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Places
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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Graham Jeffrey And The Band Savanas
Does anyone remember the band called the Savanas? Graham Jeffrey was the band's lead singer, they were very popular in Dartford back in the late fifties. Graham lived in Dartford at #7 Moorland Ave and lived ...Read more
A memory of Dartford in 1964 by
Oakwood In The 60's
Anyone remember the Amelia coffee bar in Oakwood at the end of Station Parade shops, where the beat set would frequent in the early 60's, then the Mods as the juke box was popular and coffee with froth in glass cups? I lived at ...Read more
A memory of Oakwood in 1961 by
The Old Railway Hotel
The old Railway Hotel previously occupied the adjacent timber-clad building to the south west of the Cranley Hotel before it closed its doors in 1910. It was then converted into 2 dwellings and a laundry in an adjoining ...Read more
A memory of Cranleigh in 1870 by
Skellow Schools In The 1950s
I was born at 9 Markham Ave in 1941 at my grandparents home We moved to 98 Poplar Rd when I was a baby our house was on the corner of Edward Rd there was only 15 houses then the road was blocked with corrugated ...Read more
A memory of Skellow in 1941 by
Those Were The Days
Many were the times we walked down the cross on our Camp, We would call in to a small café I think it was called Harry;s lovely sausages and chips ,the café was very popular with the Army Boys.
A memory of Crowborough in 1954 by
Dewsbury Market
My memory of this great and very popular market was during the late 1970's as a young kid and was every kids paradise. My mum worked at what must have been the world's largest sweet shop/stall - Jim's Candy Cabin. Every Saturday ...Read more
A memory of Dewsbury in 1979
Bexley Tec' School For Girls, 1965 66 And Beyond.
I started in the 6th form in September, 1965, Mrs. Taylor was our form mistress, Miss Fuller the Headmistress, Mrs. Richards for French, Miss Simms for English. In those days my name was Ruby Little; ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
High Kernock
I moved into Pillaton in 1950 at the age of 10 to a smallholding, High Kernock. It was a bit of a culture shock moving from Plymouth to a bungalow with no amenities at all but we got on fine. The viullage then had some amenities in the ...Read more
A memory of Pillaton by
Memories Of Petts Wood In The 40s And 50s
I was born in Farnborough Hospital during February of 1940. My home for the next 7 years was at 9 Kennelworth Road, and then we moved to 263 Crescent Drive, where I spent the next thirteen years. My ...Read more
A memory of Petts Wood by
Juvenile Wrecking Crew.
I think it mite have been one Sunday in 1954 (cos the plant was nearly deserted) when me, my older bro Roy and 2 or 3 other kids from Hart Lane wound up in the new car parking area of General Motors Vauxhall. As all the cars ...Read more
A memory of Luton
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At least they faced these buildings with bricks instead of the grey and grim concrete so popular thirty- odd years ago.
The river has also been a popular play area for local children, as this late Victorian scene shows.
This is the section which was dynamited in 1837 to open out the show-cave now so popular with visitors, who have to walk a mile up from the village to reach it.
Altrincham is situated only 8 miles south-south-west of Manchester, and its popularity as a residential area for business people grew with the opening of the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway
Other wealthy gentlemen followed his example, but it was to be towards the middle of that century before the town achieved popularity as a holiday resort.
This view has been a very popular one with photographers and painters over the years.
The landmark White Church is just visible in the background, and to the right is the popular Fairhaven Hotel.
The only change that modern visitors to Derbyshire's most popular stately home will note are that the classical statues on the bridge piers are no longer present.
The quiet village of Hillam lies just to the south of Monk Fryston, with its old Manor House, now a popular hotel and restaurant.
Sailing at Broadstairs has always been very popular.
The Dam is still the popular name for Clowne's reservoir at Harlesthorpe, north of the former coal-mining village.
To reach this popular bathing cove with its old inn, travellers must thread a path down a deep lane between hills bright with heather and wild flowers.
Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and as a result became popular for runaway marriages of English couples - Lord Hardwicke's act of 1754 abolished irregular marriages in England, but not in
Bembridge, the easternmost settlement on the Isle of Wight, became popular in late Victorian times as a centre for golf, being the headquarters of the Isle of Wight Golf Club.
Of all the Torbay resorts, only Paignton has a pier, owing to a combination of its popularity as a family resort and the gently sloping sands that facilitated the pier's construction.
A popular destination of walkers, it was built to allow the miners of Pentre Du to reach the mines in the hills; a mile west of Betws-y-Coed, paths lead through the meadows to this steeply-inclined gangway
Exmouth has been a popular resort for over two hundred years. Its miles of long sandy beaches, gently sloping sands, and safe bathing offer all that is needed for a perfect seaside holiday.
Motorcycles with sidecars were a popular and economical means of getting about for ordinary people.
So popular did it become that on rainy days large canvas tarpaulins would be erected outside as awnings to keep the crowds dry.
The George (the pub on the right) still exists, and is a popular local watering-hole. The towing path is in excellent condition now, and is used for walking and cycling.
A boat trip from Llangollen Wharf to the Horseshoe Falls is as popular today as it has ever been. This is probably the longest-lived operational horse-drawn trip boat on the canal system.
The popular walk overlooking Fowey and its harbour is reached via the Bodinnick Ferry.
However, in Victorian times the town became a popular spa, complete with pump room and baths and around 100 lodging houses.
This monumental clock tower, surmounted by a richly-decorated belfry and spire, is known more popularly as Big Ben, and was designed by E B Denison in 1858 after considerable technical difficulties.
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