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Memories

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Visiting Broadway Village And Broadway Tower

Around 1982 my two friends and I were on holiday touring England Scotland and Wales from Canada. We were wanting to tour some of the villages in the Cotswolds and Broadway was our first stop. We stopped ...Read more

A memory of Broadway by Janis Craig

The Overbury Murder

Compton Scorpion was the birthplace of Sir Thomas Overbuy whose gruesome death in the Tower of London was the most scandalous event in the reign of King James. For the full story and a suggested explanation of this ...Read more

A memory of Compton Scorpion Manor

The Inferno And Twisted Wheel

I was lucky to be a teenager when the Inferno and later the Twisted Wheel were fantastic venues to hang out.The Inferno was owned by Paul Mayer (who also opened the Twisted Wheel) and my first time at the club was in the ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Gone But Not Forgotten

I was born 23 Gallemore Street, just off Union Street; mother's name was Betty, brothers were Harold, Barry and Stephen. Sisters were Joyce ,Sandra and Ann. The pub on the corner was called the Brunswick. Hough Lane ran ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1960 by Russell Bancroft

Peterlee Then And Noe

I don't remember any of my childhood until I moved to Peterlee in 1971. I was 5 years old at the time and was started at Eden Hall infants. When I moved to the big school aged 7 I was placed in Mrs Hoy's class, she was a ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 2014 by Stuart Wright

Brief Recollections Of My Stay

I was sent to stay at Ormorod House in 1953 or 1954 for 4weeks recuperation following a tonsillectomy because we lived in condemned property at the time. The journey from Walsall took forever, I was 7 years old and ...Read more

A memory of Lytham in 1953 by Marilyn Degville

The Tower Buildings

Site of the present Blackpool Tower

A memory of Blackpool by Mick Fielding

My Father Worked At Heston Airport.

Hello. My father was Harold John (bob) Mann. He worked as an Air Traffic Controller in the Control Tower, in what was then Heston Airport ('Aerodrome'?). We lived at Heston, in Durham Avenue. We ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London in 1951 by Rosemarie Mann

Martello Camp

hello, My wife remembers going to Martello camp in Walton on the naze for holidays from the childrens home in Hornchurch in the late 1940 to 1950. They stayed in army style tents and kept all their gear in the Martello tower out of the rain! any one remember?

A memory of Walton-On-The-Naze in 1950 by Brian Trimmer

High Wycombe

I remember passing through in the fifties on the way to West Wycombe. As you approached from London along the A40 you passed a toll house and went under a railway bridge carrying the Loudwater line. On the bridge was a painted an ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Nick Beard

Captions

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Caption For Deddington, Market Place C1965

It was never rebuilt, and the tower has been heavily buttressed to prevent it from collapsing.

Caption For Plymouth, Bedford Street 1904

Its tower occupied a position which today is on the west side of Armada Way near where the Western Morning News office now stands.

Caption For West Dereham, Church Road C1955

The round tower of the parish church can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Bath, Municipal Buildings 1895

The Baroque-influenced towers add rich emphases to the frontage.

Caption For Faulkland, The Faulkland Inn C1960

Its 18th-century coaching inn is of similar age to the house of Thomas Turner, who built a folly tower nearby and shared with the villagers his pond and lawns, which became the large village green.

Caption For Southampton, Flood Gate Bar And God's House Tower 1892

On the right of the picture is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1898

Wrenn is a placard advertising the London Daily Chronicle; while Eiffel Tower lemonade is for sale at nearby Caffall & Co.

Caption For Horsmonden, The Green 1903

The curious building on the left, with the quaint bell tower and decorative geometric detailing is the Working Man's Club. In the middle of the picture a customer is entering Harvey's village shop.

Caption For Wrotham, The Church 1901

St George's Church, chiefly 13th- and 15th-century, boasts an imposing tower with a vaulted passage at its base to allow processions to remain on consecrated land.

Caption For Loughton, Lopping Hall C1955

Behind Hutchin's pharmacy we can see the tower of Lopping Hall. A blue plaque recalls that this was built in 1883 out of compensation paid for the loss of tree-lopping rights in Epping Forest.

Caption For Clayton, Jack And Jill Windmills C1955

Jack, on the left, is a large brick-built tower mill which was worked until the early part of this century.

Caption For Montacute, The Church And Gatehouse C1960

The 16th-century tower has a unique 300-year-old clock. A descendant of the maker wound it daily for 65 years, only retiring in 1984, since when it has been restored.

Caption For Norton St Philip, From The Church Tower C1960

The 70ft tower of the church of St Philip and St James appears to be made of pieces from another building. Below is the Gothic-style village school, built in 1827.

Caption For Richmond, The Friary 1898

Shown just before the boarding house was added, this gentleman's residence was much enhanced by having the Greyfriars Tower (see 82556) as an interesting garden feature.

Caption For Richmond, The Friary 1898

Shown just before the boarding house was added, this gentleman's residence was much enhanced by having the Greyfriars Tower (see 82556) as an interesting garden feature.

Caption For Prittlewell, The Church 1891

The large west tower was built in the late 15th century.

Caption For Shoeburyness, The Garrison Clock Tower C1955

This imposing brick gateway, surmounted by a clock tower, was built 1860-62.

Caption For London, The Pool And Tower Bridge C1965

In 1965 all the cranes were dipped in salute when the body of Sir Winston Churchill came upstream from Tower Pier to Waterloo after his state funerall.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall And The Post Office 1889

Its tower is a noted landmark over the city.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate And Cathedral 1908

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the Cathedral, whose modest spire (added to the original tower in 1904) rises behind

Caption For Brownsea Island, The Castle 1891

Ahead is the glass-roofed approach to the castle from the castle's own landing stage by the twin towers.

Caption For Twycross, The Village C1960

The cows with their driver, the cottages ranged behind small gardens and picket fences, and the church tower in the background, add up to a satisfactory whole, of which William Morris would have approved

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

No one now knows why it was called 'Cow Tower', for in previous days it was the water toll gate where the monks' servants collected taxes on vessels plying the river.

Caption For York, Clifford's Tower 1885

Panoramic views of the city can be seen from the top of this tower, which was built in the 12th century to replace a previous wooden castle.