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A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury

My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by waylandpike

Blundellsands Beach.Prior To 1960

I was thirteen at the time and lived off Riverslea Road, which led down to a walled field on to the beach. My friends Derek Austin, Les Reece, Charlie Kelly, and a few others had built the Biggest Bonfire ...Read more

A memory of Blundellsands in 1953 by Thomas Davies

Safe Fun In Childhood

I was born in 1962 in my family home, number 36 (now 116) Hammonds Place. It's not so common these days to be born at home. There was a community spirit on the estate, all the kids addressed adults as auntie or uncle or ...Read more

A memory of Gobowen by Andrew Davies

Village Shop

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

Town Hall, Mitcham

I remember Mitcham very well. I lived in the Town Hall where my Dad was the caretaker. My surname then was Parkings. I used to go to Leo's and George's cafe with my friend Josie where I met my husband-to-be David Rogers. We spent ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1956 by Patricia Burford

The Laws Kingennie

The Laws was a beautiful mansion-house in a perfect setting. The drive from the gardener's cottage (Mr Robb) up to the big house was a wonderful journey past mature trees, past the famous rock-gardens and lily pond, the ...Read more

A memory of Kingennie House in 1940

What Happened To Me

My name was Lynette Evans I’d just like to say hi to everyone that has shared memories of Splott. I remember so much, so clearly, I was barely 3 years old when I moved from Llanharran to Portmanmore Road. It was a ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1964 by Lynette Carter

Family Picnics In 1950s

In the 1950s my family made regular summer trips to a scenic and elevated spot somewhere in the general area of Aylesbury for family picnics.  I have a few b&w snaps - one of which shows a road wide enough for two ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury in 1955 by Susan Coleman

Armagh 1957 Onwards

I get a lovely glow when I think of my dear Armagh in the 1950s. Life seemed so good and simple then. I would spend my days roaming free letting my imagination grow as children do. I played down in the river by the Legar ...Read more

A memory of Armagh in 1957 by Aine Nicart

Leinster House, Spencer Park

My great-grandfather's house, Leinster House, No. 1 Spencer Park was built in about 1880 and stood on a large corner plot at the top of St. John's Hill. It was demolished in 1964 and a block of flats were built soon ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1880

Captions

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Caption For Garstang, Church Street C1955

Beyond the trees lies St Thomas' Church, where in 1997 a painting hanging on its walls, 'Ecce Homo', was realised to be an original work by Annebella Carracci; it was subsequently valued at £5 million

Caption For Cardiff, Catherdal, Nave East 2004

These once stood in the niches of the choir stalls and, unlike much contemporary interior decoration, survived the landmine dropped near the South Wall.

Caption For Denbigh, Castle C1960

Both town and castle were put to the torch; the damage to the former was such that when reconstruction started much of the town was built outside the old walls.

Caption For Fonmon, The Castle 1899

The castle was founded in c1200, and the initial design is thought to have comprised two round towers, a square keep and a curtain wall.

Caption For Offord Cluny, The Village 1906

Some work is being carried out to the walls of the gateway, and there is a pony and trap waiting patiently beside the house on the corner.

Caption For Stanmore, Village 1906

Here are buildings of the second half of the 19th century, with an object lesson to be observed in the treatment of boundary walls and railings - all neat and carefully designed.

Caption For Ingoldmells, Vickers Point And Beach C1955

Here, looking towards Ingoldmells Point, are the sandy beach and the sand dunes, a view now radically changed by the more recent sea defences with a massive concave-fronted sea wall forming a promenade

Caption For Blisworth, Village C1955

On the corner by the wall is a Midland bus timetable; across the road is Blisworth Post Office, with its huge advert for Players Navy Mixture.

Caption For Raunds, Brook Street C1960

To the right are the walls and gate piers of the Methodist Church built in 1874.

Caption For Bakewell, C1955

The remaining bushes have gone, and the walls have acquired a nice bright coat of paint.

Caption For Aberdeen, 17 Castlegate 1892

The house is in Loanhead granite, and this photograph shows the eaves courses, designed to prevent rainwater washing down the wall and leeching out the mortar.

Caption For Laughton En Le Morthen, All Saints Church C1965

Just 2.25 miles south-west of Roche Abbey stands All Saints'.

Caption For Penrith, Castle 1893

The curtain wall, shown in this photograph, is all that remains of Strickland's castle, which is now a public park.

Caption For Chester, St John's Church Interior 1888

On the south wall is Diana Warburton's monument; it is unusual in that she is depicted as a skeleton holding her winding sheet upon which is written her obituary.

Caption For Morland, The Village 1893

A local character lounges on a wall on the left in the charming and unspoilt village of Morland, in the Eden Valley.

Caption For Prestbury, Priest's House 1896

Besides the smart façade, one can also see the side wall, with enough evidence in the timber work to suggest that once the building was lower, and the attic floors are a later addition.

Caption For Ixworth, High Street C1955

The wall and gateway were demolished for a car park in 1963.

Caption For Colchester, St Mary At The Walls 1921

Today it peers over the western Roman wall exposed by the demolition of all these cot- tages and into the roaring gulch cut by Balkerne Hill, a dual carriageway stretch of the western bypass

Caption For Castle Bolton, The Castle C1960

Sir Richard Scope's formidable 14th-century castle at Castle Bolton commands extensive views over his estates in lower Wensleydale, as this view from the castle walls shows.

Caption For Binfield, Terrace Road C1955

The corner shop at the junction of Terrace Road and Forest Road displays numerous advertisements, including those for Walls Ice Cream, Cadburys, Digger, and Turf.

Caption For Burnsall, The Street C1955

Burnsall lies in the heart of Wharfedale, where the drystone walls spread like a net over the fells, as can be seen in the background of this picture.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, View Of The Encampment 1890

This photograph is taken inside the walls of the Iron Age hillfort of Worlebury.

Caption For Aberdovey, From The Hills 1892

The gardens rise steeply behind the cottages, the irregular plots divided by walls and unkempt shrubs.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

Cow Tower was built on the River Wensum in 1378 as a boom tower, controlling the flow of river traffic at the point where the city wall ended.