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Arthur Shackson And His Wife Gertie With Their Son Arthur.

This is my Uncle and Aunt and cousin Arthur, outside their cottage no. 32 North Hill in Clovelly village. They lived there for many years and took in many many people for B&B, people ...Read more

A memory of Clovelly by Graham Shackson

Childhood Holidays

My grandparents lived in a cottage fronting the River Humber where the Humber Bridge is now. My grandfather worked in the whitening mill near what was then called LITTLE SWITZERLAND. It is now, I believe, a country park. Their ...Read more

A memory of Hessle in 1940 by John Holt

Seems Like Yesterday

Hi! I was born in Meir 1934,and all my mother's family lived in Longton (Worsdale). My Uncle Frank had "The Studio" pub in Commerce Street, and, later, "The Studio Snackery". I've lots of great memories of Smith's Crisps,and ...Read more

A memory of Longton in 1940 by Gerald Copestake

Lynmouth Flood

My wife and I were staying in Middleham Cottages that night and escaped to the schoolhouse with other survivers. We escaped the village the next day, after a terrifying night, through the Lynmouth Hotel to the bridge by ladder ...Read more

A memory of Lynmouth in 1952 by Ray Little

Orchard Cottage

I moved to live in Cheltenham in 1953 and met the girl who would become my dear wife. She lived in Orchard Cottage in Greet near Winchcombe. There was a public house called the Gardeners Arms on the crossroads near ...Read more

A memory of Greet in 1953 by Peter Cox

Childhood Memories

I was born in 1963 and spent many many weekends at the heath with my grandparents, Jack and Nellie Layfield. I have so many memories, and my mum was born there at number 1 Browns Cottages in 1939. Renalds butchers, ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Heath by Antony Garrett

School Holidays In Wartime Shutford Nr Banbury Oxon

My earliest memories of Shutford date back to around 1944, when as an eleven year old schoolboy I spent summer holidays with my grandfather Fred Turner (son of plush weaver Amos ...Read more

A memory of Shutford in 1944 by Brian Grainge

St Hilary In The 1970s

I lived in the village in 1972 until 1980, everyone knew everyone's name and all the ladies of the house were known by 'Auntie', like 'Auntie Beryl' etc. It was a real village in those days and had ...Read more

A memory of St Hilary in 1972 by Robert Price

Growing Up

Betton in the 1940s-50s. I lived at Betton for 21 years from 1940-1961 with my mother and father Arther and Florence Holland and my stepsister Mary Clarke. We farmed at Moss Lane Farm until 1961. Down Moss Lane lived my auntie ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1940 by Brenda Bailey

Family From Wickham

Hi, I have pictures of the cottages in Bridge Street ,I think it is 9 BS, where my father's grandmother Emily Pratt lived, she was born in 1856 and died 1914. We have a lot of family ties to this area as most of my father's ...Read more

A memory of Wickham in 1953 by Marsha Leathley

Captions

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Caption For Glemsford, Tye Green C1960

The water tower behind the thatched cottage has since been demolished. One of the two houses on the left belonged to Seabrook's Farm, and the other was the vicarage.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Ship Inn And Cat Nab C1955

An excellent view showing the wide sweep of Saltburn Bay, with Huntcliffe and the Ship Inn and the cluster of cottages around it which formed the original Saltburn.

Caption For Liskeard, Cheesewring Village 1908

This hamlet of miners' cottages at Minions was first known as Cheesewring Railway because the line of that name passed through in 1846.

Caption For Alderley Edge, West Mine 1896

Between the two world wars Jack Perrin, who lived in the nearby Hagg Cottages, used to sit by the entrance and sell half candles to people who wanted to go down the mine.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

The Lychgate, c1520, is a half-timbered cottage by the churchyard with an upper floor extending above.

Caption For Berwick, Drusilla's Park, The Shops C1965

For several decades before this it had consisted of a cottage and converted outbuildings, with its principal attractions wallabies and a miniature railway.

Caption For Great Wakering, High Street C1950

On the left-hand side typical Essex weatherboard cottages survive, with the front door leading directly on to the street.The Lion and The White Hart public houses can be seen in close proximity on

Caption For Flimwell, The Village 1903

Seacox is a French chateau- style house built in 1871 for the Goschen family, who were great benefactors of the village; they built many cottages for estate staff.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.