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Found Memories Of Early Days At Yealmpton

Now living in Australia and having revisited Yealmpton in recent times, the changes are amazing. Where there used to be fields in which I played with mates, sadly houses now stand. The old bridge, church, ...Read more

A memory of Yealmpton in 1950 by Anthony Thorne

Miner's Hall,Glyncorrwg

My memories are from the 1950s to the 1970s. My grandparents lived opposite the Miner's Hall for many years. (28 Cymmer Road). My grandfather was a bricklayer in the pit and also the Treasurer for the Miner's Hall. I ...Read more

A memory of Glyncorrwg in 1960

Summer Of 1965

I have happy memories of a summer spent with my Nannie and Grandad Gibbs. I remember walking down this street, passing 'Auntie Martha's' to the post office every day with Grandad. He used to buy me chocolate cigarettes every day. I ...Read more

A memory of Moorsholm in 1965 by Sheryl Jordan

Quarriers Were The Happiest Days Of My Life

My name is Elizabeth Bonner, but then it was Elizabeth Esnol. I lived in Cottage 3 with Agnes, the Mcdonalds and Anne, Margaret, and Josephine Murray, and Aunty Irene Munzy, Aunty Anne (House ...Read more

A memory of Quarriers Village in 1870 by Elizabeth Esnol

St Michael And All Angels Church Of England School

I would love to hear of anyone who went to Tatenhill school around the late 1940 into the 1950s. It was such a magical time with Miss Read our teacher who inspired us and fired our imagination. ...Read more

A memory of Tatenhill in 1948

Greengrocers 1899 1934 East Street: Mark & Annie Crouch

My Great Grandfather Mark Crouch ran a greengrocers shop from the front room of his thatched cottage in East Street from 1899-1934 and then after he died his wife Annie continued as a ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1890 by Ruth Hooper

My Mother

My mother, Beatrice Constable, was born in a little cottage in Balcombe. The happy event took place in a small asbestos bungalow with lots of hydrangeas around the front door. Her parents were Joshua and Elizabeth Constable. Nan had ...Read more

A memory of Balcombe in 1900 by Reigna Mitchell

Betchworth Village Shop

A school friend at Reigate Grammar was Joe Cheffings; his parents ran the village shop and bakery about midway to the church, on the left of the picture. An elder brother, Tony, helped at home when on holiday from St. ...Read more

A memory of Betchworth in 1947 by Keith Fuller

Memories Of My Family

I was not born when my family lived in Kirkby Green but I have heard my mother tell a few stories of life there. She had a pet trout who lived in the Beck which ran past the back garden. She called him Peter and would go ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby Green by Gillian Emerton

Landlord Of White Horse Inn

I believe the White Horse was run by the Pratley family in the 1940s - 1950s. Jack Pratley married my father's cousin, Kathleen (nee Keen). I am slightly confused as the name of this pub is sometimes recorded as the ...Read more

A memory of Bladon in 1950 by Liz Jarrett

Captions

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Caption For Dewsbury, Northgate C1965

The clocktower, top left, is part of the Co-operative building, which was opened in 1880 at a cost of £7,000 on the site of the old Cottage Hospital.

Caption For Maldon, Market Hill 1909

photographer, who has set up his camera where Market Hill turns sharply to descend to Fullbridge Flow Mill and a bridge over the River Chelmer.The tall house on the left survives, but the cottage

Caption For Sidmouth, Esplanade 1904

Overlooking the sea are some fine old cottages, exuberant in design and with bulging thatch.

Caption For Brompton On Swale, The Village 1913

The stone cottages and red brick Methodist chapel have changed little except for some modern doors and windows.

Caption For Brompton On Swale, The Village 1913

The stone cottages and red brick Methodist chapel have changed little except for some modern doors and windows.

Caption For Swaffham Bulbeck, High Street C1955

Further along the road stands a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage.

Caption For Abridge, The Village C1960

The view is much the same today, with Gould's Cottages (c1840) on the left-hand side.

Caption For Alton, All Saints Church C1955

All Saints' Cottage is on the left.

Caption For Blewbury, Hall Barn Close C1960

Looking at this beautiful 16th-century thatched cottage, it is not difficult to see what attracted Kenneth Graham, author of The Wind in The Willows, and Dick Francis, ex-jockey and thriller writer, to

Caption For Castle Cary, Fore Street C1965

Fore Street once had many thatched cottages and a stream running down one side, but it was rebuilt in the 19th century, when the town prospered with the woollen industry.

Caption For Kilmersdon, The Village C1955

The 100ft tower of St Peter and St Paul's Church dominates this estate village of grey lias cottages. The tower is in the Somerset style, and is decorated with fifty carved figures.

Caption For Grasmere, Church Stile 1926

Notice the charming cottage draped with creeper opposite the churchyard with its unusual porch, and the village shop next to it.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, Village And Church 1890

Clifton Hampden includes an assortment of picturesque cottages and striking period houses.

Caption For Haddenham, West End C1950

Driving through West End, the visitor is reminded of the Dutch engineers who were brought over to work on the fenland drainage and for whom some of the terraced cottages were built.

Caption For Cilcain, Village C1955

All the cottages in this terrace used to be the same design as the centre example with its distinctive chequered brickwork and curious extended porch.

Caption For Hatfield Broad Oak, St Mary's Church C1965

The plaque on the second cottage on the left bears the initials 'CBAM' and is dated 1708. In the north-west corner of the parish lies the ancient Hatfield Forest.

Caption For Lerryn, Bridge 1893

With its old cottages, stepping stones and ancient arched bridge, it possesses a unique, almost hypnotic serenity.

Caption For Kendal, Noble's Yard, 96, Off Stricklandgate 1914

With its cobbled floor and plain, harmonious stone cottages, this picturesque yard offers an authentic view of how Kendal must have looked to the Victorians.

Caption For Cartmel, Cavendish Street 1914

The cottage in the centre was Ayers Old-Fashioned Eating House, which has plenty of seating outside for visitors. Note the heavy round rubble chimney above.

Caption For Aldborough, The Green C1955

Set a short distance away from the Cromer to Norwich road, Aldborough offers a spacious prospect with cottages grouped round a broad green.

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Caption For Laxey, 1894

A number of cottages in Laxey were built by George William Dumbell, chairman of the Laxey Mining Co, for his miners and their families. He also donated land for a chapel.

Caption For Castleford, Queens Park C1955

Of Queen's Park's 43 acres, thirteen came from the two landowners, and a further parcel was purchased from the Earl of Crewe in 1904 to provided a park keepers' cottage, a bandstand and a

Caption For West Burton, The Cross C1955

take a rest on the steps, as the greystone cottages, now part of a Conservation Area, cluster around the greensward in the background.

Caption For Mells, Little Green C1950

These cottages lie on the road down from the school, one of the first church schools in Somerset. The thatch looks so picturesque today.