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Brixham
Coming to Brixham from just outside of London as an 11 year-old was a real culture shock. New smells (fish!) new sounds (seagulls) and new faces (the inhabitants of the south west certainly have distinct facial features...to say nothing of ...Read more
A memory of Brixham in 1880 by
The Shore Of Wood And Glass
Eynort shore is not the prettyist in the west, but it's washed up some odd things from time to time, Both myself and my brother have found messages in a bottle, and a least half a dozen bombs or old test missiles which ...Read more
A memory of Eynort
Memories Of Market Drayton
This once sleepy hamlet was first home to me, a better place for childhood there could not be. Little Drayton church and it`s `olde` Sunday school. fishing excursions with Uncle to Buntingsdale pool, Dalelands ...Read more
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Wentworth County Primary School
As far as I can see, no-one has left a memory of my old primary school. So, let me start this off (if I may?): Living in nearby North Road, I attended this school from 1962-68. When I started at the Infants' School, ...Read more
A memory of Dartford by
Manchester Road
Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more
A memory of Bradford in 1955
The Gardeners Arms
My name is Peter McGuire and i lived at the Gardeners Arms Pub in 1971-1972. I worked at Selo's Film factory on shift work. Reg who owned the pub back then let me arrive at odd hours which made live easier. I shared a house in ...Read more
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Chisholm Cottage
My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more
A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by
The Only Television Set In The Street.
I don't suppose that many of my friends will have watched the last Coronation on TV, partly because it was 70 years ago, but mainly because very few people had a television. My father, Frank, had a Radio and ...Read more
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Hounslow In The 80s
I was born in 1974 and grew up in Rosemary Avenue. I went to Alexandria Infants school until 1980 when I started Hounslow Heath Infants school and then junior school. My teacher at the infants school was Mrs Crump, I think there was ...Read more
A memory of Hounslow
A Happy, Friendly Place For A Boy To Grow Up ...
Born in Woking in 1945 I lived in New Haw from 1947 to 1964, firstly at Warren Road and then from 1949 in Braeside. I remember Mrs Crab at West Byfleet Primary who taught me to read; I remember Mr Bean ...Read more
A memory of New Haw in 1947 by
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We are looking at West Bank and the Victoria Promenade.
The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around the castle was on the east bank.
Here, the excellent footpath on the west bank of the river can be seen.
This view of the bridge was taken from the west bank, nearest Bakewell.
The clock tower dates from 1875, by which time Newnham had long ceased to be the most important Gloucestershire town on the west bank of the river.
Behind the pony trap on the right we can glimpse Hiley's Restaurant (now the Nat West Bank), noted for its shilling dinners.
This view of the bridge was taken from near Islip House, on the west bank.
Here, we are on the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow; it is the end of May, and the annual Eights Week, when the college boats race each other, is in full swing.
On the right, hidden by bushes, is West Bank; further down West Deyne protrudes.
To the left of centre are Blackbourn's shoe shop and the Nat West Bank, partly hidden by trees.
Located at the corner of Stockerston Road and South Backway, West Bank was built in 1866 by Howard Candler, 'a small, energetic mathematician', who always refused to have more than six boys boarding.
On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.
Here we see sailing boats and dinghies alongside the River Thurne, with G Applegate's boatbuilding sheds on the west bank.
This view, looking west from the present Caversham Bridge past the Reading Rowing Club behind the coach, shows well the flat south bank in contrast to the steep and heavily treed Caversham bank.
The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.
The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.
This tranquil view, taken from the west bank of the Severn, includes not only the cathedral but also All Saints' Church and St Andrew's.
Standing in Military Road, north-west of Red Lion Square, is the School of Small Arms, the main school of army musketry, founded here in 1854.
The village of West Retford, with its own medieval parish church, St Michael's, lies on the west bank of the River Idle, and has long been absorbed into the town.
Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn.
This view, from the end of a path leading past the Brownlow Arms to the west bank of the Trent, looks across the tidal river from Nottinghamshire to South Clifton in Lincolnshire.
During floods in 1600, the Trent changed its course and Holme, formerly on the west bank, became an east bank village.
As we approach Richmond, this view from the west bank looks towards the Petersham Road across to the former Messum's Boatyard.
The photographer is standing on the west bank looking across to the original 1823 grandstand on the edge of Pitchcroft.
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