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Timber
I lived in Malvern Road and remember the winter of '47 when we had six weeks of snow and wonderful tobogganing on the slopes. My dad was the manager of Park&Brown Jeffery Street and a skilled wood man who was able to build me an ...Read more
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Timber
my father managed Park and brown in Jeffrey Street from 1934 until 1953 a time when it belonged to W.R Barton and Son of Gravesend. I did saturday cash sales work there during the war ; helped carry timber from Gilingham pier on an old ...Read more
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The Bull Hotel
yes remember the bull demolished i and built Macfisheries supermarket in its place left my job with my mate Dave Palmer, we were both employed by Billy Horsborough who was the manager for better buying supermarket and the green grocer ...Read more
A memory of Tonbridge by
Roy Mozley
Hi Roy, remember you well, remember seeing you first at Williams Garment Club, Salford, singing and playing guitar. Then Talk of the North. Did you have the Swinging Bridge at Trafford? My brother and I was only talking about you last ...Read more
A memory of Eccles by
New Discovery
Having lost my original birth certificate I have just received a new copy and find I was born at Gate Burton Hall on the 1st April 1944. I have no memories of the Hall but I reckon its why I love the country, I spent my early years ...Read more
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Memories Of Blundell Road Ditton
born in 1940, and fond memories of schooldays at ditton primary ,in Liverpool road before moving on to simms cross, teachers were Miss Hartles Mr jones Eric Williams, Ankers Sammy Butterworth ,and not forgetting the ...Read more
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Magical Place
My childhood was lived in Burton and Stapenhill - 1952 to 1965 I remember fondly the swan and gardens, running up and down the beautiful rock garden steps. There was a huge willow tree between the swan and the river that hung ...Read more
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Just The Top Place To Grow Up In!
I was born in Stairfoot in 1949, and it was a great village to grow up in. loads of friends, the Langleys and numerous others, We played out for hours on end going to Oxleys fish and chip shop and of course Curly ...Read more
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I Lived On Casson Street Gorton And Was Born In Burton Street Gorton
gorton was the workshop of the world then
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Gate Burton Hall
I am David Bailey's wife and he was born in October 1944 at gate burton hall. His mother was evacuated there and she had David and his twin brother Ray. We hope to visit Lincolnshire in 2015.
A memory of Croydon by
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St Leonard's was laid out by James Burton (father of the more famous Decimus Burton) after 1828.
It is houses like this that make Burton so attractive.
Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road.
The white fronted Burton's at the far end is in the up-to-the-minute Art Deco style favoured by the tailoring company all over the country.
It stood where the southern end of Drake's Circus shopping centre now stands.
Woolworth's store, seen here at the end of this section of Kirkgate (centre), draws shoppers down this precinct past the shops on the right, built in the early 1960s.
The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.
Here we see National Trust shingle and cliffs at the end of Beach Road, with the buildings (top right) comprising the Burton Cliff Hotel.
Marking the end of an era, the Bull Inn at Swyre was one of the last roadhouses to be built in England in the 1930s, enabling Mrs Bessie Case to offer 'hotel accomodation' in time for Defence Area status
Burton's is pre-eminent on the left, and Pricerite is on the right, next to three shoe shops, Lennard's, True-Form and Frisby's.
The council bought the boats from the Croft family of Knott End, who had ferried villagers across the River Wyre for generations.
The view is closed at the far end of the street by Norman Burton's, built in the early 1800s, and just to the right the café sign invites you to Frances Hill's tea rooms.
Here we can see its replacement, a Burton`s store typical of 1950s building styles (one hesitates to call it architecture).
Most buildings in the foreground survive, albeit with their shopfronts altered and with different tenants.
We look eastwards from the bushes and wall of The Grove (left).
Here we can see its replacement, a Burton's store typical of 1950s building styles (one hesitates to call it architecture).
The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.
Branston is just two miles south of Burton, and at one time belonged to Burton Abbey.
F W Woolworth's, with its large window display and traditional sign, occupies a building which dates back to the 15th century, while the foundation stones of Burton's menswear shop, with its flamboyant
Branston is just two miles south of Burton, and at one time belonged to Burton Abbey.
F W Woolworth's, with its large window display and traditional sign, occupies a building which dates back to the 15th century, while the foundation stones of Burton's menswear shop, with its flamboyant
Built in 1806 and known as Burton Hall, this gracious old building was considerably altered in the 1900s by the new owners of the Burton Estate, the Gladstone family, who also changed its name to Burton
Marked out by plough according to the great architect Sir Decimus Burton's directions, streets radiated from the Mount, which was the highest point in a chain of sandhills.
Started as New Hastings by James Burton and his architect son Decimus in 1828, and later renamed St Leonards, this seaside resort is a grand composition of palatial stucco terraces.
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