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Memories

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Early Memories Of An Ascotonian

I was born at 40 Bracken Bank (off Fernbank Road) in June 1953. I attended Ascot Heath Primary School on the original site in Fernbank Road, from 1958 until 1964. I remember Richard Dale from these days, although I ...Read more

A memory of Ascot in 1960 by Susan Hunt

Home

I was born in 1 Georgina Cottages. My family have a long history in the village. My first school was just down the hill from where I lived at the time, it is now a large house. In the club where the new shop is was my local to have a ...Read more

A memory of Witchampton in 1954 by Christopher Blachford

Childhood In Benham Valence

It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more

A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by Nicolette Craggs

Warnham Court 1950 53

I have read a memory on this website of someone who was sent to Warnham Court as a child but does not really know why. I was sent there under identical circumstances. So like this other contributor I would be ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1951 by Colin Shulman

The Keelings 1940 Evacuees

My sister, Joy, elder brother, Richard and myself, John Keeling, were evacuated to Llanharan in June 1940. After a short time Richard and myself were placed with a lovely old lady at 12 Seymour Avenue, Mrs Surridge. I ...Read more

A memory of Llanharan in 1940 by John Keeling

Newtonheath Loco Football Ccub

I remember sneaking into the match by going past the lodging house on Warden Lane and going by the railwayside and through a hole in the fence that the railway men had made so that they could ...Read more

A memory of Newton in 1950 by Jack Rigby

Mendleson Wrote His Spring Song In The House.

With Denmark Hill and about level with the Old Henly's garage behind you was a house within the ruins with a metal sign. It stated that during his stay here, Mendleson wrote his 'Spring Song' here. ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by Terry Chappell Seal

Alan & Hilda

Alan and Hilda Slater were my Uncle and Aunty and lived at the post office for many years and were quite possibly the funniest people I ever knew. Stanhill Post Office is reputedly haunted and Uncle Alan took every opportunity to use ...Read more

A memory of Stanhill by Steven Hargreaves

Remembering Byfleet

I was born in Byfleet in 1950. We lived in Binfield Road. Later I moved to the hotel that was built where the village green is now. My mother Beatrice Stenning was the housekeeper, cook, maid and everything in between. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Paulene Morgan

Mill Road

Well, I guess I don't really have a date to start from, I lived in Aveley Severn Road (Kenningtons). I was born 1964. I've been trying to find Tracey Fenwick, she lived in Ravel Road, but most of all I'm trying to trace Mr and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1980 by Jan Laverick

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Captions

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Caption For Woolston, Hillock Lane C1955

The houses on the left have now all gone, to be replaced by bungalows for the elderly.

Caption For Hythe, The Parade 1918

Note the typical Kentish architecture - hung tiles and a hipped roof - and the big conservatory and the round oast house to the right.

Caption For Uley, The Green C1965

Several grand Georgian houses on the Green were probably built for the master clothiers who marketed the famous Uley Blue cloth, which was used for the superfine uniform of the British Navy

Caption For Norwich, The Cathedral Precincts, Hook's Walk 1922

At the east end, Lower Close leads into Hook's Walk with its excellent brick and flint-built houses, many rendered and colour-washed. It leads to the curiously-named Gooseberry Garden Walk.

Caption For Kirby Muxloe, Castle C1965

There are no encroaching buildings and road systems yet in this view of the fortified Manor House, started in 1480 by Lord Hastings. It was never completed - Hastings was executed in 1483.

Caption For High Wycombe, Wycombe Abbey School C1960

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

Caption For Bantham, 1926

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right. Now called King George's Hall, it is still one of the centres of entertainment in Blackburn.

Caption For Kettering, Manor House Gardens 1922

This quiet enclave of art gallery, library and Manor House flanks the church. Out of sight to the right is the Grammar School of 1913, now the offices of the Borough Council.

Caption For Taunton, Public Library 1906

This building is now a busy public house, for a new state-of-the-art library stands not far away.

Caption For Farington, Stanifield Lane C1955

The pre-war houses stand neat and square on the lane. Farington is a parish in South Ribble Borough.

Caption For Edinburgh, The Museum Of Antiquities 1897

Founded in 1823, this building, at the foot of The Mound, housed a statue gallery when this picture was taken. There was also a collection of casts that was open only to art students.

Caption For Aylsham, White Hart Street C1965

The pub is now a house, but the street is relatively unchanged.

Caption For Aldeburgh, The Steps 1906

Here grand houses enjoy a superb view overlooking the town and coastline below.

Caption For Aylsham, White Hart Street C1965

The pub is now a house, but the street is relatively unchanged.

Caption For Trumpington, Village 1914

Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

Caption For Ashford, High Street C1960

Smart dress and good behaviour are to be seen here in front of the picturesque Clock House Pavilion. And there are no skateboards or litter in this park scene from a more orderly age.

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 Tarring, Cottages 1890

Owned and restored by the Sussex Archeological Society, Parsonage Row, a 15th-century Wealden house, is part of a village that retained its identity, despite being swamped by Worthing's northward expansion

Caption For Corsham, The Cricket Match 1904

This possibly romantic view of rural England is balanced by the Hungerford Almshouses, built during the Jacobean period in 1668, which were charitable institutions to house the poor, and which overlook

Caption For Pangbourne, The Bridge And The Old George 1899

A late 19th-century advertisment for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or anglers

Caption For Teddington, 14 & 16 Park Road 2005

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Abbey School C1960

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

Caption For Kettering, Manor House Gardens 1922

This quiet enclave of art gallery, library and Manor House flanks the church. Out of sight to the right is the Grammar School of 1913, now the offices of the Borough Council.