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Memories
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Happy Days.......
I along with very many local girls over the years helped out at the Tea Gardens during the school holidays. I remember going to the front door a few times to ask if they had a job for me and being so scared I came away with an ice ...Read more
A memory of Bosherston in 1965 by
Working Life Memories.
As a boy of 11 or 12, I left school everyday at 3.30pm. I then drove the cows to Mr Goodings Mill about 30 or 40 yards away from Mr Shepherd's shop. After being milked I drove them back again. In wintertime I'd grind up ...Read more
A memory of Washford by
Bubbles Up Your Bum!
Just look closely at the picture, sitting on top of the fountain was half the fun & excitement of coming to the pool. Water wings under my arms and the supervision of Granddad Russell I made my first attempt at learning to ...Read more
A memory of Plymouth in 1958 by
My Most Memorable Corner
I lived at Corbieton Cottage for 22 years between 1939 & 1961 and this is the view I saw as I came down the hill to go to school, to Sunday school, to Scouts, to the Kirk, to the pub, the Hall, the bowling, the ...Read more
A memory of Haugh of Urr by
Felin Bwlch, Pentregwenlais
My name is Alan Jones, I am from Llandybie having been born at 4 Angel Terrace. This tiny terraced house between the Ivy Bush and the Church was locally known as "Ty John Jew". My Grandfather ran the "Red Cow" for many ...Read more
A memory of Llandybie by
My Mum Made The Tea
During the doodlebug attacks on Dover, my mum was an air raid warden. She had a friend with her and they saw the doodlebug engine cut out and dive to earth. It landed near Pauls Place but did not explode. We went to watch it ...Read more
A memory of Dartford by
Boyhood
I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 by
My Memories Of Resolven.
The personal views of Resolven expressed in these pages reflect my own fond memories of Resolven, the Vale of Neath and its people. In 1953 I returned to the valley as a teenager, little did I know it was to become my home. I ...Read more
A memory of Resolven by
Fond Holiday Memories
In the summer of 1963 my Dad took my sister (11), brother (4) and me (6) to stay with my Auntie Marie. She lived in the house adjoining the pub. I think it had a name like Penryn and appeared on the front cover of Country ...Read more
A memory of High Easter in 1963 by
Llangua Post Office
My aunt and uncle, George and Edith Haynes, had the Post office, shop and bakery in Llangua for many years in the 1930’s to 1940’s. According to Google maps the house is still there along the main road. There was no ...Read more
A memory of Monmouth Cap by
Captions
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Her close neighbour at nearby Rydal Mount was William Wordsworth, who had his own pew in the church; so did the family of Dr Arnold of Rugby School fame.
She came into service in 1958.
Working people usually had one set of clothes for work and another for best, and for a trip to the seaside the best clothes came out of the closet - or the pawn shop.
Lakeside is the settlement furthest away from the Lakeland mountains, but it is historically important as the entry point for large numbers of Victorian day visitors who came up from Lancashire by way
The Victorians came to Ilkley in their carriages, and later by train, to enjoy fresh air and the invigorating spa water.
An old story says that King Alfred came here to build a palace, but instead he built a shipyard on the estuary of the Cuckmere nearby.
It is said that the ornate staircase in the Town House came from Standon Lordship.
The village began to expand in 1866-1867 when a local man came up with a scheme to transform it into a popular seaside resort.
Gilpin came to Houghton after being cleared of charges of heresy, but he was indicted a second time and was on his way to answer the charges when he broke his leg.
The Quaker Meeting House came in 1836, and next is Summerfield House, formerly an inn.
Built for the Hussey family, the tower came into the council's hands in 1544 after Lord Hussey was executed by Henry VIII.
Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.
There is a story that when Charles Dickens lived at nearby Gadshill, he had a tunnel constructed that led under the main road and came up in his garden on the other side in the parish of Shorne; here he
The iron gates in the foreground came from Wellington College in 1922.
The Greys of Bradgate fame and the Ferrars have lived at the Old Hall; Lady Elizabeth Ferrars married Sir Edward Grey, later Lord Ferrars.
The end came not so much from power looms, but from printed imitations.
The same scene viewed some 60 years earlier than photograph No A80019 (page 12-13) presents a neglected view of the stones.
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.
The monument was erected to commemorate the Crimean War; as with many such monuments, it came complete with a captured Russian cannon.
The space age came to Cornwall when this first dish, or antenna, was built in 1962; it received the first live television pictures via satellite from America.
The pilchard drivers came in at around 30ft in length; until the 1890s they had been open-decked.
The total bill came to £130 8s 6d, some of which went to '60 men of St Just who did nothing but drink beer to the value of 13s 6d'.
Richard Wootton soon came to head the Trainers' Championship, while Stanley was best known as a tutor of jockeys.
The village has acquired international fame as the home of the Quorn Hunt; its founder Hugo Meynell took residence in 1753 at Quorn Hall (now an educational centre).
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