Places
13 places found.
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- Colne, Lancashire
- Earls Colne, Essex
- White Colne, Essex
- Colne Engaine, Essex
- Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire
- Colne, Cambridgeshire
- Colne Edge, Lancashire
- Colne Bridge, Yorkshire
- Coln Rogers, Gloucestershire
- Wakes Colne, Essex
- Coln St Dennis, Gloucestershire
- Wakes Colne Green, Essex
- Hollin Hall, Lancashire (near Colne)
Photos
165 photos found. Showing results 61 to 80.
Maps
119 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 73 to 1.
Memories
127 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.
Schooling
We moved from Chelmsford to Radcliffe in 1968 - I was 2 years old. I went to Lorne Grove Nursery and my memory of that was the Rocking Horse Toy. I hated sharing it!! I was about 3 or 4 and I remember being so upset at being ...Read more
A memory of Radcliffe on Trent by
Living In Cavendish Bridge
I grew from a boy into manhood during my time in Cavendish Bridge. My parents had the Old Crown Inn and at the age of 17 had my first "pub crawl" with my mates from the bridge through Shardlow starting at the ...Read more
A memory of Shardlow in 1962 by
Old House On Harbour Road
The house on Harbour Road was where I lived with my parents and sister for approx two years. We lived in one room in the gable end, then we were moved to the other end which was three rooms in a row. We lived there till ...Read more
A memory of Kinghorn in 1941 by
Farraline Hall
Moved to Farraline Hall, Errogie in 1950 from Leeds. Dad was estate manager. Me and my brother Jeff and sister Jennifer in the back of a 7 ton flat lorry, sat on mattress under canvas in the back of it. I went to Errogie school, had ...Read more
A memory of Errogie in 1950 by
Jtbells
This is the year I started on the building sites in 1963, I got a job on J. T. Bell's site in Whickam, the site hadn't been running long then as it was in the first stage. All the lads were mainly from Newburn, Lemington, and Throckley. If ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1963 by
Earith Was In Huntingdonshire And Still Is
I was born in St Ives in 1939 but lived in Earith at what is now number 43. Next door was my Grandad's grocer's shop - Bert Russell. I moved to Peterborough in 1958 where I still live in Werrington ...Read more
A memory of Earith in 1940 by
Albert Road
Born in 101 Albert Road moved to Charlton House and lived in flat No.38; the Whitby's, Streets, Watsons, Sullivans, Corrs, Reynolds, Ryans, Butchers, were all my neighbours. I went to St Marys School, Granville Road then ...Read more
A memory of Kilburn in 1950 by
Kilburn Albert Road
Born in 101 Albert Road, moved to Charlton House and lived in flat No.38; the Whitby's, Streets, Watsons, Sullivans, Corrs, Reynolds, Ryans, Butchers, were all my neighbours. I went to St Marys School, Granville ...Read more
A memory of Kilburn in 1950 by
The Child Richard Makinson
I was born March 1947 in Guildford Surrey, my father was a serving soldier based in Aldershot. When I was two years old I was sent away to live with my fathers parents in Horden, "family politics". So here I am a ...Read more
A memory of Horden in 1949 by
1 A High Street, Garndiffiath
My name is Robert Gwillim, I lived at 1A High Street with my parents Edward & Betty from when I was born in 1955 until April 1962. My sister, Carol, was born in December 1961. My parents had lived at 1A High ...Read more
A memory of Garndiffaith in 1960 by
Captions
83 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.
IN 1908, in his Round About Wiltshire, A G Bradley wrote an idyllic description of the five mile 'run' between Beckhampton and Calne: 'One is on the wide open down, traversing the north-western
A Roman altar was discovered near the church in 1794, and in the 18th century a necklace and a hoard of coins were found, now in the British Museum.
A crock of Anglo-Saxon coins was found at Chancton Farm in 1866; they are now in the British Museum.
Below the column are plaques, each bearing the face of Queen Victoria in profile, the image familiar from coins and postage stamps. The railings and formal beds have gone.
It is said to have acquired its name from once being the site of a mint where unique Durham coins were produced.
Tuscan columns, inserted in 1812 by the Calne builder Button, replace the Norman originals.
An iron pot containing a large number of coins of Edward the Confessor was found in 1876. They were thought to have belonged to King Harold, and hidden during the Battle of Hastings.
It is said that an iron pot full of silver coins found at the foot of a wall in 1842 was part of a cache hidden by Samuel Pepys during the Great Plague.
They tossed a coin to decide which of them would give it a name; it is by pure chance that Epsom is not now famous throughout the world as the Home of the Bunbury.
Pullman's Westbrook Mill produced soft, chamois type leathers; Gay & Co in Ockford Road worked on small skins such as rabbit; and Rea and Fisher's by the railway, the heavier hides.
Among discoveries made are a coin found in Wolverton by Galleon's Wharf; a ring brooch at Bury Lawn, Great Linford; a clay weight for a weaving loom at Pennyland; a spearhead near Rickley Wood
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