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Ymca Agricultural Training Centre Ham Green Pill
In February 1949, my husband, Derek, travelled from London to start agricultural training at the YMCA Agricultural Training Centre at Ham Green, Pill, on a scheme known as 'British Boys for British ...Read more
A memory of Pill in 1949 by
Where I Grew Up
I was born at 19 London Road, Tanyard Cottages near Holy Trinity Church. My grandadparents lived in Station Road near the village hall. My great aunts owned Hope Cottage Farm, Station Road. Many times when I was a kid I ...Read more
A memory of Hurst Green in 1958 by
War Years Borth Y Gest
I am Anne Keating (nee Drake) and was on holiday at the outbreak of war and stayed there for the duration. My Grannie owned Wendon where Marjorie & Olive were evacuated, I remember them both, we were all about the ...Read more
A memory of Borth-y-Gest in 1940 by
Thoburn
In 1937 Albert & Gladys Thoburn took possession of Townfoot Cottage, the second house in the village. In 1940 Albert went to India and Thomas was born in March 1940. After the War when Albert returned home he met his son for the ...Read more
A memory of Cumwhitton in 1946 by
The Newsagent In Minster High Street
I have only just seen this site for the first time and was very surprised to see the photograph of the newsagent's shop in the High Street. My mother's sister Elsie Atwell, nee Keen was married to ...Read more
A memory of Minster by
The Bells Of Aber Dovey
My brothers and I would cycle from Borth to Ynyslas sand dunes from where we could see the village of Aber Dovey nestled on the other side of the estuary. We were told that on a clear day if you listened carefully you would ...Read more
A memory of Aberdyfi
Th 1950 60's
Paul Ashton has great memories of happy holidays in Borth y Gest as a teenager when a guest in the home of Chris Moore and his family - it was a magical place and despite changes over the years keeps its special aura........... we look forward to many more visits
A memory of Borth-y-Gest
Talybont Growing Up
I lived in Maes-y-deri Talybont as a child until I left to go to Australia in 1976. I remember Talybont school as a great place to go and we sang in the Chapel frequently. We also belonged to a youth group though the name ...Read more
A memory of Talybont in 1972 by
Summer Holidays At Dol Y Bont
I have very fond and happy memories of Borth & Dol-y-Bont. Most of my childhood school holidays were spent in the lovely village of Dol-y-Bont where my grandparents, Nan and Pop Pallister lived. They originally ...Read more
A memory of Dol-y-Bont in 1975 by
South Street
My dad was stationed at no 1 South Street (old police house) in the year I was born, he was a PC. Then I believe we moved to 1 Almshouse Lane. My mum died in 1952,leaving behind my young sister and me and my dad. Dad eventually ...Read more
A memory of Ilchester in 1947 by
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This view illustrates the three main occupations of the people of Borth – seafaring, farming, and tending to the needs of holidaymakers.
Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.
The square is named after the founder of the burgh.
To the north of Borth lies Ynyslas, which consists of a fine series of sand dunes, many now protected as a National Nature Reserve.
This is the original nucleus of Borth village from which picture No 30253 was taken (page 59).
This small village had a café, the Dolybont Café (centre), whose sign was visible from the road between Talybont and Borth – the proprietors hoped that holidaymakers would stop on their way to or from
St Matthew's Church was built on a hillock a few hundred yards inland from Borth.
This is the first view that many visitors would have had of Borth.
were planted to commemorate AE Housman, the poet most famous for his volume of poems 'A Shropshire Lad' - one poem begins 'Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough
also met his death in the New Forest by 'a pestilential blast', while the King's nephew - also called Richard - died either by being shot by an arrow or by strangulation after being caught up in the boughs
Medieval Gothic arches can be seen beyond the splendid cedar's spreading boughs, while the rest of the house has more of a Tudor character.
Beyond them is the headland on which the Borth war memorial was built after the First World War.
Only the Burgh Heath Parade and the petrol station are recognisable today in this view from The Green, Reigate Road.
Much of Borth consists of a single street with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen's houses built in the lee of
also met his death in the New Forest by 'a pestilential blast', while the king's nephew, also called Richard, died either by being shot by an arrow or by strangulation after being caught up in the boughs
Clydebank became a burgh in 1886.
A royal burgh and port, Irvine was, by the 1920s, a town of 7,000 inhabitants.
The mansion of the mighty 15th-century De Burgh family, with a great central hall and long side wings, it is a miracle it survived, having at various times been a prison, a factory and tenements.
It was made a royal burgh in 1592.
Nork is a suburb that merges south into Burgh Heath in the large triangle between Reigate Road, Brighton Road and Fir Tree Road, the north boundary of Nork.
Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.
An ancient royal burgh, Perth was once capital of Scotland.
Jabez Goode was an interesting man who lived in Burgh le Marsh in Victorian times.
To the north of the north porch there is a massive, very ancient yew tree, its weary boughs propped on posts.