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Memories
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Esh Winning Colliery Sawmill
I recall as a young boy the Saw Mill that existed neat Esh Winning Colliery. It was sited just prior to where the Railway siding crossed the road at the bottom of West Terrace. It used to cut pit props which were ...Read more
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The Chimes Filling Station
Hello Ken, You may remember us, the Beaven boys at number 71 or 72 (Parents Name Collins). I was born in 1945, Stephen in 1940 and Michael 1936. I went to the lovely Eardley Road Primary school before we moved to Clapham ...Read more
A memory of Streatham
Walsh Manor Boys School Crowbourgh
I lived here from 1970 to 1973 The boys I remember were Malcolm Wilkins, Philip Eldridge, Henry fuller, Sean Cope. Teachers were Mr Laycock, Mr Hanner, Mr Trelforth, Mr Clegg, Mr Beardsall and Miss McGuiness. ...Read more
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Lafone Secondary School For Girls
It was in 1951 that I attended Lafone secondary school for girls. It was a brand new building and such a change from the other schools I had gone to. I loved it there. It was bright and airy ;had a ...Read more
A memory of Hanworth by
My Fenny Stratford Childhood
Having recently by chance spoken with someone who knew Fenny Stratford I was prompted to start looking on the internet and came across this site and for what it’s worth decided to record my memories. I was born ...Read more
A memory of Fenny Stratford by
Mining My Archive
At the age of ten, my father moved me and the rest of the family from Low Fell to Esh Winning, without consulting any of us, including my mother. He had bought a tumble-down holiday cottage, situated between the pit-heap and the ...Read more
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Schooldays In Dearne
It's incredible how one can recall memories from a remarkably long time ago. In fact, I still remember that on my fourth birthday, I received two identical birthday cards from different people. I can even remember the ...Read more
A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by
Rosary Priory 1958 Ish To 1961ish
I was at Rosary Priory in the late 50 from age 5 until I was 9, I think. We lived in Elstree and were picked up in a double-decker each day. I remember Sr Dympna in the ‘kindergarten’ class and the boxes of grey ...Read more
A memory of Bushey Heath by
Newbury Way And Rayners Gardens
I'm Steve and the earliest memories are of Newbury Way, a lower half of a 2 bedroom maisonette with an open coal fire and larder including a concrete slab to keep stuff cold. I recall riding my three wheeled bike ...Read more
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Captions
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The two boys are posing at the south end of Highbridge Road near the junction with Belle Vue Road.
In the past, Salterton boys used to caddy for shillings and sixpences.
During the 20th century it was converted into a Boys' Preparatory School. It is now divided into exclusive residential units.
Basic housekeeping is a requirement of any well-organised camp, and these boys carry out their chores under watchful adult eyes.
About a century ago Robert Baden Powell held the first Boy Scout camp on the island.
To the right a couple of Boy Scouts appear to be lurking with intent to commit their good deed for the day.
The boys in the foreground have a magnificent toy sailing boat.
The 'Black Boys', with its multi-paned windows and pantiled roof, is a classic village inn, small and intimate.
The Waveney forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, where the boys are fishing.
Boys pose for the camera in the middle of the road, which is almost devoid of any traffic.The overpowering but rather dull Town Hall, with obligatory clock, dominates the right hand side of the road
A boy is displaying an impressive basket of shellfish and an enormous flatfish.
During that time more than 70,000 boys aged between 14 and 17 were trained on her prior to entering the Merchant Navy. Note the size of the twin anchors hanging from the bow.
Boys stand guard over fishing nets at West Looe. Across the harbour is Buller Quay at East Looe, where three railway trucks can be seen.
Cheltenham College was founded in 1841 as a public school for boys, and its buildings were designed in a Gothic style.
The unnaturally stiff stance of the boys at the jetty end indicates that they probably posed for this shot.
Two young boys, perhaps pupils from the King's School whose upper storeys and decorated chimneys are visible in the middle foreground inside the cathedral grounds, stand beside a table in the Vines.
It became a boys' school in the 1860s but by the time of this photograph it had become Worcester High School for Girls.
Otherwise, those boys playing would instantly recognise the scene as it is today.
The boy is carrying oars – most intriguing! Behind him is the small church of St Agatha.
The boy in the foreground is looking through his telescope, possibly at passing shipping but more probably at Lundy Island.
Opposite it, Davies & Jones's store seems to be a meeting-point for the local boys and their bicycles. As the High Street disappears in the distance it becomes the Monmouth Road.
Were the eight boys reluctantly looking after the toddler for a busy mum? And what games were they planning with the two wheelbarrows?
The boy in the foreground is wearing the fashionable sailor suit of the day. I hope the woman in the deckchair, right, was not so fast asleep that she get caught out by the tide!
Known as Wood Green High School today, the former boys' school was founded in 1924 at Wood Green Lodge, on a site which is now overshadowed by the M6 motorway.
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