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Memories

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My Early Years

my memories relate from the very early forties till the early eighties. I was born in Andover in 1937.My mother was a Lambourne and was born in Thruxton in 1903 at Rose cottage which is just to the left of the "George" looking ...Read more

A memory of Thruxton in 1940 by Ronald Hodgson

Happy Days

my husband and i were tenants of the old hewitts brewery at the crown inn ror about two years in the sixties we had some marvellous characters as regulars the appleby brothers what jokers, herman the butcher len the baker jim the ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1964 by Dorothy Atkinson

East Front Road In The Sixties

My Grandparents, George and Ella Ashford, had retired to Pagham in 1958. They lived at number 12 East Front Road. Their bungalow was very comfortable with a great view out over the channel. The original railway ...Read more

A memory of Pagham by John Ashford

Running On The Common 1980s

During the '80s I lived in Streathbourne Road, just a couple of houses in from the Common. Weather permitting I would run in the evenings. One dark evening in the late autumn I ventured onto the Common. ...Read more

A memory of Tooting Bec Common by Donald Campbell

Madeley As It Was

I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more

A memory of Madeley in 1949 by First Name Last Name

39londonroad

I was born in Hackbridge in 1944. I lived there until 1953 when my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins put me on a plane on May 2 to join my father who had emigrated to Canada the year before. My mother, who had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1944 by Paul Strong

The Queens Head

As the ex-landlord of the Queens Head in Eynsham have many fond memories of the village and my customers, and cricket club of which I was president-1975-78. Known as the village with the most pubs, of which i have visited all, ...Read more

A memory of Eynsham in 1974 by lawrand

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

The Street Where L Was Born

l was born in the flat above the chemist shop in 1947. Arthur Walker was the pharmacist.  We moved over the road to Cross Keys House in 1950 and lived there till 1965. The street was my playground, with best ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town in 1947 by Mary Adgar

Just Down The Road From Us

Our family lived in the village of  West Horsley all of my life,  I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard ...Read more

A memory of Ripley in 1960 by Loraine Roles

Captions

1,151 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Welford On Avon, The Bridge And River Avon C1960

This is part of Binton Bridges, linked bridges which span the Avon between Welford and Binton by way of mid- stream islands.

Caption For Nuneaton, The Bus Station C1960

Until the late 1920s there was only a handful of regular bus services around Nuneaton.

Caption For Cambridge, Sussex Street 1938

Sussex Street, running between Sidney and Hobson Streets, was redeveloped in the 1930s, and finished off with these elegant colonnades.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Fore Street 1896

His epitaph in the parish church runs: 'Here lie I at the chancel door; Here lie I because I'm poor; The farther in the more you'll pay; Here lie I as warm as they'.

Caption For Forth Bridge, 1897

Built between 1883 and 1890, the bridge was constructed to carry the North British Railway's main line between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Caption For Dartmouth, Kingswear And Mouth Of The Dart 1906

There has probably been a ferry of one sort or another plying its trade across the mouth of the Dart for millennia, but the first mention of one is in the Court Rolls of 1365, when it was run by one

Caption For Totnes, From The Mount 1889

The Mount is still largely undeveloped today, its tree-clad slopes rising to the south west of the town.

Caption For Chippenham, The Old Town Hall C1955

The stone-built building to the right of the Yelde Hall was a butcher's run by Greig & Co in the 1950s.

Caption For Dawlish, The Seafront From The Royal Hotel 1890

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

Caption For Glaisdale, The Memorial C1965

In front of the Mitre Tavern stands this memorial to the 13 men of the village who fell in the Great War. Cottages here date from the mid 18th century.

Caption For Poole, The Beach, Rockley Sands C1960

This is the most well- known part of Rockley Sands, as it is seen from the Weymouth to Waterloo trains running along the embankment built across the harbour.

Caption For Bishop's Stortford, Hockerill Teacher Training College C1960

The Diocesan Teacher Training College at Hockerill was started by the Rev Menet and the Rev Rhodes in 1852.

Caption For Wilmslow, Carrs Bridge C1955

Pownall Bridge over the River Bollin carries the public footpath that runs from Wilmslow along the river bank to Styal.

Caption For Dawlish, The Seafront From The Royal Hotel 1890

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

Caption For Duntisbourne Abbotts, The Village C1960

The river Dunt has been diverted to run alongside the road.

Caption For Staithes, Baiting The Lines C1900

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Caption For Staithes, Baiting The Lines C1900

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Caption For Ganllwyd, Tyn Y Groes Hotel C1955

This 19th-century inn has always catered for the anglers who frequent the fast-running waters of the Rover Mawddach in the Coed y Brenin forest near Dolgellay to catch their salmon and trout.

Caption For St Leonards On Sea, From The Boundary 1891

The New Pier (it dated from 1891) runs along the skyline of this view of the seafront, with its former Boundary Archway (separating Burton's town from Hastings) on the right.

Caption For Castle Cary, Fore Street C1965

The White Hart here has a long history.

Caption For Castle Acre, Bailey Gate C1955

There was a medieval planned town running between the two: this early 13th-century gate is its northern entrance.

Caption For Manaccan, Gillan C1960

Beyond Dennis Head, on the opposite shore, is the mouth of the Helford River, which runs inland for five miles to Gweek.

Caption For Petham, The Street C1960

Petham is a small village set in a valley just off the Roman Stane Street that runs from Canterbury to Lympne. There are remains of entrenchments here, constructed during the Roman invasion.

Caption For Ruswarp, The Esk 1913

Several other British rivers bear the same name as Whitby's river. It is here that the Esk meets Ruswarp Dam and ceases to be tidal.