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The Fairway
I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass ...Read more
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Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.
I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more
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Snapshots
As a very little boy we moved from Birkenhead in the North West, Merseyside to Luton. It was the 1950s and my Dad had a job in Vauxhall's. His brother Tom was already a General Foreman there and his younger brother John (that's what we all ...Read more
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Rose View
1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother ...Read more
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Airplane Crash In Church Gresley
I was only a toddler when a light plane landed in the cricket field beyond the allotments at the bottom of Regent Street. Everybody around dashed down to see the spectacle. Few had seen an aeroplane actually ...Read more
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Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).
Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more
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A Somerton Childhood
I have always lived in Somerton. As a child I lived in New Street in and as an adult I now live at the other end of Somerton. I have fond childhood memories of attending Mrs Potts' playgroup, the Infant school in Etsome Terrace ...Read more
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Walking To School
During a visit to Andersons Optician in Houghton-le-Spring, I was fascinated to see a full wall mural of this photograph. As I waited at the desk, I realised that the two little girls walking past the bank looked like my ...Read more
A memory of Houghton-Le-Spring
Willesden Green
I lived in Willesden Green from when I was born on the 1st June 1953 (2 PARK AVENUE) until I got married in August 1974. I simply loved the area. The house I lived in used to be my Grandparent's. Both died in Park Avenue.My ...Read more
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Mr George Jones Coalmerchant
I remember your grandad George Jones well. He was our coal merchant. He was always a welcome sight with his coal lorry, especially during the war when coal was short. I was born in 1938 and moved to Lawrence Avenue when ...Read more
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Its situation, opposite the Essex port of Tilbury, led to its becoming the pilot station for the Port of London; at the time of this photograph it was still the world's busiest port.
The little harbour of Burry Port was in times past a busy export terminal for tin and fine anthracite coal.
In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.
The stone keep was built in 1170, with the stone curtain walls and improved living quarters being added shortly afterwards.
Nestling between Bradda and the lower slopes of Cronk-ny-Irree-Laa, Fleshwick Bay is less than two miles north of Port Erin and reached by way of Ballaglonney.
The village was once an important port on the River Adur.
In 1282, the Countess of Devon, aggrieved with the merchants of Exeter, constructed a weir across the River Exe obstructing access to the city's port.
Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries.
Situated at the head of the Orwell Estuary, Ipswich has been a major port for centuries.
Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries.
In the middle ages the port was one of the Cinque Ports, before the sea turned to marshes.
Before the Great War, Amble was one of Northumberland's smaller fishing ports; the biggest catches tended to be landed at North Shields, Blyth and Newbiggin.
Markets and ports were an important part of the trading network during the Middle Ages.
In the 17th century, Swanbridge was one of the numerous small ports dotted around the Glamorgan coast shipping goods to Uphill and Bristol.
St Blazey is a modest town that sits inland from the port of Par in St Austell Bay.
At this time Port St Mary was still being described as a 'pleasant little fishing port and seaside resort'.
West Street 1930 This town was a considerable port in the middle ages, but the silting up of its ancient harbour led to a decline in trade.
Axmouth was once a considerable port, and boats navigated the River Axe as far as Colyton.
The port has seen many changes since its beginnings in the mid 1800s.
Once one of the most important ports west of Bristol, Fowey in 1346 was wealthy enough to contribute 47 ships and over 700 men to Edward III's blockade of Calais.
Now a full mile and a half from the sea, New Romney was, in the 13th century, first among the five Cinque Ports.
Final improvements on the Exeter Canal, completed in 1832, allowed larger vessels, such as the 'Hans Emil' pictured here, to reach the Port.
Padstow is a very ancient port and has long been associated with trading and shipbuilding.
In earlier days, this port served clippers on a specialised fruit trade.
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