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My Beloved Bonk

I have loads of memories of village life as a kid. I was born in 1961 and still live on the Bonk. I will probably die here as well. There were many old characters back then. Iron Bates the vegetable cart man (did some boxing ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay in 1969 by Philip Burgess

Market Drayton Revisited

I visited my mother in the Midlands (Shrewsbury)recently. A trip to Market Drayton on Wednesdays is mandatory (my stipulation) each time I travel from my home in Essex where I have resided for many years now. ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 2010 by Allen Warrender

Family Evenings Out.

I cannot remember the exact years, about 1950, when my Mother and Father used to take me and my cousin for a walk from our house at Lensbrook Cottage through six fields (which is a public footpath), and arrive ...Read more

A memory of Blakeney in 1950

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

The Tilt

Does anyone remember the little sweet shop on the Tilt.  I do, and remember walking home from St Andrew's School in Cedar Road, along the little alley onto Stoke Road, across to the Fire Station and up towards the Running Mare.  The ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1960 by Christine Elmer

Childhood

My memory of Little Kingshill: I went to live with my aunty and uncle Mr and Mrs Kitchener in Ashwell Farm Cottage. My uncle worked up on Ashwell Farm. I used to sit out in my pram eating a bowl of veg. I went to Little ...Read more

A memory of Little Kingshill in 1951

Southdown Cottages

My paternal grandmother`s sister, Aunt Lil (Lily) and husband Uncle Perc (Percy) Noakes lived down the narrow pathway in the middle of the Southdown Cottages. As a child we used to visit them and I remember they had a cottage ...Read more

A memory of Willingdon by Pauline Gander

Cook Family

As a child I visited my grandmother at Ivy Cottage where my mother was born in 1910. The Cook family and the Faircloths were the backbone of the village. Granny Cook lived in the house next door to Ivy Cottage. It was an ...Read more

A memory of Crockleford Heath in 1953 by Jennifer Read

The Taplin Family

Hello, my Great-Grandmother worked in Blockley silk mill. Her name was Emma Taplin, then she went on to marry a West. Her family lived in Paxford and her father worked on the Blockley railway. I only live down the road from ...Read more

A memory of Blockley in 1880 by Angela Lamb

My Fathers Past

My father was born in 1922 at Coleford Farm Cottage, Mytchett, Frimlet, to his unmarried mother Hilda May Hockley. She married my father's dad a month after my dad's birth. My father's name was Henru Reuben Fisher. My dad's father ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1920 by Marilyn Heath

Captions

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Caption For Stilton, Fen Street C1955

These brick-built cottages simply ooze charm, even if some of them appear to be in need of attention.

Caption For Southwold, St James Green And Lighthouse C1955

Beacon Cottage, to the left, takes its name from the beacon that preceded the lighthouse of 1890. Blyth House next door has been reduced to two storeys, and now looks like an eight-bay Georgian house.

Caption For Hurstbourne Tarrant, Village C1955

Thatched cottages in the village line the occasionally- running stream that meanders through the lovely landscape.

Caption For Seaview, Salterns Cottages 1918

These cottages probably stand on the site of the original settlement at Seaview.

Caption For Kennington, The Mill 1901

Wye College 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe.

Caption For Winchcombe, Vineyard Street C1960

A row of Cotswold stone cottages in Vineyard Street, named after the former abbey's vineyard which was once nearby, built in the style so beloved of all who love the towns and villages of the Cotswolds—and

Caption For Farnworth, The Church And Cottage 1900

The cottage pictured here has now gone, to be replaced by a brick house which was only built in 2001.

Caption For Merrivale, The Bridge 1910

The quarry cottages are long gone, but the Dartmoor Inn (centre) is a popular watering-hole still.

Caption For Linton On Ouse, The Lock

It is a quiet day at the lock: the lock keeper's cottage, a neat and tidy 18th-century structure, waits for passing traffic, but the river seems deserted.

Caption For Dulverton, High Street And The Cottage C1965

Across the river on the hillside is The Cottage, a mock-Tudor house with plaster pargetting standing amid rhododendrons.

Caption For Askrigg, Little Askrigg 1911

The confectionery shop and the chemist's (right) are now private cottages.

Caption For Lytham, Green Drive, Swiss Cottage 1913

Swiss Cottage Lodge was part of Squire Clifton's property. The drive became a favourite walk: tree-shaded, it rang with bird song, and hundreds of snowdrops pushed up in February.

Caption For Aylesford, The Almshouses C1960

Built in ragstone, these pleasant cottages with dormers were restored in about 1842. They were extended at one end at the close of the Victorian era.

Caption For Oundle, Benefield Road C1950

Picturesque stone cottages line Benefield Road. At the far end of the street, dominating the picture, is Jesus Church, built in 1879 by Arthur Blomfield.

Caption For Southsea, The Promenade 1892

The Parade 1890 Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the ter- races, villas

Caption For Marnhull, Post Office And Village C1955

There are some fine stone buildings around the centre of the village - though around the edges some restored labourers' cottages can be seen.

Caption For Pevensey, Royal Oak Hotel 1890

It stands across the road from the old Mint House, now an antique shop, seen here when it was three cottages.

Caption For Bluntisham, Colne Road C1955

The thatched cottage on the left was until recently home to the village carpenter and funeral director. Two new housing developments have appeared further down the road.

Caption For Luxulyan, The Village 1907

The cottages in the winding street are solidly built of local granite.

Caption For Meonstoke, The Village And St Andrew's Church C1955

This 13th-century church, which lies beside picturesque thatched cottages, has a handsome 17th-century pulpit with striking twisted columns and wide arm-rests.

Caption For Altrincham, Old Houses 1903

These old thatched cottages were still standing in 1903. The town is ancient, having been granted borough status in 1290 by the Lord of the Manor Hamon de Massey.

Caption For South Harting, Church Of St Mary And St Gabriel 1906

Large horse chestnuts now break the roof line but the cottages still lie tranquil within the church's reach.

Caption For Beech, Old Cottages 1928

In the distance we can just see the house called Norton Bavant behind the thatched cottages. They front onto Wellhouse Road, and even have thatched outbuildings.

Caption For Frimley Green, Old Cottage 1906

This cottage was believed to have been in the Guildford Road, and not demolished until the early part of the 20th century.