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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 company. ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

Growing Up

My father came back from war in 1946 I was born in 1948 in Salisbury my father rented a flint cottage in the middle of the woods at Beach’s barn (they were demolished many years ago ) my father was born in Everleigh the family were from ...Read more

A memory of Beach's Barn by Ronald Ayres

The Plantations

Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well.  Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself.  I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1930 by Thelma Hurly

Evacuee

My name was Evelyn Smith "Eve".  I was evacuated to my uncle and aunt's home during the war.  My uncle was Sidney Smith - he was station master.  We lived at 3 Coombe Lea.   Miss Richardson was our school teacher - a really beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Tipton St John in 1940 by Eve White

Forge Cottage (Blacksmith's Cottage)

My family and I lived in Forge Cottage (known to us as the Blacksmith's Cottage) from about 1962 to 1964, whereafter we emigrated to Canada. I have fond memories of the cottage and its low ceilings, the Aga in ...Read more

A memory of Easthampstead in 1963 by Susan Cann

2, Grove Cottages, Leatherhead Road

My brother Ray and myself lived at this address, depicted on the right of the photograph, with our parents, Alec and Doris, known as Dot and Davie. During the war a child from 1, Grove Cottages crawled through ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1944 by Tony Davie

Old Post Office

My Great Aunt Alice Reynolds owned this cottage and ran the Village Post Office from here, until 1971.  This explains why there is a telephone box in the garden!   My mum and her two sisters were evacuated here in the war, then my ...Read more

A memory of Easton Royal by Hazel Fraser

Waterworks Cottages Purley

I spent my childhood living in one of these cottages on the waterworks gated property in Purley. I walked to school under the railway bridge that crossed the road to the left as I walked out the gate. We called them "The ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Mary Porter

Summer Memories Of Picktree Village

In the late 1950’s and as a young boy around 8 or 9 living in the west end of Newcastle, I used to visit my Auntie Bella and Uncle Ted regularly. They lived at Number 3 Picktree Cottages, a short row of picturesque cottages ...Read more

A memory of Picktree by Ben Haddon

Hainton

I hope, I think I am the first to write - I lived in Hainton 1951/54. Our dad worked on the farm just up the road (Stockman). I went to the little school in Hainton. Headmistress - Mrs Slingsby. Do not remember her deputy, but Miss Officer ...Read more

A memory of Hainton by John Brown

Captions

2,020 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.

Caption For Metfield, Main Street C1955

The roofline and dormer windows of the cottage on the left have subsequently been altered.

Caption For Brent Eleigh, C1960

Both the Post Office, now Swan Cottage and Tudor Cottage date from the 17th century.

Caption For Uttoxeter, The Church C1955

The cottages to the right were at this time home and shop to H Woolley, a saddler, as they had been since around 1900.

Caption For Bucklers Hard, C1960

Originally these 18th-century red brick cottages were for estate workers.

Caption For Morcombelake, Old Cottages 1904

Looking south-westwards towards the Stonebarrow Hill, the Forge and Blacksmith's Cottage can be seen on the left and a range of old thatched cottages rise from the Old Post Office (centre).

Caption For Luccombe, Cottages 1890

Beyond the cottages stands the village school, which served the community between 1881 and 1946.

Caption For Selworthy, The Village 1890

An old woman sits below this ancient creeper-clad tree, whilst another poses for the cameraman outside her cottage porch.

Caption For Whitchurch, Market Hill C1955

The castle was to the south of these cottages; its outer bailey was bisected by the later Castle Lane.

Caption For Merriott, Lower Street C1955

It has many old Ham stone cottages, some thatched, and some with stone mullioned windows.

Caption For Swanage, The Mill Pond 1890

The setting south-eastwards from the Mill Pond includes tenements in former Church Farm (left) and cottages on Church Hill (centre), though those below Wyvern Cottage have since been replaced by the

Caption For Newbury, The Weavers' Cottages And The Canal C1955

This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading.

Caption For Chipstead, Shabden Cottages C1955

On the opposite side of the road the sturdy Shabden Cottages, built in 1871, make an attractive row of former estate workers` cottages.

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Caption For Hitcham, C1960

This shows Old Hall (the former medieval Guildhall), the church, Church Lane, Friday Cottage (far right), Fen Lane with its finger post, and the bridge over the river Brett.

Caption For Triscombe, The Blue Ball 1906

On the left is Tally Ho Cottage, now somewhat altered, and to the right The Blue Ball Inn, which occupies both ranges of cottages.

Caption For Melksham, The Hospital C1950

This hospital was built as a replacement for the cottage hospital in Bank Street.

Caption For Calne, Sandy Lane, Thatched Cottages 2003

Copse Cottage (centre) is one of the Grade II listed cottages which form part of what is described as 'an outstanding example of an estate village in the picturesque manner' (Department of Heritage

Caption For Finchingfield, The Pond C1960

This row of cottages pictured is called the Causeway.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, The Village C1960

Prominent buildings include Bricklesey Cottage, the three-storey Cromwell Hotel, and a pair of thatched cottages.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1901

The ivy-clad cottage next to the Camberley Stores was typical of the many cottages in the area.

Caption For Great Tew, The Village And Post Office C1960

J C Loudon, author of the Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture, designed it as an estate village in the 19th century.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village 1902

This photograph looks northwards up the High Street to Donkey Lane and the 17th-century thatched Dormouse Cottage on the corner (centre).

Caption For Sandringham, The Gardener's Cottage 1927

This imposing cottage was for the important Head Gardener, who had over 80 gardeners under his control.

Caption For Nether Stowey, Lime Street C1960

We are looking up Lime Street from its junction with Castle Street; Coleridge's Cottage can be seen at the end on the left.

Caption For Old Cleeve, C1955

St Andrew's Church overlooks a row of 17th-century cottages that now have thatched porches.