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Memories

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Etchingham Banks

I lived on Wedds Farm from around 1948 to 1963. My father, George Couzens, a wartime Battle of Britain fighter pilot, was manager of the farm which was owned by Mr A. Howeson. They had met in the RAF during the war. I believe ...Read more

A memory of Ticehurst in 1957 by John Couzens

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

The Station On The Willows

My grandfather and grandmother Dixon lived in the station house. My grandmother had a marquee on the Willows, from memories of conversations with my mother who lived there also for 4 or 5 years, on Sundays she would serve ...Read more

A memory of Ryton by Irene Oxley

My Early Years Spent At Little Pond House

I arrived at Little Pond House just before Chirstmas 1964. My mother had been taken ill and I had to stay at the home until 1968 when I left Tilford Junior School and had to attend a boarding school at ...Read more

A memory of Frensham in 1964 by David Simmons

Childhood In Moodiesburn

I remember staying in Beechgrove just at the begining of the electric scheme, we had some very happy memories of the glen, Bedlay Castle, and going for walks down the luggie for a swim. Mr and Mrs Brown stayed in ...Read more

A memory of Moodiesburn by William Rafferty

Medway Drive Perivale

I was born on 24 September 1937 when my parents were living at No 54 Medway Drive, Perivale, Greenford. I thought I was born in a maternity hospital ( possibly Perivale Maternity Hospital, but no records now exist for this ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1940 by Alan Grose

Woolies !

I found this site through a link on another, which had pictures of old buses - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=51 I commented there on some of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport fleet, which my dad used to drive. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1974 by Gordon Sharpe

Pierrepont House, Frensham.

I live in Australia. My grandfather was a butler and my grandmother a lady's maid at Pierrepont House in 1891 and 1901. Their names were George Veasey and Theodosia Veasey, nee Williams. My father, George Edward Veasey, ...Read more

A memory of Frensham in 1954 by Rosemary King

My Mam

My name is Carol Cook (maiden name Turner) and my mam is called Pat Turner (maiden name Wightman). I grew up in McAdam Street, Bensham, Gateshead and have a lot of special memories from there. Sadly half the street is currently in process ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Carol Cook

Aberbargoed

I was born in Pill, Newport, Mon, in 1938 and with my grandmother Charlotte Selina Jane Rossiter used to visit relatives in Aberbargoed. As in other memories, I shall never forget passing beneath the endless drums in the air ...Read more

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1940 by Ernest Stephens

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Captions

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Caption For Dorking, Pixham Mill 1931

Just past the Stepping Stones public house is one of the roads leading to Polesden Lacy.

Caption For Wortley, Stores And Post Office C1960

Converted from a Georgian private house, the Village Stores and Post Office was the communal centre of the former West Yorkshire village of Wortley, which is now not much more than a suburb of the city

Caption For Kirkstall Abbey, From The Weir 1891

Even so the chapter house, cloisters and abbot's lodging are still impressive.

Caption For Cranleigh, The Pond 1906

The buildings behind comprise Brown's butcher's shop and slaughter house, long since adapted to domestic uses.

Caption For Norwich, Erpingham Gate 1891

Until the later 19th century, houses were built right up to the right jambs of the gateway.

Caption For Norwich, Ber Street 1891

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

Caption For Cambridge, King's Parade 1911

In the background is the elegant classically designed Senate House, with Gonville and Caius College just beyond.

Caption For Burton Agnes, Hall 1908

This late Elizabethan house is filled with treasures, including fine works of art. The descendants of the original family still occupy the building.

Caption For Skipsea, The Green C1960

As a lady opens her gate to enter the grounds of the attractive house, she turns to watch the little tot on his tricycle about to ride over the green, perhaps to make sure he is being supervised.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Brookview is the house with Powerstock Primary School behind it (left of centre) and Sunnyside is further up the hill.

Caption For Polkerris, The Harbour C1960

On the far right a narrow street separates the old lifeboat house from the white-painted Rashleigh Inn, also in a prime location on the shore.

Caption For Weobley, The Unicorn Inn C1960

When visiting Weobley, Charles I stayed in the Unicorn Inn, but that Unicorn was a totally different building which later became a house called 'The Throne'.

Caption For Haddenham, High Street C1950

At the bus stop we can look down the High Street at the houses and shops.

Caption For Norwich, Erpingham Gate 1891

Until the later 19th century, houses were built right up to the right jambs of the gateway.

Caption For Cambridge, King's Parade 1911

In the background is the elegant classically designed Senate House, with Gonville and Caius College just beyond.

Caption For Bulphan, The Harrow Inn C1955

It retains its rural seclusion in spite of recent threats: plans for a major housing development, just north of here at Tillingham Hall, were challenged and overturned in 1987.

Caption For Abergavenny, 1898

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

Caption For Weobley, The Unicorn Inn C1960

When visiting Weobley, Charles I stayed in the Unicorn Inn, but that Unicorn was a totally different building which later became a house called 'The Throne'.

Caption For Dublin, The Grattan Statue 1897

This statue of Henry Grattan (1746 - 1820) stands outside the Bank of Ireland (formerly the Parliament House) and shows the great orator in the act of speaking.

Caption For Rye, Ypres Castle 1912

The Ypres Tower of c1250 was sold in 1430 to John de Ypres as a house. This is inexplicable, bearing in mind the French raid of 1377. A prison from 1518 to 1865, it is now a museum.

Caption For Kirkstall Abbey, From The Weir 1891

Even so the chapter house, cloisters and abbot's lodging are still impressive.

Caption For Polkerris, The Village C1960

The gable end of the lifeboat house is seen in the background, almost at the end of the road through the village.

Caption For Sidmouth, York Terrace 1924

The town's first library was situated in one of the houses in York Terrace.

Caption For Stratton, The Village 1906

Though described in the mid 19th century as 'a poor town lying among hills', Stratton with its narrow streets is blessed with many fine old houses.