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Burdon Hay Loft
My friend, Shiela Thompson, lived in a cottage at Burdon. Her father used to work on Burdon farm, he must have been a labourer as I remember him always working. My brother and myself used to cycle up to the farm on a weekend and ...Read more
A memory of Ryhope in 1962 by
Sadly The Palm House Has Gone
I am the current owner and restorer of the former Town Hall. It was originally called Whitehall and is now called Mossley Hall. The Palm House in the picture was removed, along with the stained glass Atrium over the ...Read more
A memory of Mossley in 1958 by
Phil & John's Amazing Journey Part 2 Football, Pubs, Old Friends
Stopping briefly outside the Working Men’s Club, the meeting place on Saturday lunchtimes for us Groby footballers before away games, we pass the chippy, the old blacksmiths where the old ...Read more
A memory of Groby in 1970
Happy Days At Brimington School?
I attended Brimington Boys from 1962 - 1966. The Headmaster during my school time was the arch nemises of all pupils, Mr D Kelly. Looking back now I have nothing but admiration and a great respect for him and his ...Read more
A memory of Brimington in 1962 by
Coronation Year
I moved to Holme on Spalding Moor, just after Easter 1953. My gran had a pub in Hull called The Black Boy, and she retired to Holme to run the Railway Inn in Holme and as I then lived with her I moved too. I was very ...Read more
A memory of Holme by
Happy Youth
I first found out about when I moved to Great Horton in Bradford about 1952. I met a boy called Philip Tempest who lived in a house near by, we became life long friends. His parent took me on holiday with them to a cottage they owned ...Read more
A memory of Nesfield in 1950 by
The Horse And Cart
I had the perfect Job for me when I was 10. John (Jacky) Robinson had me working for him on the horse and cart. Fridays and Saturdays you could hear us walking the streets of Easington - our famous yell was "ANY ...Read more
A memory of Easington Colliery in 1969 by
What A Joy!
I am Pewsey born and bred and what a joy it is to discover a site where memories of our country's unique village life can be shared and stored for the future. So much to share about Pewsey life... I remember playing with all the ...Read more
A memory of Pewsey in 1976 by
Jaywick Sands From 1954 1960
I first discovered Jaywick when I was just ten years old in 1954. I was taken there by my parents in a 1936 Bedford Van to stay with my uncle Bill, aunt Flo and cousin Bill who was 6 months younger than me. This would ...Read more
A memory of Jaywick in 1954 by
Filmdirector Frederick Zelnik In Harrow
Unfortunately, I have never stayed at the beautiful Harrow. But I'm very interested in Harrow because I'm looking for a house where the German filmdirector and producer Frederick (Friedrich) Zelnik and his wife, ...Read more
A memory of Harrow by
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Follow a heritage trail around Chelmsford, however, and you can be forgiven for thinking that half of its history lies under car parks. In some cases, you would be right.
Heavy seas ripped the Perch from its site and washed it away in March 1824, and this time it was not recovered until the following December.
Finally the housing was transferred to the local authority in 1978, but community assets such as car parks and the Water Gardens, which should have followed, were not transferred until the early
Unlike the 18th-century grid plan, the expansion of the 1830s and 1840s tended to follow contours and natural features, and the great terraces were fronted by gardens surrounded by railings.
themselves would hardly have strayed much beyond their villages, except to visit nearby market towns, or to drive livestock from parish to parish along the ancient droving routes which can still be followed
In the Middle Ages, the Basildon area formed part of the Royal Forest, and throughout the following centuries it remained a rural backwater.
Half a century on, however, there is need for improvement following competition from other places such as Lakeside, Bluewater and Chelmsford, and this means that the centre needs to change to
A sporty-looking 6hp two-seater followed in 1904.
Grim tries to follow the Earl's instructions, but he cannot face killing the baby; he takes him from the water and goes home.
The name unwittingly foreshadowed the fate of the town in the following century.
The following year she was sold to James Jones of Swansea, and operated out of Milford Haven. She had a further refit in 1893 which included reboilering and the fitting of new compound engines.
Within half a mile of it others were razed to the ground over the following three or four years, including the tall Phoenix Mill at Rashcliffe which had been empty for some time, Engine Bridge
In 1891 'City of Paris' suffered major damage to her engine room as a result of her starboard shaft breaking, and the following year 'City of Chicago' was wrecked off Ireland.
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