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Memories Of Bitton In Gloucestershire

The Grange at Bitton was the home of the Seymour family, one member of which was Jane, the third wife of King Henry VIII. The village is dominated by its open countryside setting. This relationship arises ...Read more

A memory of Bitton by Paul Townsend

Tales Of Brandon Hill

Queen Elizabeth I granted housewives the right to dry their washing on Bristol's Brandon Hill. Bristol's most prominent land mark, the Cabot Tower, was 100 years old in 1998. But the official opening was marked by a ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Hill Top Farm Holcombe And Peel Tower

My grandmother Ms Vickers lived with her mother and father and brothers for many years at the farm and had the keys to the tower. There are so many fascinating stories that I've been told about the farm and tower but I will put them all in here another day.

A memory of Holcombe by Lindsey Isherwood

Mr And Mrs A Garland

I remember spending many happy times in Shipley, staying with my grandparents, Mr and Mrs A Garland, or Arthur and Edith (Arlie) Garland, at 16, Church Close, Shipley, Sussex. I used to walk the dog with my grandad ...Read more

A memory of Shipley by Jane Vertntenten

Happy Childhood

We moved from Balham to Burgess Hill in 1956. My parents had bought 267 Junction Road and then proceeded to renovate the house as it was in a shocking condition. Both my parents worked in London so I walked to my grandparents' ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1959 by Fran White

Golders Green

I lived in Temple Fortune about a mile north of Golders Green up the Finchley Road, along which passed buses and trolleybuses going up to Finchley and Barnet, and south to Baker Street, Trafalgar Square and London. In the 1940s ...Read more

A memory of Golders Green in 1953 by R Stonhold

Childhood In Affetside

Born at Baxterhead Farm in 1938, later lived at Butcherhead Farm. Attended village school, teacher Miss Davies, at playtime end she would blow a cuckoo whistle. Had to go to Sunday school but had to walk to Hawkshaw with ...Read more

A memory of Affetside in 1940 by Frank Ryle

Fond Memories

I now live in Adelaide, South Australia, but lived in Holly Road in the 1950s and I too have fond memories of Christopher's sweet shop. My brother and I played on Cove green a lot and I broke my foot there atthe age of 6. I took a trip ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1957 by Hazel Drummond

Millbank Road

We lived at 54 Millbank Road, off Caledonia Road, near the Wishaw train station. As kids we trainspotted, played soccer, cricket, rounders, etc. I had lots of cousins to play with. We would go to the pictures in the ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw in 1952 by William Bunce

Happy Daysin Bexleyheath And Barnehurst

I remember Barnehurst and Bexleyheath in the 1960s. I loved a girl called Lin who lived in Rudland Road in Barnehurst. We used to spend lots of Saturday afternoons in the Astor Cinema near to Bexleyheath ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1963 by Rich M

Captions

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Caption For Teesville, Eston Recreation Ground Gardens C1965

We are looking east towards some of the cooling towers of the huge Imperial Chemical Industries Wilton Site.

Caption For North Walsham, 1921

The slate lantern, part of the adjoining clock tower, dates from 1811, and gives the whole structure a jaunty air. The scene is familiar today, although the traffic has changed.

Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower 1899

The new Clock Tower is still garlanded from the official opening ceremony.

Caption For Northampton, St Giles Street C1955

This view down St Giles Street has the Guildhall tower in the distance and the 1938 Co-op on the right, a building in Art Deco style.

Caption For Rushden, The War Memorial C1965

Rushden, which merges to the north with Higham Ferrers, does not have a great deal of interest architecturally – except for its superb parish church, with a tower and spire nearly 164 ft high.

Caption For Fordington, St George's Church 1898

The much- restored church was first built in the Middle Ages, and the Perpendicular tower is 15th-century.

Caption For York, Fishergate Postern, The Castle C1885

Originally there were six postern towers; the one at Fishergate is now the only one that remains unaltered. It once overlooked the King's Fishpool.

Caption For Wareham, St Mary's Church C1960

This view was taken looking over the River Frome towards the 15th-century tower and 1841-rebuilt nave of Lady St Mary parish church (centre top).

Caption For Widnes, Victoria Square C1955

Compare this view of St Paul's Church with that in photograph 45443 and you immediately notice the addition of a tall tower which was added in 1907.

Caption For Eastbourne, From The Wish Tower 1901

This view from the Wish Tower looks east towards the Pier: the water's edge is crowded with bathing machines, while the famous Grand Parade with Eastbourne's finest hotels runs along the left of the

Caption For Sompting, West Street And The Gardener's Arms C1955

The Saxon church is a well-known local landmark, with a distinctive and very unusual cap on the tower known as a 'Rhenish Helm'. This design is quite common in the Rhineland.

Caption For Freston, The Tower 1893

Coastal Suffolk may not be the first place you would think of for a skyscraper, but the charming Tudor redbrick folly Freston Tower could fit the bill, albeit in a scaled-down manner.

Caption For Malton, Market Place 1959

The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, filled with cars in this picture.

Caption For Newbury, Northbrook Street C1955

Though rather cluttered, this photograph of the street does allow you a distant glimpse of the clock tower at the far end.

Caption For Bristol, Cathedral 1890

The west towers shortly after they had been completed.

Caption For Kendal, Sizergh Castle 1896

Originally a 14th-century defensive pele tower, Sizergh was the home of the Strickland family; the present building is mainly a 15th-century Elizabethan mansion, now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Penryn, Broad Street 1897

We are further down into the town and looking back up towards the clock tower, which is just visible.

Caption For Glasgow, Sauchiehall Street 1897

Most of the buildings shown here have gone, and there is a large indoor shopping complex and car parking facilities where the clock tower appears.

Caption For Newton Abbot, St Leonard's Tower 1906

St Leonard's Tower is all that remains of a 14th-century church demolished in 1836.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Station Street C1955

Station Street is lined with some attractive private residences, shown here, and the extremely attractive chapel with its very distinctive tower, which now serves as a community theatre.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge C1895

This view is from Butler's Wharf, with the Tower of London on the right.

Caption For Broadstairs, Promenade 1902

Bleak House stands on the right, while on the left is the prominent tower of Holy Trinity church, built in 1862. Note the canopied deckchairs on the right.

Caption For Helmsley, The Square C1955

In the background is the pinnacled tower of the parish church of All Saints, largely rebuilt in 1867.

Caption For Weybourne, The Village C1955

The village is dominated by the parish church with its 15th-century flint tower; it is surrounded by the ruins of the priory founded here in the time of King John by Sir Ralph Mainwaring.