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Elm Cottage

My family used to stay at Elm Cottage on Trewoon Road in Mullion for many of our summer holidays during the 1970's. The cottage belonged to a Mrs Kent, known to us affectionately as Aunty Ellie, who at that time lived in Caerleon in Wales ...Read more

A memory of Mullion

The Hersham Flood – September 1968

During the 60s I lived in Surbiton and worked in Hersham. As I was getting ready to leave for work one morning in 1968, a radio broadcast warned of severe flooding along the Mole valley following heavy rains, and ...Read more

A memory of Hersham by Tony Newman

War Time

During the WW2 war my dad was posted at R A F Finningley and we his family lived in the village at a small holding across the road from the school. I can still see in my mind Wilf the owner who lived there too with his wife. Also the ...Read more

A memory of Finningley in 1945 by Andrew Darling

What Used To Be.

The place where the Lydgate tunnel is a left over mound of ground found in the back field. There used to be 2 pubs and a black smithy that fell in and was rebuilt. They used to live and work in the ...Read more

A memory of Lydgate by Nicola Roberts

The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Best Years Of Our Lives

My name is David Cannon I was born in Dagenham in 1947 at my maternal grandmothers house but immediately moved to Alfred’s Way Barking opposite the Volunteer pub to live with my Gran and Grandad Cannon. They had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Barking by David Cannon

St Mary’s Graves End

My name is Gary Canham, my brother Richard and I were placed into care at St Mary’s School in Graves End on the 24/04/1961, aged 3 and 2, we remained there till being returned to our mother and stepfather on 22/06/1963. I have ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by Gary Canham

The 1950s

I well remember what seemed like an age, the summer holidays of the early 1950s. My brother and I would spend all day on the beach or after the harvest playing stage coaches with the bales of hay in the field in Stocks Lane. In ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay

Shops And Places The High Road And Ealing Road.

I was born and lived in Wembley until 1960. The Railway Hotel was the pub on the corner of Ealing Road and my mother was head housekeeper there for a long time. On the day of the Coronation the pub ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1953 by Barbara Fisher

The Visitation Convent Bridport Dorset.

For unruly behaviour, I was delivered to boarding school at the age of 4, after enjoying wonderful times on a Devon farm. I was taken to the Convent by my parents in an Austin 7. I remember crying and staring ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1948 by Rex Duffy

Captions

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Caption For Buttermere, The Village 1889

The small stock enclosure which goes across the Sail Beck was probably used for sheep washing in the summer, before shearing.

Caption For Buttermere, The Village 1889

The small stock enclosure which goes across the Sail Beck was probably used for sheep washing in the summer, before shearing.

Caption For Staithes, High Street C1960

Again in the High Street we see the post office stores on the right and, on the left, 'for the handyman we stock paints, wallpapers, electrical goods and hardware'!

Caption For Hastings, Alexandra Park 1890

The lake and reservoir have been stocked with trout and coarse fish for the benefit of local anglers.

Caption For Eccleston, The Ferry C1965

Many a year has passed since Mrs Gillam ran a small general shop in the village, stocking all manner of things from mops and buckets to sugar and sweets.

Caption For Huddersfield, Market Place 2005

There are also plans to demolish the council flats at Rashcliffe and Southgate and, although the latter in particular are notorious eyesores, there is concern that this will lead to a further reduction

Caption For Brading, High Street C1960

Not far away from the Bull Ring are displayed the town stocks and whipping post.

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, The Square C1955

Lining the centre of the street are the town's stocks, market cross, fish slab and whipping post; the lamp behind was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Caption For Holkham, The Village Stores C1955

Cigarettes, films and ice cream are among the heavily advertised items stocked at the village stores.

Caption For Bainbridge, The Green 1929

It is five years after photograph 75706 was taken, and the green is still attractive for the villagers.

Caption For South Ferriby, River Ancholme And Lock C1965

The River Ancholme is an angler's paradise; it is abundantly stocked with coarse fish, especially roach and bream, and recently perch.

Caption For Painswick, St Mary's Church 1900

St Mary's church is the focus of this ancient little town, which is built almost exclusively from Cotswold stone. The church tower houses a peal of twelve bells.

Caption For Castle Rising, The Cross 1908

This is constructed of Barnack stone, apart from the base, which came from the castle ruins.

Caption For Colne, Parish Church C1955

The oldest building in Colne is the church. St Bartholomew's dates from the 1200s, and much of the 62ft tower is original. The church has stocks and a charnel house in the graveyard.

Caption For Brading, High Street C1960

Not far away from the Bull Ring are displayed the town stocks and whipping post.

Caption For Stratton, Sanctuary 1906

Over the thatched roofs rises the dark green tower of St Andrew's Church.

Caption For Sherborne, The Village C1960

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Caption For Camborne, Market Place 1906

Camborne grew rapidly from a modest village in the late 1700s into Cornwall's tin mining capital. Its plain buildings of dull brown stone reflect its workaday origins.

Caption For Lymm, The Cross 1897

The 17th century cross and village stocks. Local man Henry Daniels introduced fustian cutting to Lymm, having first gone to Manchester to learn the business.

Caption For Grindleford, 1919

Sweeping views of the wilds of the Peak District are encapsulated in this picture. Note the dry stone wall in the foreground.

Caption For Huddersfield, New Street 2005

Established in 1827, the Huddersfield Banking Company was only the second joint stock bank in the country, created under an Act to prevent a recurrence of the banking crisis of the previous year

Caption For Horsforth, Mechanics Institute 1901

This seat of self-improvement was opened to the town's working people in 1882. It contained a reading room and a well-stocked library of over 3,000 books.

Caption For Barmouth, The Harbour 1913

The town was once a shipbuilding centre and the chief port of Merioneth, with a large trade in flannel and knitted stockings. Today, the Three Peaks Race starts here.

Caption For West Monkton, The Stocks C1960

A fine example of a village stocks is to be seen at West Monkton, sheltered beneath the yews of the churchyard. Notice the whipping post on the right.