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Memories

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Pure Nostalgia

Hello to my fellow Fedsden inmates, whoever and wherever you are now! So nice to find things like this online these days ... I was a boarder at Parndon Hall between about 58 and 61 - stupid gangly blond kid, with my younger ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by Ross Paterson

Croydon

My first time visiting this site and a message from "Simon" prompted me to add a message. I too remember with fond memories the old Parish Church Infants School. I remember my first day to Facing the church was a pathway on the left leading ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Carol Day

Happy Days.

I had a dream the other night about Enton Hall in WITLEY. I was a student at Guildford Tech in the early sixties. I did a two year hotel reception course and was looking for a job near my home in Godalming. Suddenly out of nowhere my Dad ...Read more

A memory of Enton Hall by Janet Magri

Visitation Preparatory School Bridport

1962 to 1966, the car journey from Surrey was full of tears, taken by my mother and grandfather, on arrival the tiled entry and the Nuns in full habits greeted us, I was soon ushered in to the hall with promise ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by Edward Rafferty (Jenkinson)

My Sister Worked There

We lived in Macclesfield. My sister worked there with the children. I suppose she was some sort of aide or nanny. She was a live in anyway. She came home on weekends. My cousin would drive her back on a Sunday night. ...Read more

A memory of Pallotti Hall by Gail Mitchell

Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

Abbotsham School In The 1960's

Growing up at Fairy Cross, Alwington and as our village school had closed in the late 1950s we had to catch the school bus daily morning and afternoon to Abbotsham Primary School. (Shown in the centre back of the ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsham by Derek England

Happy Days

Living not far from Aston Park we would often walk to the park to play and enjoy the fresh air. Aston Hall held a fascination for me and I was forever asking to go inside for a tour. I would go in when ever I could and I never tired ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1955 by Lynda Ridgard

Village Life

I was born in post-war Corringham into a large family that had been evacuated from the blitzed East End of London. I was christened and married at St. Mary's Church and I lived in Chamberlain Avenue (down the left fork of the ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1940

The Real Family Of Axmouth Devon Uk

My Grandmother ELLEN REAL was born in Axmouth 1875. Her grandmother was a Lace Maker and one of a few lace makers who contributed to making Queen Victoria's Wedding Veil.  My father (William Tom Sparkes) told me ...Read more

A memory of Axmouth in 1947 by Kay Foulger

Captions

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Caption For Bletchley, Central Gardens C1955

Central Park ran from Queensway to the back of Western Road, whose c1900 houses can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Amersham, The Kings Arms C1955

Back towards the Market Hall we have another view of the King's Arms, the left hand part and the chimneys dating from the 1936 remodelling.

Caption For Mardale, Castle Crag 1893

All the buildings in this view, including the farm at Flake How seen here to the left, were demolished before the flooding of the valley. Gone too is Measand Beck Hall which was close by.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

This is looking northwards up South Street, to Stag House at the top end of West Street and the Town Hall (centre).

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

This is looking northwards up South Street, to Stag House at the top end of West Street and the Town Hall (centre).

Caption For Crakehall, The Hall 1900

On the east side of the 5-acre village green, now used for cricket matches, is the Hall, built in 1732. It was the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in south Yorkshire.

Caption For Wookey Hole, 'the Witch' 1896

The route then heads east back to the Mendips to visit another celebrated tourist attraction, Wookey Hole.

Caption For Liverpool, Dale Street 1895

Dale Street was one of the ancient streets of the city and the main road to all points south.

Caption For Chelmondiston, The Red Lion C1955

The 1880s red brick house beyond with veranda under the gable was part of the Berners' estate at Woolverton Hall. Set back out of view is the Methodist chapel of 1879.

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department. The horse-drawn tram heads off towards the Town Hall.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Town Hall C1955

Its prosperity dates back to at least the 13th century, though a village stood on this site long before that. Locals rarely call the place anything but 'Chippy'.

Caption For Haslemere, High Street C1955

Back in Surrey, the route reaches Haslemere; we look south-west along the High Street into the market place of this small town, with the 1814 Town Hall closing the vista.

Caption For Catterick, The Village 1913

Catterick has three greens; this one looks along Sour Beck to the 15th-century parish church of St Anne, financed by the owners of nearby Brough Hall.

Caption For Garstang, High Street C1960

The weekly market which dates back centuries is held every Thursday.

Caption For Elstow, The Moot Hall 1897

The Moot Hall in Elstrow dates back to the 17th century and now houses a most interesting museum which commemorates Bunyan's life.

Caption For Bingley, Old Market House 1894

Completed in 1753 at a cost of £12, the Market Hall, Butter Cross and the stocks were removed at a cost of £16 6s from Main Street to the Prince of Wales park in 1888, which is where we see them in this

Caption For Aylsham, Market Place C1955

Back in the days of Edward II, it was the principal town in the region for making fine linen. Its products were shipped to Yarmouth on barges capable of carrying several tonnes of material.

Caption For Nether Alderley, Old Mill 1896

building we see here is largely Elizabethan; we know from the local records that it was `new-builded` in 1597, but archaeologists have now worked out that some of the internal timbers date back

Caption For Askrigg, Cross 1914

Askrigg's Elizabethan Old Hall, centre, burnt down in 1935. The TV series All Creatures Great and Small was filmed here, which put the village back on the tourist trail in the 1970s.

Caption For Coxwold, The Village C1955

Humorist Laurence Sterne, once Vicar of Coxwold, lived at nearby Shandy Hall, where he wrote Tristram Shandy.

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

Next to the draper's shop on the left is Walmsley's Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards

Caption For Hunsdon, The Green C1960

The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

Caption For Swindon, High Street 1948

Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.

Caption For Ayot St Lawrence, Shaws Corner C1955

The home of George Bernard Shaw has remained unchanged since his death: his hat still hangs in the hall, whilst his typewriter stands on his study desk where he wrote 'Pygmalion', 'Back to Methuselah'