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Growing Up.

Lensbrook house and Lensbrook Tea Gardens are the same house. I lived in Lensbrook Cottage which was farther down the lane, from the time I was born until my marriage at 20 years old.

A memory of Blakeney

Holiday Memories

I have very happy memories of a family holiday spent in the village of Auchencrow in 1956 or 1957. The village was tiny then, consisting of one main street with an Inn and a general shop. At least that's how I remember it. My ...Read more

A memory of Auchencrow in 1956 by Patricia Mc Aulay

My Beloved Bonk

I have loads of memories of village life as a kid. I was born in 1961 and still live on the Bonk. I will probably die here as well. There were many old characters back then. Iron Bates the vegetable cart man (did some boxing ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay in 1969 by Philip Burgess

Market Drayton Revisited

I visited my mother in the Midlands (Shrewsbury)recently. A trip to Market Drayton on Wednesdays is mandatory (my stipulation) each time I travel from my home in Essex where I have resided for many years now. ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 2010 by Allen Warrender

Family Evenings Out.

I cannot remember the exact years, about 1950, when my Mother and Father used to take me and my cousin for a walk from our house at Lensbrook Cottage through six fields (which is a public footpath), and arrive ...Read more

A memory of Blakeney in 1950

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

The Tilt

Does anyone remember the little sweet shop on the Tilt.  I do, and remember walking home from St Andrew's School in Cedar Road, along the little alley onto Stoke Road, across to the Fire Station and up towards the Running Mare.  The ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1960 by Christine Elmer

Childhood

My memory of Little Kingshill: I went to live with my aunty and uncle Mr and Mrs Kitchener in Ashwell Farm Cottage. My uncle worked up on Ashwell Farm. I used to sit out in my pram eating a bowl of veg. I went to Little ...Read more

A memory of Little Kingshill in 1951

Southdown Cottages

My paternal grandmother`s sister, Aunt Lil (Lily) and husband Uncle Perc (Percy) Noakes lived down the narrow pathway in the middle of the Southdown Cottages. As a child we used to visit them and I remember they had a cottage ...Read more

A memory of Willingdon by Pauline Gander

Cook Family

As a child I visited my grandmother at Ivy Cottage where my mother was born in 1910. The Cook family and the Faircloths were the backbone of the village. Granny Cook lived in the house next door to Ivy Cottage. It was an ...Read more

A memory of Crockleford Heath in 1953 by Jennifer Read

Captions

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Caption For Brampton, The Green C1960

Beyond the thatched cottages the Methodist chapel still attracts a large congregation, whilst the roadway becomes jammed with cars at school times.

Caption For Osmington Mills, Picnic Inn,Ranch House Caravan Park 1965

Some were new additions to the countryside, while the majority was converted from former inns and cottages.

Caption For Swansea, General View From Hill 1893

This panoramic view is very evocative of two major factors in the city's history: the rolling hills which surround it, and the rows of terraced worker's cottages, which testify to the city's once significant

Caption For Smarden, The Street C1955

It is built on a dog-leg construction and lined with half-timbered and weatherboarded cottages.

Caption For Dolphinholme, Corless Cottage C1950

James Derham owned Corless Mill in Nether Wyresdale, 6 miles from Lancaster, and in 1801 he manufactured gas to light the mill and his workers' cottages.

Caption For Kilkhampton, The Square C1950

Cottages cluster for shelter around the small square.

Caption For Plaxtol, Dunks Green 1901

This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and several ivy-clad cottages

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1890

In this panoramic view of the Golden Valley, the mill chimneys are visible in the background; the workers' cottages are on the lower slopes of the hill, and the canal winds its way along the valley

Caption For Torquay, Fleet Street 1906

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally

Caption For Witchampton, Village 1904

This fine brick-built village is one of north Dorset's loveliest, its cottage gardens a delight all year round.

Caption For Bucklers Hard, The Village C1960

Using local timber from the woodlands along the estuary, the shipbuilders of Bucklers Hard, who would have lived in these cottages, built at least three of the ships which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar

Caption For Marlow, The Fisherman's Retreat 1890

St Peter Street had several rows of cottages, some in great dilapidation, occupied by river workers such as ferrymen, bargees and wharfingers.

Caption For Dovedale, Reynard's Cave From Above C1864

The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.

Caption For Lytham, Green Drive, Swiss Cottage 1913

Swiss Cottage Lodge was part of Squire Clifton's property.

Caption For Aylesford, The Almshouses C1960

Built in ragstone, these pleasant cottages with dormers were restored in about 1842.

Caption For Oundle, Benefield Road C1950

Picturesque stone cottages line Benefield Road.

Caption For Southsea, The Promenade 1892

The Parade 1890 Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the ter- races, villas

Caption For Marnhull, Post Office And Village C1955

There are some fine stone buildings around the centre of the village - though around the edges some restored labourers' cottages can be seen.

Caption For Pevensey, Royal Oak Hotel 1890

It stands across the road from the old Mint House, now an antique shop, seen here when it was three cottages.

Caption For Bluntisham, Colne Road C1955

The thatched cottage on the left was until recently home to the village carpenter and funeral director.

Caption For Seaview, Salterns Cottages 1918

These cottages probably stand on the site of the original settlement at Seaview.

Caption For Kennington, The Mill 1901

Wye College 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe.

Caption For Winchcombe, Vineyard Street C1960

A row of Cotswold stone cottages in Vineyard Street, named after the former abbey's vineyard which was once nearby, built in the style so beloved of all who love the towns and villages of the Cotswolds—and

Caption For Farnworth, The Church And Cottage 1900

The cottage pictured here has now gone, to be replaced by a brick house which was only built in 2001.