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Pit Village In My Youth

My name is Ken Orton and I lived in Thornley from 1947 until 1974, the year I married. I was born in Shadforth but my parents moved from there to Thornley when I was about one month old. We lived at 72, Thornlaw North until ...Read more

A memory of Thornley by Kenneth Orton

Summer Holidays

Does anyone remember Woodchurch caravan park? We used to go every year from 1969 until its closure in 1973. My aunt and uncle had a caravan there. If you came up from the village it was past the windmill over the crossroads and ...Read more

A memory of Woodchurch in 1973 by Karl Turner

1967 1968 Latimer House

I was posted to joint services staff college as it was then, I was there for 6 months during which time as a cook I served many famous people, including the Queen! Many fond memories for me, it was a very nice place.

A memory of Latimer by Robert Fuller

Lymm Parochial C Of E School

We moved to Lymm from Altrincham soon after the war when my mother remarried (she was a war widow).  It was lovely having a new Council house which had a bathroom and inside toilet - I had been used to an outside toilet ...Read more

A memory of Lymm in 1947 by Margaret Hampson

The Eclipse Pub

The public house in this picture is 'The Eclipse'. I lived in the Eclipse as a small boy in the mid 1950s. My bedroom was on the top floor. I use to lie in bed at night and watch the Bovril electric sign across the road. My ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1955 by Steven Scotney

Growing Up In Fordingbridge

I grew up in Fordingbridge between 1949 when I was born and 1967 when I left for University. I have so many memories that I couldn't possibly put them all down here, so I am just selecting a few good or striking ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1960

Crichel House During The War Years

Dumpton House (Preparatory) School was evacuated to Crichel during the Second World War from Broadstairs in Kent. My older brother (Paul Cremer) was already at the school and due to the war my parents sent me ...Read more

A memory of Crichel Ho in 1940 by Jonathan Cremer

My Boots In Banks Pond

In 1944 three brothers were evacuees in Haddenham, we lived with an old couple named Mr and Mrs Saw in a house, I think it was named Dolly Cote House next to a farm, this was a long time ago but one thing I know is that ...Read more

A memory of Haddenham in 1944 by Len Friday

School Years

Hi, although from the Orkney Islands I went to Balmacara House School for a year from 1971 to 1972, it was a great time in my life as I had not been out of Orkney much till then so it was a big step for me, I hope someone from that time reads this as I've lost contact with them all.

A memory of Balmacara in 1971 by Arthur Sutherland

Liphook

My grandfather was the manager of Smorthwaites, the Chemist, opposite the Anchor Hotel in the middle of Liphook. My mother was born in Liphook and lived in the house next door to the Chemist's on the south. My earliest memory of ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down by Martin Williamson

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Captions

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Caption For Blackpool, Dean Street 1901

There were plenty of inexpensive boarding houses charging only a shilling or two per night.

Caption For Newark, The Governor's Old House 1909

This famous 16th-century, timber-framed house with its three jettied or projecting storeys, was the residence of Sir Richard Willis, the Royalist governor during the Civil War.

Caption For Broughton, The Castle 1922

This castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

Caption For Tiverton, Little Silver 1914

The photographer appears to be quite the centre of attraction as the ladies from the left-hand house peer over the hedge.

Caption For London, Chelsea Watermans Arms 1875

In narrow alleys leading down to the river, similar to the one depicted here, there was an abundance of small taverns and public houses catering for the working man.

Caption For Camelford, From Outground Mill 1894

The small mill, the miller's house and the allotment behind make a nice group.

Caption For Beech, Old Cottages 1928

In the distance we can just see the house called Norton Bavant behind the thatched cottages. They front onto Wellhouse Road, and even have thatched outbuildings.

Caption For Rochdale, Broadway 1906

The Manor House can be seen to the right. The centre of the town is starting to look spacious and elegant.

Caption For Wilmslow, The Rectory 1897

This double fronted Georgian house exudes all the comfortable status that the Established Church could expect at the time it was built in the late Georgian times.

Caption For Audley End, The Mansion C1910

He ruined himself by spending public funds on the house - hardly surprising, since the bill came to £190,000. It cost £500 alone to obtain the preliminary designs from Italy.

Caption For Coulsdon, View From The Downs C1955

The backs of the houses in Chaldon Way near the turning with Bradmore Way are viewed here from the footpath along the line of magnificent yews on the eastern slopes of Farthing Down.

Caption For Chideock, Horse And Cart 1922

This is the junction with Mill Lane (left of centre) beside Roadstead House (right). Seahill Lane bends to the right, towards Seatown.

Caption For Abergavenny, From The Blorenge C1960

The church, castle and market hall, the historic heart of the town, remain at the centre, but more modern housing fans out from it in this scene.

Caption For Portchester, The Castle Entrance C1960

Other finds at Wallington House, Wicor Shore and Portchester Harbour have been dated from the Mesolithic period (10,000 BC to 4,000 BC), while flint and stone artefacts from Titchfield and Wallington

Caption For Higham Ferrers, Market Square C1955

On the right is a fine Georgian house, once a shop owned by Horsley Ltd. Today the premises sells motorcycles.

Caption For Runswick, From The Beach C1885

The older houses of this charming little village, like many others on this coast, are built hanging precariously onto a cliff. The villagers once relied almost solely on fishing.

Caption For Thorpeness, The House In The Clouds And The Mill C1955

The house in the clouds conceals a water storage tank. It is now conserved and open to visitors.

Caption For Basildon, Blenheim House And The Bus Terminus 1961

Blenheim House contained the Locarno (later Tiffany's Ballroom), where the resident group in the early 1960s were the pre-fame Dave Clark Five.

Caption For Dartmoor, The Warren House Inn 1931

Many a stranded traveller has had cause to thank The Warren House Inn at Postbridge.

Caption For Norwich, Earlham Hall 1938

Earlham Hall is a complex 16th- and 17th-century house in brick and flint, with early 18th-century shaped gables. It is now the School of Law of the University of East Anglia.

Caption For Burnsall, On The River 1900

The church houses an 11th-century font and some fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture. At the oar of the boat is a woman - quite adventurous for 1900.

Caption For Worcester, Gheluvelt Park 1936

It was created on the site of an 18th-century house with 18 acres of private parkland by Barbourne Brook.

Caption For Farncombe, The River C1955

The Godalming Navigation, the extension of the Wey Navigation added in 1760-2, can be explored from Farncombe Boat House either by boat or by walking along the agreeable towpath.

Caption For Cleeve Hill, Golf Club House C1955

The club house we see here opened in 1938.