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Memories

381 memories found. Showing results 51 to 60.

Working For The Ministry

I started working for the ministry (ancient monuments) in 1969 at South Wingfield Manor. At the time it was owned by two brothers, Sam and Bill Critchlow, who ran a dairy farm situated at the side of the manor, in ...Read more

A memory of South Wingfield in 1969 by Stuart Chambers

Royal Merchant Navy School Bearwood

The Royal Merchant Navy School As far back as 1827 the Royal Merchant Navy School was established under the name of the Merchant Seaman's Orphan Asylum to provide a home for the destitute offspring of ...Read more

A memory of Winnersh by Sylvia Lambert

Lindfield School Hyde End House

Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I would love to hear from anyone who has memories of Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I was there from when I was six until I was eight, between 1947 - ...Read more

A memory of Brimpton in 1947

Horse & Cart

My father, Thomas Armstrong, had a greengrocer's business that he used to deliver by horse & cart. He lived for a long time on Wyngate Road, Cheadle Hulme. I remember when we had the greengrocer's in Hulme, Manchester that he ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle Hulme in 1960 by Anne Armstrong Tullett

Good Times

I came across this site today and was taken back to my childhood. I was born in Netherfield at 21, Hodgkinson Street in September 1957, the daughter of Brian and Barbera Pritchett, and 2 years later had a brother ...Read more

A memory of Netherfield by Sue Hart

Pincents Hill

I remember Pincents Hill and surrending area in the 1950s. We would walk up through the city and down Pincents Hill, past the farm with a small pond. On the left was a long gravel avenue that was lined with poplars down to Calcot. ...Read more

A memory of Tilehurst in 1950 by Michael Taylor

The Good Old Days Continued

I also recall the days when the old tramp used to go around the bins in the old market hall looking for food, and old Les the deaf mute who used to hang around the taxi rank on Market Hill, he used to go to Warwicks fish ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

Convent Of The Visitation Bridport Dorset

CHAPTER TWO School Years - Convent of the Visitation 1939-1945 One’s school years leave an indelible impression on one for good or bad. My views over these years in this regard, have modified ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

Holystreet Manor Chagford

I am wondering if anyone remembers the school in Chagford at Holystreet Manor. I went to this school in the mid 1950s and at the time it was called St Brides, later to be re-named Holystreet Manor School with a change of ...Read more

A memory of Chagford in 1955 by David Moon

Summer Days

It was a happy childhood, I was born in Etwall in 1954 and our council house in Windmill Road is still our family home. Some of my fondest memories are the simple pleasures of life as a young lad in the 1950/60s. Always keen to get home ...Read more

A memory of Etwall in 1963 by Vince Cooper

Captions

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Caption For Baslow, The Old Mill C1883

In the early 1820s the village had three inns.The Blue Bell was kept by F Glossop, who was also a maltster; the landlord at the White Hart was Thomas Booth; and William Clark ran the Three Crowns.The

Caption For Dorchester On Thames, High Street 1924

The cottage on the left has been demolished but the others remain, including the rather fine White Hart Hotel, dated 1691 but in fact earlier, a former coaching inn.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.

Caption For Caldecott, High Street C1955

The White Hart and Foresters Cottages are on the left. John Bradley was once the landlord, also an undertaker who made his own coffins.

Caption For Spilsby, High Street C1955

The White Hart (left) contained what was probably the oldest letter box. It was discovered in 1988, and had been in use from 1842.

Caption For Harthill, Woodhall Lane C1965

The Blue Bell was kept by F Glossop, who was also a maltster; the landlord at the White Hart was Thomas Booth; and William Clark ran the Three Crowns.

Caption For East Barsham, Sheep On The Fakenham Road 1929

This old shepherd, plodding on to Walsingham market, has been enjoying a glass of ale in the White Hart. His sheep have just been sheared, and are watched over by his dog in the foreground.

Caption For Abbotts Ann, The Village C1960

King Charles spent the night in the old White Hart Inn, then in Andover High Street, where the Danebury is now.

Caption For Walton On Thames, Church Street 1899

Only the premises formerly occupied by the White Hart Inn (centre right) are still in existence.

Caption For Woodford Bridge, High Road C1950

Further on we see the gabled end of the White Hart Hotel. It has certainly been around since 1729, when the vestry recorded that it had held a dinner there.

Caption For Great Staughton, The Sundial C1955

The White Hart Inn of c1630 is an exception - it can just be seen behind the village cross (centre).

Caption For Ampthill, Market Place C1955

This substantial open space at the heart of the town is the original site of the Charter Market.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Knees Corner 1900

The White Hart Temperance Hotel (centre) became Knees china and glass store in 1908, but was demolished in 1967. The Royal Oak (centre right) now houses Tillions.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Town Hall 1914

The White Hart Temperance Hotel (centre) became Knees china and glass store in 1908, but was demolished in 1967. The Royal Oak (centre right) now houses Tillions.

Caption For South Harting, The Ship Inn 1906

Four years before this photograph was taken, the famous writer and poet Hilaire Belloc walked across Sussex from Robertsbridge in the east to Harting in the west.

Caption For Spilsby, High Street C1955

The White Hart (left) contained what was probably the oldest letter box. It was discovered in 1988, and had been in use from 1842.

Caption For Ampthill, Market Place C1955

The three- storey building with painted architraved frames to the rows of sash windows is the early 18th-century White Hart, and beyond is a pedimented neo-Georgian 1930s Barclays Bank.

Caption For Great Wakering, High Street C1950

On the left-hand side typical Essex weatherboard cottages survive, with the front door leading directly on to the street.The Lion and The White Hart public houses can be seen in close proximity on

Caption For Chobham, High Street C1955

The White Hart has had the paint removed from its front and is now no longer a straightforward village pub, but a Bluebecker's Eating House.

Caption For West Marden, Village C1955

This sizeable hamlet on the Downs south of Harting has no church, but boasts some attractive flint cottages and fine scenery.

Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929

We start with the White Hart (left); then comes A J White, watch and clockmaker (the other half of the building was Barclay's Bank, open on Wednesdays), George Howe, draper and grocer, Adam's, baker and

Caption For Retford, Cannon Square 1954

Frith's photographer was outside St Swithun's churchyard, looking through Cannon Square towards the south-east arm of the Market Square and the 18th-century White Hart.

Caption For Odiham, High Street 2004

Opposite, the Old White Hart is now offices, and its former carriage entrance has been infilled to become a shop.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

today; Lloyd's Bank (centre left), which took over the earlier Devon and Cornwall Bank, built in 1832; Hicks and Son (left), who still run their drapery business from the same premises; and the White Hart