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Living In Queens Avenue And Going To School
I was three when we moved to Muswell Hill in 1951. My parents had both been in the forces and it was difficult to find accommodation for a family. My grandmother knew a Mr. Wood, he was a judge. His ...Read more
A memory of Muswell Hill in 1953 by
Wonderful Bucks!
My mum first came across Bucks Mills when we went for a bodyboarding holiday in Westward Ho! before the march of the mobile homes..! Next year we stayed in Driftwood in Bucks itself and did so for the next 7/8 years until my ...Read more
A memory of Buck's Mills in 1965 by
Hells Angels In The Box
I'm not sure if the box was still in use in 1965. I remember it better about five years later when Hells Angels used it as a type of den. We (a few mates and I) used to walk the railway line from the pithead to Broad Lane ...Read more
A memory of Essington in 1965 by
Growing Up At Coombe Place
My family and I moved to a bungalow at Coombe Place in 1960. My father, Walter Motley, took up the post of farm manager on this 100 acre dairy farm with a herd of Jersey cattle. Coombe Place is set on the side of the South ...Read more
A memory of Offham in 1960 by
Honeymoon
We spent our honeymoon (1951) in Guernsey, and we had a lovely time. Even though it was only six years since the end of the war and the Islanders had suffered badly from the German occupation, we had as much butter and milk as we wanted, ...Read more
A memory of Guernsey in 1951 by
Great Uncle John Street
I can remember visiting Warnham when I was very young, with my parents and brother Ron. We stayed with great uncle John, who was blind. I believe his wife's name was May, but I am not sure. My brother kicked a ...Read more
A memory of Warnham Court School by
Artists
Groups of artists would visit in summer and stay at The Feathers Hotel. After breakfast they would choose their locations, some at the church, some at the castle, others would be in the middle of Broad Street. They would set up their ...Read more
A memory of Ludlow in 1955 by
Broadway Lido.....My Home
Yes.....the Broadway Lidi was my home. I am Stuart Smith, my father Gordon Smith was the first manager (well, they called it superintendent then) at the Lido. We moved there when I was about 3 years old, and lived in a ...Read more
A memory of Bridgwater in 1960 by
Further To Cinemas In Croydon
I grew up in Galpins Road, Thornton Heath and as a youngster joined the ABC Minors at the Rex Cinema, Norbury sadly now demolished and replaced by an office block. I saw many of the MGM Musicals at the Rex, including ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1958 by
My Memories Of Salford
I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1951 by
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The pass is said to have taken its name from a large rock which looks like a gable end of a church.This view looks south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.
The pass is said to have taken its name from a large rock which looks like a gable end of a church. This view looks south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.
The pass is said to have taken its name from a large rock which looks like a gable end of a church. The photographer was looking south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.
The Square and Cobb Gate at the seaward end of Broad Street, eastwards from Bell Cliff, with the line-up of parked cars including Rileys, a Hornet soft-top, Jowett, Standard and Austins.
This street, broad and uncluttered by traffic, is lined with Georgian and Victorian houses, and dominated by the splendid Victorian clock tower at the far end.
At Water End, the River Gade runs under the fine three-arched bridge and through water meadows shaded by beech, willow and oak trees.
The southern end of Derby Haven is protected by St Michael's Island with its ruined chapel, Derby fort and battery.
What a blissful way to get home at the end of the day. Imagine the pleasure of gliding along between meadow grass and wild flowers on the banks, accompanied by the music of birdsong.
Broad Street is famous throughout Oxford for its assortment of bookshops.
Cornwall's cathedral city is at the centre of a mining district and sits comfortably in a broad valley, at the junction of the rivers Kenwyn and Allen.
The church at the far end of the broad street is St Peter & St Paul's. Tile-hung walls are a feature of the town, and several examples can be seen here.
The broad High Street is part of the Fosse Way, and is dominated by the Redesdale Market Hall, a fine Victorian Tudor building designed by Sir Ernest George in 1887.
This view looks south-westwards from Broad Ledge to Long Ledge (foreground) below Gun Cliff to the Guildhall (top right), the Fossil Depot beside Buddle Bridge and the Assembly Rooms (centre), with the
Fritton Lake, like the Broads, originated as a series of peat pits in the medieval period. It was later used as a duck decoy. The ducks were drawn into the decoy by the decoy man's dog.
Reading's covered market was built in a landlocked site entered via the Corn Exchange from Market Place and the great archway from Broad Street.
Headcorn stands on the River Beult and is a large village with a single broad, straggling street. On the right outside the George and Dragon is a motorcycle with an unusual basketwork sidecar.
The seaward end of Broad Street was once the hub of Lyme Regis with its old Custom House, until a devastating fire in 1844.
Compare this view with No O45043, and note the cottage on the right with the broad light-coloured band above the front door running across the house front. This building appears in both pictures.
Broad Street is a later medieval planned extension of the market place, which is beyond the end houses.
Broadstone is named after Broadstone Farm, which in turn took its name from broad stones spanning a stream. One is outside the Stepping Stones pub.
Of all the villages that surround Durham City, old Brancepeth is particularly well steeped in legend and history.
In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.
In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.
During the 18th century, the roads Cherry Bounce, Chapel Street, Bell Road (now St Mary's Road), and George Street were all developing on the east side of the of the High Street and were in
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