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Un Expoded Bomb In The Back Garden!

My family and I have lived at 48 Streatham Common North for the last 30 years. Next door to me at one time lived an elderly spinster who often regaled me with stories. She particularly loved to talk about her ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by teresatunstall1

Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!

Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by tobypaws2002

Fox Hill

I was told that the Queen was in the area to meet the regiment that was in situ on Fox Hill when war broke out. Because the road up to the hill was in a bad state due to being just a track , the army put down a concrete road up one side and ...Read more

A memory of Ash by Linda Scard

Cycle Accident In 1961

I was a “Christmas Casual” postman in 1961 based in Pinner Sorting Office near the old Langham Cinema. I was allocated a “round” in Northwood Hills which meant riding my rickety old Post Office bike via Pinner Green. ...Read more

A memory of Pinner Green by John Howard Norfolk

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

Lymington In The 1940s

My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1944 by Brian Veall

Growing Up In A Small Village

My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. ...Read more

A memory of Twycross by Tracy Wright

Raf Radar At Inverbervie

I was based in Inverbervie from March 1957 till March 1958 with 977 Signals Unit of the Royal Air Force. 977 SU operated radar from an underground site on the hill a couple of miles north of the village. Height finding ...Read more

A memory of Inverbervie in 1957 by Martin Dilly

Dukeshouse Wood Camp School (Part Two)

My recollection of  a dance that was arranged in the sports hall made me and another lad George Bishop decide to abstain from the proceedings as I think at the time, in fact I am sure about myself that I was ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1940 by Les May

Captions

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Caption For Downgate, The Village 1908

A quiet hamlet on the north side of Kit Hill near Callington. Such a scene, but with an improved road and without the figure by the wall, would still be familiar today in many rural parts of Cornwall.

Caption For Hertford, Port Hill From Hartham 1929

In the background are the 'stepped' houses on Port Hill, which leads from Cowbridge up to Bengeo.

Caption For Bakewell, From Station Road 1914

From the height of Castle Hill, close to the old railway line on the east side of the valley, Bakewell looks exactly what it is: a pretty and compact market town.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Claremont Crescent And Madeira Cove 1901

This clearly shows the fine sweep of elegant buildings that lined Glentworth Bay and the hillside.

Caption For Kilburn, The Village 1953

Kilburn is, of course, most famous for its White Horse, which was carved on the hillside above the village by the local headmaster John Hodgson in 1857, and for the intricate woodwork of 'mouse man' Robert

Caption For Porthmadog, Harbour 1908

In this view of the harbour we are looking towards the town clustered on the hillside.

Caption For Castle Cary, The Town Hall C1960

West of Bruton, Castle Cary is set on the side of the oolite hills of southern Somerset, with Castle Cary Park on Lodge Hill rising steeply behind the church.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1925

Castle Hill is virtually hidden by residential buildings, at the top right-hand side, whilst St Catherine's statue on the hillock dominates the sky line.

Caption For Denbigh, Market Place 1888

This pleasant stone-built market town, on the western side of the lovely vale of Clwyd, climbs the hillside crowned by its ruinous castle.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Christchurch C1960

This church was built on a steep hillside between 1859 and 1861, but the tower and spire were added between 1884 and 1886. The architect was the popular John Norton of Bristol.

Caption For Llandudno, The Pier 1890

Packing the hillside of Happy Valley above Llandudno, holidaymakers and residents alike enjoyed the views of the activity below them beside the recently constructed Victoria Pier.

Caption For Sedlescombe, The Village Pump C1955

Sedlescombe is a hillside village near Battle, with a large green.A local mill made the best gunpowder in Europe.An iron pot containing a large number of coins of Edward the Confessor was found in

Caption For Coverack, From The South West 1938

Development dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries has crept up the hill away from the little fishing harbour on the east side of the Lizard peninsula.

Caption For Mells, The Memorial C1950

Further up the hill from the manor is the very fine war memorial, designed by Lutyens in c1920. The central column is crowned by the figure of St George and the Dragon.

Caption For Little Comberton, The Village C1955

Little Comberton lies on the northern side of Bredon Hill, not far from its sister village of Great Comberton.

Caption For Helford, The Creek C1960

A fresh tide creeps up towards the head of this delightful little creek, and boating can start again. This area has a number of desirable riverside properties.

Caption For Newnham, Badby Road C1955

Newnham is situated south of Daventry, and is reached by a narrow country lane passing over Newnham Hill.

Caption For Slad, The Valley 1910

This picturesque hillside village was to be immortalised in English literature in 'Cider with Rosie', the first novel of Laurie Lee, who was born in Stroud in 1914 and moved to Slad when he was three,

Caption For Gilfach Goch, Danybryn C1955

The complete breadth of the hillside supports a great acreage of woodland, which seems a little too neat for nature and thus could well be a forestry plantation.

Caption For Crawley, East Park 1907

East Park was developed after 1880 with terraces of artisan housing, mostly built by James Longley and Sons who moved here from Turners Hill.

Caption For Fulking, The Spring C1965

A spring flows beside the village street in Fulking, and on the side of the wellhouse is this text: 'He sendeth springs into the valley which run among the hills.

Caption For Uffington, Dragon's Hill C1960

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

Caption For Church Stretton, The Hotel 1910

On the side of the hills of the Long Mynd houses crowded at all levels, giving rise to the area's nickname of 'Little Switzerland'.

Caption For Uppingham, School And Rectory C1965

The spacious rectory is situated across the road from the church on Scale Hill. The old rectory was higher up the hill on the same side and facing the Market Place.