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John Street
My grandfather lived in John Street and kept lots of chickens. As everything was rationed during my childhood we were very lucky to have eggs from him. I remember calling in with my dad to collect eggs and to see a wire mesh area ...Read more
A memory of Nantyffyllon in 1945 by
My Childhood Memories Of Menai Bridge
My father was born in Talwrn near Llangefni and each year we would go by train to Liverpool and then go to the pier head and board St Tudno which sailed at 10 30 am, dropping people off about 12 in ...Read more
A memory of Menai Bridge in 1930 by
Happy Days In Heswall (Rlch)
I guess I was on the same bus as Gina and her life long friends who I also remember. The Liverpool girls would meet up on a Sunday night to catch the ferry to Birkenhead and the bus to Heswall. If the girls from the Isle ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1969 by
Where Does The Time Go
This is the church where my 17 year old son was christened. This is also the church where I spent most of my childhood. From about the age of 10, my friends and I would go grave rubbing. We actually spent more time cleaning ...Read more
A memory of Farndon in 1980 by
The Hub Of My Young Universe
London's main railway stations truly are wonderful and Charing Cross was the one that I frequented the most as I travelled every weekday from Woolwich Arsenal in SE London to Green Park Underground, near the great ...Read more
A memory of London in 1959 by
Childhood Holidays
We spent three years in perfect holidaying mood in Mrs Greig's caravan, the first time ever having a jelly mould, 1955!!!. Caravan site run by the Philps, had Yates round salted butter every day on our rolls, had fruit in our ...Read more
A memory of Lower Largo in 1955 by
My Memory Of Going To School In The Manor House
Chew Magna, High School - this was in fact the High School for Sacred Heart High School & Preparatory School, which I attended for 3 years. I was in my first year senior's when the high school ...Read more
A memory of Chew Magna in 1983 by
The Red Lion And The Square
My parents ran the Red Lion between 1953-83. I was brought up here and went to Blendworth School, Mrs Byrne was the headmistress. The pub was situated on a tight bend on the old A3 and was regularly hit by vehicles ...Read more
A memory of Horndean in 1960 by
Family Holidays
My dad always ensured that we had a "fortnight's" family holiday each year. A fortnight was 2 weeks - ie fourteen nights. These holidays started in 1949, when I was seven and continued to up to 1958 when I was 16. In 1949 and ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth in 1949 by
A Very New Broadway
In 1962 my parents and I (12 years old) moved from Bristol to open Victoria Wine (later to become the Wine Market before reverting back to Victoria Wine). There were still several empty units awaiting occupation. I can recall ...Read more
A memory of Plymstock in 1962 by
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The beacon on Pendle Hill is said to be Saxon, and the field known as Kirkacre was in existence when Alfred the Saxon was chieftain.
The attention of the children and the men is attracted momentarily from the movements of ships and the sea by the novelty of a camera.
The Devil’s Arrows is nowadays composed of three stones. They stand in North Yorkshire, close to the A1: it is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the county.
The WB&SSPCo paddler 'Victoria' disembarks trippers on to the steep-shelved beach in Lulworth Cove.
The shop on the left is Jarman's the photographers. It was designed by William Spanton in 1863 for his 'Repository of the Arts' and was owned by Harry and Oswald Jarman from 1901 to 1962.
The turnpike road through Charmouth was run by the Bridport District Trust from 1764 to 1877. For several decades in the next century it carried the A35 Folkestone to Honiton trunk road.
Passengers on a Douglas boat take in the sights, sounds and smells of Belfast Harbour.
Around AD 120, a mansio was built on a slight rise overlooking the site of the fort.
The conglomeration of boats assembled closely within the harbour are under the supervision of two men, one on the far left, the other on the right.
Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.
The road running through the village is the A59 from Clitheroe to Skipton. Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was.
Running at right angles to each other, Eastham Rake and Bridle Road link at the junction with Stanley Lane and the A41 - New Chester Road.
THE only safe anchorage on the inhospitable, craggy coastline between Appledore and Boscastle, Clovelly lived precariously for centuries from the herring fishery.
Previously a corn mill, the building was converted to manufacture hand-made paper in 1713.
Shops here have been kept by the same families for years, and they still have a reputation for quality and service.
The Icknield Way was a pre-Roman, Iron Age trading route running along the northern border of Hertfordshire. At Baldock it formed the length of White Horse Street and Hitchin Street.
In the shallow recess stands a pump which was used by the boys to collect their washing water until washrooms and indoor toilets were installed in 1922.
In the shallow recess stands a pump which was used by the boys to collect their washing water until washrooms and indoor toilets were installed in 1922.
During the 17th century, smuggling around the coast of Britain became a highly lucrative trade, and could be just as vicious as it sometimes is today.
The White Swan public house, first mentioned in 1722, stands on raised ground just beyond the beached punts to the left of centre.
Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.
In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing
This was dubbed at the time 'the largest room in the world'. It was 4,405 square yards in area, and 96ft high and 125ft high to the top of the central dome.
Piper Bank appears in the census returns of 1851 and on maps of Rossendale as a place name.
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