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Runcorn Hill On A Summer's Day
Runcorn Hill was a wild place when I knew it back in the early 1960s. I remember even now the smell of the trees and the shade they brought on hot summer days. Yes, we had them back then, when spring came after winter ...Read more
A memory of Runcorn in 1960 by
Sutton Forest Side
I recall living at 163 Mansfield Road in 1947, when we had real winter, close to Kitty Hibberts shop, this is now a Chinese takeaway. Across the road was cobbler Betts Hut at the top of Barnes Street, on the opposite ...Read more
A memory of Sutton In Ashfield in 1947 by
Rashwood School
I was at Rashwood School fron 1960 ish to 1967. My memory of the school was a very big entrance, we were allowed to take our roller skates to school and go from the top of the hill to the bottom, also the play bars had concrete ...Read more
A memory of Rashwood in 1967 by
Where Does The Time Go
This is the church where my 17 year old son was christened. This is also the church where I spent most of my childhood. From about the age of 10, my friends and I would go grave rubbing. We actually spent more time cleaning ...Read more
A memory of Farndon in 1980 by
Church Choir
I think it was about 1959 when a new Vicar arrived in the village of Yapton he was the Rev. Nelson. I was 12 at the time, His wife who we only knew as Mrs Nelson decided to start a church choir. So with a few of my cousins and girls I ...Read more
A memory of Yapton in 1959 by
Bus Shelter
Many is the time I have spent in that bus shelter, on a winters night, freezing, waiting for an Eastern National bus or a Campbell’s Flyer [1/2 penny cheaper in old money]. Having been to the Kingsway cinema and munching on a bag ...Read more
A memory of Hadleigh in 1951 by
Hilly Fields
Situated at the top of our road, as young children Hilly Fields was something quite magical. During winter time we would trek our home made sledges over to toboggan hill and hurtle down to the brook at the bottom of the hill at ...Read more
A memory of Enfield in 1950 by
Windsor Road
We moved to Bromley Cross about 1947 just before my sister Virginia was born, it was a lovely new prefab, but I don't remember much about the inside of it apart from the wood-burning stove, that sticks in my mind for some ...Read more
A memory of Bromley Cross in 1947 by
Broadway Lido.....My Home
Yes.....the Broadway Lidi was my home. I am Stuart Smith, my father Gordon Smith was the first manager (well, they called it superintendent then) at the Lido. We moved there when I was about 3 years old, and lived in a ...Read more
A memory of Bridgwater in 1960 by
My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton
My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more
A memory of Skipton in 1952 by
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The Force has been known to freeze over in the depths of winter.
The name 'saltern' suggests that this was a place where early inhabitants of the island would come to the sea- shore in search of salt for the winter preservation of meat.
The road between Greatstone and Dungeness consists mainly of bungalows with the miniature railway running behind them, and the area can be pretty bleak in the winter.
This busy street has many shops and cafes to serve both the locals and visitors, but some close for the winter. The shops and houses on the left back straight on to the sea.
He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.
The farthest headland is Penlee Point, home of the lifeboat 'Solomon Browne', which was lost with all hands in December 1981 during a gallant attempt to rescue the crew of the coaster 'Union Star' in a winter
He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.
Several winding walks form an alternative way to return to Babbacombe for the energetic, or in the winter months when the cliff railway is closed.
During the winter the tarn was always a paradise for skaters.
Its steep banks and overhanging trees would have provided protection for travellers when the winter storms came.
The hay would later be stacked before being taken to a hay-barn store for winter feed for the livestock. Holy Trinity, the parish church, dominates the skyline.
Its steep banks and overhanging trees would have provided protection for travellers when the winter storms came.
Now occupied by the Winter Gardens, the Fort, also known as Fort Green, stood high up on the sea cliff east of Margate Harbour where a gun battery had stood during the Napoleonic wars.
A number of caravan sites were established in Borth after the Second World War, multiplying the population of the village in summer by many times its winter number.
Situated between the Hall and the village, Kelham Bridge's one claim to fame is that it was rammed and split in two by a small iceberg that floated down the Trent during the winter of 1854–55.
On wilder winter days, with a storm beating up the Channel, the walk along the cliffs east of Hastings can be an exciting excursion, with salt spray soaking the clifftop rambler and fierce winds making
The street is almost deserted apart from a motor lorry, motorcycle and a few pedestrians, showing that the photograph was probably taken in the winter, outside the tourist season.
Train services are often suspended in winter months when things are at their worst. This train is heading towards Exeter.
This photograph includes the Winter Gardens in the background. In 1887, William Holland was appointed manager.
In winter it would be treacherous. To the south of the town is remote heath and woodland.
Here, winter riders are seen on the ride which extends from Rotten Row in Hyde Park.
At one time sheep from Romney Marsh in Kent were wintered here on the relatively dry sandy Surrey Hills.
Late morning concerts were held at both the Crescent and the Winter Gardens.
It was from here that four knights set off one winter evening in 1170 for Canterbury to murder Thomas à Becket.
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