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When The Reverend Nichols Was The Rector

Sadly, I believe St Michael's Church is little more now than a ruin of it's former self, nothing like it was in the 1940's when it seemed to stand proudly on the hill watching over and protecting the small ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Thelma Hurly

St Joseph's Convent School

I note that a couple of people have mentioned St Joseph's Convent School. Having attended that school from 1960 to 1966, I can confirm that the location was opposite Hoadley's and the building did indeed curve alongside ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill

Tulse Hill Garden Which Bordered Brockwell Park

Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the 1960's & 70's his daughter ...Read more

A memory of Brixton by Gemma Gemma

Growing Up In Finchingfield

My family Ken and Joan Blake owned the Church Hill Stores (opposite the Church) from 1945 to the early 50's then we lived in the village until 1957. I have many memories of my time in Finchingfield and many faces ...Read more

A memory of Finchingfield in 1940 by Lesley Alexander

Long Time Ago.

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

Edgecoombe, Selsdon 1957 61

I remember Selsdon well as my family lived at 68 Edgecoombe, the long road on the opposite side of the wood at Selsdon not to be confused with Selsdon Woods. We had two ways to get to Selsdon shops. Through the woods ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Martin Brookes

Plymstock Memories Late 1950s

Having moved out of Plymouth, and awaiting a new build house off Dunstone Road, I lived for a while at my grandparent's house on Dean Hill whilst attending Goosewell Infants. At that time Dean Hill was a tranquil leafy ...Read more

A memory of Plymstock

Thermopylae

I was brought up in Claughton Village (Wirral) and in the holidays as children we regularly walked through Bidston Hill to Thermopylae Pass.  We would spend all day on the Hill and at Thermopylae and walk home at the end of the day ...Read more

A memory of Upton in 1959 by Joan Grey

Correction

This picture does not show Castletown, or the convict prison. It does show Chiswell in the foreground, and Fortuneswell on the hillside. The Great Verne Citadel (not a prison then) is hidden on the hilltop, left. Thank you for the correction - we have now updated our database!

A memory of Portland by sm42

Riding My Horse

This was one of the routes I took in the early 70s when riding my beautiful horse out. We would go up West Balgrochan Road, turn in to Acre Valley Road and go up the hill where the woods are and down to the other side, sometimes going ...Read more

A memory of Torrance

Captions

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Caption For Coulsdon, Marlpit Lane 1906

The five- bar gate marks the present entrance to Hillside Road whilst opposite is to-day`s Stoneyfield Road. The lane was a great favourite with cyclists in the early 1900s.

Caption For Shute, The Beagles C1955

Shute is a collection of scattered hamlets on a hillside offering wonderful views. Its cottages consist of a wide variety of architectural styles.

Caption For Bucks Mills, And Clovelly Bay 1930

The white mass on the hillside in the distance is Clovelly.

Caption For Newnham, The Cottage C1955

Now firmly back in the ironstone hills, we reach Newnham, two miles south of Daventry. The village is set on the hilly north side of the young River Nene. Little has changed.

Caption For Wisborough Green, The Church, Village And Windmill 1896

This is a fine view of a pastoral hillside. The church of St Peter ad Vincula has a shingled broach spire. We can see a fine smock windmill in full working order in the left distance.

Caption For Launceston, From St Stephen's Hill 1893

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

Caption For Uley, The Tumulus C1960

Generally known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, named after a local landowner (Tump being a Cotswold word to indicate a small hill or mound), this Neolithic long barrow a mile to the north of Uley

Caption For Richmond, View From Castle Walk 1913

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Mevagissey, The Harbour C1955

This attractive scene, with fishing boats in a harbour backed by cottages climbing the hillside, gives the reason why.

Caption For Cookham Dean, Winter Hill 1925

Winter Hill is a noted beauty spot on the Berkshire side with views along the Thames. The hill rises about 180 feet above the river and gives superb views of the valley below.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

The Frome Valley, dotted with mills and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry. Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank.

Caption For Rochdale, Esplanade 1902

The antics of our cameraman has attracted the attention of a number of boys gathered round the white marble angel that stands in front of the gates to Hillside Gardens.

Caption For Pembridge, C1960

Prior to that time it is thought to have been a rectory, Pembridge's church sits on the hillside just behind it.

Caption For Devizes, The Caen Hill Flight 1898

Part of the Devizes 29 is this set of 16 locks at Caen Hill.

Caption For Hathersage, The Village 1902

Charlotte Bronte stayed at the vicarage of the hillside town on Hathersage in 1845; the rector Henry Nussey proposed to her but she declined him.

Caption For Herne Hill, Norwood Road C1951

The railing and trees on the right are part of Brockwell Park, and the shops on the far side are under the Herne Hill to Tulse Hill railway line.

Caption For Barmouth, From The Breakwater 1889

The old town clings to the steep hillside, and the beginning of the famous Barmouth Bridge is visible on the right.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

The Frome valley, dotted with mills and and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry. Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank.

Caption For Matlock Bath, Road To Temple Hotel C1864

This view looks down on the hillside villas from the road which winds up to the Temple Hotel, which dates from the 1760s.

Caption For Belmont, From The Downs 1903

We are on a high, sandy hillside on the outskirts of Hastings. Nearby, Minnis Rock Hermitage has three rock cells cut out of a sandstone cliff face; it is well conserved.

Caption For Clee Hill, C1960

However, people have always lived here, and the hillside is covered with the remains of bell pits - ancient open-cast mines where people have dug for coal from the 13th century.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Common 1937

Large 19th-century houses line the road on the far side of the Common on Chaters Hill. In the grass on this side of the house on the right lies the mediaeval maze.

Caption For Launceston, From St Stephen's Hill 1893

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

Caption For Launceston, From St Stephen's Hill 1893

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle