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Once Upon A Time

I lived in Gate Cottage for 2 years after my parents moved there from Surrey. They moved to return to dad's home county and to be close to my uncle and aunt who lived in Holt Street, Nonington. At one time there were 10 Packers ...Read more

A memory of Frogham in 1967 by Laurie Packer

Childhood Memories

My father, Bertram Whittingham was a native of Hemsworth, born 1892 and I am the remaining son of the family born August 1926 in a small miner's cottage located at No. 7 North View. My father was a coal miner, working at ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1930 by George Whittingham

Melrose Cottage 8 Shalbourne

In the 1950s and early 1960s my brother and I were fostered to a Miss Little and her sister at 8 Shalborne, there were several children living there and I have many fond memories of our stay. We used to sleep in a ...Read more

A memory of Shalbourne by Rob Barnett

Shotton In The Forties Fifties

I was brought up in a two-up, two-down cottage at No.4, Shotton Lane. These cottages were demolished in the fifties and modern houses were built on the site. Everyone was poor and, during the war in particular, ...Read more

A memory of Shotton in 1944 by David Gunning

Living In Old Cullercoates

My grandparents lived in Simpson Street and auntie in Elizabeth Street. I am wondering if anyone remembers Garden Terrace, and the old school in John Street where my grandma worked? My grandfather was killed aboard ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats in 1965 by Susan Burn

Rhu

My Grandfather, Andrew Johnston, lived in Kilbride Cottage, Rhu (next to the manse on the corner) and every school holidays my mum Janet Kempton (nee Johnston) brought us up to Rhu for the holidays. Grandpa died when I was about 8, he was ...Read more

A memory of Kilcreggan in 1950 by Joan Carter

Nice Photo!

Is the pond still there? I remember delivering newspapers to the pub, and to other houses and cottages around the heath - by bike all the way from Moor Park shops! At least it was downhill from here - about three papers to the ...Read more

A memory of Batchworth Heath in 1958

Little Sutton Shops Chester Road

Hi ,can anyone cast their minds back to the shopping area in Little Sutton where there is a very tiny car park on the A41, the shops that are there now are Cheshire Building Society, chemist (Westminster ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Valerie Waring

Best Ice Cream

Friends of the family owned a remote cottage towards Cairnsmoor from Creetown. We holidayed from Surrey on steam-hauled trains via Carlisle to the end of the world. Sheep scratched their backs on the corner of the cottage. Brown ...Read more

A memory of Creetown in 1954 by Laurie Packer

Memories

I used to live in Bell Lane from when my parents moved there aroudn 1960 and moved out in 1977. This corner was known as Rachel's Corner and it was said that Bell Cottage was haunted. Rachel hanged herself on a tree after her lover ...Read more

A memory of Thelwall in 1971 by Ally Whittaker

Captions

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Caption For Lincoln, The Glory Hole 1906

All the cottages on the left were demolished by 1910. Both sides of the water were reached by stairs from the High Street.

Caption For Brynmawr, Llanelly Hill C1960

Near some cottages below the summit of Pen Cyrn mountain, it is just possible to make out the flat ridge on which the former Llangattock tramroad was built from the Nantyglo Ironworks to Llangattock

Caption For Wilcot, The Village C1955

These cottages are just a few of around forty built around a triangular village green for the Wroughton Estate; some are known to have housed the workers at Wilcot Manor House.

Caption For Kendal, Noble's Yard, 96, Off Stricklandgate 1914

With its cobbled floor and plain, harmonious stone cottages, this picturesque yard offers an authentic view of how Kendal must have looked to the Victorians.

Caption For Cartmel, Cavendish Street 1914

The cottage in the centre was Ayers Old-Fashioned Eating House, which has plenty of seating outside for visitors. Note the heavy round rubble chimney above.

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Caption For Laxey, 1894

A number of cottages in Laxey were built by George William Dumbell, chairman of the Laxey Mining Co, for his miners and their families. He also donated land for a chapel.

Caption For Aldborough, The Green C1955

Set a short distance away from the Cromer to Norwich road, Aldborough offers a spacious prospect with cottages grouped round a broad green.

Caption For Wainfleet, Market Place C1955

Beyond the late Victorian pair, The Manse and The Villa (with the timbered gable) tower over the pair of small cottages beside them.

Caption For Goodworth Clatford, The Village C1965

It was on Goodworth Clatford that a flying bomb landed, destroying the old Royal Oak, the school, the smithy and a row of cottages.

Caption For Netley, Victoria Road C1955

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece;' its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated terraced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

Caption For Preston Candover, Canterton Stores C1960

There are two large Georgian houses and some nicely thatched cottages. It is still a peaceful village, although there is more traffic.

Caption For West Burton, The Cross C1955

take a rest on the steps, as the greystone cottages, now part of a Conservation Area, cluster around the greensward in the background.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, The Village 1894

This photograph of Lulworth village shows how Dorset cottages looked when they were the workaday homes of local labourers and fishermen.

Caption For St Ives, Old Houses 1890

The cottage on the left has been replaced with gardens; the wall on the right was once used as a place where slaughtered pigs were scalded and skinned.

Caption For Cornholme, General View C1955

The chimneys of the textile mills fill the valley bottom, alongside the winding railway line and grim terraces of the millworkers' cottages. Above them, the moors watch over, unchanged.

Caption For Lerryn, Bridge 1893

With its old cottages, stepping stones and ancient arched bridge, it possesses a unique, almost hypnotic serenity.

Caption For Mells, Little Green C1950

These cottages lie on the road down from the school, one of the first church schools in Somerset. The thatch looks so picturesque today.

Caption For Castleford, Queens Park C1955

Of Queen's Park's 43 acres, thirteen came from the two landowners, and a further parcel was purchased from the Earl of Crewe in 1904 to provided a park keepers' cottage, a bandstand and a

Caption For Newbury, The River Kennet And Canal From The Bridge C1960

Where the lock-keeper's cottage once stood is now an attractive recreational area with seats and information boards recording the history of the canal.

Caption For Sandringham, The Dutch Gardens And The Dairy 1927

This property was built for Princess Alexandra; it is a similar design to the Swiss Cottage at Osborne House.

Caption For St Mary Bourne, Post Office Stores C1955

Thatched cottages line the main street, and the village stores on the right has signs in the window for Brooke Bond Tea, as well as Kodak and Ilford photographic stock.

Caption For Stalham, Entrance To Canal C1945

19th-century cottages are reflected in the water on a still day. The North Walsham and Dilham canal begins beyond the bridge, which is called Wayford Bridge.

Caption For Ipswich, On The Orwell, The Cat House 1893

Built a hundred years prior to this photograph, this quaint Gothic cottage is named after the white cat painted in the window which overlooks the Orwell.

Caption For Nantwich, Welsh Row C1965

Walking along the street and noting the names of some of the cottages (Shoemakers and Tanners, for example), one is reminded of another important local industry – leather and the production