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The 1950s
Though I have some recall of the 1940s - eg starting school in 1948 at the age of three and a half and being reluctant to get off a rocking horse on the first day, it was the 1950s that really kicked in - to the accompaniment of songs ...Read more
A memory of Corwen in 1950 by
My Dad Was At Hendon Police School In 1958
My late father was a police officer with the Royal Malaysian Police between 1953 and 1982 inclusive. In the early years of his career he served under several British officers and was sent to the thick ...Read more
A memory of Colindale in 1958 by
Childhood Memories
I was born in Hereford County Hospital in 1945 and together with my twin sister was bought back to Broad View, Llangrove where I lived with my Mum and Dad and older brother from 1945 until I got married in 1965. My Dad had ...Read more
A memory of Llangrove in 1950 by
Cranford Shops 1980s 2010
Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more
A memory of Cranford
Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s
I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more
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Some Childhood Years In Sorbie 1932 T0 1937
The family moved from Reay in Caithness to Sorbie in 1932 - I was 2 years old and had a sister who was 12 years old and a brother, 10 years old, so there was a huge difference in ages and I was brought up ...Read more
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Bad Memories
I was in the Sanatorium, the children's section, aged seven in 1949 suffering from TB, my mother was sent there the following year and stayed in the woman's section, also with TB, and unfortunately she died there after just a ...Read more
A memory of Chandler's Ford in 1949 by
Bestwood Lodge
After browsing this site in search of any information or memories about Bestwood Lodge. Nothing comes up other than Bestwood Village. So I thought I would add my own. So here goes...........Is there anyone out there who ...Read more
A memory of Bestwood Village
Laurel Cottages
A few years ago, along with two of my daughters, I came to look for Laurel Cottages as my mother had lived there up to her death in September 1942. My mother, Mona Braithwaite, was a cook and lived at 9 Laurel Cottages. ...Read more
A memory of North Warnborough in 1940 by
1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years
I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more
A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by
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The staircases are designed in such a way that the floor of one is the roof of the other, and people using them do not see one another until they reach the top of the tower.
Another major engineering feat on this scenic line is the rock cutting in the far headland. How things have changed at Carbis Bay - much of this scene has since been developed.
Further on is another former shop with a chewing-gum machine; beyond it are the telephone box and the Parish Room of 1904.
Here we have another view of Prince's Corner on the right, with a glimpse of the High Street beyond the pseudo-timbering of The King's Arms (now The Fallow and Firkin).
There was at one time another line down to Rawtenstall, joining what is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway. As well as having three railway lines, the town also had three turnpike roads.
Whitegate is named for an old white gate which would once have marked the entrance to the former Vale Royal Abbey.
Two more were built after one another; the second was washed away by floods.This photograph, showing the castle walls and the dome of the Debtors' Prison, was taken from the fourth recorded bridge, which
At the end of the Parade, behind the trees on the right, stands the Castle, the home of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
In the distance and slightly to the left of the clock tower is the obelisk erected to the memory of Henry Bell, who built the first steam-powered vessel to sail on the Clyde.
The erection of the war memorial proved to be both protracted and controversial.
He survived only another two years.
North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.
This is another of the Lincolnshire churches built with the local limestone. It overlooks the Trent and Witham valley towards the Nottinghamshire border.
The church enjoys another noted link with the past. William Gilpin became vicar here in 1777, and later wrote several books on natural history.
The Earl of Derby both gave the land and also paid for the construction of the market, which opened in 1841.
On the left we can see medieval stonework and windows, whilst a Flemish influence seems apparent on the right of the building.
Here we have another view of a track in the forest. Here we might catch glimpses of fallow deer and even roe and red deer.
The Town Hall, another gift from Lord Ashton, had opened in 1909; it was designed by E W Mountford, who was the architect of the Old Bailey in London.
The two oldest buildings in Congleton are both inns, the White Lion near the Town Hall and the Lion and Swan shown here. However, Congleton is known as the Bear Town.
The precinct is built on the site of the Townsend tram terminus, next to a junction known as the Cross, which is also the name of a good-looking pub on the opposite corner.
This was another desirable residential road, with prosperous Victorian villas at its eastern end.
This view from the end of the stone pier shows the four-storey Custom House surrounded by rowing boats, which were used by both local fishermen and holidaymakers.
West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.
Originally the fort comprised a two-storey building with a north tower and a gatehouse.
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