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The Capitol Cinema
I used to look forward to the weekend so I could pay my 'tanner' and go to the Saturday morning pictures at the Capitol (now Marks & Spencer I believe). I was born and raised in Barking, Sutton Road (off Movers Lane). Went to ...Read more
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Living In Teddington 1950s To 1980s
We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had ...Read more
A memory of Teddington
Happy Weekends
For some time back in the late '70's/early '80's I used to ride my motorbike from Worcester to visit my then girlfriend, Judith, at Sawtry. She had a post as a teacher at the nearby school. Used to love the ride on a sunny, summer ...Read more
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Railway Info.
The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid ...Read more
A memory of Barnstaple in 1870
Bits I Recall
Trolley buses ran along Green Lanes from Finsbury Square; turning right for Enfield at Mason's Corner. The 244 route went from Collegiate School, Winchmore Hill to Muswell Hill. Chalkleys the bakers was on the corner of The Green ...Read more
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Tommy Porthcawl On The Seashore.
Tommy was the ventrioquist's dummy and the morning's show was not to be missed when on family holiday from Penarth in early August 1936. I would be eight in the October of that year. As far as I recollect there was ...Read more
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Cinemas In Croydon
I lived in Croydon until 1969 (the year I got married and moved away). My Dad - Len Marsh - was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and we lived very near the Rex Cinema, Norbury, closed in 1962. Dad was based there for a time, ...Read more
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Greenham's The Butchers & Brewer's The Grocers
In 1954, as a 17 year old cashier bookkeeper, I started work for Mr Greenham, whose butcher's shop was near the top of Broad Street. Some years later (in 1958), I went to work at Brewer's, the ...Read more
A memory of Lyme Regis in 1954 by
Greenwich In The 1940s And 1950s
I was born, during the Battle of Britain, at 8, Roan Street. Our back yard bordered St Alfege's churchyard. The house is not there any more because it had to be pulled down after the war. We had several 'near-hits' ...Read more
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Little Boy's Heaven
In 1961 or 1962, as a small boy of 5 or 6 my mum, brought me to Hednesford to visit her grandmother, my great-grandmother, Emily Chetwyn. A diminutive lady, we, the children, called her little nana. I believe she lived in the ...Read more
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It is the word used for all mooring places on the Broads, whether along the river or up an inlet.
The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage.
Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.
Away from the broad, along the staithe, the moored boats can bob gently in the calmer water.
The classic Broads marshland scene with an open-trestle windpump.
Cowan Bridge is a place of pilgrimage for the Bronte Society.
The library was donated by the town's other benefactor, Thomas Blake, in 1873 – it is located towards the bottom of Broad Street.
This placid scene depicts the Broads as every water traveller would wish to experience them.
This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.
This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.
This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street.
Much of this prosperous market town north of the Broads was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.
Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.
This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.
The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.
By 1965 most of the boats on the Broads were motorised.
Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.
A favourite pub for many years, the Pleasure Boat Inn these days is the starting point for a water trail which visits the reed beds which make this part of the Norfolk Broads an important wildlife habitat
Oulton was another of the series of medieval broads stretching northward into Norfolk.
The Fleet Dyke flows from the River Bure to South Walsham Broad.
Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.
As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.
A small broad off the busy river Bure, Salhouse in 1902 displayed the tranquillity of the English countryside beloved by Victorian artists.
The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.
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