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Red Lion Primary School In 1949
My name is Alan Naber and in 1949 I was five years old and started my school life at Red Lion Road school. This is an account of how I saw life at that time with a few additions from other students I am still in ...Read more
A memory of Tolworth by
Poet From Bagillt
Grandma, as a school girl in Bagillt. Louise Elizabeth Thomas went to school in the village and told a story about a boy in rags in class who lost his temper with the Headteacher, throwing an ink pot at her. That teacher went on ...Read more
A memory of Bagillt in 1930 by
Bleckberry Picking At West Wycombe
Dear Readers, This is a brief extract from a book I have written called 'The Old Time' about West Wycombe and High Wycombe between 1947 and 1961 describing a day when we went over to Hell Bottom woods ...Read more
A memory of West Wycombe in 1953 by
Father Holcroft
I was born and brought up in Widnes but we used to go for holidays in Bagillt where we stayed with an old friend of my parents, Father Holcroft. He was the local Catholic priest and we stayed in his house which had a farm adjoining ...Read more
A memory of Bagillt in 1959 by
I Lived Here From 1951 To 1975 (Ish)
I lived in Dagnam Park Drive near Sedgefield Crescent and remember............Petersfield, Hilldene and Whitchurch shops, the "1st, 2nd and 3rd" woods as we referred to them, starting in Dagnam Park Drive, heading ...Read more
A memory of Harold Hill in 1957 by
Strathyre, Temperance Hotel C1915
The name of the hotel was The Munro Hotel, after the owner who built it. It's now called The Munro Inn.
A memory of Strathyre by
My Great Grandmother Mary Robson Of Hartlepool
My great-grandma Mary Robson lived at 40 Hermit Street with her father William, (mother - Frances - deceased), a brother called William H Robson. Mary Robson had an illegitimate child called Frances, ...Read more
A memory of West View in 1890 by
Weaste Memories
I have just read various entries for remembering streets of Salford which had my childhood flooding back to me with lots of affection. I also can remember the cobbled streets, rag bone man etc. But I also remember the people. I ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1950 by
Schooldays
My uncle, Milton Beattie was gamekeeper to Sir James Baird, and he and his wife Connie lived in the gamekeeper's house on the far side of Clints - on the way to Orgate. My mum and I lived in the Hall Cottage, and I went to Marske School ...Read more
A memory of Marske in 1940 by
Ice Cream Shop
The shop on the left - with the awning down - was known as 'Capanini's' (spelling?) and obviously Italian. They sold the most wonderful ice-ceams, sodas and coffees as well as tea. I remember the daughter there - her name was Bella, ...Read more
A memory of Glanaman in 1946 by
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As the population dramatically increased, it was no surprise that the Temperance Hotel (centre) was built in 1890.
At 282 grt, 'Ivanhoe' had been built in 1880 by D & W Henderson for the Firth of Clyde Steam Packet Co as a temperance ship.
On the right, a triangular sign indicates Temperance Restaurant and in the foreground, Paris the 'cash grocer' also has a good selection of clothes in his window.
Here on the right is the old Temperance Hall, next to the Literary Institute, now the National Park Centre.
On the left in the 1955 view is the Manor House, occupied by Wadsworth, the beer and soft drink bottlers, whilst on the right is the building which used to be the Temperance Hotel.
The Mitre Inn had occupied three other sites here before vanishing by the late 19th century with the arrival of the temperance movement.
With this in mind, the Old Hall Inn had its licence revoked and became the Temperance Inn, but the Cavendish Arms remained.
These included a temperance hall in Flackwell Heath, a lodge for Hughenden, schools, buildings in the town centre, churches, the former Conservative Club at No 28 High Street of 1897, and many houses
The three-storey building beyond was earlier the Bell Temperance Hotel.
Receipt of charity was not always easy, and the willingness to provide it was already tempered with the stern attitudes that framed the Poor Laws of the Victorian era.
Receipt of charity was not always easy, and the willingness to provide it was already tempered with the stern attitudes that framed the Poor Laws of the Victorian era.
Studland has one of the best and least tampered-with beaches in Dorset - a real reminder of those halcyon days when such luminaries as George III promoted the merits of sea bathing.
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