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Memories
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Grindrod Family
My Great Grandparents, Jim and Elizabeth Grindrod, lived at 10 Sydney Street, along with my Grandfather, Brian Grindrod, and my Great Great Grandparents, Michael York and Lily York. From the 1930s- late 1940s, Jim was a Grocer's ...Read more
A memory of Failsworth by
Great Grandfather
It is strange to see one of the two portraits that hung in my grandparents' hallway, for sale on the web. Issac was born in 1837 in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire. Taught himself to read and write while an agricultural labourer, ...Read more
A memory of Marlborough by
1940s In Og St George
Mrs.Ball at the Post Office. Westlecot House (now March House) with the Hayward-Jones family. Imo H-J and self at fete at the Manor house dressed as Shah of Persia and Aga Khan. Old Mrs.Ollie home help/cleaner. ...Read more
A memory of Ogbourne St George in 1940 by
Living In Chilton
My family moved to Chilton Foliat and took over the "Old Post Office". I was still young then and went to the old school run by Mr & Mrs Hassall who lived next door to the school. Two classrooms and very fond memories. ...Read more
A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1964 by
Lower Broghton
I remember so well going on the No 73 bus home from a night out in Manchester to Warwick St in Higher Broughton. I went to Broughton High and my best friend was Gillian Guy whose family owned the newsagents on Lower Broughton Rd. I ...Read more
A memory of Salford by
Lament On A London Landing
. When I was a gusty young airman So many seesaw sunny days Were spent with blue girls on Marlborough Downs Our only access, a path both straight and narrow, Thinnest and steepest in its final assent. Emotions ...Read more
A memory of Burderop Park in 1964 by
East Hill Old Cotts
I visited the nursery quite a lot, we knew the people who work there. I was only ten years old. I remembered the pub up the road, Duke of Marlborough. Where have the good memories gone, from Malcolm Read.
A memory of Ashford in 1959 by
Milton And Plant A Tree For 73
A memory of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. Interesting reference to Plant -a-tree-for-73 as I was the person who set this up. I also attended Milton School from about 1946 to 1950 when I passed a scholarship to ...Read more
A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1973 by
Marlborough Mop Fair
I have a photograph of a group of children at the Marlborough Mop Fair from the convalescant home, which used to be a home for old homeless gentlemen, then became a hospital for children recovering from various illnesses. I ...Read more
A memory of Marlborough in 1952 by
School
I lived and went to school in Ogbourne St Andrew, I think the headmistress was a Miss Platt and very authoritarian. I always remember school dinners because we were not allowed to leave anything it all had to be eaten. Fried ...Read more
A memory of Ogbourne St Andrew in 1966 by
Captions
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One of Ilkley's many smaller hydros, the Marlborough House on Clifton Road opened in 1878.
Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.
Sitting in the delightful Kennet valley a couple of miles east of Marlborough is Mildenhall - known locally as 'Minal'.
It was in 1804 that local schoolboys from Marlborough cut this horse into the chalk landscape.
We are on the A4 road to Marlborough, looking towards Calne.
The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs.
The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs.
Here we see the cross roads, with New Road to Marlborough on the left, and Whitehill Lane to Brinkworth on the right.
The font may have been removed from Marlborough Castle, as St George's was the parish church for the castle.
It was in 1804 that local schoolboys from Marlborough cut this horse into the chalk landscape.
A fascinating view across the Steine showing Marlborough House, Steine House and Blenheim House.
In the section of the park beyond Marlborough Road, Edward Davis erected this obelisk to the then Princess Victoria in early 1837 for Bath to commemorate the 'attainment of her majority'.
They weigh up to 40 tons each, and were brought from Fyfield Down, near Marlborough, about 20 miles away, from a surface quarry that can still be visited.
This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough.
It was developed from clay pits left over from old brickworks; it had formerly been the site of earthworks for an ill-founded attempt to excavate a tunnel through Swindon hill for the Swindon, Marlborough
Marlborough College, the prestigious public school, was founded in 1843 close to the river Kennet and the site of the old castle.
The school is still in use today as the Marlborough Lines Infants' School.
John Churchill, the future Duke of Marlborough, victor of Blenheim and Ramillies, and ancestor of Sir Winston Churchill, may have been born at Ashe House in 1650.
In the road above, the hotels include the Rozel, Marlborough and Madeira.
Devil's Den, near Marlborough in Wiltshire, is an example of how the ravages of the plough is nothing more than intentional vandalism.
A century on, the view of Church Hill in Marlborough Street is still easily recognisable, despite the two great complexes built on each side of the road, the Lloyds TSB Training Centre on the left and
Marlborough suffered no fewer than three large fires in the 17th century; after the last it was decreed that thatched roofs would no longer be allowed.
They weigh up to 40 tons each, and were brought from Fyfield Down, near Marlborough, about 20 miles away, from a surface quarry that can still be visited.
Fyfield – which means 'five hides of land' - is in the Vale of Pewsey near Marlborough.
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