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Charlie Bristow
It always seems a pity when someone's life ends and there is a decreasing memory of their place in the town as the years go by. Hence, if I may, I would like to share with current readers in the town the memory of one of its figures ...Read more
A memory of Thorne by
The Race Stand, Forest Racecourse
My 5x great grandfather, William Roper, Keeper of the Forest, lived at the racestand (LHS of the photograph) from ca. 1813-1852. During the Pentrich Rebellion of 1817 a mob who were intent in breaking into the ...Read more
A memory of Nottingham by
Shelsley Beauchamp School 1942 1945
When my parents, my sister Maureen and I moved from Edgbaston, Birmingham to live with my paternal grandparents Harriet and Samual Cook at the General Store, New Mill Bridge, I had to attend school. My ...Read more
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Payantake Stores
My dad was the manager of Payantake Stores in West Wickham High Street for many years (from 1959 onwards). It used to be where Oxfam is now. We lived in the flat above the shop. There were regular break-ins at Croft Radio, ...Read more
A memory of West Wickham by
Playing On The Lake
This is a memory I have of when I was seven or eight in Frimley Green, Surrey. We had a lake calle Bransen (or Bransted), off of Wharf Road. I used to go there a lot, especially after I heard voices behind the ...Read more
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Stopping Off At The Shop On The Way Home
I remember home time came my father would be waiting for me by the gates I pelt.doen the steps howni didn't break my neck ill never know he'd grab my hand and.wrnwould walk down the road past sunshine.corner ...Read more
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Love Of My Life
I stayed here firstly with my mom an dad grandmother and auntie when I would have been 7years old or less. I stayed there again with just my mom and dad soon after. I remember my mom and dad talking about the great train robbery so ...Read more
A memory of Bigbury
Clifton School 1965 1971
Hi I hope someone from my time at Clifton infants and juniors will see this and get in touch. It would be great to hear from someone. We had newly arrived in the UK in 1965 and joined Clifton Infants and then the Juniors ...Read more
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Roll On Easter It's Time For Jaywick Again
My uncle Steve owned a bungalow in Jaywick Sands, "Abijan", at 18 Lavender Walk where I spent my childhood bank holidays and annual six week school holiday between 1945 and 1953 and occasionally short breaks ...Read more
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Another Illicit Visit To An X Film!
A school chum & I came here to see Expresso Bongo, starring local lad Harry Webb, aka Cliff Richard, in about 1961. I was almost 16 but still felt guilty about breaking the law - and afraid of being caught!
A memory of Hoddesdon
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Just off to the left is the site of the earliest Baptist chapel in Suffolk, registered in 1731.
Skoulding's shop (to the left) now has a window across the whole building.
Looking at a tranquil summer scene like this, it is difficult to imagine the furious weather to which Torcross is sometimes exposed.
The clock tower was built of red and white brick in 1864. It was renovated in 1987, and has seating on the ground floor. Chandler's ironmonger's shop to the left has closed.
By 1913 the electric tram is operating, and the motor car has arrived to mingle with the horse carriages.
The old church and churchyard lie in the trees on the left, and the old wooden church hall - now gone - can be seen in the right foreground.
The substantial building behind the trees is Billericay church, which was rebuilt in 1780, though retaining its fine 15th-century brick tower.
Looking towards Beachy Head, this view shows the 'combe' of Holy Well with its paths. It is here that the sea can be reached, albeit by a steep path, in a break in the cliffs enlarged by quarrying.
The High Street has a fascinating diversity of provincial architecture dating from the 16th century through to the late 19th century.
Even at this time, the visual appearance of the slipway at Swanbridge had become a cause for concern.
The two buildings either side of the turning into Albert Road have long gone, to be replaced by new offices.
The Ilfracombe Hotel (centre left) was built by the Ilfracombe Hotel and Esplanade Company.
The sign 'Luncheons and Teas' on the right, just beyond the White Hart, advertises the Two Sisters Café, which from 1939 to 1949 was also a guest house.
The brick and white weatherboarded smock mill still stands in Mill Lane on the banks of the River Tillingham, though it is now converted for use as a guest house.
The park had focussed around Prospect Hill House, now known as The Mansion House, which after being a problem building for years is now a pub/restaurant with marvellous views south from its hilltop
Consecrated in August 1830, St Peterís church is built in brick and stone; it consists of chancel, nave, north and south porches, and an eastern tower with a spire containing a clock and six bells
Watling Street has a good range of buildings, mostly dated 18th and 19th century, built in a mix of materials - stone, brick and render.
We can almost feel the peace and tranquillity typified by a road deserted apart from a solitary horse-drawn delivery cart, standing near an attractive row of brick-built thatched cottages.
Cattell's Mill is a black-tarred weatherboarded smock windmill on an octagonal single-storey brick base.
For centuries, Stoneleigh was home to the dozens of estate workers employed by the Leighs.
In 1775 a brick tower-mill was built near the crossroads by John Matchett, a Colchester millwright.
Since 1895 the two buildings to the right of the mill have been replaced by a four- storey brick-built roller mill.
The White Horse is a timber-framed building of 1694, later encased in Victorian brick when the far bay was added. On the left is the corner of the shop, with its penny bubble gum dispenser.
This bridge over the Stour leads from The Croft (adjacent to St Gregory's Church on the right) to Fullingpit Meadows, part of Sudbury freemen's land, on the left.
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