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School Holidays At Abington Park
I was born in 1951 in Lutterworth Road, Northampton just a 5 minutes' walk from one of the most beautiful parks in the country - Abington Park. Originally part of the Wantage family estate, it boasted a ...Read more
A memory of Little Billing in 1959 by
Happy Childhood
I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and ...Read more
A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by
Fair Oak As It Was
My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more
A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by
Goldthorpe In The Fifties
I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more
A memory of Goldthorpe by
Foundation Scholar.
I was a pupil at the school from 1943 to 1948 from the age of 10. I used to travel there from Norbury on the tram, having won a Scholarship from Norbury Manor School. I came from a typically working class background and to be ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1943 by
Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be
I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a ...Read more
A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970
The Dumps
My mum and dad owned the Lonsdale off-licence during the 1960s and 1970s. I went to Brampton Manor, a few teachers stick in my memory but Dr Groom has to be the world's best physics teacher. I remember bunking off, walking over the dumps ...Read more
A memory of East Ham by
The Rec
Living in Old Barn Way (#14) I attended Southwick Primary School in Manor Hall Road. A memorable day was in 1956 when a Valiant bomber crashed into the "rec" spewing its body parts (and sadly three of its crew) into the surrounding area ...Read more
A memory of Southwick in 1956 by
Saturday Morning Pictures Etc
I lived on the border of Belvedere and Erith, just off Parsonage Manor Way and used to travel to Erith by bus. I remember as a child of about 8-10 taking the 122a into Erith to go to the Odeon, Saturday Morning ...Read more
A memory of Erith by
My Early Years In Rothwell
I was born in Rothwell in 1949 and have lived there all my life and remember when it was a picturesque village where everyone knew each other. What changes have taken place over the years. I remember going to ...Read more
A memory of Rothwell in 1955 by
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In 1648 Oliver Cromwell himself led 4,000 men across that old bridge in single file.
The building to the right is the old hearse house.
Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop.
If we scratch beneath the surface, we will find tales of old manor houses, smuggling, the deadly marsh fever, ghosts, education, transport, and a new form of religion, retail therapy!
By 1740 the original premises were very dilapidated; the Manor House at the south end of High Street was purchased for £1,000 to provide a new Master's House.
Ye Olde Tobacco Shoppe (left) was the home of blacksmith Samuel Govier, who provided the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler with a back room for his studio.
On the left in the 1955 view is the Manor House, occupied by Wadsworth, the beer and soft drink bottlers, whilst on the right is the building which used to be the Temperance Hotel.
A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.
office before its demolition in the 1930s, but in 2005 its hemispherical two-part door can still be seen in good condition, not a mile away from its original position, gracing the front of an old
The original lords of the manor were the Fittons, then the Venables inherited the land and, in the 15th century, the two Venables heiresses each took their half of the estates to their husband's
Closely connected with the Bailiwick was the Box Moor Trust, which to this day is still responsible for some 400 acres of land to the south-west of the old town.
There has been little change to this street scene, but now this old manorial town is at a major motorway junction, and is surrounded by huge distribution warehouses.
Darley Street was originally part of the gardens and orchards of the old manorial estate.
This old manorial village 5 miles north of Sheffield was part of the industrial revolution: it established small craft workshops making nails and parts for the burgeoning factories in Sheffield
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