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Memories

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The 50s At School

I remember starting school at the 'old' school and then after 3 years moving to the new school - it seemed huge and daunting and many of us got lost in the first few weeks. Pyrford was great to grow up in then - we had fields to ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Ron Hardie

Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

My Memories Of Broadstone

My earliest memories of Broadstone stem from about 1937 when I was five years old. We lived in Southbourne at the time and frequently went to Broadstone at weekends to visit my "aunt Flo" and her family who lived at ...Read more

A memory of Broadstone by Keith Musselwhite

Bradford House

My daughters and I lived happily at Bradford House for seven years in the late 1990's ... The house was originally two 17th century cottages at right angles to each other. The Victorians then re-modelled one of the ...Read more

A memory of Bradford-on-Tone by Sheelagh G Garner

Rose View

1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother ...Read more

A memory of Polgooth in 1970 by Tami Cross Halls

When I Was A Child

My father was born in Great Bedwyn, his name Arthur Maurice Hatter. When I was young in 1952 we were invited to stay with a member of his family in 47 High Street, I remember they had a wonderful garden, layered with full ...Read more

A memory of Great Bedwyn in 1952 by Arthur Hatter

The Anchor

I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Deepfields by Robert Leadbeater

Saturday Cinema

I was born in 1950 at my grandparents house on Quebec Street, in the Werneth/Westwood area. I lived in Limeside at 86, Pine Tree Road and attended Limehurst junior school and then went on to Hollins Secondary school. Saturday always ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by Larry Walton

Old Teacher At Martock C Of E Primary Scool

Hullo, Martock and Bower Hintoners of 1962! My name is Richard James. Currently I am 86 and still ‘ with it’ , I like to think. The happiest teaching year of my whole life was at Martock, and I was the ...Read more

A memory of Bower Hinton by Richard James

The Post Office

1971 - 1984: Whilst I lived in village the Post Office was where you got all you needed in an emergency. As a little one, I personally loved the vending machines on the wall. In those days we all used to be sent out for groceries ...Read more

A memory of Polgooth by Tami Cross Halls

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Captions

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Caption For Oakham, The Hawthorne Horse 1932

The Old Barn, now Oakham School shop, can be seen to the right.

Caption For Hutton, C1947

The right-hand house, converted from an old barn, bears the coat of arms of Christopher Kenn over the doorway.

Caption For St Michaels, Garstang Road C1960

Glebe Farm and the tithe barn disappeared in the 1960s; the original thatched roof was under corrugated iron sheeting.

Caption For Beaminster, 1902

Beaminster today is not so very different from the old Dorset village that the dialect poet William Barnes would have known.

Caption For Oakham, Hawthorn Horse C1955

The Old Barn is opposite the row of terraced cottages.

Caption For Styal, The Village 1897

started out as a nonconformist, in his case, a Unitarian, and at Styal village is the Unitarian chapel he built, besides the Methodist chapel which he allowed his workers to convert from an old barn

Caption For Polgooth, Village C1955

There is an air of dereliction in this picture; the site of the old barn on the right has been redeveloped as the Polmewan Flats.

Caption For Burwell, Steven's Mill C1955

The old mill is now a landmark for the Museum of Fenland Life, which is situated in the old barns alongside.

Caption For Wherwell, Village 1901

On the right the old farmyard and barns recently became Kingsmill Barns and Cottages.

Caption For Empingham, Nursery Close C1960

Further down, a large barn and an old house beyond.

Caption For Eastcote, Field End Road 1964

Among the old buildings, close to the new centre, is Barn House, an early barn conversion of little merit, Field End Farm House, Field End Lodge and Retreat Cottage, all timber-framed.

Caption For Betchworth, Village And Church C1939

The old black-painted tithe barn stands on the right.

Caption For Polgooth, Village C1955

The old village is seen from near the Wesleyan chapel, looking across to Van Vean Farmhouse in the trees on the far side.

Caption For Hallow, The Village C1955

The old brick barn still stands, but these lovely cottages have been replaced by two red-brick modern houses.

Caption For Panfield, Hall 1906

The Hall occasionally throws open its farmyard and barns to host the village fête.

Caption For Heysham, Main Street 1947

Heysham old village is an attractive place, with an assortment of stone cottages lining the streets.

Caption For Sheet, Green 1898

Between the village hall and the large windowless barn on the left, the picturesque group of houses has now been converted to Lion House.

Caption For Easington, Tithe Barn And Church C1955

As with most rural churches, All Saints' had an attached farm and barn.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.

Caption For Billingshurst, The Village 1928

The shop of W J Barnes (on the left) stands on the causeway; it was formerly the old family shop of Joseph Luxford, a carrier.

Caption For Easington, Seaside Road From Church C1955

As with most rural churches, All Saints' had an attached farm and barn.

Caption For Over Kellet, The Green C1955

The shop is an old property, and so is the long barn (left) under the trees, but some newer houses have appeared.

Caption For West Witton, The Duck Pond 1911

On the left is the old wool store and barn.