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Part Of My Childhood
I spent many enjoyable school holidays in this town. My Uncle had a store called Staggs the Drapery and clothing store. Back then we used to spend many an hour wandering over to the Quay & the Priory. We also used to ...Read more
A memory of Christchurch in 1953 by
Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.
I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more
A memory of Urmston by
Mitcham
I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more
A memory of Norbury
Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).
Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more
A memory of Great Parndon by
Tosh And I And Easy Pickings
Tosh and I and easy pickings Hi everyone, It's me again with the continuation of my wee story. I was taken by surprise how many people liked and responded to ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
1939 Onwards I Remember
I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which ...Read more
A memory of Harborne in 1940 by
More Memories From A Boy Growing Up In Burghfield
Back in Burghfield around 1962, I clearly remember one day during the School Summer Holiday seeing a Huge Red and Green Steamroller coming towards me with a whole host of Road Tar making ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common by
Those Were The Days
I moved to Ireland Wood from Portsmouth when I was 4 years old with my Mum and dad who was in the navy. We lived at 42 Raynel Way. The house was built by the Council. Most of the houses like ours were made of prefabricated ...Read more
A memory of Cookridge by
The Rhondda Fawr And Me!
My mother was born in Blaenrhondda at the top of the Rhondda Fawr in 1914 and was one of four sisters but she was the only one to leave the Rhondda at the age of fourteen to go into service in England. During WW2 when my ...Read more
A memory of Treherbert by
Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more
A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by
Captions
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The Beardmore family were partners in the Parkhead forge and later acquired the Govan East Shipyard.
Sutton Park is surrounded on all sides by suburbia.
Glyn Neath marks the head of the Vale of Neath, and from here one can head off into the spectacular Brecon Beacons National Park and other popular locations.
Glyn Neath marks the head of the Vale of Neath, and from here one can head off into the spectacular Brecon Beacons National Park and other popular locations.
Sutton Park is surrounded on all sides by suburbia.
Continuing eastwards along the A52 beyond The Sherwin Arms, we come to a complex of council schools, both primary and secondary, built in Bramcote Hill Park.
Cars have now taken over the centre of The Square, but they are facing in different directions; this, coupled with the absence of kerbs and marked parking bays, suggests that this particular car park
The horse-drawn carts are parked outside the photographic shop of Hollis Wilkins, which advertises 'Life-sized Heads, Direct from Life'.
At the divide, under the clock tower, the left-hand fork heads for Pinner village, while the right-hand one will cut through the mediaeval deer park at Pinner Park to Hatch End.
The now vanished Gough Monument, which used to stand in Phoenix Park.
The clock tower stands just inside the main entrance to Queen's Park.
The wide square has parking spaces in the middle; in the left-hand corner stands the King's Head hotel.
A room at the Prospect cost from 4s 6d, with dinner at 6s a head, which put it in the same price as the Grand in Cornwall Road, but more expensive than the West Park, where rooms were from 3s, and dinner
It provided a crossing of the Dee from the Watergate to nearby Curzon Park, as well as for traffic heading to and from the direction of Wrexham.
This spectacular picture of Dinas Head is taken somewhere between Dinas and Fishguard.
The West Lodge and Gates are at the head of De Parys Avenue.
This view of Castle Street was taken in the summer sunlight, with a couple of parked cars and a few pedestrians.
The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.
The handsome triple-arched gateway, with its classical screen and groups of Ionic columns, was intended originally to create a noble approach to the Park from Buckingham Palace.
With a little imagination, we can see the noble profile of a lion`s head on the lovely riverside walk through Dovedale.
This is one of the classic views of the Lake District; it is now used by the modern National Park Authority as its logo.
Berry Head is the southern limit of Torbay, and a country park as well.
The partly Tudor Manor House is at the crossroads in the centre of the village, but at the east end is an equally fine house, Missenden House.
The Square, the building located at the head of the slipway, was once the village post office and is now part of the Mermaid restaurant.
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