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Aged 0 Almost 8 Years
Spent wonderful times in this pool prior to June 1955. Dad, Lewis Nutton, who was engineer at Firbeck Main Colliery, engineered the diving stage in the lake. We lived at The Villas, Costhorpe, (Roselea) Randalls lived next ...Read more
A memory of Langold by
My Mother Was Evacuated To Buckinghamshire Twice!
Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, and this country's involvement in the Second World War began. German air-raids and gas attacks were expected imminently, and many ...Read more
A memory of Princes Risborough in 1940 by
The Local Bobby
In 1932 my father Len James was moved to Brockenhurst as the 'village bobby'. I was born in 1931 and my brother in 1929. We lived in the Police house (now a renovated private home) and eventually both us boys went to the C of ...Read more
A memory of Brockenhurst in 1930 by
Barrow Hill School
I went to Barrow Hill School in the early fifties, Mr. Rees was the Headmaster. On a Friday evening we would go into his home and watch the Cisco Kid on television, the first television I ever watched. I also remember ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green in 1951 by
Memories Of The Six Bells
In 1967 I was sent up to the Ford Competitions Department as Resident Engineer at the age of 20. I stayed for almost a whole year in the Six Bells. The Landlord was Jack Scrase, I can't remember his wife's name. There ...Read more
A memory of Great Waltham by
School
I went to the open air school and loved it there. We even done bee keeping, gardening and acted in plays. I remember a girl who used to lie on a bed outside the head teachers office all day because she had asthma, her name was Kathy. Also ...Read more
A memory of Isleworth in 1950 by
Pear Tree Estate
My family (the Millers) lived in Hillary Crest on the Pear Tree Estate. Dad, Bill, was an electrician in the mine (possibly Coppice). He also had a 2nd job at the Pub at the bottom of the Estate where he sold ales & played ...Read more
A memory of Rugeley in 1955 by
My Ancestors Lived And Worked Here!
In the 1881 Census, Elizabeth Mitchell is listed as the head of the household and a widow aged 54 as her husband John Mitchell had died in February of that year and so running the Six Bells Beer House along ...Read more
A memory of Billingshurst in 1920 by
Memories Of Shooters Hill Grammar School For Boys
Memories of Shooters Hill Grammar School for Boys Went there in 1966 – 1972 and left just before it was changed to a comprehensive. Harry Hanks was the Head (then later a Mr Smith from memory) ...Read more
A memory of Shooters Hill by
Bournmouth In The 50's
When Dad had the motorbike and sidecar it was okay for day trips, but when we went for the fortnight summer holiday the bike could not carry us and the suitcases, so we had to go by other means. To get to Bournemouth we ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth by
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The King's Head bears the sign 'United Ales & Stout - Wines & Spirits'. Before the Beeching axe fell, trains stopped at Rudgwick, on the line between Horsham and Guildford.
Although Abingdon has the second oldest independent brewery in the country, Morland, the Old Globe, on the far side of the square, is selling Usher's Ales.
In the days before almost everyone owned a car, quiet villages situated miles from the nearest town needed village shops able to supply all the essentials.
Best ale in oak barrels is being delivered to the George Hotel, with some barrels blocking the pavement.
The New Inn, shown here, was favoured by rural workers who would come to sample Mr Weaver's famous ales.
The buses approach Burton's the tailors, built in 1939 on the site of the Britannia ale house. The bus and coach stop reminds us how well Hornchurch was served by public transport.
In the centre of the picture, by the shelter, is the site of the late 15th-century Torbay House, which was built over an ale house of ancient origin.
The Black Swan of Home Ales Brewery, a popular edge-of-centre inn, is facing the brand-new supermarket selling best salmon at 3s 11d a tin and its own-brand tea at 1s 3d per packet.
A striped barber's pole projects out over the street, and just beyond it the Temperance Hotel and W J Penny, who sells ales and spirits.
With the end of wartime rationing, the windows are stacked with groceries, perhaps to fight off competition from Burgons' opposite.
In 1799 Edward Ind bought the Star Inn which had a reputation for brewing fine ale. He developed a prosperous brewing business and in 1845 Octavius and Edward Coope joined the firm.
An Usher's Brewery lorry is making a delivery to the Railway House Hotel, which advertises Usher's ales.
This gave rise to the saying 'a good ale needs no bush'.
For those wishing to partake of Warwick & Sons' ales and stouts, the George & Dragon is but a stagger away.
Mr Holt the landlord offers his customers locally-brewed Wrexham Ales. The town was a centre for brewing, malting, tanning and mining as well as staging Monday, Thursday and Saturday markets.
Some 60 years earlier George Borrow had stayed here on his tour through 'Wild Wales'; here he drank 'the finest glass of ale he had ever tasted in his life'.
The Red Lion sign, dominating this picture, was a familiar sight to many villagers who enjoyed the pub's selection of local ales.
The bus advertises Fremlins' ales outside the Red Lion, a Style & Winch house of flamboyant grandeur, but now no more, sad to say.
Some 60 years earlier George Borrow had stayed here on his tour through 'Wild Wales'; here he drank 'the finest glass of ale he had ever tasted in his life'.
The corner shop has gone, and Darley's Ales are not available - the hostelry is now part of the Pubmaster chain.
In this 1960s view of the top of Cheap Street can be seen the White Hart public house; the area known today as Blackmore Vale was previously called the Vale of the White Hart.
In 1799 Edward Ind bought the Star Inn which had a reputation for brewing fine ale. He developed a prosperous brewing business and in 1845 Octavius and Edward Coope joined the firm.
The public house on the right is the White Horse; the statue of a horse can be seen rearing above the Tower Ales sign. Towards the bar old stonework still remains, with a sign for Pullman's Coaches.
Founded in 1874 and still independent, Batemans slogan is well known: 'Good Honest Ales'.
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