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Lymington In The 1940s
My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more
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Growing Up In A Small Village
My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. ...Read more
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Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s
Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway. Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market ...Read more
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Caddington
I remember as a lad, when Elm Avennue was split in two,where the bungalows start there was a solid bar across the road,and the same in the Crescent. You could only get the bus at the Green, the 360, it was sixpence to Luton, and the ...Read more
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Those Were The Days 6
Continuing up the street on the right was a long parade of various shops and we come to Salisbury Ave on the corner was a large modernistic furniture shop later the shop nest door became a KFC and across the street next to ...Read more
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Those Were The Days 2
It didn't change until the sixties when the station was rebuilt and opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 in 1961. I watched the whole building project from start to finish from the comfort of my bedroom window. When it ...Read more
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The Jester
I remember the Jester coffee bar! Hyde scooters, mods and a scruffy old juke box, hours of good times all for the price of a coke which would last all night!
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Les Wilde Dancing Lessons
Yes Yes Yes!!! I remember Les Wilde. My mum and dad used to go there every Wednesday evening. and my brother and I were sent along there for the childrens dance classes, I think on a Thursday evening. I remember the ...Read more
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Netherthong First World War History Part 1
Netherthong War Memorial My full history of Netherthong can be seen on http://historyofnetherthong.co.uk 'We shall never forget.' M. Hirst, who lived at 33 Outlane, compiled a large book full ...Read more
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Where I Was Born
My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more
A memory of Sole Street in 1946
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The conspicuous tower of St Margaret's has long been used as a landmark by mariners negotiating Bideford Bar at the entrance to the Torridge estuary.
This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.
Had the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway had its way, their main line would have run from Warrington to Sutton-on-Sea.
Continuing south towards Worksop on the A60, the route reaches Langold, situated a mile south of Oldcotes.
The Frith photographer is standing outside the Cathedral and looking back at the Victoria Buildings and its Hotel.
The Long Hoe, or Lytham Green, has been preserved over the years, and is one of the great amenities of the town.
North-east of Guildford and now by-passed by the A3, Ripley has a long wide High Street and was full of coaching inns in earlier days.
The Old Cherry Tree Inn, one of two pubs in Great Houghton, is a cosy village hostelry with quaint beams and plenty of character.
Borough Green was once a hamlet in Ightham and Wrotham parishes, six miles to the east of Sevenoaks.
In the centre is a fish and chip saloon; to its right is the narrow wynd called The Bar, and on the railings is an advertisement for wet fish on sale in the basement of No 1 New Road.
Traditionally in the ownership of wealthy occupants, the private steps leading down to the beach still belong to these houses, except those on the extreme left.
In the highly stratified society of Alderley Edge village, the Liberal Unionist Club in Stephen Street was for the village`s tradesmen.
The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889.
The Midland Bank is no more, but the flat-roofed building that sticks out like a sore thumb is still there.
The Midland Bank is no more, but the flat-roofed building that sticks out like a sore thumb is still there.
Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old gates to survive.
Frith's photographer looks south down the High Street from the Broadway.
The High Street leads to Shooters Hill, which was once a very swampy area. The buildings are shaped here to follow the curve of the road. The first shop on the right is now a florist.
Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old city gates to survive.
The photograph shows the mill in full working order, but idle; the mill door is closed, with the security bar in place.
The Clock Tower pub on the extreme left is now called Broadways, while next door to it A W Luff is now a post office and convenience store.
The sign tells us that Gisburn Road leads to Clitheroe, hub of the Pendle Forest area. Stone walls, finials, setts, dripstones and lintels characterise Chatburn and the neighbouring villages.
This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns
This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns
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