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Part 11
And had an inter-house sports day annually that was highly contested. The school was divided into four houses, St Columbus, St Aiden, and St Patrick and St Cuthbert’s. Church attendances were very high, poor Fr. Tuohey had to give ...Read more
A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by
The Charles Family Home At 39 Cwm Road.
39 Cwm Road in 1946 The family home, at 39 Cwm Road, was on the ‘cellar side’, which was deemed to be an advantage, since the houses were three-storeyed and sported an extra kitchen, scullery and pantry, ...Read more
A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1946 by
Memories Of My Gran
I was born in Tean and in about 1957, when I was 8 yrs old, I was allowed to travel to Cheadle alone on the PMT service buses. I was 8yrs old. My gran would meet me at the cinema stop on Butlers Hill. She would ...Read more
A memory of Cheadle in 1957 by
Grange Over Sands,
Hi I have a very old postcard on the then N.E.C. Convalescent Home at Grange-Over-Sands, my father was there in or around the 1930's - he was there there quite a long time till he recovered from his illness. I wonder if ...Read more
A memory of Grange-Over-Sands by
My Worst Nightmare As A Child
Yes, I was there around 56/59 ish. My last name was COAD, boy how I hated that name. Most of my memories of this place WAS HELL. The guy running this place was called Padbury, he was a God fearing mother, oh how I ...Read more
A memory of Glenfield in 1957 by
Middle Rainton Part 4
Pathways were made up of compressed dirt, West Street (facing West Rainton), Back Row (facing the Meadow’s Pit), Lewis Street running parallel with Back Row) and Cross Street running parallel with West Street). Krone ...Read more
A memory of Middle Rainton in 1940 by
One Day At A Time
A precised extract from the chapters in my biography relating to wartime evacuation, and particularly to Garnant. I stared morosely out of the window and watched the landscape slip by as the steam train chugged its way through ...Read more
A memory of Garnant in 1940 by
The Other Side Of Hyde Road
We had long warm summers with some rain and all the children could play together without too much bickering, our little group lived in a small area from Wren Street to Ashmore Street. Not all the kids went to St Marks ...Read more
A memory of Gorton in 1948 by
Early Years
SIRENS WAILING, Get up, wrap a blanket around yourself, stand on the bed and wait for Dad (Alfred Roger) or Eddith Mary (Mum) to come and go down 13 stairs and out to the shelter that was in the garden. Joyce my older sister would have ...Read more
A memory of Southall in 1944 by
Countryside Memories Holidays In The 1950s
The journey from our home in North Essex to my grandparents’ home in North Derbyshire took almost a full day back in the 1950s, allowing of course for periodic stops along the way. The first, usually at ...Read more
A memory of Glossop in 1955 by
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Today they range from business management services and marketing consultants, antiques shops, and cafes to private homes.
Its green light has a range of ten miles.
The openness of the village centre is striking, with some good later 18th/early 19th-century houses ranging either side of the grass-banked brook, with its modest urban district council railings
Like the tobacco lords and cotton kings of earlier generations, they were lavish benefactors to the city, and the incredible range of fine buildings is the legacy of their munificence.
Not to be outdone by old Joseph Hirst, he too built a church and another school, and added the post office, the village club and a range of fine houses throughout the village.
The cottages are now shops, but the timber-framed gabled range adjacent remains in residential use.
The whole range, including the Eastern Electricity showroom with the clock, was demolished and rebuilt in 1974-75 with an identical façade.
Ranged around this major road junction, they were well placed to receive passing custom.
The head gardener and his staff were accommodated in a purpose-built and elaborate range of houses, bothies, potting sheds and greenhouses (together with the adjoining stable block, these were converted
Beyond is Sandy Bay, Littleham's own beach, once a smugglers' cove but now the setting for one of England's largest caravan sites, often echoing with gunfire from the Royal Marines training range
The company's competitive spirit soon ranged further afield, even as far as Russia and Australia.
The state-brewed beer was generally well regarded and the C&DSMS invested in several grand new pubs, with designs that ranged from mock Tudor to Moroccan elegance, which still grace the city
It reopened in 1856, with a wider range of subjects on offer, and numbers started to rise dramatically.
The Thames Gateway initiative will improve economic growth and provide an improved quality of life and range of opportunities for all the residents in Basildon.
The park has extended the shopping zone with a range of high street stores that includes Next, T K Maxx and J J B Sports.
Nearby Higham Park was once the home of Count Zborowski, whose racing exploits were the inspiration for the book 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' by Ian Fleming.
The Count also raced the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, the subject of a Disney film.
They regularly bang into the overhanging timber building on the left; its timbers have been dated to 1403/04.
When this picture from the gallery was taken, the prime minister was Lloyd George, and the despatch box on the right still had dents made by Gladstone's rign when he banged the box during his long speeches
Among the market traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down prices by shouting out the price and banging on an old tea chest.
Among the market traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down prices by shouting out the price and banging on an old tea chest.
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