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Peterlee Then And Noe

I don't remember any of my childhood until I moved to Peterlee in 1971. I was 5 years old at the time and was started at Eden Hall infants. When I moved to the big school aged 7 I was placed in Mrs Hoy's class, she was a ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 2014 by Stuart Wright

The Tower Buildings

Site of the present Blackpool Tower

A memory of Blackpool by Mick Fielding

My Father Worked At Heston Airport.

Hello. My father was Harold John (bob) Mann. He worked as an Air Traffic Controller in the Control Tower, in what was then Heston Airport ('Aerodrome'?). We lived at Heston, in Durham Avenue. We ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London in 1951 by Rosemarie Mann

Mbhs1957 1964

I attended MBHS from 1957 to 1964, first at the Albert Rd Old School and later at the new Prisick(sic) site on Marton Rd. I started in form 3A in the 3rd floor of the clock tower, where morning roll call went: Appleton, Barley, ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough by Michael Clare

Brief Recollections Of My Stay

I was sent to stay at Ormorod House in 1953 or 1954 for 4weeks recuperation following a tonsillectomy because we lived in condemned property at the time. The journey from Walsall took forever, I was 7 years old and ...Read more

A memory of Lytham in 1953 by Marilyn Degville

Martello Camp

hello, My wife remembers going to Martello camp in Walton on the naze for holidays from the childrens home in Hornchurch in the late 1940 to 1950. They stayed in army style tents and kept all their gear in the Martello tower out of the rain! any one remember?

A memory of Walton-On-The-Naze in 1950 by Brian Trimmer

From Melbourne To Coldharbour

In May 1971 my mother (Jeanne Grenville) brother Chris and I rented 'Ruffeys' at Coldharbour. We had just arrived from Melbourne, Australia and we were to make our home in the UK. Chris and I were so homesick for ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1971 by Jillian Holst

Bulford Camp 1945 To 1947

We lived in Bulford Camp from about 1945 till father left the army in about 1947. Father was in the RAMC and was stationed at the MRS opposite the Kiwi School near to where the Catholic Church now stands. I attended the ...Read more

A memory of Bulford by John Weeks

Von And Len''s Memories.

WOW! I am Yvonne Blake (ne Hoare) the memories here are wonderful and yes we remember the Odeon where my sister Shirley and brother David went while I went to Burtons for ballroom dancing lessons. We lived at ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1955 by Len Blake

The View From The River

It is wintertime with bare trees and lots of water in the River Mole. The church has a modernised tower and a shingled broach spire.

A memory of Horley

Captions

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Caption For Rothwell, Squires Hill C1960

The tower of the parish church with its spire alongside, rather than above, lies ahead, with a path leading to the market square to its left.

Caption For Colchester, Holy Trinity Church 1892

The west tower, the church's most important feature, is Anglo-Saxon of the mid 11th-century.

Caption For York, The Castle Gate C1885

The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower. The site of the old gate is now a car park.

Caption For York, The Cavalry Barracks 1886

The regimental museum in Tower Street has displays of medals, uniforms and weapons, and models showing the battles that both this and other Yorkshire regiments fought in many parts of the world, including

Caption For Little Wakering, Little Wakering Road C1965

The fine west tower dates from the 15th century, although the nave and chancel may be traced to Norman times.

Caption For Branston, Branston Hall Hospital C1965

The round turret by the side of the main entrance with its ogee cap looks very much like a windmill tower.

Caption For Cambridge, King's Parade 1921

Before the construction of the Senate House in the early 18th century, students received their degrees in the Church of Great St Mary's, whose tower dominates the right-hand side of the road.

Caption For Kendal, Sizergh Castle 1896

The home of the Strickland family for 750 years, Sizergh was originally a 14th-century pele tower with 15th, 16th, and 18th-century additions and alterations, including a Tudor great hall.

Caption For Wilburton, The Church C1955

The 13th-century tower has a stair turret that was probably added with the new peal of bells in the 15th century; most of the church seems to have been rebuilt then.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, From Watford Road 1906

St Mary's Church dominates the photograph from its well-treed setting, with to its right the sheer elevation of The Foss and Grove Hill by Habershon, and to its left the Speech Room tower and chapel fleché

Caption For Jaywick, Brooklands Avenue C1960

Jaywick is divided from Clacton by a golf course and a Martello Tower. This became a popular holiday area after Jaywick Farm was sold following the farming recession of the 1930s.

Caption For Navestock, The Church C1955

The belfry, built in an interesting style found in several Essex churches, has a sloping tiled roof placed between the various stages of the tower. This is surmounted by a spire.

Caption For Wisbech St Mary, High Street C1960

The banks of this river tower over most of the buildings in the village, such is the shrinkage of the local peat landscape.

Caption For Cove Hithe, Church C1960

Only the tower survives intact, and the brick nave was built inside the ruin in 1672.

Caption For Barlborough, Hall C1955

The ornate, lantern-towered and mullioned structure was built for Lord Justice Francis Rodes to a design attributed to Robert Smythson in 1584, and remains in private hands.

Caption For Brent Knoll, The Village 1913

The church with its elegant 15th-century west tower is well worth visiting for its medieval woodwork, including the benches and roofs.

Caption For Llansteffan, Castle 1893

The great gatehouse and mural towers of the outer ward were probably built during the reign of Henry III.

Caption For Leicester, Town Hall Gardens C1965

Seen here from the tower of the Town Hall, the rather bulbous layout (which, it has to be said, is less noticeable from eye level) could, with imagination, have been improved so as to relieve the 50

Caption For Durham, The Castle 1892

The corner tower houses the Black Staircase, which when completed in 1662 was free-standing, even though it rises through four floors.

Caption For Bury, Town Hall And Clock Tower C1955

Though built of quality stone, the Town Hall, designed by Reginald Edmunds in the 1930s, has little in the way of decoration; in that respect it is eclipsed by the ornate clock tower erected to the memory

Caption For Goodmanham, Church C1965

The church was built in Norman times, and the squat tower was given its belfry and battlements in the 15th century.

Caption For Pembroke, Main Street 1890

The tower of St Mary's Church rises over the rooftops to the left of the picture. The portico of the Lion Hotel is seen on the right.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church C1955

The avenue leads to the superb west tower of Saints Peter and Paul church. Its grandeur recalls the pre-boot and shoe era of the sheep trade, from which the town gained its earlier wealth.

Caption For Symondsbury, The Village 1930

The main buildings are 1868-dated Symondsbury School (centre) and St John the Baptist Parish Church, with a clock and six bells to its embattled tower.