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Hillingdon In The 1940s And 1950s
My family lived in Hillingdon from the beginning of ww2 until 1953 when we moved from Biggin Hill. Our first home was a top floor flat in Pinewood Ave which was not ideal for a family with 4 children and then ...Read more
A memory of Hillingdon by
School Days
Before becoming the home of George Harrison of the Beatles, Friar Park was run as a school by sisters of the St. John Bosco order. This was my first school and I remember having to walk all the way to the main door along the ...Read more
A memory of Henley-on-Thames in 1960 by
Early Years Of My Life
I was born in 1936 in Shipley nursing home and we lived at 1 The Green, Micklethwaite until 1944. My father died in 1941 and my mother was left with me and brother John, surname Walker, to bring up on her own. ...Read more
A memory of Micklethwaite in 1930 by
Bolingey
I lived in Bolingey as a child, until 1959, and this picture has strong memories for me. My family had a cottage somewhere to the front and right of the chapel on the hill. The location was called "Crow Hill" and I think the cottages ...Read more
A memory of Bolingey in 1959 by
Ty Pwca Road Upper Cwmbran
Born in Church Rd, Pontnewydd, in 1935 we moved to Ty-Pwca Rd in 1947. I attended Upper Cwmbran School and well remember the fun we had there. Gardening lessons with the Head, Mr Jones - "Clear the weeds boys and ...Read more
A memory of Upper Cwmbran in 1947 by
Summer Of 1965
I have happy memories of a summer spent with my Nannie and Grandad Gibbs. I remember walking down this street, passing 'Auntie Martha's' to the post office every day with Grandad. He used to buy me chocolate cigarettes every day. I ...Read more
A memory of Moorsholm in 1965 by
Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
Mother's Brother And Sisters
Just after the war Dad, Mum and I would travel every other weekend to visit aunts and uncles and cousins on our Norton motorbike and sidecar. We usually based our visit with Aunt Flo and Uncle Stan (a wartime despatch ...Read more
A memory of Andover in 1940 by
Looking Back To The Early Days
I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more
A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by
Pinehurst Childrens Home Park Rd Camberley
Memories of Camberley come from my childhood days as an orphan residing at 'Pinehurst', a Surrey County Child Welfare Home 1949-1953. I was put there as a 9-year-old and recall spending a very happy ...Read more
A memory of Pinehurst in 1949 by
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Looking south-eastwards from Abbotsbury Hill to Abbotsbury Gardens in Stavordale Wood (right) and Cleverlawns (centre).
There were few Cornish villages without a chapel; this one is typical of many, situated near the top end of old Polgooth.
Lying near the coast below Bossington Hill, these cottages over- look a stream that once powered a corn mill. Close by is Lynch Chapel, a medieval chapel-of-ease to the church at Selworthy.
This is London Road, once known as Red Hill, leading up to Scale Hill. On the left is a noticeboard and gate giving access to Highfields and the Middle sports field.
Lantern Hill and the Chapel of St Nicholas are not just a focal point for visitors; for centuries the light on the chapel was a vital navigational aid for mariners.
Both chapel and school are standing to this day, although the school has become a restaurant.
At the top of Lantern Hill (centre right), 100 feet above sea level, stands the Chapel of St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, fittingly enough, and also of scholars.
This sizeable village, close by Liskeard, sprawls along a hill-top surrounded by high moorland. All around are the ruins of engine houses and copper mines.
This Pennine hill village had a chapel in 1216.
Bethesda House was once a Wesleyan Meeting House for the benefit of older folk who found it difficult to walk up the hill to the Wesleyan Chapel.
We are looking north-westwards from above Lower Yondover Farm to the 1839-built Congregational chapel (centre left) at the crossroads near Laurel Farm.
Although best known for its castle, Framlingham's heart is Market Hill, in a town where many of the buildings are in fact made from stones removed from the castle.
Although best known for its castle, Framlingham's heart is Market Hill, in a town where many of the buildings are in fact made from stones removed from the castle.
St Lawrence's Church provides good views towards Wincanton and the hills on the boundary with Dorset. Its tower has a cupola and plaque dating from the restoration after a storm in 1703.
West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.
This view of Potter Hill shows the classical façade of the Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1885, on the left.
The Postal Directory of Flintshire, 1886, describes Tremeirchion as a 'considerable parish in the Vale of Clwyd'; near the Jesuit College of St Beuno stands a 'neat little chapel' on
To the right, Newbridge Hill descends to the Tamar crossing into Devon, with a large chapel on the bend.
Up the hill to the left is the Workhouse, with the Trenance flour mill and its chimney below. The prominent building towards the right is the Baptist chapel.
A wellhead is just discernible at the left, and to the right is the chapel. The belfry is a 19th century addition. The College warden in 1910 was Frank Hill.
The small building at the far end of the quay, below Lantern Hill, with the small chapel on top, is the lifeboat station.
It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.
The outer quay has been extensively redeveloped, but St Nicholas's chapel atop Lantern Hill is still there. The building to the rear of the quay was - and is - the lifeboat station.
St Mary's Church dominates the photograph from its well-treed setting, with to its right the sheer elevation of The Foss and Grove Hill by Habershon, and to its left the Speech Room tower and chapel fleché
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