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A memory of Spalford in 1940

Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Slough High Street Park Street & Chandos Road

Hi, I am researching my family tree and am trying to locate Chandos Road and Unity Cottages in Park Street.  I believe that Chandos Road was knocked down when the Queensmere Centre was built.  I wondered ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1900 by Jan Saunders

Warden Point

I used to live in Cherry Tree Cottage, Warden Point in 1930, my father was Jock Martin, a sergeant in the R.A.F. stationed in Eastchurch. My mother was Phylis Woollett, daughter of Frank Woollett, mine host of the Crooked Billet. ...Read more

A memory of Warden in 1930 by Frank Martin

Information Wanted On Rose Cottage Malvern

I am looking to find information on Rose Cottage, my father in law's family lived here in and around the 1930s, not sure what date from or to.  I am looking for old photographs of this house and any ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern in 1930 by Karen Burgess

Born In Fenny Stratford

I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera  Cusack.                      Just after the begining of the war my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1948 by Kathleen Roberts

The Railway Crossing

Hi all. As a child of around 7 years or so I recall vising my grandad and grandma who lived at a small cottage near the railway crossing. I will look up the name of the road and add later to this story. My grandad's ...Read more

A memory of Llandrindod Wells in 1930 by Joe Brown

Hollybush Lane

When I was a child in the early 1950s Hollybush Lane, from Woodhall Lane to Great Ley, was quite literally a lane. On one side the council had built houses, but on the other were the farm cottages that were built around ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City by Rod Sharp

Longleat

My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1948

Captions

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Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1890

On the left is the Literary and Scientific Institute (1888- 1937), next to which are three old cottages called Rock Gardens.

Caption For Foxton, The Grand Union Canal C1960

The lock-keepers' cottages served the flight on the section known as the Leicester Line. Top Lock cottage in particular has magnificent views of the rolling countryside.

Caption For Little Missenden, The White Cottage C1955

On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.

Caption For Eling, The Quay C1955

Magazine Lane c1965 These redbrick cottages have defied the march of time and today look much as they did in the mid 1960s. Even the street lamp is still there.

Caption For Alford, West Street C1950

In the foreground are cottages, some thatched, while in the distance are some more urban later houses of two and three full storeys.

Caption For Bramley, The Village C1955

Today modern houses are interspersed with the cottages. Nearby, close to the church, older cottages with thatched roofs and latticed windows can be found.

Caption For St Austell, Pondhu Road 1912

This thatched cottage with its little garden stood in Pondhu Road, in the valley bottom to the south west of the town centre.

Caption For Porlock Weir, The Harbour 1929

retreated from Porlock village to the present seashore: it is now a mile and a half drive to its outlet to the sea at Porlock Weir, a charming small harbour with three hotels as well as whitewashed cottages

Caption For Hatfield Peverel, The Green C1960

The large house on the left is Brewery House, and behind the post box is Brewery Barn with Brewery Cottages close by.

Caption For Linton, High Street C1955

Chaundlers, with multiple gables (left), now divided into cottages, is the oldest timber-framed building in Linton. One cottage has the remains of the 15th-century open hall.

Caption For Warrington, Church Street 1894

However, popular history associates these Tudor cottages on the corner of Eldon Street with Cromwell's visit to Warrington in 1648 whilst pursuing the Scottish army.

Caption For Porlock, On The Road To Hawkcombe 1890

Hawkcombe and Whitehall Cottages are there today, but a bridge now replaces the ford where the child and dog are standing.

Caption For Selworthy, Almshouses 1900

The village is part of the Holnicote Estate, the gift of the Acland family to the National Trust, to which many of the village's thatched cottages now belong - their preservation is thus assured.

Caption For Llanystumdwy, Lloyd George's Home In His Boyhood Days 1930

Highgate's cottage kitchen with its cast iron range and beamed ceiling was the centre of family life.

Caption For Parham, Village 1929

A group of children stand by a 19th-century cottage now called White Gates.

Caption For Althorne, Main Road C1955

The weatherboarded cottages nearby are known as Black Lion Cottages. The two shops in the foreground display advertisements for Oxo, Lifeguard soap and Lamberts teas, and many other products.

Caption For Middleton One Row, Devonport Hotel C1955

Before the arrival of the railway, Middleton One Row was aptly named; it consisted of just one row of Georgian cottages.

Caption For Newnham, The Cottage C1955

The Cottage, as it is known, was built on the site of three cottages by the owner of the adjacent house.

Caption For Crantock, The Church 1904

Churchgate Cottage is the neat white building in the centre, but behind it near the lychgate we can see a roofless cottage, now at the end of the Old Albion Inn.

Caption For Great Bardfield, Brook Street C1965

The thatched roof at the left-hand road junction belongs to Serjeant Bendlowes`s Cottage.

Caption For Pentre Halkyn, The Square 1936

Only the central rump of this row of cottages survives today in the village, and is barely recognizable from the photograph.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Parade From East 1907

The buildings (right) include the Alcove Hotel, semi-detached Sunnybank, Library Cottage and Sundial Cottage (centre).

Caption For Beddgelert, The Village 1933

On the left is Bwthyn Llewelyn (Llewelyn Cottage); its signboard says that it caters for the Cyclists' Touring Club, the National Union and the Clarion Clubs.

Caption For West Hanney, Eddins Pond C1955

The pond has been filled in, but Rose Cottage, the 17th-century timber- framed thatched cottage remains. However, the thatched barn is now tiled.