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Such Great Holidays!

I remember as a child the great holidays in the 60s on the beaches at Holland. We hired a beach hut for 7/6 a week near the deck chair and paddle float hire. Who can forget the pretty girls who pushed the ice cream ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea in 1960 by Kevin Chapple

Amenities The Good Old Days And They Were!

Brown Edge was a brillant place to live, and I have fond memories of the village. Perhaps in my youth I did not really appreciate what I had, the village store (Keiths), the butchers, Harrisons and Sammy ...Read more

A memory of Brown Edge in 1969 by Linda Mitchell

Tithby Or Tythby

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

Holiday In Carbost June 2008

My friend and I spent a very enjoyable holiday in Carbost this year - pity there are no old photos of the place. We stayed in the Old Inn, and later on in the Langal guesthouse, as the Old Inn was ...Read more

A memory of Carbost in 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy

Personal Reflections

I was born in Sandleaze, Worton in 1957. I was brought up at 1 Mill Road near the Marston boundary. I remember many things about the village especially the Rose and Crown Pub and the Mill. I remember with pride the ...Read more

A memory of Worton by Teresa Lewis

Parkstone Girls' Grammar School

This was the entrance to Parkstone Girls' Grammar school where I went from 1956, with Miss Allen as headmistress, until we moved to the present site in Sopers Lane in, I think, 1960 or 61, when these buildings were ...Read more

A memory of Poole in 1956 by Marion Brown

The Black And White Cottages

My great grandparents, my nanna (and all of her siblings)and my mother all lived in this house. I'm not sure of the timeframe but it was for a number of years. My mom had many fond memories and stories of the crinkly ...Read more

A memory of Easton by Kim Hogg

Wonderful Years

Living on the island was like living in paradise - it seemed like a constant holiday! I remember walking from 'Danehurst' along Pitts Lane across Binstead Road and up Cemetary Road to school every day. I loved walking to the ...Read more

A memory of Binstead in 1955 by Carole Wilson

Going To School

I walked past this clock every day on my way to school. Down past the clock on the left was a news agent where I learned to shoplift. Almost every day I would steal from them and never got caught. I also started stealing ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1963 by Donald Macdonald

What A Bike Ride!

I was born in Whitwell (Herts) in April 1949 and started my schooling at St Pauls Walden CE School in September 1953. This the hill on which I lived. As I grew older I used to ride my bike to school (very little ...Read more

A memory of Whitwell in 1955 by Brian Russell

Captions

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Caption For Cardiff, City Hall C1960

The Marble Hall forms a magnificent approach to the spectacularly ornate Assembly Room.

Caption For Plymouth, Onion Sellers 1907

Two young lads stand by the harbour wall with their strings of onions. With their grimy jackets and trousers, they give every impression of having endured an uncomfortable passage.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate 1908

The adjoining walls and buildings were subsequently destroyed so that traffic bypassed Bargate.

Caption For Erith, New Flats C1960

Only the last two far sections of the pub garden wall on the right survive.

Caption For Furness Abbey, 1892

The red sandstone walls of Furness Abbey were built in the 12th century, started under the Savigny Order by Stephen, Count of Boulogne, later King of England.

Caption For Reading, St Giles Church Interior 1896

Out of view are the numerous Georgian wall tablets and monuments transferred from the old church.

Caption For Colchester, Old Tudor House C1960

This view looks in the opposite direction to view C136050, downhill to the heart of the Dutch Quarter, past the former Angel Inn dating from about 1450 and now well cared for by a firm of solicitors

Caption For Thorpeness, The Village C1955

The wall to the left, now higher, marks the edge of Barn Hall of 1925, the Estate Office.

Caption For Holywell, The Ferry Boat Inn C1960

The river floods in the winter, and can rise up to the height of the walls.

Caption For St Ives, Fish Street 1906

There is a typical wall-mounted gas lamp of the time.

Caption For Alderton, The Street C1955

Beyond is the old post office, which still retains the original sign on the wall.

Caption For Portloe, Beach And Village C1955

The cove faces east and is therefore relatively sheltered, but in 1959 an extra sea wall was built.

Caption For Monsal Dale, Cottage C1864

The limestone rubble walls, the mullioned windows and the heather-thatched roof indicate that it probably dates from the 17th or 18th century.

Caption For Winchester, Westgate 1896

Notice the old city wall pub, the Plume of Feathers, to the right of the gate.

Caption For Winchester, High Street From Westgate 1906

Notice the old city wall pub, the Plume of Feathers, to the right of the gate.

Caption For Canterbury, St Peter's Street C1955

As we look from inside the city walls through the arch to St Dunstan's Street, we can see the route taken by Henry II when he came as a penitent after the murder of Thomas Becket in 1174, and by Henry

Caption For Warwick, The Castle, Caesar's Tower And Guy's Tower 1922

There are guardrooms on the top floors: only here are there arrow-loops in the tower walls.

Caption For Over, The Church C1965

Situated on the Great Ouse (Over actually means 'river bank'), the church of St Mary is lavishly built from Barnack stone, with an ornately decorated interior, and stone seats extending around much of the walls

Caption For Banbury, Market Place 1921

Banbury once boasted a castle which enabled the town to grow in the shadow of its protective walls.

Caption For Maresfield, Park Entrance 1902

The 19th-century Gothic style gatehouse to The Park has a turret and plenty of ivy growing up the stone walls. Park House is now nearly all demolished.

Caption For Tideford, The Church C1960

The apparent bricks in the wall are in fact neatly dressed stones; the west window tracery is carved from a pale freestone.

Caption For Sidmouth, Esplanade 1904

The sea wall was constructed in 1835 and the shingle beach can be clearly seen. Overlooking the sea are some fine old cottages, exuberant in design and with bulging thatch.

Caption For Yoxford, High Street C1965

The side walls have several painted dummy windows.

Caption For Colchester, North Hill And The Market 1892

The houses on the right have long gone, and have been replaced by a wide modern road whose only virtue is the exposure of the Roman wall formerly concealed behind the houses.