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Memories

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The Institute School Upper Bradford Street Brainree

The Institute School, was opposite the White Hart Hotel, Upper Bradford Street, Braintree. I attended this school c.1950-51. Then Principal was Miss A Thompson; teachers remembered were Miss ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1950 by Diana Lee Gobbitt

Family

My great grandmother, Mrs Burbidge lived in the house on Charwelton Hill, three fields away from the main road. Mother said a tin box was left by the road where post, bread and groceries were left. Later, in 1941 my grandfather, gran and ...Read more

A memory of Charwelton in 1940 by Terence Wilcox

Clarks Of Droxford

I can only say my late father was the grocer in the village - Rodney Clark. I was born in Manor Cottage. Dad died when I was only four years of age. My memories are of the shop in Park Lane, I would go with my mother's uncle, ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1959 by Michael Clark

W & C French Contractors

This is a Memory Without Evidence. In 1984 I visited my childhood home, "Ivy Cottage" no 58 Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. The cottage, in poor condition, was still being lived in. The contractors yard was ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1984 by Denman Lalonde

Greenford Gardens

We moved to 1 Greenford Gardens in 1936 from Northolt; it was a great place to grow up. Spent most of the time in Ravenor Park playing football/cricket, went to Bethams then Costons Junior with Mr Blount the Headmaster who ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1940 by John Meade

Red Haven Cliff Cottage Happisburgh

My family stayed in a bungalow in Happisburgh for a couple of years in about 1950. The name of the bungalow was RED HAVEN. It was a lovely place to holiday, with a gorgeous view of the sea. These were the ...Read more

A memory of Happisburgh in 1950

Burdon Hay Loft

My friend, Shiela Thompson, lived in a cottage at Burdon. Her father used to work on Burdon farm, he must have been a labourer as I remember him always working. My brother and myself used to cycle up to the farm on a weekend and ...Read more

A memory of Ryhope in 1962 by Lynne Swanson

The Doctor's Surgery

I remember the doctor used to visit the village once or twice a week & set up his surgery in Mrs Benton's house. Mrs Benton, (Alice, or was that her daughter?), lived in the cottage at the end of the row, furthest away in ...Read more

A memory of Bulphan in 1960 by Vee Holt

The Nest

Whereas the cottage was part of the Bell Court property, the cottage was named "THE NEST" and not Bell Court Cottage. It was originally the Governess Cottage in the book Sisters By A River by Barbara Comyns.

A memory of Bidford-on-Avon by Carol Sweetzer

East Harling, Audrey Hudson

I came to E.H. in 1947 when I was 2 yrs old, and lived in Gallants Lane - opposite Fen Lane. Audrey Hudson used to organize the village children for the St John's Ambulance Brigade practice evenings, when we would ...Read more

A memory of East Harling in 1955 by Keith Wooldridge

Captions

2,010 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Stoke Abbott, Garrads Hill C1955

The little habitation has some of the loveliest cottages and best-tended gardens in the county.

Caption For Bridport, East Street Old Mill 1899

The Cottage, glimpsed behind the tree, stands beside Lower Walditch Road.

Caption For Dorchester, A Cottage 1894

During Hardy's youth the Dorchester hangman lived in this attractive cottage. The building is now a private residence.

Caption For Stilton, Church Street C1955

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

Caption For Limpsfield, Village 1906

A number of interesting half-timbered and tile- hung cottages can be found in this village, which lies just to the south of the M25.

Caption For Bakewell, Memorial Hospital 1923

Today, instead of being a hospital, it is now known as Bakewell Cottage Nursing Home.

Caption For Amberley, The Parish Church C1960

Nearby are rows of pretty cottages and ancient, timber-framed buildings with walls of wattle and daub.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1897

The houses in this view are (starting with the closest): Gate Cottage, Fernley, Hill View and the thatched Park Farmhouse. The George Inn is further along on the left.

Caption For Devizes, Drews Pond 1899

Unfortunately, the cottage was demolished in 1960. The pond is on the right, hidden by the trees.

Caption For Camberley, Frimley Road 1906

Many of these old cottages remain.

Caption For Wool, The River C1955

Thatched cottages (right) stand between Woolbridge Manor and the River Frome, looking upstream from the five mediaeval arches of Wool Bridge.

Caption For Leintwardine, Thatched Cottage C1955

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

Caption For Balsham, Thatched Cottage 1959

This traditional timber-framed cottage has been extended to the right with a small dairy. The long-straw roof has an attractive patterned border and ridge.

Caption For Streatley, The Lock And Weir C1955

Seen from the road bridge, its balustrades recently brutalised by the Oxfordshire County Engineer, the lock, rebuilt in 1922, is little changed, although the Victorian former lock-keeper's cottage is

Caption For Great Chart, The Village 1908

Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along

Caption For Trumpington, Grantchester Road C1960

A row of cottages with weather-boarding and a thatched roof faces the parish church.

Caption For Bibury, Arlington Row C1960

This fine row of early 17th-century weavers' cottages is now owned by the National Trust.

Caption For Much Wenlock, Gaskell Arms 1911

He described Wenlock as an 'ancient little town . . . with no great din of vehicles . . . a dozen 'publics' (pubs), with tidy whitewashed cottages . . . and little girls bobbing curtsies in the street

Caption For Hatfield Heath, The Post Office C1965

Once again we see a typical weatherboarded Essex cottage. Further along the row is an attractive thatched house. Horses outside the post office give a rural air to this scene.

Caption For Pangbourne, The Village 1910

Near it is Church Cottage, where Kenneth Grahame lived in the 1920s.

Caption For Staithes, 1925

The picturesque rooflines of the cottages in Staithes, clustered on the cliff side, have always enchanted visitors.

Caption For Rusthall, Toad Rock C1950

Toad Rock, perched precariously above the cottages below, is a remarkable logan-like cluster.

Caption For Rusper, Village 1909

Note the pretty timber-framed cottage on the right.

Caption For Rothley, Fowke Street C1965

Note the date 1727 between the ground and upper floor of the cottage on the right.