Maps

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Memories

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Eustace Street School

I was born in Chadderton in 1953, in my grandfather's house on Bamford Street. I attended Eustace Street School and the memories of my time there have shaped my life. I simply adored school and I am now a Special Needs ...Read more

A memory of Chadderton in 1964 by Kay Al Ghani

Frank Skinner

My grandfather was the blacksmith in Dormansland so I have happy memories, such as watching him in the Forge, him taking me for a walk and picking primroses from the railway bank, also walking to Dormans Park. I also remember ...Read more

A memory of Dormansland by Elaine Cann

Broadlads Estate

My grandfather farmed Bushey Leazes farm on the Broadlands estate until his retirement. I loved that farm, playing in hay lofts, milking the cows, they had guard geese that would come down the long lane from the farm and not let ...Read more

A memory of Romsey in 1949 by Jackie Brown

First Kiss

My wife used to live in the house on the right, Number 5 Mill Close. When we were courting I would walk her home from our nights out and we use to sit on the bridge wall. This is where I had my first kiss from her, she was 17 and I was 19 ...Read more

A memory of Cark by Tony Manning

Abc Minors,Trolley Buses, Lonesome School, Oakleigh Way

I have just found this page and what memories it rekindles. I was a minor at the ABC, I even got a road safety prize from Coco the Clown. Thorpes record shop accross the road, there I bought my ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1955 by Peter Goddard

Air Raids

These memories are as fresh in my mind as if they happened last week. Boston had its share of air raids, the first one was on a rainy Monday, it was July, the first day of our summer school holidays. It would be about 7.15 am when we ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

Oddington 1946 1959

I was born in Moreton in Marsh and lived the first 13 years of my life in Oddington. My father was a farmer and we lived at Green Farm right in the middle of the village. We used to have the village bonfire (November ...Read more

A memory of Lower Oddington by Tim Gaskell

Styal Open Air School

I was at Styal Open Air School from 1958-1967 and I have wonderful memories of picnics on the lawn outside Wendy House where I lived, and trainee teachers coming in the summer and playing games with us and taking us out to ...Read more

A memory of Styal in 1958 by Helen Anderson

Managers House

Because of my friendship with Helen Jones, the manager's daughter, I also went to play with her at her house, for me it was something very special because I had never been in such a big house before. It seemed so big, especially ...Read more

A memory of Abertysswg in 1956 by Elaine Russell

Evacuee

My mother was evacuated to Bishop Nympton ( but going to school in South Molton) She arrived with her mother and her brand new baby sister sometime during the War...I don't know the year right now, I need to find out. They were ...Read more

A memory of South Molton by Jane Lack

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Captions

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Caption For Egham, High Street C1950

The buildings on the left survive, as does the church, although now converted to flats as Winslade House.

Caption For Abingdon, Wesleyan Church And Schools 1893

Beyond is Trinity House, the minister's house, probably also by Woodman.

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

During the floods of 1947, the River Ouse rose over the gardens of the twelve houses in River Terrace and drenched the ground floors.

Caption For Sudbury, Grammar School 1904

The complex was purchased by Babergh District Council in 1991 and became William Wood House, sheltered housing, which was opened by Princess Diana in 1993.

Caption For Cowes, From The Solent 1897

Next to the club, on the corner of the Parade and Watch House Lane, is the Watch House of HM Customs. This has played a very important part in the history of Cowes, and continues to do so.

Caption For Cowes, The "Queen Elizabeth" C1955

In 1815, a club was founded in London at the Thatched House Tavern by 42 gentlemen engaged in salt-water yachting.

Caption For Ilkley, West View Park 1906

To the left is Wells House.

Caption For Epsom, The Racecourse 1928

Wootton ran his stables at Treadwell House, off Downs Road. He had come to Epsom in 1906 when he was a boy, arriving with his father Richard from Australia.

Caption For Yardley Gobion, Village Green C1965

view gives a good idea of the village's architectural mix, with older stone cottages with thatched roofs, mid 19th-century cottages with sash windows and slate roofs, and to the left of the shop (now a house

Caption For Hogsthorpe, High Street C1960

The first house on the left is named The Old Post Office, and the Old Cobblers Shop is further up the street.

Caption For Aylesbury, County Asylum, Stone 1897

On the left, out of view, is Brandon's chapel, a surprisingly large cruciform Gothic-style stone church of the 1860s and the only building to survive the housing estate deluge that replaced the hospital

Caption For Crichel House, House And Park 1904

The original house, owned by the Napier family, burnt down in 1742, and the wealthy Humphrey Sturt, who had married an heiress, inherited the estate in 1765.

Caption For Newnham, The Village C1955

The first building past the row of cottages on the left was the post office and a beer house many years ago. In the 1960s it was a village shop, but that now has closed.

Caption For Crakehall, The Village 1900

Here on the right is the former Primitive Methodist chapel of 1897, now a house. The barn is still here, but the central houses have been redeveloped.

Caption For Upper Dicker, Coldharbour Road C1955

The openness on the right has now given way to modern houses, and the post office and general store on the left is now a private house.

Caption For Brympton, The Church And House 1900

It is a stunning group: the medieval church, crowned by a most unusual lantern-like belfry; a 15th-century chantry or priest's house, now a museum; and the grand country house, all in golden Ham stone

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, Old School House 1906

Harrow Park winds away to the east of the High Street, past one or two rather grand houses, to arrive at Deynecourt at the foot of the hill.

Caption For Hogsthorpe, High Street C1960

The first house on the left is named The Old Post Office, and the Old Cobblers Shop is further up the street.

Caption For Angmering, The Village C1960

The Pigeon House is a medieval yeoman's house. A Roman villa and bath building, about one mile east of the church, were first excavated in 1819 and again more recently.

Caption For Beaumaris, Castle Street 1911

The town developed fast in Victorian times, and in 1896 had a commodious town hall, assembly rooms, a custom house, a literary institute, a club, a market-house and a free grammar school.

Caption For Braunton, Old House Church Street 1900

Hang a B & B sign in front of the left-hand house, add a telephone pole, turn the downstairs window in the main house into a door covered by a pretty porch and, a century later, there is the view

Caption For Ottershaw, The Otter Corner C1955

The Otter pub, a 1930s Surrey vernacular- style road-house, has now been transformed into a farmyard complex: the upper floor of the main block has been white clap-boarded and given a tiled lean-to

Caption For Wye, Olantigh Towers 1901

Beside the waters of the Great Stour, this great house in its pleasant parkland marks the original birthplace in 1380 of Cardinal Kempe, the ecclesiastical statesman.

Caption For Kidderminster, Harvington Hall C1960

It was originally a 14th-century timber- framed house, the home of the Pakingtons, an old Roman Catholic family; there were once five avenues approaching it, but they were cut down before 1800.