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Rasc
I was at Blandford Camp at the end of 1951 undergoing training in Motor Transport before being sent to No. 1 Training Battalion Aldershot with the Horse Draw Section of the RASC. Although my memory of Blandford is a bit sketchy these days ...Read more
A memory of Blandford Camp by
The Life Of A .Woolacombe Lad
I was born in the North Devon Royal Infirmary in June 1936 and lived in and around the village for 19 years before doing my national service.I never returned again as i needed a job in a city like Bristol. My father was ...Read more
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Fairfield House
I was at Fairfield, late 70s, miss Brooke,was head & she would bounce up drive with tress her Labrador every morning while we were at breakfast,miss coyne became deputy head,& her dogs poppy & berry & that VW She ...Read more
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My Years Growing Up In Clovelly
My name is Sam Burrow I was born in Hartland in 1936 - the family moved to Clovelly in 1939 and lived in Home Lodge. My father, J A Burrow, was the estate foreman. My mother, Florrie, was the school cook throughout ...Read more
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Memories Of Fetterangus
I was born in "Fishie" in 1947, my first teacher was Mrs. Adams and the head was Mr. Duncan. I lived there until 1967 at which point I emigrated to Canada with my good friend Ronald Brown who's family also lived in ...Read more
A memory of Fetterangus in 1967 by
Ty Croes Thunderbird Guys
As a young REME corporal in 65, stationed at Ty Croes with the RA, we spent many an hour at the Bay Hotel bar. We managed to walk seaside over rocks in the dark to the Hotel successfully most evenings. Spent my 21st ...Read more
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My Childhood Memories Of Caswell Bay
I apparently spent my early years during WW1 in the Mumbles where my mother came from. She had moved to London before the war to find work and married a Londoner. Our holidays when I was a child (in the ...Read more
A memory of Caswell Bay in 1950 by
Bursledon Hostital
I was here in approx November 1965 after having Rheumatic Fever. I remember being in a ward which was second on the right off the great entrance hall where we ate and if good were allowed to watch telly some evenings. I recall ...Read more
A memory of Bursledon in 1965 by
My Memories
I can't believe I've just found this page. I was looking at the area as my wife and I are looking at buying a pub in the bridge and I thought I'd see if the old home was still there - but stumbled on this site. It made my spine shiver ...Read more
A memory of Taxal in 1860 by
Dad Saves Eagle!!
In the early 80's my dad was walking our dog in the park when he came across an eagle. Turned out it had been stolen from Colwyn Bay Zoo. He captured it with the dog's lead, ended up in the national press and got £100 reward. My ...Read more
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The grand old West End Hotel looks out over the promenade and Cardigan Bay at Marian-y-mor. The seafront terrace, West End Parade, was built in the late 19th century.
This church opened in 1900, replacing St Mary's Church, which formerly stood in the centre of Flookburgh.
The foundation stone of the chapel (left) was laid in 1910. The end of the next house is made up of alternate courses of brick and beach pebbles.
The Woolpack Inn, a medieval building, is situated where several roads meet. Its name suggests obvious links with past local industry, and its beers were supplied by Frome United Ales.
Overlooking Minard Bay, an inlet on the north side of Loch Fyne, stands the 19th-century Minard Castle.
Here we see a family outing and picnic on the rocks at Friars Point, with a gentleman stanidng by a lady in a wheelchair.
Round the bend, past the old garage, the A271 continues as Gardner Street, the main shopping street of the village.
This view is taken from the meadow beside the canal, the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal, which opened in 1815. The meadow is now occupied by 1990s housing, Hilda Wharf.
We can see from the Bay Private Hotel along to Benwick Cottage and Harville Cottage (right) at Madeira Cottages.
This pleasant market town lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the 'honky-tonk' north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.
This view was taken north-eastwards along Marine Parade, below Langmoor Gardens (left), to the Bay Hotel, 1830-built Madeira Cottages and Cobb Gate Jetty (centre).
Runswick Lane leads out of Hinderwell High Street to Runswick Bay, a local beauty spot much beloved by many Clevelanders.
This view shows the higher part of the town. Note the Rees, Baker & Co., Fishguard delivery cart and the Great Western Hotel on the left.
The 1890s terrace with its four gabled full-height bay windows steps down the hill; the left-hand one on the corner of Outwood Lane is now no longer a Barclays Bank, but the offices of financial consultants
We look north-eastwards, above the gable-end of the Bay Private Hotel (centre right), to the Spittles and Black Ven. Beyond are Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill (top right).
Aberystwyth became a popular resort for the well-off, who came here to bathe and socialise from the late 18th century.
Robert Burns played in this churchyard as a boy, and the popular legends about hauntings and the ghostly atmosphere of the roofless ruin affected him deeply.
From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving
Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay window to the right.
The church, which dates from 1840, lies to the south of the castle motte, and close to the busy A50 bypass.
The village overlooks the often windswept Rhosili Bay on the western edge of the Gower Peninsula. Tradition has it that the village is named after St Fili, who was possibly a son of St Cenydd.
Apart from the demolition of the late 18th-century house, in the centre, little has changed visually.
The village overlooks the often windswept Rhosili Bay on the western edge of the Gower Peninsula. Tradition has it that the village is named after St Fili, who was possibly a son of St Cenydd.
Many of the Morecambe Bay boats had names suggesting that they were bigger vessels, such as the 'Queen Mary' in the foreground -but she predated the Cunarder.
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