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I was born in 1949 and spent my childhood in Foulden until I was around 14 when we moved to Brandon in Suffolk. My grandmother, Mrs Hunn, lived in the village till she died aged 96. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me and my family, or who also has connections with this village and could share some photos perhaps and some happy memories of the past.. From Christine Scigala..
I was brought up on Mill Road, Newthorpe. I went to Beauvale School, then Walker Street. I clearly remember walking to school with snow so deep that it covered the top of my wellies. I remember teachers; Mrs West, Mrs Laycock and Mr Besick who petrified the life out of me. I hated that school and hated Walker Street even more, but it's a shame that the schools haven't stayed the same.
I grew up here from 1953 to 1970 when I left the village and went to sea in the Merchant Navy.Born in the only cottage next to the hospital at end of Pant street, but at age of 5 moved to Highfield Crescent where my parents lived all their then lives. I was a paper boy for Cliff Davies, my round was Highfield Crescent and Lewis Street. Used to spend my teenage time in and around Aserattis café, great times with Chris ...see more
Hi my name is Diane and I grew up on Lawmuir, my dad lived and worker at Lawmuir I still remember helping my dad with the cows and I remember being chased by the pig and being butted by the goat - I really hated that goat. My dad's name - Rab (Robert) Kennedy, he was a great dad, he did not mind having us hang around. My favourite job was making the milk formula for the calves and feeding them. To this day I still remember ...see more
For over thirty years MATHEW BROWN played the BIG BASE DRUM for the local Salvation Army Band. Marching back one morning from an open air service MATHEW slipped on the ice as we marched down a steep hill known as COO BRAE. Mathew went down head over heels but amazingly managed to get up to signal the double beat at the end of the tune. Someone commented, I have heard of a Drum Roll Mathew but ...see more
Does anyone remember the school opening in 1957 (I think), everyone was a little bewildered as to where our classrooms were.
Mr. (Chalky) White was headmaster. I recall Mr. Stewart (history), Mr. Palmer (Geography), Mrs Stringer (domestic science) Miss Wilson? (Music).
Any other memories? I was in B grade then rose to A in my last year.
We had sport along the village opposite a shop where we some would ...see more
I grew up in Witton Gilbert, Rose Lea in the 1980/90s. (not really 'history' I know) But my childhood memories, which always make me think of it as a small close village with so much character, are the milkman, Tommy (I think) (who in my mind looked like Jack Nicholson!), an oldish man who used to ride past on the road everyday on an old bike with a basket of pigeons on the front. The coal men who everyone ...see more
Re the photo of Northlew Bridge, I am sure this is me, the tallest girl, my sister the smallest girl and the other is my cousin. My grandparents lived in Northlew and we went down from Bolton to visit for holidays.
I used to live in the Dukes Head. My uncle & aunt, Dot and Joe Craston, they were the tenants and I lived there with my mum and stepfather, Peggy and Derek Stone. Many good memories of the area apart from Collingwood School which I hated, all now departed, I wonder if anyone one here remembers them?
i was brought up on big Cullamores Farm in the 50>s and 60<s , which borders the downs banks. I have many happy memories of roaming the Downs with school friends, it was our play ground. I am at the moment researching the farm and am back to 1750. When I was 19 I used to horse ride there also. Very happy days
Hi Does anyone remember a Thomas John Jones? His father was called William and lived at 7 Greenfield Cottages, Church Street, Bedwas. I only know that they lived at this address in 1935. Thomas would have been in his twenties. They were both coal hewers. Any info would be greatly received as Thomas was my grandad but I have no history of him and am researching my family tree. Thank you
My grandfather was the owner of Gaywood Hall; my mother lived here with her four sisters. I still have old photos and I'm hoping to visit for my 70th birthday in September 2013 with my two children. I cannot remember the hall, but have always wanted to see where my family lived, and visit the area.
I was stationed in Netheravon, not sure of the year, had a good time there, played football for the village.
Well, Byrness Utd, the lads in the village made the team up. We played local villages - we made the goal posts out of trees and we nicked the paint out of dad's shed to mark the pitch - this was around the year of 1967-68. We saved up for the kit which was orange and white - we wanted Chelsea kit, but the bloke who went to get it came back with the wrong colour. I can still name the players; K Oliver, P Oliver, J ...see more
WOW! I am Yvonne Blake (ne Hoare) the memories here are wonderful and yes we remember the Odeon where my sister Shirley and brother David went while I went to Burtons for ballroom dancing lessons. We lived at number 22 Manor Road with my gran and pa (surname Page), we lived opposite Coshall's shop and our aunt lived next door, with sons John and Robert Parish. If anyone is into the clubs and ...see more
I have been a au pair girl in Warlingham 40 years ago. I never forget my time in the family. Good memories and a beautiful family. francoise
I remember visiting my Great Aunty Kit who lived in the old school house, I think it was Bekesbourne, but it could have been Littlebourne (her husband had fallen on train tracks during the war and died). The school room was off-limits, but she showed my sister and I once and we were spooked by the old fashioned desks in rows, and the darkness of the room. While the adults were talking we would be allowed ...see more
Michael and Jimmy. I grew up in no1 Springfield Villa, next to Don and Vera and opposite Barry and Andrea. I have many happy memories of growing up there. I married in 91 at Dacre Church and my 4 children were christened there. I was gutted when my parents left there for Baggy.
I used to sit and make shell animals with Vera!
Michael, I used to take you out in your pram.
How lovely to hear about his little area of Dacre. (My surname was Carr)
This was a Boys Grammar School. Their uniform was a cap and blazer with broad black and dark red stripes.
During the war a number of the large houses in Frognal were evacuated by their wealthy owners, "For The Duration". Their overgrown gardens, though not easily accessible, became 'Adventure Playgrounds" and their fruit trees a source of 'scrumping', for local local children.
Having lived from 1938 to 1959 in the adjacent Lymington Road, which backs onto the Richmond-Broad Street Line serving this station and having passed it daily to and from my way to school/work, I would question classifying it as "Swiss Cottage", which is 10 minutes walk further east.
However, I can tell you that the newspaper seller, on the right of the entrance, was known to us ...see more
My family all come from around Newark but my grandma on my mother's side lived in Edwinstowe and worked on her husband's farm. I recall visiting the farm on warm Sunday afternoons in my dad's car. I would go off exploring the farm on my own and watching the lad, of a similar age, milking the cows. I would be around 7/8 years old.
Afterwards we would all go to the forest and play cricket for hours. Happy days.
Am trying to piece together my life while in England. I was sent to some kind of institution when I was a few months old, probably in 1945/46. I believe that place was in the North of England. Then my mother picked me up and took me to Southall, and what I'm trying to remember is the name of the street in Southall that I spent my next year or so before being put into childrens homes in ...see more
My mum and dad owned York House Cafe and shop which was situated just a few yards to the right of where this picture was taken from. I have many happy memories of growing up in Weybridge. (I would have been 9 when this picture was taken) I originally went to St. James school, just off Baker Street but moved to Wallop School just down the bottom of Hanger Hill. We eventually moved in 1960 to Chilham in Kent. I ...see more
What a joy to read all the memories. I lived in the terrace houses down the side of the Welfare, leaving when I was 12 to live in the new Coal Board estate. All my childhood was spent playing down Green Lane on the pit stacks, walking round Ackton and sometimes venturing up to Purston Park. We used to go down and paddle in the 'reser' down even though there were sometimes the odd dumped dead dog in there! ...see more
My mother and father had their honeymoon in Llanddulas. It was the favourite camping place for the company of the Boys' Brigade attached to our church in Denton, near Manchester.
My first memory of this place was in 1943; yes during World War II.
I was camping in the family tent, with my mother and father during the war when, during the night the sirens sounded. Llanddulas was the main ...see more
I have an old wristwatch which belonged to my great uncle, which was bought by the people of Abergwynfi, presented to rifleman Arthur Hanford on being awarded the military medal 1914.
Kilbirnie man, James Fairly, better known as JIMMY went on a camping holiday with four others to Fort William. We had car trouble on the way and had to pay the cost of that. This left us with reduced spending power and on the way home we were running low on petrol. Jimmy brought out from the boot of the car a bottle of whiskey he had bought as a present. Jimmy poured the whisky into the petrol tank and to our ...see more
I knew Patrick Mackay well, he was 2 years older than me when we attended York Road School together. I have passed on everything I remember to the researcher.
My name is Iain McNab, my family and I enjoyed lovely summer holidays at my grandfather's (John Rollo) house the old manse at Foss. I know that there was a tragic accident that befell the young boy that lived there before my grandfather and used to feel that the boy was still in the house watching my self and my sister. I never felt scared, just aware of something, nobody else felt it. It didn't spoil the holidays, I just loved the place, plenty of room to run around . Happy days.
I was born in Lymington Rd, West Hampstead. My dad was employed by the council. I later worked for Fotoco, Finchley Rd and R.Fox, Hampstead, went on to be a chauffeur, a bus driver, and an ambulance driver. I also worked at Bennetts in Oxford St, John Cooper, I used to go out for pint or 2 on Finchley Rd and the West End, does anyone know where Mike the Flower moved to as he was an old mate. His family had a flower stall outside Finchley Rd tube station - he lived down Rosemont Rd.
Hello, I lived in West HAMPSTEAD from 1941 to 1970. I now live in Yorkshire. I am looking for some old mates from that time they are - David Jacobs from Rundu Rd , Bill Taylor of Clermonte Rd, John of Lymington Rd, Mike the flower, Rosemont Rd.
Hello, I was just taking a look online at the churches etc in Goldenhill. My late father, James - Jim to many - was buried in St Johns graveyard way back in 1961, hence the interest. Much to my surprise, I saw a posting by my cousin Frank so sent him a little message. Memories of Goldenhill are mixed, my mother's family hailed from that area, my father was from Glasgow. Uncle George, my ...see more
I really don't know where to start as I feel very emotional about the beautiful little village that 'Penrhyn' was, all those years ago. The very centre with the war memorial, the pump where everyone had to go to fetch their water, the smithy, and the one storey whitewashed dwellings should have been preserved; it was unique as I saw it. My late father, David (Dafydd) John Edwards lived there with his ...see more
Porch Cottage must be called the happy house because as three little girls from a chemical town in the North West we also spent our summers there......of course we are now aged 58, 61 and 63 years old but we recently went back down to visit the cottage - our youngest sister flew in from Tampa, Florida, where she now lives and we took lots of pictures......a few tears were shed ...see more
Does anyone remember a young lady called Susan Cole who lived with her family on Priestfields Ave/Rd, Rochester. Sue was good friends with my brother, Alan Turner, in the 60's; they met on holiday in Broadstairs and remained in contact for a number of years. We wondered if she or any of her family still lived in the area or if anyone has any information?
My memory of Northfield is hearing that my Aunt Alice lived there. She, my Uncle Jack, her husband and children John, Pat and Joyce, lived in Tedstone Road, Harbourn. I saw Joyce and Pat last in 1983 at my mum's funeral. I would love to hear from any of them. Their surname is Foreman. My uncle and his son, John, worked at Longbridge car factory. Alice and my mum were sisters. If anyone reads this and know them, please add a comment.
Hi there, I wonder if anyone remembers a coffe house in Woolwich - all the solders on demob pinned their shoulder flashes on the wall - it was coverd in them. We were stationed at Connaught Baracks. It was said to be Flo Nightingale place that she trianed her nurses. The Hexagon bulding at the end of Grand Depot Road and Herbert Road was the mortuary. We were no 1 War Office Signal Squadron, any contact welcome, Ken.
I was born at Low Westwood, a small mining village in the North East of England in 1955 – well, when I say I was born there, that’s not entirely true. Unlike today, children were born at home not in hospital and I was actually born in my Gran’s spare bedroom in the nearby market town of Consett at 2.00 one October Wednesday afternoon. The only “medical” intervention was ...see more
I remember playing for Netley Boys Club - the team was run by Ernie Chambers and Lou Jones, RIP both of you. They were amazing and we had a good team; Chris Queen in goal, he had trials with Newcastle United, his big brother Bob, George Jones, Lou's son, was Captain, Kevin Crotty, Arthur Chambers, Roy Kinge who married my sister in law, Chippy Woods. Our resident photographer Ken Skinner (still best ...see more
Hi, there are so many memories. School friends Ann Warren, Pamela Davies, Desmond Hill, Julian Cook. Browns tobacconists - I can still smell it. I was born in High St. My grandparents, Mr & Mrs T Gwilliam lived in ALEXANDRA Rd. My cousins June and Jill Gwilliam still live in Six Bells but we lost touch. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers, Marilyn Goode
Hi, I was born in 1945 at 9a Rectory Road, Gateshead. I was adopted 6 weeks later by Edna and Jack Dixon. My name then was Joy Dixon. I attended Brighton Road school for 10 years. I left the the north when I was 19 and have lived in Nottingham ever since. Please get in touch if anyone remembers me. I have been married 49 years and have 3 sons in their 40s. We moved to 118 Claremont Street when I ...see more
fond memories, my school was at the bottom of the Avenue
My family, that is my mum and dad and two sisters, went to Hele Bay Hotel for our summer holidays for three years, arriving at Ilfracombe on the Alantic Coast Express from Waterloo. Great holidays when you are a young lad, and walking over the Torrs to Ilfracombe. Fond memories from all those years ago. I am now 82 years of age and this is a new thing for me, cheers.
I would luv to see any photographs of the street parties for Steeley Lane, especially those taken in and on the front of the.RAILWAY PUB! thanx to anyone who who could help!
I lived in Burham probably 1948 to mid fifties. Does anyone remember the old camp site over the hill at the crossroads of Church St. & Court Rd.
At these crossroads stood 17 big elm trees, the camp was setup for displaced people with Nissan huts & some brick buildings, it was an old Army camp as it still had the old gun sites there, we used to play in them & catch newts in the underground shelters.
Does anyone have any photos of this? if so can they please share?
Thanks, Max
When I was going out with my now husband of over fourty eight years, in the early sixties, we used to go to the Parrot pub and we thought it was by the river? We have been back a few times and it is no longer by the river? There is a lot of new office buildings close to the river so we are confused and wondered if anyone else has memories of this. We met while working at Hugh Wyllie in Guildford and that building ...see more
Must have been in the early 1970s when I allowed myself to be roped in as an instructor, along with Charles Sheldrick, of Charlwoods Road, and three others; to my shame, I can't properly remember their names. One was a plumber who lived in Charlwoods Road (first house on the left coming out of Kennedy Avenue); His surname may have been Westfield, or Westlake. Then there was an ...see more
How exciting it was to find the Reference to Elm Farm. As a boy I grew up on Elm Farm and remember very fondly collecting eggs up in the hay barn & milking the cows. Mrs Tompkins was my mum, selling eggs & produce. I can still smell the tractor fumes when we were harvesting hay. I also had a lot of fun going down to the duck pond. I had gone to Bletchley Primary School.
Regards Bruce
I lived with my parents in the right hand side of the white house shown above (almost opposite the W & D bus station) from 1938-57. The house to the left with a hedge around the door was a small private girls school in my early memories
As the war built up we saw servicemen and women, our own, and from many countries we had previously only read about. I saw Queen Mary, having ...see more
I remember Fred and Jack Fryer, and a son if I remember correctly who went in the navy. I would often wait on the beach at night beside their lantern which would guide them back to shore after an evenings fishing.
Did Jack move to Felixstowe? I stayed with my grandparents in Hill House, their name was Gunthorpe. I played in the woods with my bows and arrows: dived through the waves: collected live .303 ...see more
My father, Syd Cheale, was an evangelist with the European Christian Mission and we cared for many children and teenagers at Farleigh Dene in Cliddesden, Basingstoke. Dad and Mum told them about the Bible and Christianity. My parents prayed for many years for a revival in the Churches and a Charismatic Revival began in our very home there in Cliddesden in the 1960s. It was the start of the Charismatic ...see more
My mother as a young girl, together with her sister, were orphaned and found a home by a Liverpool society at Llanfairfechan. She remembered a plaque on the wall of the home to the young men who had died during the great war. She remembered the Balmoral Hotel as being very luxurious place to stay and the near tragedy of a group of Jewish children who came on holiday to Llanfairfechan, they mistook the ...see more
Hi, my surname was Brooker then when I attended like yourselves - was good memories. Sr Ita and Sr Shelia were my favourites I must admit. I went to the school reunion - it was good to catch up with a lot people I didn't even know, but was good. Its now an old peoples home - hope they are all happy there like we once were. If Marie Bedwell reads this, it be great to catch up with you after all these years.
This view of A La Ronde is little changed from 2013 - perhaps less greenery growing up the walls and better formal flower bed planting near the entrance. What made the visit special for me was being encouraged to play their grand piano. Its an unusual one made around 1870 by the Gebruder Knake workshop of Munster, Germany. The room stewards at this National Trust property are friendly and helpful and when they ...see more
I must have been lying in my pram as my oldest memory is of seeing a large formation of planes flying overhead.
Some years later, it must have been a very hot summer's day, a convoy of trucks passed by with the remains of crashed planes on them. We saw them out of the open door of primary 2 as they drove along Lochwinnoch Road towards the Cross.
I've many other memories of the Village I was born in and grew up in.
l remember the pit tubs running under the houses to the colliery where my dad worked down the mines, and when we used to chuck his snap over to him when the tub ran past. Also remember the bleak cold winters when it snowed and we had to dig our way out of the snow to get out of the front door. Also to get to the toilets, which were outside in the yard - some times it was that cold in there, ...see more
We moved to collyhurst in the 60's I lived at 6 Central Drive, my name then was Wilds. I went to St Malachy's school, my teacher was Miss Hugh's. I also remember Miss Le-hey and Sister Madeleine. When I was about 13/14 I helped behind the counter at Dobsons. My parents were Mary and Jimmy, my sister Linda and brothers Tommy and John. I remember Rafflo the ice-cream man, Bristow the coal man, Fanny ...see more
A cracking wee place, born in Edingburgh, but used to visit a pal of my brother's Richard (Tich Duncan) his sister Scoots is still in the village, I liked nitten so much I bought a house there?, 13 years now, my kids have all grown up here, great days, anyone should think about a visit, great museum and a cracking wee place.
I lived in Hickman Road and went to Montgomery St School from1945 to 1951, if anyone remembers me please phone 01527 757017 or 07813499543. Annette Tomlinson now Finn Mr Issacs was the headmaster then, I also remember Mr Stone and Mr Roycroft I would really like to catch up
My grandfather, John Green, lived in Market Drayton and was a conjuror, entertainer, guitarist, ventriloquist and artist. My grandmother was Annie Caroline Green and they had 7 children. Does anyone have any memories of the family.
Yes the bakers was Parkers, but before that it was called "Fowlers" and that name was in the mosaic floor in their doorway. They used to do lovely cream cakes.
My mum who had moved to Southall in 1932, went to Western Road School just round the corner from Derley Road where she lived. I followed in her footsteps and also went to Western Road School, but that was after it amalgamated with Featherstone Secondary ...see more
My name in the sixties was Marilyn Pooley, I lived at St Blazey and went to Fowey School. I have been raising my family for the last 40 years and now fancy looking back at my younger days. One of the things I would like to do is get hold of some copies of my school photos. I'm very new at this computer thing, so hope this reaches the right places. I'm sure there must be other people out ...see more
Hi, I have been looking for a site like this so I could look back at Pinehurst. I was the longest serving boy at the home - went in at 8 and came out at 16. 1979 was when I started a good life there. I have so many great memories of Pinehurst and all the boys and staff, it would be great to catch up with some of them and re-live the good old days. I did go back to get some photos of the house only to find that ...see more
I am trying to find some photographs and/or information re the dairy manager's house in Shurnhold, I believe it was a Co-Op dairy and that the house was not only the manager's accommodation but also partly a shop. Above the main entrance (front door) is the date 1886, although I believe that the original part of the building is older. Any information or photos at all would be gratefully received, thanks in advance.
We lived in Meadfield Road about that time and our house caught fire, just before Christmas 1983.
Hi Jane
Are your a sister of James? (or Jimmy Lawrence).
He used to live in Colney Road, just around the corner from where I lived in the late 1950s to mid 1960s.
I remember playing on our pogo sticks, and seeing who could do the most "jumps"!!.
Great fun. I also remember going around to his house and playing in his back garden.
I seem to also remember he was related to a Graham Dillaway? He lived in the next road to Mildred Close.
Was this used by Mrs Cobb who ran the Brownies in Bedford to bring children for a weeks holiday during the summer holidays? Any I formation on this building please thanks.
Mrs Cobb from Bedford would bring children for a weeks holiday during the summer holidays. They stayed in a large white building on a corner (there was a dairy farm across the road), it was like a community hall, maybe it was used by the Brownies or something! It was walking distance to the beach. They would walk along a long lane down to the beach. I am not 100% sure of the details but if anyone has any memories of this or information I would be grateful, thanks.
I started at Kettering Tyres, Wellingborough, in 1979 after leaving school. I loved that job, worked with Peter. They had an old petrol pump outside where the bosses used to fill their Jags, as head office was over the road was taken over by tsGB not the same.
I used to live in Lawrie Park Gardens from 1955 until 1962 and the local youngsters used to congregate at the big tree on the roundabout at the end of Lawrie Park Avenue. At times there were around 10-15 of us all sitting chatting and just hanging out there. Some of the kids came from Chulsa Road flats and some from Sydenham itself. The ones I remember the most were Terry Maidment, John Unwin, Dave ...see more
I lived in Thornton Rd, went to school at Old Cenral, Camp Rd, used to walk passed the pond to school, in the thick smog's we would have got lost if we didn't hold hands. My friends and I had many happy years playing on the common. In 1954, aged 11, I went to Queens Road school. At 15 I started work at Charles the hairdressers in St Georges Rd. In 1960 my mum went to manage my uncle's guest house in ...see more
I was born in 1954 at home in George Street, Low Valley, in what was known as Company Row, presumably as it was built my mine-owners to house their workers.
It was a two up two down terrace next to the "entry" where people could gain entry to the shared backyard. We had an outside toilet, no running hot water, no electricity, gas lights and coal fires.
Hardly the good old days in ...see more
Roman Road, Mountnessing. My great grandfather, John Waller, lived in one of the cottages just down from the George & Dragon pub. I believe it is now an Indian, and at one time was a restaurant. He died in the 60s aged about 95 and he told my dad at the age of 92 that he was getting old as he could not climb up his apple trees anymore! He had electricity finally put into the cottage in 1965, just so as he ...see more
Me and that lampost know each other quite well, my dad and I were walking towards Cob's Corner to catch the No 12 bus home from having our hair cut at Mr Davy's, the Cypriot barbers at the bottom of the high street. For what ever the reason, I was walking and looking the wrong way - my dad called just to late and "smack" there it was. He fell about laughing - I just balled. My mum had more sympathy. This huge lump was just made to look biger with my short hair.
Wayne
12 years ago, I found a new family that I didn't know I had, including a half sister!
My gran had died at only 32 in Carlisle and my grandad moved to Grangemouth when he married his second wife. I thought that my dad was Scottish until then, as he talked about Grangemouth a lot (he died when I was aged 10 so can't remember too much). He said that his stepmother wasn't nice to him and his brothers, ...see more
We moved here from Coventry in about 1956-1957, it was a 22 foot mobile home. We met Jack and Rene Linford who had an adopted daughter, Carol Linford, same age as me. "Uncle " Jack as I called him used to take us to school in Bulkington. They had a gorgeous bungalow nr the Junction of Marston Lane. Their daughter died aged only 21 there in about 1972 . He had an engineering business in Nuneaton. They ...see more
Hello. I did not live in Grangetown but loved the bus ride through it on the way to Redcar for a day out. Leaving South Bank on the right hand side of the road there was a row of houses with grassy front gardens and long paths leading up to the front door. As we lived in a row house with a pavement front and a back yard, I always envied the people their `country homes`. Funny how things are through a child`s ...see more
Another thing that I remember was bath night. Notice I said night and not nights!!
We had a tin bath which had to be filled up by boiling kettles and saucepans. My young brother would go in first, then me, after me was mummy, and last was daddy!! What ever would health and safety have to say about that today!! We were, however, one of the first houses in our street to have an inside toilet and ...see more
I had the perfect Job for me when I was 10. John (Jacky) Robinson had me working for him on the horse and cart. Fridays and Saturdays you could hear us walking the streets of Easington - our famous yell was "ANY STICKS OR LOGS MISSUS ORAYELUMBA". Sundays would be pop day "ANY POP TODAY MISSUS". I still remember the time we came back from a run down south and we were turning at the Black Diamond ...see more
My dad was born in 1909 in Flamborough. This photo is significant to me because, as a young man, my dad helped to install the winding equipment in the old winding shed on the left hand side of this picture. This photo has changed in as much as there are now not as many boats based in Flamborough. Sadly there is no lifeboat stationed at North Landing in the Lifeboat Station but the building is still ...see more
