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Tracing Our Rigden Family

My first visit to Wingham was in 2004. My old school friend who now lives in Australia took me so that I could see where my mother was born. She was actually born at Crockshard Farm. Her father worked for the farmer ...Read more

A memory of Wingham in 2004 by Doreen Bishop

Auchmountain Springs.

As a boy in the 1930s and 1940s I often visited Auchmountain Glen. It was a fascinating place with a pleasant walk and many plants and flowers together with statues and even some ships' figureheads. There was a clubhouse ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1930 by Alex Lafferty

South End, Croydon

1948 - 1966 - this is a shot of the Blue Anchor PH, looking north up South End towards the High Street. The turning on the right is Aberdeen Road.

A memory of Croydon by Blair Southerden

The Ford And Malt Cottages

Mum and Dad (Charlie and Annie Ruddick) lived at 5 Malt cottages (opposite The Anchor)from the mid sixties.I spent many a long and happy day in the summer with a bag of sandwiches and a bottle of squash at my ...Read more

A memory of North Warnborough in 1962 by Moira Anderson

The Village

Going ‘down the village’ pretty much referred to the stretch of Cove Road, between Hazel Avenue and Marrowbrooke Lane, where most of the shops were. Once upon a time Cove must have been the typical English village: two houses, three pubs ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

Heston In The Early 1950's

I just stumbled over this site. I was 10 years old when we left Heston to emigrate to Australia. My mother was a hair stylist in The Crossways Shops (# 136) and I remember my first day of school at Springwell Infants. I ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1950 by Geoff Ballard

Blue Anchor Caravan Site

My nan had a caravan on the Blue Anchor Site and my cousins and I were shipped off there every summer.The highlight of the week was always when the fish and chip van used to come and park near the pub. The lowlight of ...Read more

A memory of Seasalter in 1969 by Neil Bryan

Two Unusual Events.

The first unusual event that I remember was when the tide went out so far that it was possible to walk all the way across the cove; it was also possible to walk out to the two points of the cove. Secondly was when three ...Read more

A memory of West Lulworth by Albert Spavins

Conker Arch

We used to live at 96, Church Road where I lived as a youngster between 1956 and circa 1962 when our family moved to a new house in New Haw. I was 11 years old when we moved there from Rodborough Hill near Milford. The canal was ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Derek Russel

Memories Of Old Church Pontefract 1929 1939 K. Atkinson

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

Captions

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Caption For Hull, The Pier 1903

Riding at anchor to the right of the funnel of the 'Manchester' is HMS 'Southampton', a boys' training ship at Hull from 1867 to 1912.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier 1899

In the centre of this picture is the Time Ball Tower, used for supplying the correct time to the anchored vessels.

Caption For Belfast, The Harbour Office 1897

They designed a uniform for formal occasions: frock coats, white waistcoats and fancy buttons with gilt anchors.

Caption For Devonport, Hms Magnificent 1898

Close-in defence was provided for in the shape of 16 x 12-pdrs, 12 x 3-pdrs, 2 Maxims and 5 x 18-inch torpedo tubes, and a midships net defence against torpedo attack when at anchor.

Caption For Margate, The Harbour 1906

The disadvantage of the stone pier was that vessels had to anchor offshore at low tide.

Caption For Exmouth, A Cockle Woman 1906

She is watching for the tell-tale pair of small holes which betray the cockle's presence an inch or so below the surface.