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Memories

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A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Earith Was In Huntingdonshire And Still Is

I was born in St Ives in 1939 but lived in Earith at what is now number 43. Next door was my Grandad's grocer's shop - Bert Russell. I moved to Peterborough in 1958 where I still live in Werrington ...Read more

A memory of Earith in 1940 by Lawrence Wright

Evacuated To Great West Farm

My mother Eileen and her brother Ian Carter were evacuated to Great West Farm, Quethiock in 1940. Here are her memories of that time:- On June 16th 1940 we were evacuated from Marvels Lane School, Grove Park, London ...Read more

A memory of Quethiock by Mark Lambert

School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

Our Lady's Convent, West Hill, Dartford, Kent

I was a boarder at the convent from the age of 6 to 12. My sister was 5. Our Aunt was a nun there (another aunt at the convent in Orpington). I remember Sister Cecelia most of all. I remember Penelope W, ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by dorothytavoulari

Moving To Prudhoe 1947

We moved to Prudhoe in 1947, I was 12 years old. My dad, Bill Turner RSM, took over the Drill Hall in Swallow Close. I thought it was wonderful as we had relatives in Prudhoe, plus a grandma, Mary Ann Turner. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge in 1947 by Marie Bugden

Crown Hill And Other Memories

In about 1952 appeared in the scouts gang show at Civic Hall organised by Ralph Reader. In 54 attended my final year prize giving before I left Croydon Sec Tech. Still have picture of this event which appeared in the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1953 by Roger Hart

West Hill School.

Does anyone remember miss Smith the headmistress from 1958 onwzrds. drove a little silver car. She scared me rigid

A memory of Dartford by alison.gant2857

My Childhood Day's Growing Up In Pontefract

Pontefract a place I call home, my early years were spent Carleton Home's, it would be 58 years before I saw my real Mum Minne Martin from Castleford. from off the West wood Est. in Cutsyke. I was ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract by michaelscorgie7

Queens Rock Swimming Place

This early picture of Settle shows the River Ribble as it bypasses the South/West of the actual town, the Bridge in the middle left carries the A65 trunk road which then ran through the very center of Settle, and was the main ...Read more

A memory of Settle by peter

Captions

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Caption For Chipping Campden, Old Campden House And Church C1955

A mile north-west of here is the Dover's Hill viewpoint, where the famous Cotswold games were formerly held.

Caption For Chipping Campden, Old Campden House And Church C1955

A mile north-west of here is the Dover's Hill viewpoint, where the famous Cotswold games were formerly held.

Caption For Wendover, From The North East 1901

The photographer is looking south-west across the pretty market town of Wendover, which lies on the edge of the Chilterns.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

Beyond, stretching from right to left, is the line of West Street through to the Town Hall and Market Place, with the chimneys of the net-makers Joseph Gundry & Company (centre left), Ewens & Turner in

Caption For Charminster, East Hill C1955

We are looking westwards down East Hill, towards the parish church (centre).

Caption For Pleasington, Priory Church 1894

Pleasington Priory, a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Mary and John the Baptist and built in 1819, is set on a hill on Pleasington Lane, close to the River Dunsop and Witton Park, Blackburn.

Caption For Whitchurch, Oving Road C1955

Oving Road runs east from the High Street; this view is taken beyond its junction with Market Hill looking west, showing the mix of building materials found in the village: timber-framing, brick, local

Caption For Sherington, Crofts End C1960

We are looking south-west down Crofts End, the lane which leads from Crofts End itself at the top of the hill behind the photographer to the main through road.

Caption For Westerham, The Village 1925

It is a quiet morning in this pleasant small town, situated on a gentle hill a few miles west of Sevenoaks.

Caption For Bridport, West Road 1909

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

Caption For Alfold, The Village C1965

This view looks south-west down Loxwood Road towards the parish church, whose spire can just be seen amid the trees behind the last chimney-stack.

Caption For Dorking, Coldharbour Lane 1907

The Barclay Family of Bury Hill gave the Nower to the people of Dorking on the celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.

Caption For Symondsbury, 1899

Symondsbury is an intimate little village positioned between two rounded hills, and probably on the route of a medieval road linking Bridport and Axminster.

Caption For Bridport, West Road 1909

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

Caption For Pulborough, Swans Corner 1921

The church and a cluster of old houses are at the top of the hill, and more old buildings are on the river bank, east and west of the Bognor Road river bridge.

Caption For Chislehurst, Rush Pond, Ashfield Lane C1965

Prickend marks the end of one expanse of land that stretches from Petts Wood in the south and to Summer Hill in the west.

Caption For Compton Bishop, Village And Crook Peak 1907

This route heads for the beautiful Mendip Hills, the carboniferous limestone ridge that separates the Avon valley and Bath and Bristol from the rest of Somerset.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Front 1895

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Front 1895

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

Caption For Burrowbridge, The Mump C1960

Two miles south-west of Othery, the Taunton Road skirts the Mump, a natural tor rising steeply from the surrounding Moors.

Caption For Loch Katrine, Trossachs Pier C1890

The picturesque loch, which is ringed with hills, features in Sir Walter Scott's poem 'The Lady of the Lake'.

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1904

Now we look westwards down the south side of West Street, from Knight and Son, tailors (far left).

Caption For Bow Brickhill, The Parish Church C1960

Perched on the greensand ridge high above its village, the delightful All Saints' parish church is built in the dark brown stone extracted from the hills around it.