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Memories From My Father Rod Dean
This is what Dad had to say when I emailed him this site and the photos from 1955. Dad lived in Oakley from childhood until 1987, when as a family we moved to Adelaide Australia. I myself lived in the village from ...Read more
A memory of Oakley in 1955 by
Baglan A Wartime Paradise
My Dad did his army training adjacent to Baglan during WW2. The hastily built barracks did not have enough bathroom facilities and asked local residents for permission for soldiers to have a bath in their houses. A super-kind ...Read more
A memory of Baglan
St Joseph's Convent School
I note that a couple of people have mentioned St Joseph's Convent School. Having attended that school from 1960 to 1966, I can confirm that the location was opposite Hoadley's and the building did indeed curve alongside ...Read more
A memory of Burgess Hill
The Beatty And Us
Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie ...Read more
A memory of Motspur Park in 1987 by
Family History
I have recently found out that my Great Grandmother Emma Frost (nee Lake) had a baby girl in 1864 called Annie Frost and she was born in Buckhurst Hill. I suppose Emma must have known someone in the Town. It was legal, she was ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1860 by
Long Time Ago.
Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more
A memory of Hartlepool by
When I Was A Girl
When I was about five years old my parents used to take us kids on a Sunday walk. Always remember it was to Stambridge mills. Back then the roads leading to the mill were not more then a country track. On the way to the mills dad ...Read more
A memory of Rochford in 1955 by
Cinemas In Croydon
I lived in Croydon until 1969 (the year I got married and moved away). My Dad - Len Marsh - was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and we lived very near the Rex Cinema, Norbury, closed in 1962. Dad was based there for a time, ...Read more
A memory of Croydon by
Happy Days In Coulsdon, 1947 To 1955
Born in Purley Hospital in 1947, we lived in Bramley Avenue for the first 2 years of my life, but of course I have no memories of that. We then moved to 30 Grove Wood Hill, which is off Woodcote Grove Road. I had ...Read more
A memory of Coulsdon by
Village Life
I was born in post-war Corringham into a large family that had been evacuated from the blitzed East End of London. I was christened and married at St. Mary's Church and I lived in Chamberlain Avenue (down the left fork of the ...Read more
A memory of Corringham in 1940
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The 200-foot Royal Victoria Pier (left) was built out from Castle Hill at Butlers Horse, and was erected to coincide with Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897.
Its ancient parish, one of the largest in the country, stretched right up to Rainow and Kettleshulme in the hills, north as far as Poynton, and out in the south and west to Bosley and Chelford.
Meanwhile down in the town, away from the lush gardens and villas of Amersham Hill, the furniture industry was modernising into the factory system.
They give a good feel of how many factories there were, and how closely intermingled they were with the artisan houses, which were mostly built between 1880 and 1910.
married Harriet Chichester, the only surviving child and heiress of the 3rd Marquess of Donegall, his father may have made it plain that if he was to become an Irish landlord he would expect him to be a good
Gold Hill has been the location for several films and television programmes, including the 1960s version of 'Far From the Madding Crowd', and a much-broadcast commercial for bread.
The quaint cobbled street of Gold Hill has featured in a number of feature films and television
Gold Hill has featured in a number of feature films and television commercials.
A good mile to the west of Littlebredy is the downland village of Litton Cheney, which contains a variety of stone-built thatched cottages and a lovely old church.
The quaint cobbled street of Gold Hill has featured in a number of feature films and television
Up the hill towards one of Chalfont St Peter's commons, Gold Hill, Tudor-style shops and flats were built on the north side of the road in 1922, called Market Place and decked out with fake
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