Places
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Maps
259 maps found.
Books
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Memories
301 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.
Queen Square School 1857 1969.
Of course l did'nt realise how picturesque the building was when l was a pupil there 1955-1958. Fortunately, Edward Callum did and his painting is "normally" displayed in Wardown Museum. (Hopefully in its entirety cos little ...Read more
A memory of Luton
1961 To 1977
My family lived in Goodyers Ave. Dad had #65 built in 1960/61 for around £13k by the next door neighbour who sold us the plot. Best mates were Antony Draper [Oakridge Ave], Chris Francis [Craighall Ave],Caroline West [Links Drive] ...Read more
A memory of Radlett by
My Early Years In Longton 1870s To 1940s
I was born in Longton in 1933 at 151 High Street Post Office, Longton. All my childhood was spent there with my grandmother, Sarah Wright and my great aunt Matilda Ward (my grandmother's sister). Between ...Read more
A memory of Longton by
Childhood Of Norton Canes.
i was born in Hednesford Road, followed by my sisters in 1958 and 1960. We enjoyed a fantastic childhood - we lived in a three up, three down, with an outside toilet and a tin bath. I remember our toilet freezing over ...Read more
A memory of Norton Canes
Those Were The Days.
i am the Tony Williams that used to live in Hatherop road, Infant, Junior, Senior Schools Hampton. i moved to Bristol in 1953, i now live in Frome Somerset. I had lots of good happy memories of Hampton especially going fishing ...Read more
A memory of Hampton by
Shooters Hill Grammar School 1951 1959
I was there from 1951-1959. Some of the happiest days of my life. A day started with assembly with prayers said and some hymns sung. An awful cacophony of weedy and breaking voices. Various announcements ...Read more
A memory of Shooters Hill
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Growing Up In East Ham
I lived in park avenue, in a block of flats in the middle between market street and Langdon crescent. There were families of every age group in the 2 blocks and you couldn't have wished for a better community growing up. ...Read more
A memory of East Ham by
English At Heart
I am an American who went to school in Chester in 1966/67. Rather, should I say, I was registered for school at Chester College. However, I can't say I was actually in the building very often. There just always seemed to be ...Read more
A memory of Chester in 1966 by
Campsbourne Junior School Around 1960
I attended Campsbourne Junior School between 1958 and 1961. I arrived during the 2nd Year at the age of 8, having moved from St Michael's School in Highgate. I was placed in the top stream and my class teachers ...Read more
A memory of Hornsey by
Captions
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The Red Lion can be traced back to 1680 and stood alone until the arrival of the railways and Cane Hill Hospital.
Promenaders are attired in the latest fashions, with no gentlemen being seen without his cane or umbrella.
The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.
Then, as now, trams were a mainstay of the city's transport, but pulled by horses like the omnibuses and carts that also line the street, whilst hatted business men with canes and shoppers walk the pavements
The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.
The Victorian St Dunstan`s Cottages, left, were built for staff at Cane Hill Hospital.
The trend for day tripping and the increase in car ownership were to prove a bane for the council.
They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.
They also recalled a harsh regime in which casual correction was six strokes of a bamboo cane across the palm of the hand from the age of five onwards.
This stretch of country used to have three major hospitals, the most famous of which was Cane Hill, built as a lunatic asylum in 1882.
A good smaller furniture factory survives (it is now a listed building): the Cane and Rush Works of about 1880 in Desborough Street.
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