Places
28 places found.
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- Acton, Greater London
- Acton, County Down
- Acton Bridge, Cheshire
- Acton Burnell, Shropshire
- Acton, Cheshire
- Acton, Suffolk
- Acton, Clwyd
- Acton, Shropshire
- Acton, Hereford & Worcester
- Acton, Staffordshire
- Acton, Dorset
- Acton Round, Shropshire
- Acton Turville, Avon
- South Acton, Greater London
- Iron Acton, Avon
- Acton Pigott, Shropshire
- Acton Reynald, Shropshire
- Acton Trussell, Staffordshire
- Acton Place, Suffolk
- Acton Scott, Shropshire
- Acton Beauchamp, Hereford & Worcester
- West Acton, Greater London
- North Acton, Greater London
- Acton Green, Hereford & Worcester
- East Acton, Greater London
- Acton Green, Greater London
- Broome, Shropshire (near Acton Burnell)
- Dorrington, Shropshire (near Acton Burnell)
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Memories
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Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
The Boat Club, Acton Bridge
Laurie, I remember vividly those days as if they were yesterday, strange to see the Jan mentioned which dad bought from the Faircloughs which was moored at Widnes Docks.Do you remember our trip down the ship canal ...Read more
A memory of Acton Bridge by
When I Was A Lad
During my schooldays I often visited Eastwood from Hucknall, my mate David Scrimshaw and I had many happy times there. We were travelling back to Hucknall one day on the bus, and two girls waved to us from a small park near ...Read more
A memory of Eastwood in 1958 by
School Holidays At Abington Park
I was born in 1951 in Lutterworth Road, Northampton just a 5 minutes' walk from one of the most beautiful parks in the country - Abington Park. Originally part of the Wantage family estate, it boasted a ...Read more
A memory of Little Billing in 1959 by
The Waltham Abbey Choir And Other Memories
My family lived in Waltham Abbey from 1955 to 1961 and living there left a lasting impression on me. I attended Waltham Holy Cross County Primary School during this time and at the ripe old age of 8 ...Read more
A memory of Waltham Abbey in 1960 by
My Grandfather
This is approximately the year when researching my family history that I became aware that there is a plaque in the church for my grandfather, George Reginald Mundy of the Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on ...Read more
A memory of Great Durnford in 1975 by
Family Holidays
My dad always ensured that we had a "fortnight's" family holiday each year. A fortnight was 2 weeks - ie fourteen nights. These holidays started in 1949, when I was seven and continued to up to 1958 when I was 16. In 1949 and ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth in 1949 by
The Palace Cinema
The pub on the left of the picture was renowned for a few brawls in it's time, originally called The Globe (now known as Raferty's) I recall walking down Cambridge St and seeing a man being hurled through the window into ...Read more
A memory of Wellingborough in 1968 by
History Of Clayton Family 1700s
Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more
A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by
Re Tony Bros Ice Cream
I remember Tony Bros ice cream parlour off Acton High Street. On some Sundays my father would take me for a treat for a cornet or wafer scooped out of the big drum on the counter, it was always after giving our dog ...Read more
A memory of South Harefield by
Captions
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There are three such memorials in the town to remember the dead in foreign lands, but the town itself has seen action on its own soil.
Clearly, he does not want the boy to exert too much pressure and so counteract his own actions, which would turn the boat too quickly and make it collide with the moored craft ahead.
Inside, the constant action of the waves has eroded the nearly vertical and contorted beds of chalk and Hastings sand, to create this 500-yard lagoon.
This equestrian initiative to restore public transport went into action in the aftermath of the downpour through the day and night of 18-19 July 1955, when the highest rainfall ever recorded
The castle was the scene of the first action by the barons against Edward II.
Removal of the ivy enables us to admire the late 18th-century house (with a painter in action, left) and next door, a Georgian façade conceals a timber-framed house dated to 1454-55.
The castle also saw action in the Civil War, surrendering to Cromwell's force in 1649.
Communal action and a progressive Town Council aided development with the building of promenades, bandstands, concert halls and the provision of a good water supply and drainage.
When he died fighting the French at Trafalgar in 1805, Liverpool sprang into action and erected a monument to him: that bronze monument is seen on the right of this picture.
rivers meet - the Peveril, the Caldew and, most importantly, the Eden; a point that is also marked by a striking natural feature, a sandstone bluff covered by a mound of boulder clay left by the actions
Colonel F Glanville, killed in action fighting for the King at Bridgwater, 1645, and John Glanville, 1673, are also commemorated.
The clearance of the navigation was a very contentious issue in the early 17th century and an Act enabling the building of locks and wharves was not passed until 1664.
The castle at Christchurch was featured in Conan Doyle's novel, 'The White Company', which places its action around 1365.
Contingency plans were made to utilise the gallery as an emergency hospital in case the Victoria Hospital was put out of action by enemy attacks and a system of fire watching was begun.
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