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Wentworth County Primary School
As far as I can see, no-one has left a memory of my old primary school. So, let me start this off (if I may?): Living in nearby North Road, I attended this school from 1962-68. When I started at the Infants' School, ...Read more
A memory of Dartford by
1965
1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more
A memory of Market Harborough by
Helmshore 1950 1968
I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster ...Read more
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My Memories Of Mossband
I lived with my parents at 28 The Green, Mossband from around 1942 (when I was one year old) until 1949, when my Father, Edward Lovie (a WD constable) died from throat cancer. My memories are all fairly traumatic and ...Read more
A memory of Mossband Ho in 1940 by
St. George's Presbyterian Church
St. George's Presbyterian Church stands in the forefront of this photograph between what was the Co-operative shop and Tommy Jones the fishmongers shop. How long the Presbyterian Church has stood on this site ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1972 by
Blacksmith's Yard
My paternal grandmother Annie Cowell came from Stanford and I have always been led to believe that the space on the left of the house in the foreground, where the trees are, was the site of her father's blacksmith's ...Read more
A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1940 by
Memories Of Leadgate And Iveston 1938 1943
I came to live at Leadgate when I was 12 years old and attended Leadgate Council School which was a large red brick building for infants and juniors, boys and girls. I was at the school for only 2 years, ...Read more
A memory of Leadgate in 1930 by
Gervis Road Collyhurst Flats 1945 1964
My name is Tom Smith. I was born in 17 Gervis Rd, Collyhurst Flats in August 1945. My dad was Jack Smith and my mam was Ada; there were 6 kids, John, Mary, James, (me) Andrew, and Arthur. To me the flats ...Read more
A memory of Collyhurst in 1945 by
The Canal
Hi,my name is Stephen Smith, I lived in Regent Crescent through the 50s and 60s. I guess you all remember the Rochdale canal that runs through Failsworth. What a great place to spend your time. Who needed Disneyland. We used to fish, make ...Read more
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Childhood In War Time Silsden
I grew up in Silsden and also worked in Silsden, as a weaver at Stocks Mill. I lived at 52 New Rd or shed side, as it was known. We lived almost opposite Fletchers mill gates, in a back-to-back two bedroomed terraced ...Read more
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The Old Smithy c1955.
The pantile-roofed building is a workshop or old smithy where a cart is being repaired.
The old post office, dated 1672, is now a residential cottage, but the Old Smithy, over to the right, is open as a needlework gallery.
To the right, just out of the picture, was the site of the old Smithy, now occupied by Goddard and Grants, a stockist of Francis Frith's prints.
The Hippodrome Cinema on Main Street replaced an old smithy, which was demolished in 1913.
At the junction of Old Road and the main road, the A271, was this entrepreneurial former village smithy.
Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.
The old smithy has been here since 1795 - it is still open, and now also houses a small museum.
It was on Goodworth Clatford that a flying bomb landed, destroying the old Royal Oak, the school, the smithy and a row of cottages.
Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England.
Two white-collared Edwardian lads stand behind a trap outside the village smithy in the village which gave its name to the Hope Valley.
It was sold in 1875 for under £300, and the sale included the old smithy next door.
The village pump has been taken away, but the old smithy (centre), later a hearse house, remains.
The roots of tradition run deep here, and some old customs were observed until the 19th century.
WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.
WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.
WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.
The smithy stood there, and in Butts Lane was a tithe barn and turf dales at what was then called West End.
This old gateway in the 19th century gave access to the Taylors Arms, the building half-way up on the left, which was destroyed by fire in 1930.
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