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Memories

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A Trip To The Blacksmith

I remember during the 1960's taking my pony to the blacksmith in Uppington,we lived at Eyton-on Severn then. We used to go along the cart tracks across the Beckamoors to Donnington, up past the Streffords farm ...Read more

A memory of Uppington by Margaret Clutton

Clare Boys School

I also, was a student at Clare School in Brymton. I attended (if I recall correctly) from 1960 to 1963. The headmaster was Mr Robinson, some of the other 'masters' names were Mr Hemmings, Major Burns and Mr Gall. A ...Read more

A memory of Brympton D'Evercy by Nicholas Grover

Waterfoot Is Still My Home After 54 Years.

I was born in 298 Burnley Road East on August 18th 1945. The Nurse who delivered me was Nurse Bowe, who was a good friend of my Gran's (Teresa Whittaker, nee O'Brien). All my Aunties and Uncles were born ...Read more

A memory of Waterfoot by Judith Mc Creath

The Fun I Had And Remember Barry Evans Well

My mam and dad split up and I was sent to Bisley. At first I was hard to get used to but I made a lot of friends. My first house was Trojans then went up to Ironsides. Barry Evans told us stories that ...Read more

A memory of Bisley by Fred Heyburn

Radlett Prep

I attended Radlett Prep between 1958 and 1965. It was located in a converted three floored Edwardian house on the corner of Hillside Avenue and Aldenham Grove, and has since been converted back to a private residence. Aldenham Grove ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by Hamish Adam

Growing Up In The Old Marchwood

I moved to Marchwood in the mid 1960s, I was not very old. We lived in an old house on the edge of the village, called Glengarriff. The old house was pulled down many years ago. I attended Marchwood Primary ...Read more

A memory of Marchwood

Small Prison Cell Where John Bunyon Stayed

I was born in Tithe Barn Road in 1953. When I was about 9 and 12 some mates and me noticed this small building that looked like a small house. A pointed house with no windows, just a solid oak ...Read more

A memory of Wootton by Graham Ward

Redbricks 50s

I was born and bred in Tunnel Road, Galley Common in the Pit houses (belonging to Haunchwood Colliery). One of my early memories of which there are many was of the tip which was waste slag from the mine and was always on fire ...Read more

A memory of Galley Common

My Ancestors Were Hotelkeepers Here

My Great Grand Aunt Sarah Holgate, née Barnes, came here with her husband Benjamin in the 1870s to run the hotel (from Manchester). Benjamin died in 1877 and Sarah stayed in charge until sometime in the 1890s ...Read more

A memory of St Mary's by Thomas Muir

Warmfield A Forgotten Village

I have lived in the parish of Warmfield-cum-Heath practically all my life,and attended the now very 'dilapidated' local school. I still live in the parish, and have very fond memories of Warmfield. Much has ...Read more

A memory of Warmfield by Glynnis Wilson

Captions

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Caption For Empingham, Nursery Close C1960

On the left are RDC houses perhaps built in the 1950s. Further down, a large barn and an old house beyond.

Caption For Chippenham, The Market Place C1955

This view was taken looking south to the Bear Hotel at the top end of the car park. The new Bear Hotel was built some time after 1750 by John Provis, a painter, and leased out.

Caption For Manchester, Old Trafford 1897

Here we see the stand of the Lancashire Cricket Ground, called Old Trafford, as it looked just over a century ago.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Old Tithe Barn 1900

The Great Barn, or Tithe Barn, is part of Barton Manor Farm, which comprises 8 or 9 buildings grouped around a large open courtyard.

Caption For Ruislip, High Street C1965

The camera looks away from the original village centre into the alternative Ruislip of the 1930s and towards the Metropolitan line station of 1904.

Caption For St Michaels, Garstang Road C1960

Glebe Farm and the tithe barn disappeared in the 1960s; the original thatched roof was under corrugated iron sheeting.

Caption For Avebury, The Cove 1899

The barn and outbuilding seen here were demolished in the 1940s as part of the long-overdue restoration programme.

Caption For Slaidburn, Hammerton Hall 1921

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. The Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the Hall grounds.

Caption For North Harrow, The Tithe Barn, Headstone Manor C1965

The camera looks at the early 16th-century Great Barn, which was originally one of four opening onto the farmyard; a second smaller one has quite recently been particularly well restored from a skeletal

Caption For Sudbury, Friar Street Congregational Chapel 1900

Here we see the interior of the chapel as designed by Frederick Barnes in 1859, with the classical sanctuary filled with the organ.

Caption For Sproughton, Lower Street C1955

The herd of dairy cattle is making its way to Hall Farm, which included the former tithe barn dating from the 17th century.

Caption For Abbotsbury, The Tithe Barn 1890

The Great Barn of Abbotsbury Abbey was built in about 1400.

Caption For Eastcote, Field End Road 1964

Eastcote is a mediaeval settlement; it is only as one emerges from the shopping parades of the 1930s grouped around the underground station into a series of timber-framed vernacular buildings of the 16th

Caption For Bury, Church From The River 1898

The tour has to reach Bury by road, but until the 1950s you could get from Amberley to Bury by ferry. The wharf was restored in 1997 with concrete steps.

Caption For Stamford, Barn Hill 1922

Just a few yards up the hill from All Saints' Church, Barn Hill is a far cry from the commercial bustle of Red Lion Square.

Caption For Clayton Le Moors, Wesleyan Chapel 1897

Barnes Square Methodist Chruch was built in 1863, replacing an earlier building which had become too small. John Mercer laid the foundation stone.

Caption For Sydling St Nicholas, East Street C1955

The initials of the courtier and his wife are carved on a timber in the village's tithe barn.

Caption For Oakham, The Hawthorne Horse 1932

Situated at the corner of Cemetery Road and Station Road, this topiary horse was a local attraction. It was in the paddock of Mr J Littler, a veterinary surgeon.

Caption For Bocking, Bradford Street 1902

Villagers pose for the camera outside their homes in this little village near Braintree. This was the earliest English settlement of the Knights Templar, who were given the manor in 1135.

Caption For Appleton Le Street, The Village C1960

The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Barn Street 1906

Looking down Barn Street towards the spire of St Martin's Church, the Bethesda Baptist Chapel can be seen on the right.

Caption For Easington, Seaside Road From Church C1955

Easington is set alongside the coast of the North Sea, some five miles north of Spurn Point.

Caption For Polgooth, Village C1955

The old village is seen from near the Wesleyan chapel, looking across to Van Vean Farmhouse in the trees on the far side.

Caption For Twickenham, Richmond Road C1955

In 1965, the municipal borough of Twickenham was merged with those of Barnes and Richmond (against the wishes of many residents) to become the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames under the