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Walthamstow

I was born in Forest Road, Walthamstow, in 1927. My father was a councillor in the thirties, on the entertainments committee organising film star visits and concerts by the London Symphony Orchestra. He owned the ironmongers, ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1930

Early Days In Filton

Although originally from Manchester my parents were living in Filton when I was born in Cheltenham in December 1941. My father, like the majority of men in that area worked at what was then the BAC. He worked at the Rodney Works ...Read more

A memory of Filton in 1940 by Frieda Curnow

Ancestry From Luddendenfoot

I am trying to find out about my family who came from L/Foot, The person it all starts with is called John Henry Musgrove wife Amy and daughters May & Dora, John moved from Nottingham, John who was my ...Read more

A memory of Luddenden Foot in 1910 by Richard Kendall

Lindfield School Hyde End House

Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I would love to hear from anyone who has memories of Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I was there from when I was six until I was eight, between 1947 - ...Read more

A memory of Brimpton in 1947

Where I Was Originally Born

My mother was born at 8 Queens Grove Road in 1921 and lived there for a further 58 years before she moved to Highams Park. I was born in Chingford in 1947 and lived at that address until I got married at 20. One of ...Read more

A memory of North Acton by Geraldine Todd

Memories Of Colden Common

I have never heard of this person, although he makes reference to some people, and places in Colden Common I knew. So if anyone who knows him ever comes across this then I have been some help! COLDEN COMMON? Oh, ...Read more

A memory of Colden Common by Bert Catt

Evacuated To Abecanaid

My brother, Peter, and I were uprooted in 1939 from our home town of Deal in Kent, to live firstly in Troedyrhiw, then Pentrbach, and I had a short stay with Asaph Jenkins and his wife in Abercanaid. We sucessively ...Read more

A memory of Abercanaid in 1940 by Herbert Piddock

St Peters Church

My father was Rector here from 1947 - 1964

A memory of Portishead by Charles Coombes

Living In Wickford

Up until I was 4 years old we lived with my Grandad and my Aunt Ena at no 2 Deirdre Avenue (now no 9). My Dad and Grandad had a small holding and people came from all around to buy their fresh vegetables, these would be classed ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Christine Bacon

The Grapes, St Peters Street,1871

My grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Higgs, was widowed in 1869, when her husband, John Russell Higgs, was drowned at sea. Her brother Silas Short was working at the brickyard in the town so she and her 2 ...Read more

A memory of Bishop's Waltham in 1870 by Jo Berryman

Captions

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Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1895

It is remarkable to think that St Peter's Church, at the top of the street, sits right on the site once occupied by the headquarters building (or principia) for an ancient Roman legion.

Caption For Navenby, The Church C1965

It overlooks the Trent and Witham valley towards the Nottinghamshire border.

Caption For Newdigate, The Church 1906

The church of St Peter, with its 14th-century tower made entirely of wood and supported inside by a framework of huge oak timbers, also has a 13th-century chancel and a south aisle added a hundred years

Caption For Ruthin, Clwyd Street C1955

The cars appearing here in St Peter's Square, where a roundabout now guides traffic, were to be followed by many more as car ownership increased from the 1950s.

Caption For South Petherton, St James' Street C1960

Its graceful parish church, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, is dominated, as is the town, by its octagonal crossing tower.

Caption For Wisborough Green, The Church, Village And Windmill 1896

The church of St Peter ad Vincula has a shingled broach spire.

Caption For Belaugh, The Church From The River C1930

This view from the river shows almost the whole village, including the church of St Peter, whose tiny churchyard is a designated conservation area with particularly interesting ferns, lichens and flowers

Caption For Gloucester, Northgate Street Looking Towards London Road 1949

The TGWU building stands at the junction with Worcester Street.

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1891

We are on the Downs, just north of Seaford.The church of St Peter has a fine Norman fonty.

Caption For Fleetwood, Rossall School 1904

Rossall Hall, Peter Hesketh's ancestral home, became Rossall School on 22 August 1844.

Caption For Sheffield, Nether Edge Road And The Post Office C1955

Top left: Nether Edge, first developed residentially in the Victorian period, is noted for its tree-lined streets.

Caption For Sheffield, Aeriel View Of St Peter's Church C1965

Top left: Nether Edge, first developed residentially in the Victorian period, is noted for its tree-lined streets.

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Square C1955

The later image shows that the aspect of St Peter's Square is more open, with a lifted tree canopy over Bunyan's head and the removal of the railings around the gardens behind the statue.

Caption For Heswall, School Hill C1955

St Peter's School stands at the top of School Hill.

Caption For Camberley, St Paul's Church 1907

At the top of Church Hill we find this Swedish-style church, built in 1902 at a cost of £2678.

Caption For Stonyhurst, The College 1899

The house, which was at one time the largest building in the north of England, was built by Sir Nicolas Sherburn (Shirburn) around 1690.The estate was left to a cousin (named Weld) who gave it to the

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Street 1921

We are looking east along St Peter's Street, where much on the south side has changed.

Caption For Ramsgate, Granville Hotel, Victoria Parade 1901

Edmund Davis, who lived in Sowell Street, St Peter's, bought the building; he added a concert hall and baths and landscaped Victoria Gardens.

Caption For Lampeter, The Church C1955

The name Lampeter derives from Llanbedr, or St Peter's, to whom this church is dedicated.

Caption For Huddersfield, The George Hotel, St George's Square 1957

It was built in 1850 by Joseph Kaye, who was well-known in the town as a merchant, a brewer and the owner of four mills at Folly Hall.

Caption For Chenies, The Manor House And Church 1903

Chenies, a mile downstream from Latimer, takes its name from the Cheyne family who held the manor from the 13th century until the 16th century when it passed, through the marriage in 1526

Caption For Chertsey, Guildford Street 1954

At right angles to Windsor Street, Guildford Street has seen many changes since the 1950s.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Mill End Church 1897

Originally it was only served by a Congregational Chapel, but later acquired an Anglican church, St Peter the Apostle, seen here from a field, now a car park, and a Church of England primary school.

Caption For Chalfont Common, Post Office C1965

East of the Misbourne, beyond Gravel Hill, Chalfont Common was one of Chalfont St Peter's three commons.