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The Fox And Goose Public House

Hello from Australia. I was hoping that someone looking through these "memories" might remember The Fox and Goose Public House on Penn Road. I think that this is the picture of it. My mom was the cleaner ...Read more

A memory of Penn by Kathy Adams Nee Cook

A Ham Family

My mother and father lived in Evelyn Road - the cul-de-sac opposite the large white house in the distance - mother still there - lived in two of the houses for all her eighty years - married the boy next door (well.. at the top of the cul- ...Read more

A memory of Ham in 1955 by John Clifford

Doe Lea In Ww2

I arrived in Doe Lea in June 1940 with other evacuees from Lowestoft, Suffolk. I lived in Doe Lea untill 1944. At first we were not accepted by the local children, eventually we mingled and became friends, since the war have been ...Read more

A memory of Doe Lea in 1940 by Ernie Martin

Memories Of The Red Lion

I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1966 by Amanda Shaw

Ann & Vic Norman's Shop

My mother Joyce Stannard worked at the shop in this picture in the foreground with the canopy next to the wine merchants. When she started it was a little wool shop owned by Miss Wright - she sold it to the Norman's who ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1960 by Julia Stannard

Fair Oak As It Was

My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Snowing And Floating

Can't be too specific about the year, just know I was young. Perhaps we'd not been long in our house on Carr Lane, having lived in Dronfield before. What a treasure this house was, running water, separate bedrooms ...Read more

A memory of Dronfield Woodhouse in 1956 by Raymond Gee

Roby Mill School

I attended Roby Mill School. Miss Simm was my teacher. She caught the bus to the monument (Vicarage Corner), and walked down College Road picking pupils up along the way. It was almost 1 mile in distance, she did this twice a ...Read more

A memory of Upholland Sta in 1949 by Dorothy Kelly

Goldthorpe In The Fifties

I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by swamidhyan

My Subsequent Visit 29.10.2008

My wife and I had pre-arranged to meet my sister and her entourage in the Fox and Hounds at midday yesterday. The long and winding lane from Eynsford became muddier and narrower with each passing mile and we ...Read more

A memory of Romney Street in 2008 by Peter Collihole

Captions

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Caption For Sherington, Church Road C1965

Further up Church Road, we are looking at the backs of 18th-century houses on Church End, the lane which leads to the medieval parish church of St Laud, out of shot to the left.

Caption For Epsom, Ashley Centre 2005

Only at the back on the Ashley Avenue side are the car park and office block allowed to rise to their full height.

Caption For Govilon, The Drawbridge 1936

The car approaching the bridge is a 1932 Austin 7, which had its petrol tank under the bonnet. Models from 1934 onwards had the tank under the back of the car.

Caption For Kenilworth, Village 1892

In 1906 it was possible to hire a horse and carriage at Warwick for a trip to Kenilworth and back for 10s 6d, though with two horses the price went up to £1, including the driver's fee.

Caption For Ripon, Cathedral Crypt Under Chapter House C1885

The crypt may also have been used to store religious relics which St Wilfrid brought back from Rome.

Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Forge 1903

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

Caption For St Ives, Old Sloop Inn 1906

This popular inn on the harbour at St Ives is said to date back to 1312. In the 20th century it became a favourite haunt of the St Ives artists' colony. There is now a small porch by the doorway.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, The Lake C1955

The water seeps through from higher ground and is held back by a concrete dam, and below it is a water garden, once a feature of Merdon Court. It has been reconstructed recently.

Caption For Whitby, St Ann's Staith 1886

Looming on the skyline is the back of the Streonshalh Hotel; one can appreciate the extensive view that the hotel guests would have had.

Caption For Whitby, The Bridge C1955

We can see the back of the old Co-op - it is the building with the white gable end to the left. Workmen are putting the finishing touches to the new Cartridge's roof.

Caption For Sully, St John The Baptist's Church And Lychgate C1950

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, but very little of the original church remains; the initial period of restoration in the 1820s dramatically altered its structure.

Caption For Melplash, The Village 1907

Only the feet of the carter are visible, as his horse stands patiently waiting while he unloads part of his wares from the back of his wagon for delivery to the creeper-festooned cottages in this village

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The cart on the left looks like a brewer's dray - in the back are barrels - and is probably delivering to the Black Bull on the right.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The cart on the left looks like a brewer's dray - in the back are barrels - and is probably delivering to the Black Bull on the right.

Caption For Govilon, The Drawbridge 1936

The car approaching the bridge is a 1932 Austin 7, which had its petrol tank under the bonnet. Models from 1934 onwards had the tank under the back of the car.

Caption For Morecambe, The West End 1896

Our horse tram is wending its way from Upper Heysham back to Morecambe. Today there is a very popular walk along the promenade between Morecambe and Heysham.

Caption For Gumfreston, Church 1890

The nave and chancel date back to the 12th century; the tower is 13th century.

Caption For Charlestown, From The East 1890

Tranquil waters lap around the two outer piers and the narrow entrance to the dock, which was cut back into West Polmear Cove around a century before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Great Chart, Swinford Manor 1901

The manor house dates back to the 13th century, and formed part of a large estate. Its most famous resident was the poet Alfred Austin, who was Poet Laureate from 1896 to 1913.

Caption For Bourn, Bourne Mill C1955

In 1741 the mill was blown down in a storm killing a man and a boy - perhaps because the sails were 'back winded'. The mill has been in the care of the Cambridgeshire Preservation Trust since 1932.

Caption For Temple Sowerby, Kings Arms Hotel C1955

Set back from the A66, the King's Arms with its stables and courtyard to the rear was once a coaching- house serving travellers on the Penrith to Darlington turnpike, a route linking the

Caption For Othery, Main Road C1955

The main A361 Taunton road loops through the village, with the church in the back lane. This view looks south-west along the A361.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Promenade 1925

We can see the back of the boat station, with 'cushion huts' peeping out behind the strolling crowds, whilst to the right 'Schneider's gate' is flanked by the bold 'Belsfield Hotel' sign.

Caption For Edinburgh, Holyroodhouse, King Charles's Bedroom 1897

The following year, Hertford was back in Scotland, burning five market towns, sacking 243 villages, and laying waste to crops. Edward VI of England was destined not marry the Queen of Scots.