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A Childhood In Selsdon.
My parents had a chicken farm in Selsdon Vale, where I was born in 1948. I lived there until I left home to go travelling and then to university, at the age of 18, in about 1966. This was about the same time that Selsdon Vale ...Read more
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The Carpenters Of Boxford
I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago. As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her ...Read more
A memory of Boxford in 1930 by
Abbotsham School In The 1960's
Growing up at Fairy Cross, Alwington and as our village school had closed in the late 1950s we had to catch the school bus daily morning and afternoon to Abbotsham Primary School. (Shown in the centre back of the ...Read more
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Strange But True
Our first home was a ground floor bedsit at 40 Castle Corner opposite the castle. The old part of the road formed a hammer head and had three parking bays. One dark rainy winters night my husband parked outside and ran in to ...Read more
A memory of Beckington in 1976 by
The Visitation Convent Bridport Dorset.
For unruly behaviour, I was delivered to boarding school at the age of 4, after enjoying wonderful times on a Devon farm. I was taken to the Convent by my parents in an Austin 7. I remember crying and staring ...Read more
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Grounds Of The Royal Military Academy
While I was growing up in Sandhurst, the grounds of the College was open to the public and we could walk from the village of Sandhurst through to Camberley. This building with parade ground in front is famous ...Read more
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Home
I grew up in Welling in a house on Ridley Road. My mother lived in that house for over 60 years until she died this past January. I have 3 sisters - that was a tiny house with 1 bathroom, at times we seemed to really fill the place - felt more ...Read more
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Emigration To Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa has been my Home Base for nearly fifty years, having lost my faith of a future in UK during a troublesome strike by miners which was crippling the UK economy - no doubt the miners thought that the closure of ...Read more
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My Early Years In Longton 1870s To 1940s
I was born in Longton in 1933 at 151 High Street Post Office, Longton. All my childhood was spent there with my grandmother, Sarah Wright and my great aunt Matilda Ward (my grandmother's sister). Between ...Read more
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Childhood Of Norton Canes.
i was born in Hednesford Road, followed by my sisters in 1958 and 1960. We enjoyed a fantastic childhood - we lived in a three up, three down, with an outside toilet and a tin bath. I remember our toilet freezing over ...Read more
A memory of Norton Canes
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This photograph includes the Winter Gardens in the background.
In winter it would be treacherous.
During the winter months these rough seas are common on this coast.
This busy street has many shops and cafes to serve both the locals and visitors, but some close for the winter.
It shares the distinctive 'spotty brown and grey' stonework which brought the minster mixed reviews from architects and travel writers.
Minster on the Isle of Sheppey has two public houses in its High Street, as we can see here: The King's Arms is on the left, and The Highlander in the centre.
It became the meeting place for most Minster teenagers, serving only coffee and sweets.
To the right, there is still a fish and chip shop by West Street, which runs down to the Minster.
To the rear right of the bar we can see the turret on the roof of the Minster Chapter House.
Most of the stone used in the construction of the Minster was carried up this street.
The Force has been known to freeze over in the depths of winter.
Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.
Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.
A winter river scene with the church in the distance; the boathouse with a path beside it belongs to Hartford House.
It was from here that four knights set off one winter evening in 1170 for Canterbury to murder Thomas à Becket.
The Minster's Chained Library dates back to 1686.
The minster finally became a cathedral in 1836.
The covered way at the side of J Todd's Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested.The
Situated between the Hall and the village, Kelham Bridge's one claim to fame is that it was rammed and split in two by a small iceberg that floated down the Trent during the winter of 1854–55.
On wilder winter days, with a storm beating up the Channel, the walk along the cliffs east of Hastings can be an exciting excursion, with salt spray soaking the clifftop rambler and fierce winds making
The street is almost deserted apart from a motor lorry, motorcycle and a few pedestrians, showing that the photograph was probably taken in the winter, outside the tourist season.
The Minster Clock 1886 This clock probably dates from the 14th century, though the works were replaced in the 18th century.
Its steep banks and overhanging trees would have provided protection for travellers when the winter storms came.
Lower Slaughter is best visited on a crisp winter's day, when the stream is full and the houses stand clear against the morning sun.
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