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Walk About

Now living in Australia - Arriving back to visit relatives, a previous life time of my walk about ways seems so dream-like. Living at The Greig Farm above the Wier Farm (The Wier which had been in my family forever) was the best ...Read more

A memory of Ewyas Harold in 1965 by Sally Bell

Living In Rye

Hi, I lived in Rye until I went into the army in 1955. I went to the Primary School in Ferry Road, then to the Rye Secondary Modern. When the Seond World War was on we were living at Cadborough, then we moved to Military Road, a ...Read more

A memory of Hastings in 1940 by Stanley Wilson

Oakmere

I have found a painting  of Oakmere House, Potters Bar dated 1935. I believe the house is now a Beefburger Resaurant. There is a clearer view of the house from across the lake, there is the large pine tree & smaller trees on the ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar in 1930 by David Walker

More Foggy Beacon Park

I also remember a foggy Beacon Park, probably 1954. I used to live in the Close, my father being a minor canon, and went to a nursery school (Mrs Allen's) on the other side of the park. I think that one of my parents ...Read more

A memory of Lichfield in 1953 by Gerald Wilson

Escrick Park Gardens Market Gardens 1950 1966

My aunt and uncle - Mr and Mrs George Pratt - used to manage the market gardens in Escrick. We had many happy holidays there, and I remember the peaches and apricots growing up the wall, rows and rows ...Read more

A memory of Escrick in 1950 by First Name Last Name

Mossband Camp

My father was a serving soldier, serving at the RAOC camp until 1948. We lived in the YMCA building in the camp itself and it had a large functions hall attached where one of our officers once entertained the children at Christmas ...Read more

A memory of Mossband Ho in 1947 by Eileen Buckley Knowles

Growing Up Years

I was born in Old Argent Street 1945 (VJ Day), only one in Grays as my old mum used to tell everyone, she was so proud of that, living in a 2 up, 2 down, mum, dad, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, overcrowded, nah, we got by. We spent summers ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Victor Chaplin

Cookridge Once Fields And Farms

I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Paul Leavett

My Dads Shop

I always remember my dad's tuck shop in Idle, we were the end cottage on Albion Road next to the school. I was only 5 years old when we moved away but it's funny how memories, even at such a young age, stay with you. I remember walking ...Read more

A memory of Idle in 1963 by Christine Collins Nee Furby

Purfleet Primary School

I started at Purfleet Infants & Primary School aged 4, I put my head on the desk and cried for ages, but there was a lovely elderly lady teacher (I can't remember her name?), she blew my nose and washed my face, I'd ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet in 1952 by Maria Westbrook

Captions

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Caption For Beulah, The Bridge C1935

Entering the hamlet, the main A483 crosses the River Camarch en route to Builth Wells.

Caption For Alsager, Sandbach Road C1960

The development of this part of the town only really dates from the opening of the railway between Crewe and Derby in 1848.

Caption For Greywell, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1904

Prettily situated among trees and fields, the church of St Mary the Virgin is small but contains many treasures, including a silver chalice dating back to Elizabethan times, a 500-year-old font and

Caption For Keighley, From Parish Church C1900

We are looking across Cook Lane towards Townfield Gate. All of this was cleared for the new shopping centre and bus station.

Caption For St Buryan, Cross 1908

This ancient cross head bearing a crude carving of a crucifix must pre-date the church by many centuries. The texture of the coarse granite of the district can be seen in the steps.

Caption For Gobowen, The Cross C1955

This photograph looks towards the level crossing, where at the moment we can just see a steam train drawing away from the station.

Caption For Woolsthorpe, The Village By Belvoir C1955

Nothing much has altered here except that the Narrow Road sign has been changed and there are some new power lines across the road.

Caption For Woolsthorpe, The Village By Belvoir C1955

Nothing much has altered here except that the Narrow Road sign has been changed and there are some new power lines across the road.

Caption For Leicester, Charles Street C1950

A swish, up-to-the-minute dual carriageway was created to relieve the pressure of excessive traffic in 1931 by widen- ing and extending a street which, until that time, ran only between Humberstone Gate

Caption For Saltfleet, Manor House C1955

North of the old windmill is the Manor House in mid seventeenth-century brick, which retains its original cross windows.

Caption For Felton, The Old Bridge C1955

Felton stands on the north bank of the Coquet, and it was here that the Great North Road once crossed the river by way of the old bridge featured in the picture.

Caption For Bramber, Village C1950

The village of Bramber probably dates from the building of its Norman castle, since there is no evidence of a pre-Conquest settlement.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1955

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb 1922

This view looks southwards across Lyme Bay from the main path through Langmoor Gardens, which were given to the town by James Moly of Langmoor Manor, Charmouth.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1955

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

Caption For Darlington, St Cuthbert's Church 1892

The first church in the Palatinate in the Early English Gothic style, St Cuthbert's dates from about 1180, when its construction as a collegiate establishment was begun by Bishop Hugh le Puiset.

Caption For Abergavenny, St Mary's Church Interior 1898

Beyond the nave and the crossing is the medieval choir and sanctuary, the oldest part of the church, dating from the 12th to the 14th century. It is crowned by an 18th-century vaulted ceiling.

Caption For Richmond, The Bridge 1890

Looking back upstream past the boathouses in front of the 1830s St Helena Terrace and The White Cross, we see a fine view of Richmond Bridge, which dates from the 1770s and is one of the Thames' finest

Caption For North Curry, The Square C1955

Here in the centre of the village in the market place is a three-sided cross: three arches carry a spirelet, all in mellow golden limestone.

Caption For Aylesford, Village From The River C1960

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons. The parish church crowns a hillock and is principally Norman.

Caption For Ware, Crib Street C1955

With the wrought iron gate and lantern frame in front of us, we look northwards towards Bourne Close and eventually, by a footpath across the fields, to Moles Farm and the Sow and Pigs public house at

Caption For Symondsbury, Village C1940

Looking north, from the lane into the village from Miles Cross, 1868-dated Symondsbury School and tower of St John`s Church in the background can be seen.

Caption For Llandough, St Dochdwys Church C1955

Although the church is of relatively modern construction – it was built in the mid 1860s - the site has religious significance probably dating back to before the Norman Conquest.

Caption For St Asaph, Elwy Bridge 1890

This view across the 18th-century bridge was taken looking past the gate to the Bishop's palace and up to the cathedral.