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4th June 1961 Jfk Passes Through

It was 4th June 1961 and John F Kennedy was due to pass by Brentford on the Great West Road. The M4 had not yet been built. I went with my friend Graham around 7pm and joined the many people sitting on Macleans wall ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Nick Beard

Neave Family Of Brick House Farm

From the age of 6 I used to spend my holidays with this family as I was mad on the country and lived in Surbiton. I was friends with Jane Neave the youngest of John and Mary Neave's four daughters the others ...Read more

A memory of Woodham Mortimer by jslpld

Wartime Memories Of Wincanton

I arrived in Wincanton as an Evacuee in 1940/41 and lived for a while with my Uncle Frank and his family. My uncle at that time owned Bayford Garage. I was only about 6 yrs of age and quite naturally missed my mother ...Read more

A memory of Wincanton by unamuir333

Happy Holidays.

I have many happy memories of holidays spent at Dhoon from about 1934 to 1940, when I was under ten years old. My parents had visited the Isle of man for many years before I was born and had discovered Dhoon on those visits. We used to ...Read more

A memory of Dhoon by pandcvenour

We Did It

I claimed the walls in this picture in 1955 I was 10 years old two of us did it myself and best friend Goef Eastwood now deceased, sorry to say, we claimed it so far and we was so scared , we could not turn back so we had to go on and ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract by bobbybluetail

Memoirs Of Living In 46, Durham Buildings

A two bedroom flat on the third floor, 46, Durham Buildings, became home to me, my two siblings and parents for about 9 months from 1961 to 1962. The flat had no bathroom but a small outside balcony which ...Read more

A memory of Battersea

My Days In Rosedale Abbey

My Life in Rosedale Abbey - Raymond Beharrell During the last war my brother and I lived in York very near to the main railway yards. The area was always on the target for the German bombers, being railway sidings. ...Read more

A memory of Rosedale Abbey by fichrist

60 Years On And I Still Love It!

My Auntie May Howard and her husband Frank, from St. Helens, had a wooden holiday bungalow she called Homestead in Dee Avenue Talacre - it was definitely 1961 onwards and possibly just before that and the community ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by joan.bohan

School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

Captions

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Caption For Penrith, Castle 1893

The curtain wall, shown in this photograph, is all that remains of Strickland's castle, which is now a public park.

Caption For Carn Brea, 1906

Carn Brea, between Camborne and Redruth, has a very long archaeological record commencing with a large walled Neolithic settlement, one of the oldest in England.

Caption For Gravesend, The Ferry 1902

Reached via a cobbled yard in front of The Three Daws pub, and visually obstructed by the high sea wall, the pier is somewhat run down, unlike the Royal Terrace Pier.

Caption For York, The Castle C1885

This wonderful view from the walls was taken before the onslaught of the motor car, and when gas lamps were still in place.

Caption For Bedford, View From Town Bridge C1955

The high brick walls beyond belong to the 1885 Town and Country Club, later a library, which was swept away for the present twelve-bay, three-storey hotel bedroom wing in the 1950s.

Caption For Scarborough, The Castle 1890

The keep once stood 100ft high and has walls 12ft thick.

Caption For Watford, High Street 1921

Just beyond the banner advertising the attractions of the new Shopping Centre was the local branch of J Sainsbury's, with its tiled walls and marble counters, suffused with the subtle and distinctive

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, High Street C1955

On the immediate left, the tobacconist and confectioner's shop has some wall-mounted machines dispensing chewing gum and other sweets, as well as a stand advertising Lyons Maid ice cream.

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

Caption For Chapel St Leonards, Chapel Point C1955

The breakwaters have gone and the sea wall has been rebuilt, but most of the beach huts remain, with quaint names like Dolly's Den, Molly's and Sand Lea.

Caption For Saltfleet, Manor House C1955

The big tree has gone, and the outbuilding, whose steps can be seen at the left is now a single ruined wall.

Caption For Silverdale, Emesgate Lane C1965

T A Wilkinson the chemist is next door to the shop selling Wall's ice cream with rustic furniture outside. The village gets its name from a Viking, Sigward.

Caption For Odiham, King Street 2004

The ground floor outer wall was also rebuilt. Next door (right foreground) is Charlotte Terrace, which before its conversion to residential use in 1988 was the Assembly Rooms.

Caption For Easebourne, Village 1906

the route of the partly-restored Wey and Arun canal near the Surrey border—'London's lost route to the sea'.The shop on the left has old enamelled metal cigarette advertising signs fixed to the wall

Caption For Old Bursledon, The Post Office C1965

A bicycle leans against the wall. Strawberry growing was still a popular occupation around here. The lanes were quiet and occasional horse-drawn vehicles might be seen.

Caption For Brimscombe, The Valley 1900

Brimscombe Church, Walls Quarry and the hill leading to Burleigh are top right.

Caption For Torcross, General View 1907

The sea wall is a little more substantial today, otherwise the view is unchanged. On the road behind the houses there is a mouldering old Sherman tank.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Whitby Road C1955

The wall and trees on the left have now gone, and the Sportsman's pub now stands here.

Caption For Bath, St Michael's Church 1895

Replacing a medieval church that lay beyond the walled town's north gate, now commemorated by the street's name of Northgate Street, this church by Manners was started in 1835 in an early inaccurate Gothic

Caption For Piercebridge, West View C1955

miles west of Darlington, Piercebridge is unusual in that the village was built within the ramparts of a Roman fort that once guarded the bridge over the Tees carrying the road between York and Hadrian's Wall

Caption For Redcar, Coatham Enclosure, The Boating Lake C1955

The Coatham Enclosure was created from an area of sand dunes, and a retaining wall - the New Promenade - was built to protect the area from the blowing sand. This boating lake opened in 1930.

Caption For Newquay, The Harbour 1907

The gently lapping waves, resulting from low swell, indicate clearly how solid granite walls deflect the force of even a slight sea.

Caption For Oxford, New College 1890

The college, founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, lies in the shadow of the old city wall.

Caption For Earls Barton, The Village C1955

This view is taken further down West Street, with the churchyard on the left and the boundary walls of the Victorian Baptist Church on the right.