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Places
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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Dodwell Lane Walks Along Dodwell The River Hamble
A group of us children would often after church on a Sunday go for a walk home 'the long way'. Yes, walking then was just wonderful. Our trek often took us along the river to the farm, before ...Read more
A memory of Old Milton in 1930 by
Corn Brook
Hi, it looks like this house was set against the Corn Brook midway between Corn Brook bridge on the A4117 and Fairyglen which is downstream. The house is no longer there, but where it was, was a place called Enoch's Garden. We used to ...Read more
A memory of Clee Hill in 1974 by
Polar Bear
Wellingborough Zoo had the saddest Polar Bear I have ever seen. Its enclosure was roughly three times the size of the bear and its pool was hardly bigger than a bath tub. Even as a small child, I knew this was cruel. It really upset me. Wendy Nicolle, nee March.
A memory of Wellingborough in 1951 by
Leaving Home
My memory of Syderstone is in October of 1951. I left my home in Leicester as the bride of a young man who was in the USAF. He had been my High School pen-friend and was stationed at RAF Sculthorpe. I left my home for Norfolk one ...Read more
A memory of Syderstone in 1951 by
Born And Bred
The summer of 1959 goes down as the hottest in my memory. It started at the end of April and continued right through until the end of September. I was ten years of age that year and I spent most of that glorious summer hanging out ...Read more
A memory of Barking in 1959 by
Memories Never Fade Only Names To People's Faces
I have many memories of Kingsbury. I was born in Kingsbury in 1955 and lived in Dorchester Way which backed onto the side of the then fire station. I attended St Bernadette's school off the Kenton ...Read more
A memory of Kingsbury in 1960 by
Fawley Hardley & Hythe
My maiden name was Perl. I have so many happy memories of growing up in this area in the 50's. Moved to a bungalow in Hythe in 1954 one of the first to be built on the old golf course. Attended, for a short time, the primary ...Read more
A memory of Fawley by
Grand Hotel Sheringham
I watched, with my young son, this wonderful Victorian building being demolished in 1974. Being such a huge Hotel, it became untenable. Part of it was, I recall made into flats, but after a time this apparently was not ...Read more
A memory of Sheringham in 1974 by
Ww2.
This (downstream) side of the mill was a popular site for the Canadian Army stationed at Bordon Camp during the war. Almost every day they would be there with their lorries, tanks and motorbikes, ostensibly to wash the vehicles but generally to ...Read more
A memory of Bordon in 1942 by
Chingford In The 60's
Very, very, happy memories of living in Chingford in the 60's. I moved to Westward Road when I was five and I went to Chase Lane School when it still had more or less outside toilets! One of the teachers (I think the maths ...Read more
A memory of Chingford by
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Blakeney only really began to become popular as a tourist and holiday destination from the mid 1920s.
Once Cromer and Sheringham became popular as holiday destinations, the Runtons (the villages between the towns) enjoyed the benefits of the overflowing holiday trade.
Scarborough's sandy beaches are still as popular with northern holidaymakers, who still throng to the seaside town for the donkey rides, candy floss and sticks of rock as they did 50 years ago.
Since 1945, Walton Gardens have been a popular public park.
Like Tresaith, it became popular with holidaymakers from the 1930s.
The south bank is a series of islands linked by footbridges, and is just as popular as public parkland.
One popular walk was up Heber's Gill to the Swastika Stone, an ancient area which may have been used for fire worship.
The bustling twice-weekly market was clearly a popular event at the turn of the century.
The picture shows Sompting General Supply Stores with a sign fixed to the shopfront advertising Players Weights cigarettes, a popular budget brand.
Its ragged remains were transformed into public gardens by the local council and became a popular place for all. Here on a sunny afternoon the crowd gathers to enjoy the antics of a Pierrot troupe.
Long before the holiday boat industry took off, a trip behind a horse-drawn boat in Llangollen was a popular outing.
The poster at the entrance advertises a military band concert, for which the bandstand on the pier was popular.
In more recent years the village has been the annual venue for a very popular half-marathon road race.
Leysdown is a popular holiday resort on the Isle of Sheppey, reached by crossing the Kingsferry Bridge.
It was inevitable that two years ago (2002) a decision was made to bring this popular venue up to standard.
It was well known that the priory had a miraculous section of the True Cross, and a popular exclamation in 14th- and 15th-century texts was 'Oh, Holy Rood of Bromholm!'
Pleasure boats could be hired for trips and picnics on the river bank, and further north, Rye House was a popular weekend venue for east Londoners seeking respite from the smoky capital.
Well-wrapped holidaymakers manage to enjoy the sun on the ever-popular deckchairs. Ten-Pin Bowling is played in the new pavilion.
His books were once as popular as those of Agatha Christie, although nowadays few people know of him or his work.
The most popular theory is that Kit's Coty - 'coty' means 'house' - was the burial place of Catigern, who is said to have fallen fighting the legendary Jutish warriors Hengist and Horsa in the Battle
For most of the century the city's parks retained their popularity and were maintained meticulously, only in the last quarter of the century suffering from a lack of management and care.
Situated eleven miles north of Bridlington, Filey was for many years a working fishing village, but became a popular place in the 1890s for those seeking a quiet holiday.
Deal is a delightful small resort which became very popular Victorian times.
The family tricycle was always a popular attraction.
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