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Memories
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A Butcher's Lad
Mr Purvis the butcher, whose shop stood on the corner of Talke and Audley Roads, was my Saturday morning employer. He always wore a striped apron and a straw boater hat and sported a rather slick moustache. His manner with the ...Read more
A memory of Alsager in 1954 by
Growing Up In A Small Village
My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. ...Read more
A memory of Twycross by
Rayne In 1950 1960
I was born in Rayne and in the 1950s.I have fond memories of being able to play various sports in the road at School Road with my brother Peter and friend Richard Dodd, gaining a few more players as word got around! We used to ...Read more
A memory of Rayne by
Military Parachuting At Watchfield
I was in the RAF at Abingdon on two different postings during 1963/4 and 1967/69 and very often did detachments to the Parachute training school drop zone at Weston on the Green as the aircraft controller. In ...Read more
A memory of Watchfield by
I Lost My Dad When I Was 3 And We Had To Leave
My name was Pat Barringer then. My dad was burned in a lorry in 1949, he lived for about 6 months and then died, I have no memories at all as I was too young, does anybody remember the name Barringer? My mum was Beryl and my dad was Bert. I also have a sister who was 18 months at the time.
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1949 by
The Kosb Barracks
Although born in Scotland, my earliest memories are of Berwick upon Tweed. This was because my father was posted to the Barracks as Pipe Major in the KOSB Depot there. Our married quarters, although in Ravensdowne, ...Read more
A memory of Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1930 by
Post War Memory
My Nan and Grandad lived near the corner of Chamberlayne Road and Bleinham Road - 108 Chamberlayne Road - Mr and Mrs Ayley. Grandad kept ferrets and racing pigeons in the back garden.
A memory of Eastleigh in 1950 by
A Lost Childhood
My beloved late mum grew up and lived in the stunning village of Rode, way back in the late thirties I think. Sadly she's gone now, and I wish I had written down more of her memories of Rode. Her family name was Humphries, and she ...Read more
A memory of Rode by
Chapel Street
Hi, We moved into a cottage in Chapel Street about 1952. The building was on a sharp bend at the top of the lane that led down to the mere. Many a motorcyclist came to grief on the corner and it would not be unusual to ...Read more
A memory of Rockland St Peter by
Harworth 'old' Village
The large Horse Chestnut tree to the right was very popular when conkers were in season with boys searching the ground and throwing whatever came to hand at the tree to try and dislodge the nuts that were temptingly out of ...Read more
A memory of Harworth in 1964 by
Captions
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Eric Parker described this pub as an old posting inn with the remains of what was once a spacious parlour, solid with oak beams big enough for a belfry, warmed by a broad open fireplace
The shop on the right of this photograph is Hermitage Post Office and Stores.
Loders Post Office, run by J A Wells, can be seen in a view eastwards from the middle of the village.
The small stone bridges still cross the beck in front of the village Post Office in the pretty village of Bishop Monkton, south of Ripon in the valley of the River Nidd.
In this picture we can see, the local Post Office on the left; it also carried out electrical and radio servicing.
The White Hart was once a posting house from which stagecoaches made daily runs to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield.
Mothers and children make their way to Chilbolton's village store and post office.
It was also the village post office until it closed in the 1980s.
At the end is Post Office Corner.
The Midland Hotel next door was demolished and replaced with an extension to the town Post Office, which still occupies the same site today.
From the right they were Thomas the ironmongers, built in 1886, the Post Office of 1895 with the Royal Arms on the gable, and Boots' Tudor fantasy of 1910.
Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree, the Royal Anchor Hotel, once a posting and coaching house, dates from the time of Samuel Pepys who found 'good, honest people' here.
The new housing developments of both pre- and post-war Britain most often came with a small parade of shops to serve the new residents.
The post office was opened in 1963.
A soldier stands to the right of the gate.The post box and telephone box must have been well used by residents at the camp.The Shoeburyness School of Gunnery was founded in the middle years of the
A grey day in post-war Lytham.
Next to it, and somewhat heavily disguised as the town post office, is a 16th-century timber-framed building.
On the right is the old post office and the agricultural hall.
Viewed from the post office, this memorial to Queen Victoria is known as the Pepperpot because of its shape.
The building on the far right is the post office.
The village sign shown on the right of the photograph depicts a cuckoo, a rebus for Cuckfield, whilst the village stores (left) were a branch of Spar and also housed the local post office
It is not just a place to buy groceries or post a letter, but a place to catch up on all the local gossip - or a place to meet old friends.
The post office is on the left with its sign outside.
In medieval times, guards were posted to keep watch and to guide people from the nearby Forest of Galtres so as to protect them from the packs of wolves that roamed the area.
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