<![CDATA[Epworth Bells - Nostalgia]]> Feed http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/community/nostalgia Copyright 2012, Johnston Press Plc http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/community/nostalgia/nept-community-dynmc-nostalgia-feed-1-1541679 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:36:16 +0100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 <![CDATA[The Way We Were by Colin Ella]]> http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/the-way-we-were-by-colin-ella-1-4549943

Naturally the snows gave us the chance to get out and give our sledges and toboggans a go and we relished many a snowball fight. We also loved to slide around on the ice in school playgrounds or on shallow ponds. As a lad I never saw a pair of ice skates and I believed they were something for the upper classes.

]]> 1.4549943 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:36:12 +0100 <![CDATA[St James’ Baths article struck a chord with readers]]> http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/st-james-baths-article-struck-a-chord-with-readers-1-4537687

Our recent article of memories from St. James Baths and its illustrious musical past certainly struck a chord with readers.

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100 YEARS AGO

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PICTURED is Mrs Burtwhistle taking part in the show jumping at Crowle Show back in the 1980s.

]]> 1.4534735 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:20:43 +0100 <![CDATA[The dark side of The Ship]]> http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/the-dark-side-of-the-ship-1-4518823

THE historical Ship Inn pub at Swinton was recently demolished and Times reader and rock guitarist Graham Oliver took some pictures to record its final moments.

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Sunday was much more respected some decades ago and was a far cry from the heavily commercialised and sport filled Sabbath of today.

]]> 1.4515050 Fri, 4 May 2012 09:13:24 +0100 <![CDATA[The darker side of old Ship Inn unearthed]]> http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/the-darker-side-of-old-ship-inn-unearthed-1-4512744

THE Ship Inn at Swinton was recently demolished and reader and rock guitarist Graham Oliver took some pictures to record its final moments, writes Kevin Rogers.

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100 YEARS AGO

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This photograph is one of thousands taken by Derrick French during more than a decade as Bells Editor in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and as such forms part of a unique social history of Isle life.

]]> 1.4509423 Thu, 3 May 2012 08:44:44 +0100 <![CDATA[The French Collection]]> http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/the-french-collection-1-4494146

A HAPPY band of children waiting for the lights switch-on shortly before Christmas in Epworth Market Place in about 1980.

]]> 1.4494146 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:18:27 +0100 <![CDATA[How we used to live]]> http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/how-we-used-to-live-1-4479880

OUR nostalgia pictures this week feature events from over a quarter of a century ago.

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100 YEARS AGO

]]> 1.4475941 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:46:03 +0100 <![CDATA[The French Collection]]> http://www.epworthbells.co.uk/the-french-collection-1-4475937

COUNCILLOR Donald Stewart and his wife, Hazel, pictured at an Epworth Wesley Day celebration about 1980. Reading from the scroll is celebration committee chairman Ron Ainsley.

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