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Priory Lodge
My husband and I moved to Clacton on Sea year 2000 and soon afterwards we visited the Priory. We enjoyed the visit and recently 2011 I was doing more research on my family tree (May family) when I discovered an ancestor Edward ...Read more
A memory of St Osyth in 2000
Pellon Lane Area In The 1950s
I used to live just off Commercial Road on Gibson Street in the 1950s. The houses were very basic with a living room, a bedroom, attic and cellar. We shared a toilet with another family which was at the end of the ...Read more
A memory of Halifax by
History Of Clayton Family 1700s
Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more
A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by
Foundation Scholar.
I was a pupil at the school from 1943 to 1948 from the age of 10. I used to travel there from Norbury on the tram, having won a Scholarship from Norbury Manor School. I came from a typically working class background and to be ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1943 by
The Swanw Ickes Of Clayton West
I was evuacuated from London to stay with my aunt in Clayton West in 1944 my uncle was the blacksmith. I had four cousins whose families probably still live in the area. I have good memories of my stay there and intend to visit this year. My name is John Luke
A memory of Clayton West by
Baxter Family
My Dad was born in Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire county, but I have traced the Baxter family back to Polesworth in the 17th century where in ends. I wonder if there are any Baxters' still in that area. My goal is to visit ...Read more
A memory of Polesworth by
A Brauton Boy
I was born in Braunton in 1938. I am now 75 yrs of age residing in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire where I have lived for the past 42 years. I have visited many countries in my life including a National Service stint for two ...Read more
A memory of Braunton in 1930 by
Golds Hill School
If my memory is correct, it was Audrey Clayton and Sheila Macdonald - we all used to go to St Pauls youth club as teenagers. A delicate question, but are they or anyone else from that era still with us?
A memory of Golds Green by
Granny
My grandmother lived in Clayton West and my four cousins and I often slept over. Her surname was Sleaford but I have no memory of the actual address. I have just very clear memories of the worn stone steps into the cellar and the ...Read more
A memory of Clayton West in 1950 by
1960's
I lived at 117a Mitcham Road, above Coombes the Bakers, next door was David Greggs and Soloman's Greengrocers. Other shops on on the road were Smith Bros (either end of the block), David Kaye Butchers, Dewhurst Buthchers, Boots and a Gent's ...Read more
A memory of Tooting by
Captions
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A view from the pier showing some of the main features of Clacton.
The Clayton West railway station operated between 1879 and 1983; it was later reopened, and provides a thrilling steam train experience for children and their parents.
Frinton developed in a quieter manner than Clacton or Walton, and it has always had a rather genteel air.
The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
It was given by James Lomax of Clayton Hall.
Jaywick is divided from Clacton by a golf course and a Martello Tower.
The left hand one - the 'Stafford' - sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.
The Clayton Railway Tunnel was the scene of a tragic rail disaster involving three trains in 1861. 23 people were killed and 175 injured.
The 19th-century cotton industry brought great wealth to Clayton, some of which went to build the church.
The new pier was built in 1905 for Belle Steamers to bring holidaymakers from Ipswich, Clacton and Walton.
Dating from 1899, Clacton's bandstand had recently been relocated to this new sunken pavilion as part of a 'general beautifying programme'.
Fred Pullan's Yorkshire-based touring troupe opened in Clacton in 1901.
Clayton West was typical of many South Yorkshire coalfield villages in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.
Clacton was the brainchild of one man—Peter Bruff, an engineer with the Tendring Hundred railway company—who bought 50 acres of farmland here in 1865 with a view to its development as a holiday resort
Until 1864, Clacton had simply been a row of cliffs.
In 1914 Clayton Hall was built in the grounds to give added leisure facilities; it cost £2,000.
The stained glass shown in the photograph is probably by Clayton and Bell.
In 1942 the gallery closed for the duration of the war and the pictures, together with several items from the museum at Clayton-le-Moors, were put into store.
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