Places
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
302 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.
Disley Primary School
When I went to the school we had our dinners in a room downstairs and heaven help you if you cheeked the dinner ladies. The Headmaster's son at the time, Michael Roe, did and he got a real telling off and probably the cane ...Read more
A memory of Disley in 1961 by
My Granddad Stevens
Years ago my grandad had a small garage and workshop at the side of the Du-Cane Arms. My dad was born there and went to scool at Great Tottom. My grandad is buried in Great Braxted Church and my nanna is there too. In the ...Read more
A memory of Great Braxted in 1900 by
The Southam Family
My great-grandfather William Southam was born in 1829 in Catesby in Northamptonshire. He married Eliza Green, born Wormleighton, Warks. They lived in Ladbroke, Warks, in a cottage next to the School House that still exists but ...Read more
A memory of Ladbroke in 1870 by
The Laws Kingennie
The Laws was a beautiful mansion-house in a perfect setting. The drive from the gardener's cottage (Mr Robb) up to the big house was a wonderful journey past mature trees, past the famous rock-gardens and lily pond, the ...Read more
A memory of Kingennie House in 1940
John Ansells Memories 1938 1951
As a 10 year old, I moved with my parents to 90 Middle Lane 1938, which is now demolished. I remember watching the firework displays at Alexandra Palace. I was evacuated to Cornwall in 1938 with Crouch End Junior ...Read more
A memory of Hornsey in 1940 by
The Churchyard
I attended St Andrew's school in the 1960s (next to the church), I sang in the church choir when we had school assembly at the church every Wednesday and Mr Brooked played the fabulous organ. We also played in the churchyard too as it ...Read more
A memory of Hove by
School Days
I remember well my days at Old Hartley School, it was a tough little school as I remember. The headmistress was very strict and the teachers were none too slow to administer the cane. But it holds the best memories of my ...Read more
A memory of Hartley in 1961 by
Pontnewydd Church School
As I remember, the discipline there was tough, but at least you knew right from wrong and if you did something wrong you could expect punishment - nearly always the cane. We all had to attend the church for assembly ...Read more
A memory of Pontnewydd in 1940 by
More Corwen Memories
It was abuot 1950, and we were having what we called PT lessons, the infants teacher Miss Olwen Davies had us playing 'What's the time, Mr Wolf?, culminating with 'Miss' (the wolf) turning and chasing us, shouting "Dinner ...Read more
A memory of Corwen in 1950 by
Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s
I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more
A memory of Portsmouth by
Captions
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The Red Lion can be traced back to 1680 and stood alone until the arrival of the railways and Cane Hill Hospital.
Promenaders are attired in the latest fashions, with no gentlemen being seen without his cane or umbrella.
Then, as now, trams were a mainstay of the city's transport, but pulled by horses like the omnibuses and carts that also line the street, whilst hatted business men with canes and shoppers walk the pavements
The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.
The trend for day tripping and the increase in car ownership were to prove a bane for the council.
The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.
The Victorian St Dunstan`s Cottages, left, were built for staff at Cane Hill Hospital.
They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.
They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.
This stretch of country used to have three major hospitals, the most famous of which was Cane Hill, built as a lunatic asylum in 1882.
A good smaller furniture factory survives (it is now a listed building): the Cane and Rush Works of about 1880 in Desborough Street.
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