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With Mum And Dad In Church Street, Enfield, Middlesex.
I believe this is a photograph of me, James Ernest Thomas Massey, being pushed in my pram by my father Ernest James Massey, and mother Rosina Massey, towards our home above Dolcis shoe shoe at 5 Burleigh Way, Enfield Middlesex, sometime in the first year of my life. God Rest their souls.
A memory of Enfield in 1945 by
East Terrace
I used to live in #1 when I was about 6 years old and have memories of climbing out of a window and sitting on the roof and looking out to sea. I also used to cycle off to school each day along this street. My father was ...Read more
A memory of Budleigh Salterton in 1948 by
Brimscombe Corner & Burleigh 1910 62690
This photo is taken 100 yards up Brimscombe lane, looking back across the Golden Valley. The lane itself leads back up to Thrupp Lane & Dark lane, which is on its way to Quarhouse and the Lypiatt Manor, ...Read more
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Milnathort A Genteel Place
My sister and I were invited to spend holidays at the home of a very kind lady in Milnathort. Church of Scotland ministers were asking members of their congregations to look after children from 'homes' during the ...Read more
A memory of Milnathort in 1965 by
Leigh School
My sister and I used to spend every summer in Leigh, so much so that we even attended the School. I think it helped that our granny was Mrs Faulkner (Dorothy)the Infant school teacher. Grampy was Sandy, our mum Jean was born and ...Read more
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Idyllic Holidays Pre Ww2
We camped at Littleham, with only my immediate family in the farmer's field. We collected straw from the farmer, and stuffed our palliasses for beds. The straw was returned to the barn when we left. Each ...Read more
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My Very Happy Childhood In New Haw Road!!!
We originally moved in 1957 when I was 5 from Thornton Heath in Surrey to Burleigh Road in Addlestone because my dad had started working for Peto Scott (TV makers) near Weybridge. Then in December 1957 my ...Read more
A memory of New Haw in 1962 by
Walls Quarry 1901 & The Cresta Run In 1963
This is a very rare photo which is taken from a grass slope below a small coppice in a valley known as the "Moors" from the bottom of what is now called Orchard Lane. This unusual photo looks up the lane, ...Read more
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A View From Doomsday Book Swells Hill 47364
Swells Hill is mentioned in the doomsday book where very little else in this photo is. the row of a few houses in the foreground are the top part of Swells Hill, perched on the "Knoll" Looking east up ...Read more
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The buildings on the hill are the upper part of Brimscombe village, with Walls Quarry and Burleigh to the right.
Brimscombe Church, Walls Quarry and the hill leading to Burleigh are top right.
Although Queen's Park is now the only public park within the town, some very senior Loughburians will remember Burleigh Brook Park on Ashby Road.
Northwards the ground rises a little towards Burleigh.
This fine view along Budleigh's strand looks towards the mouth of the River Otter and the bulbous cliff top of Otterton Ledge.
It is hard to believe now, but East Budleigh was a port before the river Otter silted up around the sixteenth century.
East Budleigh's main street has changed little since this photograph was taken at the outbreak of the Great War.
It is still not unusual to see a scene such as this in East Budleigh, for the farms in the vicinity are very active.
Budleigh really began to grow just after the Napoleonic wars, when it became popular as a genteel retreat.
Yet just a dozen years after photograph 68727 (above), the High Street was much busier with traffic - we get a feeling of Budleigh entering our familiar modern world.
East Budleigh's waterway adds to the delight of this picturesque village, filling the air with the sound of tumbling water.
Two other famous residents of East Budleigh were two smuggling parsons - Matthew Mundy and Ambrose Stapleton.
Budleigh Golf Club was created on what had been common land on the cliffs to the west of the town, and is now known as East Devon Golf Club.
One early visitor to Budleigh was the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais, who lived for some time at The Octagon at the western end of the parade.
As a seaside town, Budleigh has developed almost entirely since the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Now the paths are part of the South West Coastal Footpath, and lead to Exmouth in one direction and the neighbouring resort of Budleigh Salterton in the other.
Two other famous residents of East Budleigh were two smuggling parsons - Matthew Mundy and Ambrose Stapleton.
The River Otter meets the sea just to the east of Budleigh Salterton after a 30-mile journey across Somerset and East Devon.
Budleigh has acquired a rather ageing population, for people have chosen the place as a retirement location.
Once just a hamlet of fishermen's cottages, Budleigh grew as a town and watering place in the first half of the 19th century, when a number of well-heeled society figures took up residence.
Budleigh Salterton stands to the west of the silted estuary of the River Otter.
As a seaside town, Budleigh has developed almost entirely since the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Newton Poppleford takes its name from the round stones, or popples (like the pobbles of Budleigh Salterton), that abound in the area; it was a fording place over the Otter for centuries
One early visitor to Budleigh was the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais, who lived for some time at The Octagon at the western end of the parade.