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Memories Of My Family

I was not born when my family lived in Kirkby Green but I have heard my mother tell a few stories of life there. She had a pet trout who lived in the Beck which ran past the back garden. She called him Peter and would go ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby Green by Gillian Emerton

Cloch Lighthouse

My father Peter Gordon, was born in the Cloch lighthouse as his father was principle lighthouse keeper at the time. He used to tell me he jumped out of his bedroom window and go for  swim. I was born in London and only once managed ...Read more

A memory of Gourock by Helena Pigott

Working In Dartmouth Road

I worked at the gas board showroom on Dartmouth Road. It was next door to the bank on the corner of London Road. As well as selling gas appliances and receiving payment on gas bills we used to sell bags of "shillingsis!" ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Raymond Day

My Family Roots

My father lived in Abergwynfi as a child, his name was Peter Thomas Walley. My grandmother was from the area, her maiden name was Eirwen Thomas and she had  brothers named Estyn, Edward, Emlyn and Thomas. She also had a sister ...Read more

A memory of Abergwynfi by Gwyneth Harding

Days Gone By

I lived in Fleetwood from around 1948 - 1952. My dad was in the army and we lived in the Drill Hall in (Ithink) Preston Street. I can remember going to the library nearby and playing on the beach near some piers. There was a young ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood by Ann Levers

Arthog

From early 1960s onwards:  At school in London we had 2 summer holidays at Min-y-Don. The first time we travelled by coach, we got lost and arrived in the dark.  The following year we came by train from Paddington.  We had to change at ...Read more

A memory of Arthog by Alan Spillett

Middle Rasen Farmer Sires Two Mayors For Grimsby

My 2nd G/Grandfather, Robert Milner (1794-1870), married Mary Ann Norton on 25th April 1821 in St. Peters Church, Middle Rasen, winessed by Thomas Miller, Nicholas Danby and Frances Popple.  They ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rasen by Ilynn Anne Miller

Hearts Cruisers

This gentleman is my grandfather Geoffrey John Hart. He owned and worked the business, Hearts Cruisers, with his two sons, Dick and Jack, and we spent many a happy hour there. In those days you could swim in the river as ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe St Andrew by Judi Ingram

My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's

I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by ian.blundell

I Sang In The Choir At All Saints Church During The 1960s

I sang in the Choir of All Saints when I was a Treble from about 1964 to 1967/8. Mrs Marjory Bird was Choir Mistress and her husband Ken sung Bass in the Choir. Mr Fisher was the organist and ...Read more

A memory of New Haw by robertmcbride

Captions

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Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

He was also responsible for rebuilding St Peter's, Harborne.

Caption For Colchester, North Hill And The Market 1892

Looking up towards St Peter's Church, it is easy to appreciate Colchester's early appeal as a defensive settlement: the steep approaches would always have stood in its favour.

Caption For Stamford, Rutland Terrace C1955

Situated at the west of end of St Peter's Street, this fine Regency terrace was constructed between 1827 and 1831 on the site of the bowling green to provide houses for 20 middle-class families.

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

This event survives as Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast & Fayre, which takes place at the end of June, to mark St Peter's Day.

Caption For Langham, Old Cottage And Chapel C1950

The village's mid-Victorian Baptist chapel stands close to the 13th-century church of St Peter and St Paul.

Caption For Warrington, Market Gate C1965

Trendy Top Pic fashions have moved into Milling's old shop, but Peter Leigh & Son's traditional grocers survive next door.

Caption For Wadhurst, Lower High Street 1903

The spire of the Norman church of St Peter and St Paul can be seen above the trees.

Caption For York, Clifton, St Peter's School 1909

In 1844 it was acquired by the Dean and Chapter to use for St Peter's School, which had outgrown its former site.

Caption For Much Wenlock, The Bull Ring C1955

Much Wenlock is the most delightfully evocative town, so much so that Ellis Peters (the local author of the Brother Cadfael detective books set in the 12th century) once said of the town that you almost

Caption For Northleach, The Green C1960

The magnificent 15th-century church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, was funded by local merchants.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Marine Parade 1898

The foreground is now the east part of Peter Pan's Adventure Island amusement park.

Caption For Yateley, St Peter's Church C1950

Visit the church at Yateley, and have a look at the glass in the 13th- century east window: it depicts Peter and John, and is the work of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Caption For Field Broughton, St Peter's Church 1897

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.

Caption For Borehamwood, St Michael's Church C1965

The bell came from the mortuary chapel at Ayot St Peter, to whom it had been donated by Charles Willes Wilshere of The Frythe in 1876.

Caption For Goodworth Clatford, The Village C1965

The church of St Peter can be found on one side of the river.

Caption For Flitwick, The Church C1955

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul has a 12th-century base, which was subject to the chancel being widened in the 13th century, and the bell tower being added in the 14th century.

Caption For Burnley, Royle Hall, Cannon Parker's Home 1895

In the latter part of the 19th century, Royle Hall was the home of Canon Arthur Townley Parker, the long-serving incumbent of St Peter's.

Caption For Thundersley, View From Churchyard C1955

The church of St Peter, standing further up the hill, has a nave and aisles dating from the early 13th century.The town name is believed to have come from the pagan worship of Thunor.

Caption For Deddington, Market Place C1965

The steeple of the 12th-century church of St Peter and St Paul collapsed in the 17th century.

Caption For Little Waltham, The Village C1965

We are standing on Winckford Bridge across the Chelmer - described by Peter Muilman in his 1769 'History of Essex' as “a handsome bridge built of wood, painted.”

Caption For Horndon On The Hill, The High Street C1960

This event survives as Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast & Fayre, which takes place at the end of June, to mark St Peter's Day.

Caption For Walton On The Naze, The Promenade 1891

After 1855, the town was developed mainly by Peter Bruff, who built Marine Terrace, the central row of houses in this picture.

Caption For Marlborough, High Street 1907

The church at the far end of the broad street is St Peter & St Paul's.

Caption For Ipswich, St Peter's Street C1955

In the background is St Peter's church, close to which is Wolsey's Gate, all that remains of Cardinal Wolsey's efforts to build a great college of secular canons.