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Going To School

The liitle boy on the right is me aged 3 going to churchill school (now a house). My mum (Ruth Wilkey) is pushing my "new" brother Mike in the push chair. Mum is 84 now and lives in Keynsham and Mike lives in New Zealand. I am still ...Read more

A memory of Churchill by bob.wilkey

Woolies

In 1958 I was a pupil at Blackpool Grammar School for boys. It was in Raikes Parade. At lunchtime, some of us would sneak out of school and go down Church St and end up in Woolworths which was housed in that beautiful Art Deco building near ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by Martin Stewart

Simms Cross Primary School

Yes, I went to Simms Cross Primary school too! Born in Frederick St, just over the road from school, in 1941, our headmistress was the very formidable Miss Coates and there was the terrifying Miss Telford (everyone was ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by Jackie Worrall

The Laundry At Claybury

My mum worked as a secretary at Claybury, first for one of the consultant doctors at the Tower and then down in Claybury Hall with the School of Nursing headed at the time by Christine Hancock, who was also the leader ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge

Clements Road.

I was born in an upstairs flat in Clements rd in 1946, then moved to Holland Rd East Ham. Went to Altmore junior school then Lathom rd. Some childhood memories: I remember pigeons used to live in one of the towers at Lathom rd school, I ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by padal

Stone House

I lived in the war damaged Stone House, Cullercoats which was situated within 10 ft stone walled enclosed gardens, adjacent to Stone House Cottage, fishermens cottages and a big hotel facing the road down to the beach. from birth ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats by dave1payne

Early 50s

I grew up in Tower View and went to Benson and Selhurst in the 50s to 60s. My friends and I often went to Ashburton Park crossing the old golf course. Most of our memories come from activities at St Georges. We did several plays for the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by jhsporney

High Wycombe

I remember passing through in the fifties on the way to West Wycombe. As you approached from London along the A40 you passed a toll house and went under a railway bridge carrying the Loudwater line. On the bridge was a painted an ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Nick Beard

I Too Lived In Seacombe And Used To Go Down To The Allotments That Where Down By The Farm

I went to Riverside School and played out in the sunny weather in the summer we had back then. This post I have just found fiddling around on my iPad. What a ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey by joanprocter123

Gone But Not Forgotten

I was born 23 Gallemore Street, just off Union Street; mother's name was Betty, brothers were Harold, Barry and Stephen. Sisters were Joyce ,Sandra and Ann. The pub on the corner was called the Brunswick. Hough Lane ran ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1960 by Russell Bancroft

Captions

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Caption For Hoddesdon, Burford Street And Clock Tower C1950

After the First World War, the former Market Place was congregated here around the 1835 brick clock tower, built on the site of a mediaeval chapel.

Caption For Newton Abbot, Clock Tower 1898

The lone tower of St Leonard's is all that remains of what was once a 14th-century church that was demolished in 1836.

Caption For Thatcham, The Church C1955

Between 1969 and 1970 the tower of this church was renovated, involving the removal of the pinnacles. Two new bells were hung and dedicated to former bell-ringers.

Caption For Penrith, Market Place 1893

This view shows the Clock Tower and a surprisingly empty Market Place.

Caption For Ravenscar, Raven Hall Hotel 1901

It was during the construction of the Hall that a Roman inscription stone was discovered, commemorating the completion of a signal tower on the site in about AD400.

Caption For Reigate, Wray Common Windmill 1907

This tower mill still stands, though it is now a private house and has lost its sails.

Caption For Alrewas, The Village C1965

Here we see the black and white cottages of 'Churchside' with their thatched roofs, and the tower of All Saints', dating from the 14th century.

Caption For Launceston, Town Hall 1899

The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Caption For Charminster, East Hill C1955

It boasts one of the best churches in Dorset, with an 800-year-old porch and a stunning 15th-century tower, built by the local squire Sir Thomas Trenchard.

Caption For Penrith, Market Place 1893

This view shows the Clock Tower and a surprisingly empty Market Place.

Caption For Liskeard, Market Street 1906

Just as it does today, the Italianate clock tower of the Guildhall dominates this view looking towards the steep Pike Street. All is quiet save for a trader making a delivery.

Caption For Fowey, The Town Quay 1888

In the background, behind the King of Prussia, is the imposing tower of the church of St Fimbarrus.

Caption For Southport, From Water Chute 1908

The tower in the picture was at the end of an aerial ride that carried passengers over the lake; the ride was closed and dismantled at the end of the 1911 season.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Blackfriars Tower 1891

Blackfriars Tower had a distinctive D-shaped section, and was built around 1340.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge Under Construction 1890

Here we see the towers - 'steel skeletons clothed in stone' as described by Sir John Wolfe Barry, the architect - not yet stone clad, and the upper walkway taking shape.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Lee Tower From The West C1955

The 120-ft tower seen here was demolished in 1969.

Caption For Fawkham, C1960

Fawkham's church, repaired and reseated by the Victorians, has a wooden tower and Norman windows.

Caption For Wigan, Parish Church 1895

The west tower was heightened in 1861, but the lower part is 13th-century, or perhaps even earlier, as the walls here are 6ft thick and there is also a garderobe chamber.

Caption For Sonning, Bridge 1904

The Great House Hotel on the left is now much extended, and the church tower is largely concealed by more mature trees.

Caption For Shipley, Market Place 1903

Work on a new Market complex began in 1956, and one feature of this is a clock tower where the hours are chimed by a mechanical man.

Caption For North Berwick, Tantallon Castle 1897

The great curtain wall with its central gatehouse, flanked at either end by a massive round towers, dates from the last quarter of the 14th century.

Caption For Nottingham, Hospital From Castle 1920

Following the clo- sure of the hospital in 1992, the main building and the Round Tower of the Jubilee Wing were taken over by Nottingham Health Authority.

Caption For East Lulworth, St Andrew's Church 1894

Standing in the sylvan setting of Lulworth Park, the parish church of St Andrew's at East Lulworth has an impressive 15th-century tower that predates nearby Lulworth Castle.

Caption For Upton Upon Severn, Bridge 1904

The tower of the church is 13th-century, but the unusual copper cupola was added in 1769 - it was designed by Anthony Keck. The main body of the church was demolished in the 1930s.