1960

Not far from Evesham, South Littleton is a lovely old village of pretty cottages, a manor house built in 1721, though attached to an even more ancient building, and a church that originally dated back

Caption For Potton, King Street C1955

Bedfordshire brick and pantiles on the roofs place this row of cottages fronting on to the street in the early 19th century.

Caption For Purfleet, Botany Cottages C1955

This row of twelve cottages bears a large crest in the centre with the date 1905.

Caption For Coniston, The Parish Church 1929

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas's Bridge 1893

The building on the left, now demolished and replaced by St Thomas's Church Hall, was a cottage for the tannery workers.

Caption For Glen Helen, The Swiss Chalet 1893

An excellent dinner could be had at the Swiss Cottage Hotel for just 1s 6d. Here, despite the lack of an audience, the band plays on.

Caption For Frogholt, Cottages 1903

We may be thankful that this beautiful cottage in the tiny hamlet of Frogholt near Newington (just outside Folkestone) remains unchanged today.

Caption For Beer, The Village 1895

This led to some changes: one 1920s guidebook writer complained that 'the newer, stoutly built houses have almost replaced the cottages that were the joy of artist and photographer'.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

Caption For Gilling West, The Bridge C1950

Looking north past Bridge End Cottage, we see the old chapel of 1879 and Town End Farm.

Caption For Mevagissey, The Harbour C1955

This attractive scene, with fishing boats in a harbour backed by cottages climbing the hillside, gives the reason why.

Caption For Alfington, Village 1906

The narrow lane winds between thatched cottages, the fine example in the foreground featuring a tall chimney to carry the hot smoke safely away.

Caption For Cornwell, The Village C1965

Very much an estate village, Cornwell on the north- eastern periphery of the Cotswolds underwent full-scale modernisation of its cottages in the 1930s, when its American owner commissioned Sir Clough

Caption For Croft On Tees, View Over The River C1955

A line of mainly 18th- and 19th-century cottages line the banks of the mighty River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, a small settlement to the south of Darlington and very close to the borders of County Durham.

Caption For Castor, Fitzwilliam Arms C1955

The Fitzwilliam Arms, on the main road to Peterborough, was possibly altered from a row of cottages.

Caption For Polkerris, The Village C1960

Stone cottages, teas for sale and no unsightly road markings are the delights of this village.

Caption For Leigh On Sea, 1891

Leigh is noted for its weatherboard cottages.

Caption For Richmond, Castle Walk 1929

In the distance is the Green, an industrial area with tanneries and a brewery as well as cottages.

Caption For Ringwood, West Street C1955

Half a century ago this delightful thatched cottage combined the two.

Caption For Helston, Wendron Street 1913

The thatch covering the rubble cottages on the right has seen better days.

Caption For Sidmouth, River Sid, The Weir 1906

Wealthy holidaymakers built their 'cottages' here - something of a misnomer, as some of them had forty rooms!