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Memories
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Later Years
I have great memories of Petts Wood - although later years than those already recorded. however I think my parents where characters within the area with both being involved in local business - Dad (John Webb) with Peter Potts had ...Read more
A memory of Petts Wood in 1970
Pantddu Farm And Aberbeeg
I grew up in the farm in the picture. My parents were Ern and Megan Sheppard. Dad delivered milk for many years, initially from churns carried around in a horse and cart and later the milk was in glass bottles from a ...Read more
A memory of Aberbeeg in 1940 by
Lock Keeper
My grandfather, Edward Ernest Light, was the lock keeper at Sonning when this photo would have been taken. He was married to Lily and they had 3 sons, Edgar, Harold and Len, and a daugher Evie. Harold was my father and was born in the ...Read more
A memory of Sonning in 1910 by
Nus Camp Leverington
I had been in other camps in The Wisbech area, but always liked Leverington the best. I don't remember the two Ghana boys. At one stage we had a female to look after us, I do not remember her name. She used to make use of ...Read more
A memory of Leverington by
Life In A Kent Village During World War Two
Benenden was my home for the first 5 years of my life. We lived in Greenwood, a lovely white Kentish weather-boarded house on the Cranbrook Road, sadly knocked down and modernised a couple of years ago. ...Read more
A memory of Benenden in 1940 by
Growing Up In Trent Park
I remember the day we moved to Rookery Cottages, Trent Park. A fine warm spring day. I had just turned 7 years old and the date was 7th May 1959. At least I'm sure it was the seventh. Dad opened the door and the smell ...Read more
A memory of Cockfosters in 1959 by
Romance On Broadway
I met my wife Lorna on Broadway while she was shopping there with a couple of friends in January 1950. Seeing the picture of Broadway brought back many memories. Our first date we went to the cinema near the Clock Tower ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by
Wreck ('wrack') Hall Farm
My grandmother's family originated on Canvey Island, farming at Wrack Hall from some time in the early 19th century until the death of my great great grandfather, Edward Morley, in 1863. Wrack Hall was so named because ...Read more
A memory of South Benfleet in 1880 by
Cheelson Road
My Mum and I moved to Cheelson Road, South Ockendon from Plaistow in 1955 when I was 3, Dad was away in the Merchant Navy so took no part in the actual move. Cheelson Road was only built on one side with a row of bungalows ...Read more
A memory of South Ockendon in 1955 by
Peel Street Tipton
I lived in Peel Street in Tipton from 1950 till 1966 when we left to live in Australia, I also attended Tipton Primary School, then Tipton Grammar School from 1961 to 1965 but I also remember Owen Street quite well. I remember ...Read more
A memory of Tipton by
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Dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, Snape was once the seat of the Fitz-Randolphs and Nevilles, Lords of Middleham, and was rebuilt by the Latimers during the reign of Henry VI.
The large clock on its ornamental bracket outside St Martin's Church dates from 1668; it still shows present-day shoppers the time.
Built of sandstone and dating back to Saxon times, although with a Norman nave and chancel, it still has a number of small pews for children installed in 1790 at the beginning of the Sunday School
This ancient cross head bearing a crude carving of a crucifix must pre-date the church by many centuries.
The event is further commemorated in Broadgate by a puppet clock which dates from Coventry's post-war reconstruction.
East from St Peter's Hill, Avenue Road descends towards the River Witham, lined by middle-class late Victorian semi-detached villas.
The Church of St Andrew and St Mary has parts of the tower and porches that are 15th century; the rest dates from 1751, when it was enlarged to cater for the growing population working
By this date, Perranporth was becoming popular for bathing on account of its sandy beach.
The chancel was rebuilt by Lady Catherine Buckley in the 1550s and the porch is dated 1634.
There was a timber bridge here by 1172, but the present one with cast-iron spans dates from 1821.
The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.
Built in the Irish style, the round tower dates from the 10th or 11th centuries, and would have been used by the monks as a place of refuge during raids by pirates or Vikings.
The largest building, hip-roofed and dating from the late 19th century, is Pier Terrace (left of centre).
Kendal's church of the Holy Trinity is Cumbria's largest parish church, and dates from the 13th century, although it was extensively restored 60 years before this photograph was taken, between
The railway station, a lovely old Italianate-style building dating from 1848, was on the verge of being closed in the mid 1990s; it was only saved by children from the school, who ran it
The cob, stone and thatch cottages on the corner (right) date from the 18th century, and the tower of the parish church (left) from the early 16th century.
Dating from the mid 15th century it was extensively restored in 1866 at a cost of £1,200, mostly paid thanks to the benefaction of Mr Robert Copeman, many of whose ancestors are buried within
Many of the stone cottages date from the 17th century, and at number 22 lived a cloth merchant, John Brabyn, who founded a Bluecoat school and almshouses in Chipping.
A rather complex road junction now marks the spot where these gates once stood.The gates, signifying the entrance to the Bevois Mount Estate, date back to 1844, but were removed before World War Two
Dating only from 1737, Hanley was a township in the parish of Stoke until 1857.
Ruther's the fishmonger and grocer's opposite dated from First World War days.
The Presbyterian church, whose towers are visible in the distance, was completed in 1869, although the building bears the date of 1863.
The original parish church that served this area was the one at Farnworth that dated from Norman times.
The original parish church that served this area was the one at Farnworth that dated from Norman times.
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