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Memories

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B B And Evening Meal In A Constantine Home

I believe I was about 12 years old when I stayed with my parents in a bed and breakfast house in Constantine that also did an evening meal. They were a beautiful Cornish couple and had a water pump ...Read more

A memory of Constantine in 1956 by Marie Bayliss

Palmer And Sims Families

I've never been to Glyncorrwg but my mother, Ivy Lillian Lyonson nee Palmer was born at Nythfa, Cymmer Road (the house didn't appear to have a number only a name) in 1915. Before their marriage, her parents lived next ...Read more

A memory of Glyncorrwg in 1910 by Ann Lyonson

St Mary's, Gravesend

I think it was about 1970 /71 that I worked in a children's home in Gravesend, I am sure this was called St Mary's, it was a big old building run by nuns near Eco Square. Has anyone got any info on this home or photos? Iused ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1970 by Pam Turley

17th Century Murder Replayed At Church Norton.

The more I think back on this incident, the more bizzare and terryfying it seems. In 2001, around Oct/Nov, myself and a friend drove to the car park at Church Norton church at about 11:00pm. We were ...Read more

A memory of Sidlesham in 2001 by Jon Clatworthy

The Blackmore Family

A little more information on the Blackmore family, they moved from Ide to become the licences of the Sturt Arms, I would say around 1880, Albert was born 1886 and his sister Alice in 1874. Miss Lillian Wreford sold Albert ...Read more

A memory of Down St Mary in 1940 by John Shapland

Saltergate

I lived at no. 37 Saltergate, next door to us was Hawksworths plumbers, and the council yard was nearby, I used to watch the steam roller coming out of the yard. There was a cobblers, paper shop, food shop and Harry Fish was near ...Read more

A memory of Chesterfield in 1957 by Rita Umney

Delivery Days

I was born and bred in the (then village) of Biddulph, south of the hall. My closest memories of the Old Hall were the stories my mother related to me, especially about the incidence of the siege during the Civil War and the use of ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph in 1947 by Victor Mayer

Youth Club And Cadets

I have had some wonderful memories brought back to me durting the last few days. I attended St George's Youth Club for a number of years and had great fun at Christmas when we produced a pantomime in the Church Hall. I ...Read more

A memory of Boscombe in 1966 by Graham Francis

Joppa House

I was there at the time Theresa writes about, and my 4 children were too. I remember you and your brother playing in the hall, and nearly getting killed when you knocked the grandfather clock down. Your mom and I would walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Innellan in 1963 by Doris Wickerd

My Ancesters!

My memories are not of my own associations with Latimer, but I still feel a great affection for the place. When my grandparents got married in 1897 they went for a brief honeymoon in Latimer. My grandfather's aunt, Elizabeth Amanda ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1890 by Marjorie Davidson Smith

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Captions

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Caption For Chandler's Ford, The Parade C1960

As in Eastleigh, the ground floors of houses have been converted. An unseen advantage is that they all have cellars, as the ground slopes away behind.

Caption For Cobham, Leather Bottle 1894

It was the 'clean and commodious ale-house' where the love-lorn Mr Tracy Tupman stayed in Charles Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers'.

Caption For Nether Alderley, Welsh Row 1896

After this picture was taken a new wing was built on the far side, brick, but painted to match the rest of the house, and ornamented with the Stanley crest in the gable, a common feature

Caption For Halton, From The River C1955

The River Lune runs south of the village, which has Saxon and Roman remains under today's sprawling housing estates.

Caption For West Bay, The Harbour C1960

We are looking north-westwards from the Quay beside Pier Terrace to the old Salt House (centre), which is now the Harbour Museum.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Mill 1890

The mill ceased functioning in 1958, and the buildings were converted into a house (at the left) and bedroom suites for the new Upper Reaches Hotel, retaining the mill wheel as a feature inside.

Caption For Allenheads, Slag Hill Cottages C1965

It was here, dur- ing the heyday of the lead mining industry, that the lead was smelted in a mill, though the only intact remnant today is the peat house.

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street C1960

General Shubrick's clock over the door came from the Round House when the Andover Turnpike Trust was wound up.

Caption For Goodworth Clatford, The Village C1965

Barrow Hill runs off to the left with modern houses. Just a mile or so up-river, Upper Clatford has the same appeal.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Square 1912

The horse is still the only means of propulsion, but changes are afoot. The old house to the left of photograph 49616 has been replaced by a car garage.

Caption For Crowcombe, Cross And Carew Arms 1929

The house on the left in Church Lane has recently been rethatched.

Caption For Gayle, The Village 1906

We see (centre) Force Head Farm (1711), and on the right the steps remain outside the bonny baby's house, which is dated 1695. Wensleydale

Caption For Horley, Station Road 1905

Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Jireh Court C1965

The buildings replaced a large Victorian house. The sloping site was successfully incorporated into the design of the blocks of flats, allowing for garages to be unobtrusively accessible.

Caption For Welton, High Street C1955

Frith's photographer has moved into the High Street and is looking south towards The White Horse pub - which is little changed today.

Caption For Grantham, St Peter's Hill 1904

To the right is the town hall of 1867, now the Guildhall Centre, while the house to its right was replaced by a library and museum in the 1950s.

Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955

Coningsby, on the south bank, has lost much of its historic character: in this view of Silver Street the house in front of the mill survives, but not the mill; all to the left has gone, and the road at

Caption For Heckington, High Street C1955

Here we look along the High Street, where most of the houses and cottages survive on the left but only No 62, then an antique shop, on the right.

Caption For Newhaven, Fishermen's Cottages 1897

On the west coast of England, the old fishing communities tended to be housed in cottages with thatched roofs.

Caption For Wakefield, Wood Street C1953

Further up is the Mechanics' Institution, or Institute of Literature and Science, which now houses the Wakefield Museum.

Caption For Bishopstoke, Montague Terrace C1955

The house left centre was St Agnes, and became a doctor's surgery. The River Inn has now been built there.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, Excelsior 1903

The popular composer Noel Coward later owned one of the small houses here.

Caption For Eynesbury, St Mary Street 1897

Most of the houses on the left survive, although the leaded casements have been replaced.

Caption For Boston Spa, High Street 1893

Handsome and dignified Georgian houses and villas line the leafy street.