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Weekend Sunbathing

I used to go to the bathing lake every weekend rain or shine , I used vinegar and olive oil to get a tan, I even lay on tin foil at one time , I used to arrive as the baths opened , alongside the life guards , I have a photo ...Read more

A memory of Southport in 1960 by Margot Holland

Bedwell School (Old Church)

Ahh yes, the good old days. Bedwell school, the old church. I went there for my 3rd year when I was 9 or 10, this was because my actual school (bedonwell) was not large enough to deal with 4 years worth of pupils, so ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1965 by Richard Halsey

Town Hall Mitcham

I have mentioned before that I used to live in the Town Hall Mitcham in the 1950's My Dad used to be the caretaker there and I was then known as Pat Parkings.I used to know Margaret Gray, Doreen Humphries. Brian Wilkes and Teddy ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1952 by Patricia Burford

Living In Jaywick

My mum, dad, 2 brothers and 2 sisters lived at the bottom of Vauxhall Avenue - it was about 1963/64. It was a great place to live as kids, not so easy for my parents. We kids would collect water from the standpipe at the alleyway ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1963 by Hazel Methven Nee Sullivan

Clarence Street, Pontypool

I moved to the Avana cake shop on Clarence Street when I was 9 years old from The Wern, Old Furnace, Nr Pontypool. My mother became the manageress of the cake shop. My father loved the iced jam cream slices! I went to ...Read more

A memory of Pontymoel in 1954

Fond Memories Of Betton Hall

I lived at Betton Hall from 1940 - 1943, with my three brothers. As wartime evacuees from Manchester, we lived with the Crompton family who had three sons in the RAF; two were killed and the surviving son, ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by Edward Gill

Year Of 1959

My grandmother came from Shepton Mallet and left to live in West Yorkshire. I came to live for a short while and attended school out on Charlton Road. The house I lived at was the last one on Waterloo Road at its junction with ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by Ian Ludwell

Next Best Thing To The Toy Shop!

The next best thing to the toy shop was Guyatts Pet shop, almost at the top of Queens Road on the right hand side of the street. On the right hand side of the shop was a pathway that lead to a back yard that ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Peter Avery

1973 Demolition Year For The Market Buildings

I arrived in Wolverhampton when demolition of the market buildings was under way. The buildings in front of the church (in the photo) must have already been long gone, but the buildings on the side ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton

Great Leighs

we moved from Borham airfield just across a cornfield to a thatched cottage, the walls were wattle and daub which a farmer let out to farm workers normally, It had no electricity, flush toilet , bathroom, but it had heaps of room ...Read more

A memory of Great Leighs by ptricia46

Captions

1,668 captions found. Showing results 673 to 696.

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 Southampton, Bargate 1908

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

Caption For Cardiff, City Hall C1960

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

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 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 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 Reading, St Giles Church Interior 1896

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

Caption For Alderton, The Street C1955

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

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 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 St Ives, Fish Street 1906

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

Caption For Erith, New Flats C1960

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

Caption For Southampton, Bargate 1908

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

Caption For Beauchief, The Abbey C1950

Beauchief is four miles south of Sheffield, but all that remains of the Premonstratensian Abbey founded by Robert Fitz Ranulf around 1183 is the west tower.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Parish Church 1892

It contains Tudor murals and painted texts on its walls, and its parish registers go back to the same period.

Caption For York, Micklegate Bar C1885

The walls of the passage are built with Roman stone, including used coffins.

Caption For York, The Multiangular Tower C1885

When this stretch of the wall was excavated, the archaeologists found that the ramparts dated from Roman, Saxon, Viking, Norman and medieval times, and that the earth bank grew with each occupation.

Caption For Oving, Church And Black Boy Inn C1955

The ugly lean-to on the cottage has been replaced by a conservatory, and the railings by a rubble stone wall.

Caption For Ingoldmells, Vickers Point And Beach C1955

Here, looking towards Ingoldmells Point, are the sandy beach and the sand dunes, a view now radically changed by the more recent sea defences with a massive concave-fronted sea wall forming a promenade

Caption For Sproughton, The Mill C1955

The walled gardens were large enough to make each family self-sufficient in vegetables, thus helping to preserve their health. Most of the farm buildings survive today, except for the large barn.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Village C1955

The walled gardens were large enough to make each family self-sufficient in vegetables, thus helping to preserve their health. Most of the farm buildings survive today, except for the large barn.

Caption For Garstang, Church Street C1955

Beyond the trees lies St Thomas' Church, where in 1997 a painting hanging on its walls, 'Ecce Homo', was realised to be an original work by Annebella Carracci; it was subsequently valued at £5 million