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Schooldays In Dearne

It's incredible how one can recall memories from a remarkably long time ago. In fact, I still remember that on my fourth birthday, I received two identical birthday cards from different people. I can even remember the ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Dennis Ford

My Family In Woolston

My Grandparents lived in Oakbank Road, My Aunt lived in Laurel Road. I can remember going to work with my Nan in the evenings. She used to be a cleaner for Knaptons Bookies and Malizias Bookies (Bridge Road). My Aunt worked ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1959 by Jan Wills

Working At Langenhoe Hall

Between July 1932 and November 1932 my Father, Mr F.G.Gaskin, worked for Mrs Judge of Langenhoe Hall, (Mr Hawkeswood) as an estate carpenter. He returned in 1933 to build a bungalow for Mr Baleman. I believe my Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Langenhoe Hall by Angela Lawrence

Hop Picking

I used to go to Little Chart Farm, Pluckley as a child, being born in the East End in 1946.  My memories are of freedom and adventure, long, happy carefree days spent in the beautiful Kent countryside, for a few weeks each summer. My ...Read more

A memory of Pluckley in 1956 by Alexandra Mustin

Wilsons Bakery Griffith Wilson

My parents are Angela (nee Goulden) and Bryan Wilson (now sadly deceased), both from Bramhall. My paternal Grandfather owned the bakery in the village "Wilsons" which was taken over after my grandfather's retirement by ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall in 1955 by Helen Young

My Grandparents

My grandparents George and Elsie Wood lived on Landells Road for most of their married lives. They had two daughters, my mum Elsie and my auntie Bibby (Vivian). When my parents and I moved to Derby around 1965 (when I was about ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich in 1967 by Elise Wharrad

My Father Visited A Leversuch Family In Eversley

I have no personal memories of Eversley but my father Percy Norman Pearson born 1910, who died 2003, talked fondly of holidays spent in Eversley with an aunt whose surname was Leversuch when he was a ...Read more

A memory of Eversley in 1920 by Jan Pearson

Horton Kirby In The 1960's

I was born and brought up in Dartford but my aunt, Nora Hall, was housekeeper to Sir Edward Bligh and they had moved to Horton Kirby in 1961 from Swanley Village. Sir Edward took a ten-year lease upon the house that ...Read more

A memory of Horton Kirby by Stuart Hall

The Anchor

I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Deepfields by Robert Leadbeater

Memories Remembered

Memories Remembered After reading Brian Keighley’s story of his memories in Lifton, my memories came flooding back and has prompted me to recall a few of my own. I was born in Lifton 18 months after my sister Jean in 1927 at ...Read more

A memory of Lifton by geoffbailey29

Captions

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Caption For Botley, The Hambledon Hounds C1960

The hunt assembling at the front of the Bugle pub, a former coaching inn.

Caption For Rockingham, The Castle C1960

For 500 years it was used as a royal residence and hunting lodge.

Caption For Triscombe, Triscombe Stone 1929

They chase across the moors in a frantic hunt and to see or even hear the hounds means certain death.

Caption For Ampthill, St Andrew's Church C1955

Katherine's Cross in Ampthill Park gained a subsequent measure of recognition when it proved to be the burial site of the 'Golden Hare' - the subject of a national treasure hunt based on Kit Williams'

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle House 1914

Standing like a keep, this building was a weekend residence and hunting lodge for the Marquis of Abergavenny; it was built by his steward Mr Baker Gabb between 1815 and 1825.

Caption For Newcastle, High Street 1965

Not so in 1633, when there were only three licensed sellers in the whole town: grocers Philip Sherwin (who later became mayor) and Thomas Hunt, and the apothecary John Stubbs.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Bracebridge Pool, Sutton Park C1960

It has been used for that purpose since the time of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, though they went hunting in those days, not angling.

Caption For Epping, View From Upshire C1955

Both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I hunted here.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Bracebridge Pool, Sutton Park C1960

It has been used for that purpose since the time of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, though they went hunting in those days, not angling.

Caption For Botley, The Hambledon Hounds C1960

The hunt assembling at the front of the Bugle pub, a former coaching inn.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Silver Street 1900

At the centre of the photograph is E Hunt the draper's; still with the railings, it is now CR Timber Associates.

Caption For Oakham, The County Offices C1950

Catmose House was a hunting lodge of the Noel family.

Caption For Chelwood Gate, Ashdown Forest, Beaconsfield Road 1928

Chelwood Gate stands at the site of one of the old 'gates' into the medi- eval royal hunting forest of Ashdown.

Caption For Braemar, Castle C1960

It was here in 1714 that a so-called hunt was assembled by John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And Moot Hall C1950

Dominating this photograph are the tall Moot Hall, now the Daventry Museum and tourist information centre, and the monument, which was erected by members of the National Hunt committee in memory of Edmund

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Once part of an ancient hunting forest and dominated by a castle, Powerstock huddles in its valley not far from the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon, in the heart of West Dorset.

Caption For Feckenham, The Village C1960

Feckenham once stood at the heart of Feckenham Forest, an ancient hunting ground of kings, which once covered some 200 square miles and included over 60 settlements.

Caption For Petersfield, Lavant Street C1965

Over the crossroads, with altered priority, are the offices of Jacobs & Hunt.

Caption For Portchester, Yachting C1965

Long before the Admiralty requisitioned Cams Hall during the Second World War, long before the Delmé family as lords of the manor hunted deer in the woodlands of the estate in the 19th century, long

Caption For Little Haywood, Seven Springs C1960

Cannock Chase was originally a royal hunting forest before being sold to the Bishop of Lichfield.

Caption For Whitewell, 1921

Being so near the old Roman road from Manchester to York, and being so well-placed on many routes, it has always had a reputation for putting up visitors and travellers.There was once a royal hunting

Caption For Axminster, George Hotel 1902

It has long been the meeting place for the local hunt, the Cotley Harriers, and in the Victorian and Edwardian eras it had its own omnibus to connect with the railway.

Caption For Helsby, Bi Works And Sports Ground C1955

This was a medieval hunting forest, and once extended from Frodsham all the way almost to Nantwich.

Caption For Goodwood, Racecourse 1904

The racecourse opened in 1801 after the Duke of Richmond gave part of his estate, Goodwood Park, to establish a track where members of the Goodwood Hunt Club and officers of the Sussex Militia could