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Memories

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My Life In The Village

My memory of Hartest, a place that is very dear to me, relates to the period between moving down from Somerton in 1945 and living there until I moved to Hadleigh in 1970 for my work. As an Evacuee, together with my brothers ...Read more

A memory of Hartest by Keith Doidge

Grandfather

My grandfather, Thomas Richard Brown, was born in Northfleet in 1871.  In the 1911 census he was living at Mill Cottages, South Darenth near Horten Kirby.  He had a wife, Emma Brown, nee Nalson, and 4 children, Thomas, Richard, ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet by Brian Trimmer

Brampton Bierlow ~ Concrete Cottages Tingles Ices

As I mentioned in my memories of Brampton - Cortonwood - I also mentioned Tingles Ice Cream - The man driving the cart was not a member of the Tingle family - his name was Riley who worked occasionally for the Tingle family. I would like to add that my memory is a fond one of tough times.

A memory of Wombwell

Beauclerc School 1945

I was a day pupil at Beauclerc and lived in Elizabeth Cottage, just across the road from the school, behind high iron gates. The current estate, Elizabeth Gardens, was built in the grounds of the cottage which still stands. ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1940 by Jennifer Leprince

Lots Of Past Memories

I grew up in Eccles, descended from two of the original families to first come into the village when Eccles Row was built. Everyone knew everyone in Eccles in the 1950s and 60s. The local school, St Marks, had two rooms - ...Read more

A memory of Eccles by Anna Collins

My Grandparents Lived In 2 Tanyard Cottages

I used to visit my grandparents (Gran and Robert Pearce) in 2 Tanyard Cottages when I was a small boy between 1949/55. I can remember the cottage next door was owned by Mr and Mrs Lindsell and their ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1950 by Bob Newton

Wwii Billet

My mother, Maude Doyle was billeted at a farm in Outwell while stationed at searchlight battery at Sutton Bridge that served as RAF base. Fighter aircraft used the gun butts there to adjust their cone of fire I understand. The farmer's ...Read more

A memory of Outwell in 1940 by Jeffrey Masters

My Home, 2012

Me and my partner, Michael, moved in to number 1 Lion Cottages in March 2012. We love the house and its history, the village is quaint and idyllic, a perfect setting. Michael is 6 foot tall and cannot stand up in all areas of the house, but this adds to the character, a small sacrifice to make.

A memory of Farningham by Rachel Holcroft

Metal Bridge My Grandfather Harry Holmes My Childhood

Harry was born at spennymoor 1877, he moved to metal bridge in 1898 when he married Elizabeth Joyce born 1878 from Easthowle.They were married at St Lukes church, Ferryhill by vicar ...Read more

A memory of Metal Bridge by Maureen Evers

Winchcombe, Toddington, Didbrook

My father was born at 2 Hailes Cottages in 1931. My family live in and around Toddington, Didbrook and Winchcombe. My father was born Leslie Frederick Vallender and adopted by his mother's sister Olive Richings ...Read more

A memory of Cleeve Hill by Lesley Yeadon

Captions

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Caption For Bothenhampton, From The South C1945

The village street at Bothenhampton (middle distance, left to right), with suburbia beyond, seen from the vicinity of Quarry Farm with an apple orchard and thatched cottages above

Caption For Lytham, The Beach C1955

Fishermen's cottages indicate that inshore fishing and shrimping was a part of the scene, and there was still some golden sand on the beach.

Caption For Southwold, The Lighthouse 1891

On the left are Adelaide Cottage and Caithness House. Several of the terraced houses have had bay windows added to the first floor rooms. The Sole Bay Inn was run by Mrs Maria Powditch.

Caption For Sandilands, The Village C1955

In the foreground is Boathouse Cottage, now rendered, plastic-windowed and hidden behind a high rendered wall.

Caption For Fullerton, Vine Cottage C1960

Viewed from the old railway bridge, here is Vine Cottage by the River Anton where it joins the Test at Fullerton Junction.

Caption For Funtington, Hallidays 1965

An isolated village of flint and brick cottages, to the west of Chichester. In the village are Adsdean, a gabled Tudor style house of around 1850, and the church of St Mary, built in 1859.

Caption For Monks Eleigh, The Village C1955

The three groups of cottages are timber-framed and date from the 17th and 18th centuries. There is a white brick Gothic battlemented arch between the first and second group.

Caption For Coldharbour, The Village 1904

Facing out across the Weald, 400ft below, this small group of sandstone cottages is close to an Iron Age fort.

Caption For Purfleet, London Road C1955

The row of cottages on the left is known as Station Terrace, with the post office close to the camera with a post box and stamp machine set into the wall.

Caption For Oakley, The Village C1960

The rather delightful cottage on the right behind its iron railings went in the 1960s to be replaced by humdrum modern houses.

Caption For Kings Somborne, Village C1955

There are many thatched cottages to be enjoyed here. At this time it was common policy to destroy dilapidated buildings rather than repair them.

Caption For South Tidworth, Old Cottages C1962

These thatched cottages are by the old Reading Room on the North and South Tidworth borders. In front of the Reading Room is a red telephone box.

Caption For Wickham, Bridge Street C1950

A variety of architecture is to be enjoyed here, from red brick houses to timber-framed cottages.

Caption For Heckington, The Church C1960

Hope Cottage near the church is dated 1888, and at No 16 Church Street a tall tree has replaced what looks like a broken-off post (right).

Caption For Pegwell, Bay 1907

This Edwardian view shows the footpath to Pegwell village; on the extreme left are the coastguard cottages, built to prevent the extensive smuggling activities that were then carried out at this isolated

Caption For Fittleworth, From Lea Hill 1908

Note the pram in the front garden, and the picturesque stone cottages. The bus stop on the left is a reminder of the urgent need for public transport in rural areas.

Caption For Chartham, Paper Mills & Hatch 1906

The smoking chimney of the paper mill is in the middle foreground, with the cottages of Chartham Hatch just behind.

Caption For Kingston, The Church 1899

St James' Church at Kingston, in effect the Scott family chapel of the Earls of Eldon from Encombe House, viewed looking southwards from cottages in South Street.

Caption For Runcorn, Cottage Hospital 1923

Known locally as the Cottage Hospital (its real name was the Victoria Memorial Hospital) the hospital was opened in 1903.

Caption For Whitegate, Main Road C1965

Today there is another white gate at the entrance to the church, just across the road from this delightful old cottage.

Caption For Wareside, Babbs Green C1955

These houses, built in 1933, are called Coanwood Cottages. They face onto the road leading to Wareside village centre.

Caption For Bridport, East Mill 1904

The cottage, glimpsed behind the trees, stands beside Lower Walditch Road. East Mill, a corn mill, was on the north side of East Road.

Caption For Westford, Cloth Mills 1907

Moving north, deeper into the Vale of Taunton Deane, we reach the cob or earth wall country, where whitewashed rendered cottages with thatched roofs become common.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, 1909

Cottages sit beside Skilling Hill Road in a panorama eastwards across the double vales of the River Simene and the River Brit.