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Memories

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My father was born in 1927 in Maple Cottage, Balcombe. The Maple Cottage then was not the Maple Cottage now - does anybody know where it was situated in 1927? His mother was Marjorie Hunt but she did not ...Read more

A memory of Balcombe in 1920 by Ann Harding

Rose Cottage Baldersby St James

I live in the USA -- Florida to be precise. My birth certificate says I was born in Baldersby-St-James in Rose Cottage on October 30, 1950. I hope to travel to the UK next year, and hope to find a record ...Read more

A memory of Baldersby St James in 1950 by Lynne Dolan

Summer Holidays

When we were kids we used to holiday at East Runton nearly every year. We stayed with George and Mabel Bonney (and Trixie the dog) at Shepherds Cottage on the common. I think it was called Top Common. My Dad hired two beach huts ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1962 by Heather Moore

Childhood In The Village!!

I was devastated in 1964 when my mother told me we were to leave the village so that my mother could pursue her dream of owning her own small business elsewhere. It was a dreadful culture shock, one that has remained ...Read more

A memory of Mollington in 1961 by Vanda Godwin Marriott

Thatch Cottage, Singleton

We bought a thatched cottage, in much need of renovation, next door to the butchers shop. It was a tied Goodwood Cottage previously occupied by Mrs Myrtle Ticehurst who remained a tenant when she was widowed ...Read more

A memory of Singleton in 1971

Memories Of The Red Lion

I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1966 by Amanda Shaw

Living In

When I moved to live on the Cricket Green with my parents in 1947, the previous tenants were called Bacon, and for many years afterwards, people would say "Oh you live in Bacons' old house" - my mother would seethe!  My brother ...Read more

A memory of Hartley Wintney in 1950 by Heather Tierney

No 10

My name's David Meacham - When I was very small I used to live in the cottage on the right - Number 10 Bremhill. It was a wonderful place to be a child - few cars then of course - and the freedom to roam the village without any fear. The ...Read more

A memory of Bremhill in 1962 by David Meacham

Fair Oak As It Was

My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Wonderful Bucks!

My mum first came across Bucks Mills when we went for a bodyboarding holiday in Westward Ho! before the march of the mobile homes..! Next year we stayed in Driftwood in Bucks itself and did so for the next 7/8 years until my ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1965 by Nick Neter

Captions

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Caption For Bradpole, The Village 1897

The other buildings (left to right) are Koala Cottage, Lynn Cottage, Primrose Cottage and St George's.

Caption For Chenies, The Green 1897

The village is a mix of 17th-century timber-framed cottages, and 1820s and 1840s to 1850s Bedford Estate cottages.

Caption For Puncknowle, Village 1906

The bay windows with decorative tiles are on Durban Cottage and Thornleigh Cottage. The girls are on the steps of No 1 of the three Burwell Cottages.

Caption For Upper Clatford, Village 1899

Behind the ladies are 1-3 Beddles Cottages, which still stand. On the near right, the Moorings has now changed its thatch for slate.

Caption For Broadway, China Square 1899

This tumbledown cottage shows the reality of cottage life in the 19th century, far removed from the romantic restorations that we see today.

Caption For Horsham, Cottages In North Street 1907

North of the old town, isolated farmhouses and cottages were engulfed in Victorian expansion.

Caption For Bitteswell, Russett Cottage C1965

This is an almost ideal two- storey chocolate box cottage, with its thatched roof and door hood, small pane timber casement windows, and a profusion of flowers and creepers adorning the boundary

Caption For Ash Vale, Wharf Road 1906

The creeper-covered frontage of Balmoral Cottage on the left was the home of William Finch and his wife at this time. She died in 1922 at the age of 93. The building was later demolished.

Caption For East Grinstead, College Lane 1907

The cottage on the left has gone, but the stone wall to the street survives, as does the cottage with two bay windows beyond, Hill Cottage.

Caption For Chalfont St Giles, The Pond C1955

The 17th century brick cottages in front of the tower in this view were built as charity cottages.

Caption For Hailsham, Old Thatched Cottage , Hempstead Lane C1960

The last two views in Hailsham itself are of a timber-framed cottage on Hempstead Lane, once in the countryside but now firmly within the town's 20th-century expansion - this sweeps past the lane

Caption For Cheam, Whitehall 1925

Here we have another view of Whitehall, and the adjoining properties of Laurel Cottage and Vault Cottage along the Malden Road, with the elegant rectory beyond which, in its earliest parts, dates back

Caption For Halse, Village C1955

Here the huntsman and his pack of beagles pass Manor Cottage and School Cottage with the main body of the hunt behind them: and at this time, there was not a sign of a hunt saboteur.

Caption For Fulbourn, Apthorpe Street C1950

St Martin's Cottage (right) has the date 1661 over the porch. It is timber-framed and plastered; its red brick chimney stack has grouped shafts. The longstraw thatch has a patterned ridge.

Caption For Oving, Manor Road C1955

Looking north along this lane which leads to the main street, Tinker End Cottages on the right are a fine group of 18th- and 19th-century labourers' cottages.

Caption For Greywell, Village 1903

These are typical of many of the cottages in Greywell, which were plastered and painted white at this time.

Caption For Cricklade, High Street C1955

These cottages stand at the top of Pack Hill, near its junction with Church Road and Mayfield, in Upper Wanborough. The Cottage Shop was once a shoemaker's premises.

Caption For Weston On Avon, C1955

Weston is a tiny village, little more than a cluster of cottages leading to a 15th-century church at the end of a no through road.

Caption For Lyme Regis, From The Sands 1907

The four-storey Sundial Cottage (left), and Library Cottage next door are shown before the building of the Bay Private Hotel.

Caption For Langton, The Village C1965

The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Ashford, East Hill, Old Cottages 1903

A study of some attractive old cottages at East Mill. A little girl is staring suspiciously at the camera. Note the unmetalled surface of the road.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

This shows the lock-keeper's cottage at Lock 44. Behind it can be seen the roof of the Canal Company's workshop, now occupied by British Waterways, who maintain the canal today.

Caption For Mells, Gay Street C1950

This gabled thatched cottage is very typical of the area. Thatch was used before tile and slate. This cottage might be a local store, as the bottom sign is advertising Typhoo Tea.

Caption For Washford, The Village 1919

Pictured from the junction with the main road, the lane leads down past the cottages towards the village school.