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The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Hillside

I owned 'Hillside Cottage' an an area known as Hillside just outside the town.

A memory of Odiham by Ron Warwick

Shops And Places The High Road And Ealing Road.

I was born and lived in Wembley until 1960. The Railway Hotel was the pub on the corner of Ealing Road and my mother was head housekeeper there for a long time. On the day of the Coronation the pub ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1953 by Barbara Fisher

Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

The Carpenters Of Boxford

I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago. As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her ...Read more

A memory of Boxford in 1930 by Alan Lloyd

Growing Up In Cold Ash

I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

Hillside Avenue

Does anyone remember my Grandmother Doris Hampton, she had three children, my mother Betty her sister Vanda and their brother John who was killed in Korea I think in 1952. I can't remember my Grandfather Ted who died in 1957 I think ...Read more

A memory of Markham by Ian Jones

The 40/50s

It was the 118 bus Colin. It went from Clapham Common to Mitcham Cricket Green. I also remember well those wonderful Leo's ice lollies. After those awful slabs of lard between 2 wafers that went soggy they were magic - Walls's! My family ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Paul Croxson

Leave Things Alone

I lived on Frenchbarn Lane just across from St Peters church from 1960 to 1972, I was 5yrs old when I moved there. Coming from Salford docks area it was like moving into one of Enid Blytons books. A real farm just up the ...Read more

A memory of Blackley by Neil Edwards

A Holiday Of Note

I can't pinpoint the year exactly, but it was definitely a year or two before 1953 which was the year I left the UK. I and three friends, student nurses at a hospital in Essex, decided on a holiday in Scotland. We chose Dollarbeg ...Read more

A memory of Dollar in 1951 by Thelma Hurly

Captions

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Caption For Membury, Church And Schools 1902

The hillsides and vales of Membury have been farmed since at least the Iron Age.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

On the south side is London House, the store of house furnishers Walter Baker Northover & Son. Colmer's Hill is the distinctive distant hilltop (centre).

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Caption For Colwall, C1960

The railway helped the Malvern Hills develop as a tourist destination (greatly benefiting Great Malvern, on the other side of the hills).

Caption For Colwall, Ledbury Road C1945

The railway helped the Malvern Hills develop as a tourist destination (greatly benefiting Great Malvern, on the other side of the hills).

Caption For Colwall, Ledbury Road C1945

The railway helped the Malvern Hills develop as a tourist destination (greatly benefiting Great Malvern, on the other side of the hills).

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Caption For Colwall, C1960

The railway helped the Malvern Hills develop as a tourist destination (greatly benefiting Great Malvern, on the other side of the hills).

Caption For Staveley, The Village C1955

Some of the older buildings of the village present a pretty and tranquil picture below the wooded hillsides, although in 1955 the road through the middle of Staveley still carried all the traffic to and

Caption For Alderley Edge, West Mine 1896

Copper (and also, to a lesser degree, lead) have been mined here since Roman times, so that the whole area of hillside behind the town is said to have dozens of pits, caves and tunnels.

Caption For Fountains, C1960

The former Cistercian monastery still dominates the grounds of Studley Royal, and is now served by an award-winning National Trust visitor centre on the hillside above.

Caption For Hope Cove, 1925

Much of this bare hillside between Outer and Inner Hope has now been built upon, but the tiny church remains and the coast nearby is wild and spectacular.

Caption For Newby Bridge, General View 1914

Two lads enjoy the view from the hillside above Newby Bridge, the small village at the southern end of Windermere, with the low south Lakeland hills in the background.

Caption For Coldharbour, The Village 1906

The village is the highest in Surrey at 750ft above sea level; it is situated on the east side of Leith Hill.

Caption For Cranham, Prinknash Abbey, Model Of The New Abbey C1960

Plans for a new abbey at Prinknash were drawn up in the 1930s when the Benedictine order of monks outgrew the old grange on the hillside, but these were modified over the years; the present abbey is

Caption For St Mawes, The Harbour C1955

Some of its earlier character is retained in this photograph, although 20th-century developments are in evidence on the hillside above.

Caption For Devizes, The Caen Hill Flight 1898

This set of 16 locks is part of the famous flight of 29 at Caen Hill.

Caption For Compton Dundon, Butleigh Mont 1904

En route to Street, divert to climb to Windmill Hill: here, a splendid monument commemorates the great British admiral, Sir Samuel Hood, who died in 1814.

Caption For Amberley, The Village 1901

This village of scattered houses on a steep hillside some seven hundred feet above sea level has two noted literary associations.

Caption For Billingshurst, Church Causeway 1912

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

Caption For Rudgwick, The King's Head C1965

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

Caption For Newbury, Donnington Castle C1950

These remains of Donnington Castle, once a vital stronghold commanding the key trade routes passing through the town, are on a hillside near Newbury.

Caption For Devizes, The Caen Hill Flight 1898

This set of 16 locks is part of the famous flight of 29 at Caen Hill.

Caption For Broadstone, Hair Pin Bend C1955

The 'Dangerous Bend' sign (left) says it all, though anyone trying to find the hairpin today will need to take a small detour off the straightened B3074 Higher Blandford Road between Corfe Hills

Caption For Stroud, Bowbridge 1890

In the foreground is Bowbridge, the southern suburb of Stroud, with the chimneys of several small textile mills clearly visible; the main town is prominent on the hillside beyond.

Caption For Rodborough, Common, The Bear Hotel 1925

Taken from a position a little further along the hillside from No 62683, this photograph shows the Bear Inn soon after its extension was completed.