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Uxbridge, Windsor Street
I had forgotten Suiters 'quirky' cash system but I do remember another store called Manettas which was to the right of Uxbridge station. In 1966 it caused an uproar in town as it displayed a topless dress, which was the ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge by
Upper Day House
The women of my father's family decided to go to Shropshire to get away from the bombs in London. There were about 7 women, mostly Harts, who went & rented Upper Day House with their children, about 10/11 children. The ...Read more
A memory of Church Preen in 1941 by
Childhood In War Time Silsden
I grew up in Silsden and also worked in Silsden, as a weaver at Stocks Mill. I lived at 52 New Rd or shed side, as it was known. We lived almost opposite Fletchers mill gates, in a back-to-back two bedroomed terraced ...Read more
A memory of Silsden in 1943 by
Army Junior Soldiers
I was at Park Hall camp. Our Sergeant was called Mathews and the Corporal called Ennis. Sgt Mathews was an unfit [fat] bully but Cpl Ennis was great. As a young 16 years old lad it was a bit of a shock to the system but ...Read more
A memory of Oswestry in 1971 by
British Home Stores
I worked further down the road in BHS at this time as a Saturday girl. I thought it was great and earned about £1 which bought my dinner and stockings and bus fare and I still had money in my pocket.
A memory of Brixton by
Long Lost Love
I never really knew of Weeford even tho I was born and brought up in Birmingham and travelled to Lichfield, Cannock and many places around that area. This fact changed tho a couple of years ago when after trying to find old ...Read more
A memory of Weeford in 1977 by
Palmerston Road In Kilburn
I was brought up in Kilburn in the 1960's. Our flat was 29a Palmerston Road. Our garden looked onto Grange Park and we just about lived there. My memories of that time were so happy. We went on holiday to ...Read more
A memory of Kilburn
Wood End Schools
Both my wife and I went to Wood End schools. In our day, a girl who did not pass the 11+ exam would spend her whole school life in the one school, going through Nursery, Infants, Junior and Senior schools. As there were no senior ...Read more
A memory of Northolt in 1948 by
Birkenhead In The 1950s
Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it does’nt even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
Pink Cottage
my boyfriend Stephen parents lived at cottage in Quantocks hills just from Aisholt they had stream trickling down the side verge. it was so quiet and peaceful we adventured to the highest tops of the Quantocks such lovely views . you ...Read more
A memory of Aisholt by
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Hangman's Cottage, seen here on the left, was the home of the town's resident executioner in the 19th century.
This photograph must have been taken when the bridge was still very new, as it was opened in April of that same year (1923).
This harsh treatment shocked the world, and the Tolpuddle Martyrs were eventually pardoned and allowed to come home. A small museum chronicles their ordeal.
When a new rector came to Chipstead's church of St Margaret in 1809, he got something of a shock. It had become quite dilapidated and very unholy indeed.
In the late 1950s, prompted by the highly visible contamination of the coastline, scientists undertook an extensive survey of the problem.
The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian
The statues are badly worn by the strong westerly winds (which give the name of 'kill canon corner' to the north-west corner); they were also damaged by the 17th-century iconoclasts, who
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