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Orange Hill Girls Grammar School

After passing the 11+ at St Johns School, Milton Road, West Hendon, I attended Orange Hill from 1947. I had quite a journey, having to take the trolleybus along the Edgware Road then a walk down the Watling ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Ann Midson

Moorland House School

Does anyone have memories of Moorland House School in Hillside Rd, Heswall? I was a young teacher working there for two years 1968 - 1970. I am surprised that few people remember the school which existed for many years but ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1969 by Philip Sweeney

Memories Of Swithland

My first memory of Swithland Village goes way back to the days when I was very young. The war was over and we had become accustomed to Holidays at Home instead of going to the sea-side. My parents bought a chalet in what ...Read more

A memory of Swithland in 1947 by Janet Ramsey

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

Gants Hill

I moved to Gants Hill in 1968, from Bethnal Green, at the age of 8. I later moved to Wanstead aged 32. I have great memories of the place, I lived on the Eastern Avenue between Ethelbert Gardens and Beehive lane. Ray Powell was the ...Read more

A memory of Gants Hill in 1973 by Martin Redif

Greenford 1969

My grandparents from both sides all lived in Ravenor Park Road from the 1940s onwards, Ernest and Phyllis Warren, my mum's parents lived about 5 doors away from Aubrey and Muriel Thurston, my dad's parent's, and that's how my ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1969 by Lisa Thurston

Pig Sty Peache Road

I'm not sure of the year, but a pig sty used to stand where there are now flats on the left hand side of Peache Road on the corner going towards Downend. I used to hear the pigs squealing when I was quite ...Read more

A memory of Downend by Julie Mainstone Smith

Terrible Place

I lived and went to school in Shotton Colliery, and hated the place. Luckily I realised that living there was not for me, so at the age of 16 I joined the RAF and was posted to Wiltshire, clean air, beautiful rolling downs, ...Read more

A memory of Shotton Colliery in 1950 by Edward Falcus

Doseley

When my dad Derick John Jones was born in 1944 he lived in a row of houses called Dill Doll Row or Dill Da Row as some people called them, they were situated at Sandy Bank, Doseley, just behind the Cheshire Cheese pub at Doseley. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Doseley in 1944 by Angela Mathison

Captions

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Caption For Newark, From Trent Bridge 1909

We are looking up Beast Market Hill from the Newark side of the bridge.

Caption For Knaresborough, The Viaduct And The River 1921

The picturesque gardens of the houses on the hillside rise in tiers over the rocky cliffs, and flights of steps climb up into the streets of the town from the river below.

Caption For Clovelly, Main Street 1894

Clovelly hangs on the side of the hill, fringed by luxuriant woodland. Donkeys ply up and down the steep-stepped street, carrying goods on panniers.

Caption For Shrewsbury, River And School 1923

It moved to its present location on the brow of a hill on the Kingsland side of the river in 1882. Among its old boys were Charles Darwin and Judge Jeffreys.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Seafront 1892

In this view of the seafront just west of the harbour, a lone wagon stands on the siding from the Aberdovey Harbour branch line.

Caption For Tintern, Abbey 1890

It is difficult to imagine from this idyllic scene, including the parish church of St Mary on the hillside (right), that Tintern was once heavily industrialised.

Caption For Wass, Main Street C1955

Here we see the entrance to the charming little village of Wass, which lies in a shallow valley under the wooded southern escarpment of the Hambleton Hills, seen in the background.

Caption For Clun, Church Street C1950

Its layout is extremely elongated, with the castle and market area at one end and the church (with presumably the original settlement site) up on the hill on the other side of the valley.

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 Cheshunt, Turners Hill C1965

This view from the roundabout looks north along Turner's Hill, where the contrast between the modern shopping parade and the smaller old shops can be appreciated.

Caption For Burton Agnes, The Hall Gateway C1885

The flatness of the Wolds is interrupted by the hill on which the tiny hamlet of Brigham sits.

Caption For Westbury, Composite C1965

The town's identity is linked to the magnificent white horse cut into the chalk hillside, a landmark which guides the traveller.

Caption For Camberwell, The Town C1950

A break in the traffic gives a clear view of the shops on the south side of Denmark Hill.

Caption For Colchester, Crouch Street C1955

Where the bus mean- ders westward, the dual carriageway of Balkerne Hill removed a number of buildings on each side of the road on its noisy way to the Southway roundabout, cutting Crouch

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Caption For Brigham, C1960

The flatness of the Wolds is interrupted by the hill on which the tiny hamlet of Brigham sits.

Caption For Upper Boddington, Frog Lane C1965

Hillside View, the thatched stone cottage on the left, is unchanged but the one beyond has been dramatically altered so that virtually only the front elevation survives.

Caption For Potters Bar, Church Of The Vincentian Spanish Fathers C1965

In 1922 the Vincentian Spanish fathers acquired a plot of land at Hillside in Barnet Road to provide a training facility for young priests to foreign missions.

Caption For Uley, Green And Church 1904

This view looks down the hill into the village. The Old Crown Inn and the adjoining cottages are faced by the Georgian houses on the other side of the green.

Caption For Pentewan, The Valley 1912

We are looking inland from near Pentewan, with the St Austell hills in the far distance.

Caption For Dartmouth, Castle Cove 1930

Just visible on the far right at the top of the hill is the day beacon, an 80ft stone tower which marks the eastern side of the entrance to the estuary, as the entrance is almost impossible

Caption For Sible Hedingham, The Almshouses, Swan Street 1953

The almshouses are in the foreground on the right-hand side. A

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.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, Peterboro Road 1906

Behind the trees, with only the chimney pots visible, are the purpose-built school houses, Garlands, The Knoll and Hillside. Football Lane runs sharply downhill to the right.

Caption For Goring, The Village 1896

This sprawling riverside village lies between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.