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My Childhood Garden Part I

My mother has often said to me "You don't appreciate what you've got until you lose it". She is wrong, for I will never forget the wonderful garden of my childhood and write below the memories that I will hold for ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

My Childhood Garden Part Ii

Some months later, how long I cannot remember for the passing of time means little to a child, except that it always seemed so long for things to happen; but I found myself again seated in the back seat of another ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

My Childhood Garden Part V

Beside the strawberry bed grew a large cooking apple tree that produced enormous green apples. We had a variety of both eating and cooking apple trees in the garden, the fruit from which was harvested and then ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

Growing Up

I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill in 1946 by Ann Westgarth

West Street Wath Upon Dearne

I left Wath Grammar School in 1948 after 7 happy years. My father was the owner of Waddington Bros. Ironmongers in West Street, but the shop and all the rest of the shops in West Street were demolished around ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by Betty Harris

Growing Up In Kielder

Living in Kielder from a child to a man ... I lived in Kielder from 1974-1995. I loved the way you could keep your front door unlocked. I could hear the river passing by my bedroom window, this was how quite it was. I am ...Read more

A memory of Kielder by Mark Stanford

Broadway Revisited!

I first set foot in Broadway in March 1964. I was a scared young Danish girl visiting my boyfriend's family for the first time, they were Herbert and Joyce Milner who lived at 'Wormington Brake' on the road to Wormington. I ...Read more

A memory of Broadway in 1964 by Kirsten Milner

My Grandparents

My grandparents lived at Fern Cottage. They moved there before the war and had two children, Dick and Jean. Dick was based at Wick and died in the war. Jean, my mum, married and had me and my sister. I have wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop in 1960 by Richard Booth

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I lived on Carlton Road, across the A22 from Danemore Lane, close to Anglefield Corner from 1963 to 1981 and have very fond memories of a fun childhood, lots of friends, and a lot of fields, streams and lakes to play in. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Blindley Heath in 1963

6th Northwood Scouts Go Hostelling

I remember staying at the youth hostel in Greens Norton with the patrol leaders of the 6th Northwood Scout Group. I was an ASL (Assistant Scout Leader) with the troop for several years and as I had always ...Read more

A memory of Greens Norton in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

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Caption For Sandhurst, Village 1906

On our way back to Camberley we arrive at the Dukes Head public house. Notice the telegraph poles supplying the new telephone system to those who could afford it.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Gun Cliff And Cobb Gate From Back Beach 1890

Back Beach was the fiefdom of William Curtis & Sons, boatmen and fish merchants from nearby Long Entry on Church Cliffs. The spot was locally known as Curtis Cove.

Caption For Slough, High Street 1950

Slough dates back to the 12th century, when it was a hamlet on the London to Bath road. The settlement later spread to the neighbouring parish of Stoke Poges.

Caption For Painswick, St Mary's Church 1900

The church at Painswick has a right-angled, almost fortress-like chapel, which dates back hundreds of years.

Caption For Newlyn, The Harbour 1895

The newly-completed North or Victoria Pier is on the left, with the South Pier with its lighthouse at the back.

Caption For Fordingbridge, C1960

Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Danish warriors would all have known this neighbourhood.

Caption For Ampthill, Woburn Street C1955

Dating back to the 18th century, the deed to each of these cottages restircts the householder to replacing the roof only with thatch, and further prescribes the method and colour of redecoration that may

Caption For Bagshot, Village Children 1903

As we turn down Higgs Lane, this is what we would see looking back towards the main road.

Caption For South Littleton, Main Street C1960

Not far from Evesham, South Littleton is a lovely old village of pretty cottages, a manor house built in 1721, though attached to an even more ancient building, and a church that originally dated back

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The New Bridge 1955

Looking back across the bridge towards Salutation Square. The Cavendish County Theatre to the right has since been demolished and this area is now the site of the new County Offices.

Caption For Goudhurst, Twissenden Manor 1904

This half- timbered Wealden Hall House has a late 16th- century sandstone facade at the back.

Caption For Sherborne, The Village C1960

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Caption For Deal, From The Pier Pavilion 1899

Deal is an elegant town, and nowhere is this clearer than in this view, taken from the Pier pavilion looking back to the town.

Caption For Chepstow, The Race Course 1938

Judging from the discarded betting slips, the punters had not backed Harry Wragg to get the better of Gordon Richards in the first race.

Caption For Newchurch, All Saints' Church And The Pointer Inn C1955

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, though it contains additions from most historic periods.

Caption For Ilkeston, Bath Street C1955

Another view of Bath Street, looking back towards the church.

Caption For Reading, St Mary's Butts 1912

The church dates back to Saxon times.

Caption For St Ives, Back Road East 1890

This view looks towards Back Road West. (St Ives' streets were often named with commendable simplicity).

Caption For Hilton, The Church C1955

Next to Hilton's lovely church is the village green, landscaped by Capability Brown, and surrounded by houses dating back to Tudor times. Hilton sports a turf-cut maze as its most unusual feature.

Caption For Sudbury, The River 1895

Not far from here are some half-timbered houses dating back to the time when Sudbury was one of the most important weaving towns.

Caption For Broad Chalke, The Lych Gate C1955

It serves the large and ornate All Saints' church, which is ashlar-faced and dates back to two periods – late 13th century and 1360-70.

Caption For Rottingdean, Village Pond C1955

They were converted into an hotel, as seen in this view, but shortly afterwards the building was reconverted back to twenty-nine flats.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Church Street C1955

The present church of St Mary's dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries, with some earlier Norman features.