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Above Shop Flats
1963: We were so desperate for somewhere to live when we got married that we almost signed up for one of the upstairs flats above the shops. The flats were brand new and looked very attractive back then. The the reality set ...Read more
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My First 21 Years
I was born on 5th July 1948, we lived in one of the houses behind the Wheatsheaf hotel. Our neighbours there were the Wilcocks and the Browns. My Dad, worked as a driver for a furniture company and a coalman and I remember he ...Read more
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The Old Man At Waggoners Wells
The person was probably 'Tiny' who was the National Trust warden. He was also an entertainer who regaled us with stories and jokes of the local area. We met him when we lived at Ford Cottage in the early 1950s. He had names for the swans and each of the cygnets on the second pond.
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Cranford Shops 1980s 2010
Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more
A memory of Cranford
Dai 'the Globe'
Dai 'the Globe' was friendly with Briyn Williams, Ifor Rees, David Alford. We all used to meet at the Coronation Ballroom, Coronation Road. This was the main meeting place for us all. We would listen to the Four Aces and dance ...Read more
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East Stonehouse 1800
My great great great great grandfather Charles Penery, was born at East Stonehouse in 1800/01. He was buried at Ford Park Cemetry in 1874. He married Mary Ann Penery (nee Baskerville) born in 1801. She was burried at Ford ...Read more
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Sparkhill/Sparkbrook
I grew up in Sparkhill between 1960s-1986, , My Father lived in Sparkbrook with his Grandmother Florence Stubley & Aunties, Flora, Dora, Freda & his mother Phyllis for many years before he met & Married my ...Read more
A memory of Sparkbrook
Kiddy Times And Shuffle
In the fifties Kiddy bristled from dawn to dusk and back to dawn again as the Lowry-folk on 'six-'til two' grumbled and tumbled out of their beds and either cycled or 'legged it' (if they couldn't afford the ...Read more
A memory of Kidderminster
A Child Was Born In Bargoed
Born on the 15th April 1950 in my grandparents front room in Bristol Terrace I didn't realize until now what we had in those " good old days". I am a self made millionaire but I would trade all what I have now for those ...Read more
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The Awakening
On the right of the photograph the second shop belonged to Arthur Sansom, the Newsagents and Confectioners. It has a sign board above the shop front: PICTURE POST. In the Easter holidays of 1959 at the age of 14½, I took my first ...Read more
A memory of Locksbottom
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Audrey Axford then ran it until its closure in 1965.
At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright.
At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright.
Notice the telegraph poles supplying the new telephone system to those who could afford it.
Another view showing the popularity of Saltburn as a holiday resort in the years which followed the end of the Second World War, but before the advent of the affordable package
A late 19th-century advertisment for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or anglers
In very early times Fordingbridge was known simply as 'Forde' , a crossing point of the Avon since prehistoric times.
And if you could not afford a television, rent it from DER.
The little concrete pier affords some protection to the fishing boats at Portscatho, although it is barely a harbour. Nare Head and the Gull Rock can be seen across Gerrans Bay.
A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or
A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties
This picture affords us a view across Ironbridge.
However, such pleasures were really only available to those middle-class people that could afford the time to spend in this fashion.
It now houses the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, and affords massive views of the city and, of course, the cathedral.
A favourite epitaph is that over the graves of Thomas Scaife and Joseph Rutherford, killed in a railway accident: 'My engine now is cold and still, No water does my boiler fill; My coke affords its flames
Founded by Nora Clogstoun in 1946, the association is not just concerned with the preservation of these beautiful homes; its primary purpose is to provide affordable homes to rent for local people.
His notable pupil in 1820 was Henry Alford (1810-71) who became Dean of Canterbury.
It afforded magnificent views of the Isle of Man, the Welsh mountains and the Lakeland fells from the viewing platform at the top.
Set on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Moorsholm is surrounded by some beautiful countryside with picturesque lanes affording endless lovely walks.
Many of these houses rented out rooms to summer lodgers who were unable to afford bed and board in more prestigious hotels.
The Bell Inn with its 'good stabling' is obviously for visitors to the town (those who cannot afford to stay at the Feathers or the Angel), while the Wheatsheaf probably serves an even poorer
Spilsby got its market charter in 1302, a little later than Alford, and its centrepiece is the rectangular market place.
Even in a class-ridden Victorian society, Bournemouth entertained anyone who could afford to stay in the town.
It was built in 1879 to a design by J T Darby, with the intended purpose of providing 'a large concert room and other accessories, calculated to afford recreation and amusement to the upper classes.'
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