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Bombing Raids In 1940
Bristol's premier shopping centre was turned into a wasteland of burned out buildings after major bombing raids in 1940, during the Second World War. Bridge Street Summary Bridge Street ran from High Street, rising up a ...Read more
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St John's Gate Broad Street
St John's Gate in Broad Street in Bristol is the only surviving medieval city gateway, at one one time there were seven gates into the old city. Fortified gateways pierced the town wall at intervals. St John's Gateway, ...Read more
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Chelmsford, Tindal Street, 1919
This shows the view looking up Tindal Street from the London Road end. In the centre of the photo you can see a sign sticking out. This you can just make out is the Spotted Dog public house which was there until ...Read more
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Shandon Rhu School
I came across this by chance - I was at school with you, Fraser. I remember coming to an amazing birthday party at your house where your mum had put on an incredible spread, including a plate of Kit Kats which seemed like such a ...Read more
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Great Uncle John Street
I can remember visiting Warnham when I was very young, with my parents and brother Ron. We stayed with great uncle John, who was blind. I believe his wife's name was May, but I am not sure. My brother kicked a ...Read more
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My Childhood
Hi, I was born and raised in Crewe until I was 18 when I joined the WRAF. My school was Brierely St. Secondary Modern School and my maiden name was Chesworth. I have many fond memories of my time there and would love to hear from anyone ...Read more
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Happy Times
I WAS BROUGHT UP IN BROAD HINTON AND LIVED AT 14 THE CROFT ITS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. I HAVE SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNG PLAYING ON THE TOP BANK.
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Pavenham 1945 1970
This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that ...Read more
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Hatch End 50/60/70s Memories
As I’ve only just stumbled on this web page so offer excuses if it’s past its sell by date. I lived in Sylvia Ave Hatch End from 1951 (as a babe in arms) until I married and moved away in 1976. My recollections may now ...Read more
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Visiting Salford Circa 1955 60
My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time ...Read more
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This leafy suburb of Tunbridge Wells boasts a broad and spacious green, fringed by cottages and trees.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
The site was a mile long by half a mile broad, and the scouts of all nationalities camped together.
This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.
This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.
The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.
Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.
Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.
As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.
The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.
The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.
At the Stamford Road end of the street, the newly-built showroom of Tutty's sold kitchen units and appliances.
This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.
As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.
Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.
Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.
Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.
On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.
This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.
Trees shade the broad square.
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