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Atwick Holidays
our family ( from Bradford ) , me and 2 sisters rented one of the chalets at the end of cliff road in the mid fifty's I think it was 2nd from left in on the cliff top .Can remember the garden getting shorter as the cliffs collapased ...Read more
A memory of Ulrome in 1954 by
Miners Strike
My father (Robert Summers born Dec 1916) was 6 months old when his father was killed in Ypers. A few years later my gran remarried a miner, James MacLachlan, an ex Cameronian. My father told me a story of how, during the strike and ...Read more
A memory of Twechar in 1920 by
Frees Post Office And Grocery Longworth
Having spent the first seven years of my life in Longworth, I remember Free's shop vividly. The Frees were friendly, welcoming people. Mr Free had curly hair and wore a tan-coloured kind of overall-coat. ...Read more
A memory of Longworth in 1960 by
The Shops On Yardley Road
I remember when all shopping was done by visiting independant local shops. The shops I remember going to with my mother on Yardley Road were Alldays butchers, Timms greengrocers, The Bargain Shop, Terry Lovetts ...Read more
A memory of Acock's Green in 1976 by
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
Saturday Mornings At The Ritz
Me and my brother David would get our breakfast then run down Prospect Avenue North to the bus stop beside the shops and once in Clyde Street at Wallsend bus stops made our way to join the huge queue for entrance to the ...Read more
A memory of Byker in 1955 by
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
Hednesford
The picture of the Van in the main street of Hednesford is I think the Co-op grocery delivery van. Just below the woman was then a Co-op grocery store. The van was driven by a man by the name of Tommy; I unfortunately can't remember ...Read more
A memory of Hednesford in 1960 by
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
Decanter Set
I own a four decanter set, enclosed in a 10.5 " high by 8" square box, of Amboyna wood, with brass handles and edging, possibly Georgian. Also, held by a brass clip in the top of box, is a 3.5 " glass with the name "Skindles" ...Read more
A memory of Maidenhead by
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The Fox is still in business today, one of only two pubs in Hermitage. Today, the inn sign depicts a fox rather than merely the name of the pub.
It now hangs in the Fox Talbot Museum. It was based on a daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet of 1845-46.
His story 'The Fox' was first published in 1923 and is set at Bailey Farm, which Lawrence based on Grimsbury Farm just outside the village.
On the right hand side is the premises of E G Fox & Son (Everard Gerald Fox), an off licence.
By 1894, the Old Fox Inn had closed its doors in the face of competition from the newer Crown and Sceptre Inn to its left.
We can just see the second Hunsdon public house, the Fox and Hounds, in the distance on the left, with houses in Tanner's Way (on the opposite side of the road) behind.
This photograph shows Joseph Beswick's Ye Old Fox Tobacco Stores.
Across narrow Church Street, formerly Alms Lane, is the nearby King's School; it was re-founded by Bishop Foxe in 1528, although there is an earlier reference to it in 1329.
Sometimes the inhabitants of the Forest, whether they be ponies, deer, badger or foxes, still come to town.
The large building on the same side is the Fox and Hounds. W Kemp's shop, on the right, is now a private house. Behind the photographer is the ancient church of St Nicholas.
Villagers call it by both names even today, sometimes mischievously to fox the tourists.
Toad's Mouth stands on the moors to the east of Hathersage near Burbage Bridge, where it overhangs the A625 Fox House road.
On the right is the Fox Inn, which still remains. Perhaps the two gentlemen talking outside Merrimans have something to pawn!
The pole is topped by a weathervane featuring a running fox on a golden ball.
Standing on the site of an Augustinian convent which was founded in 1232, Lacock Abbey is the place where, in 1835, William Henry Fox-Talbot took the world's first photograph - a negative of
This was The Fox, one of five hostelries serving Debden in the 1950s.
Despite its increase in size, Burley is still a good centre for exploring the southwestern corner of the New Forest, with lonely woodlands and heaths within easy walking distance.
These compact, if undistinguished, houses still stand behind the Fox on the Hill in Smithy Lane, as it leads towards the busy A217 Brighton Road.
Adderley was the scene of a feud between two local families, the Corbets and the Needhams, over fox-hunting.
The Co-op (left) now houses a fish and chip shop, and the small garage (right) just down from the Fox pub has gone, to be replaced by modern shops.
Fox-Andrews' shop, The Central Supply, established as long ago as 1868, is in both views, but has since been replaced by a shoe shop.
She was converted to Quakerism after seeing how George Fox was evicted from the parish church.
Traffic comes to a standstill for this large flock of sheep being driven along the main road.
Designed by Thomas Hopper and Edward Haycock for C R Mansel-Talbot, Margam was the subject in some of Fox-Talbot's earliest photographs.
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