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Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from age ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

Childhood Memories In The Mumbles

I was born in London, but my Mother came from the Mumbles, so several times a year we took the train from Paddington on our journey to Swansea. With a large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, the ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The by Gaynor Wingham

I Lost My Ball

Remember when I went for a walk with Nana and lost my ball off the edge.

A memory of Newquay in 1969 by Colin Morris

Felsted, My Village

I was born & bred in Felsted, living in the area until 1965 when I emigrated to New Zealand. These photographs of Felsted Mill remind me of the many hours spent on the wall below the water wheel race, fishing for roach and ...Read more

A memory of Felsted by Bill Cranfield

My Fading Memories

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The Mountain', ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

School Days

I was a pupil at Easter Compton Infants School and remember Mrs Hunt Well . I also remember coke stoves used in winter and Mrs Withers the dinner lady. Meals were cooked elsewhere and brought to the School in hot boxes and Mrs Withers ...Read more

A memory of Easter Compton by bamfiel.sb

Shute After The War

My sister and I were at Shute between 1949 and 1952, and I hardly recognise some of the memories here! For us it was a happy place, where we rode ponies and made dens in the woods. We learned about wildflowers - Mrs. Clapp was very ...Read more

A memory of Shute by jane.maanley

Good Old Days

I remember Elite fish and chip shop. Went to Colmers Farm 1957-1967 Fine Fare was opened by the Dagenham Girl Pipers. Avery’s was the shoe shop. Hadley’s we went for bags. Delaney’s toy shop. Dowlings for veg and straw for the ...Read more

A memory of Rubery by susancripps

Brimscombe Corner & Burleigh 1910 62690

This photo is taken 100 yards up Brimscombe lane, looking back across the Golden Valley. The lane itself leads back up to Thrupp Lane & Dark lane, which is on its way to Quarhouse and the Lypiatt Manor, (the ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

Great Bridge 50’s And 60’s

I was born in Great Bridge in the 1950’s in Slater Street, I went to Fisher Street School until I was eleven. I remember Irene Edwards sweet shop and Teddy Grays on the the canal bridge just before the market. I loved ...Read more

A memory of Great Bridge by dianeworley1

Captions

1,668 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Harlow, Felmongers C1955

The houses were designed by Featherstone, and were very attractive with white walls and dark roofs.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The New Bridge 1890

The wall on the left on which the child is sitting has since been extensively redeveloped as the river frontage for a shopping development.

Caption For Colchester, St Boltolph's Priory And Church 1907

Like St John's Abbey, St Botolph's Priory lay outside the town walls.

Caption For Farnborough, Old Parish Church 1897

Inside the church there are wall paintings of three female saints dating from when the church was first built.

Caption For Chepstow, The Town Gate 1925

The notice on the arch restricts the speed of all motors to 6 miles per hour through the arch, while the poster beside it is advertising a fete.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1890

Smaller boats are drawn right up to the buildings in the background, for the Wharf wall had not yet been built.

Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1906

The circular gun-ports at the base of the gatehouse walls are obscured by hedging.

Caption For Rothesay, Castle 1897

Described in 1549 as 'the round castle of Buitte callit Rosay of the auld', the first stone castle was a circular shell keep 142 ft in diameter with walls 30 ft high and 9 ft thick; four projecting drum

Caption For Kings Lynn, The Walks, Archway C1955

This archway and wall date back over two hundred years; it is known as Gannock Gate, and forms part of a huge park known as The Walks, where it was the perfect place for fashionable folk

Caption For Addingham, The Church C1955

This scene of the parish church of St Peter at Addingham, standing in its walled churchyard on the village green and reached by a stone bridge over the beck, has not changed substantially since this photograph

Caption For Middleham, The Castle 1893

A stone keep was added in 1170, followed by curtain walls and improved living accommodation.

Caption For Lanlivery, 1903

Like its neighbour Luxulyan, this is an all-granite church, but Lanlivery has a tall pinnacled tower (97 feet) which is a local landmark that can be seen from miles away.

Caption For Rock, St Michael's Church C1960

The tide is out here but high water comes right up to the protective churchyard wall.

Caption For York, Barges On The Foss Navigation 1885

This photograph, showing the castle walls and the dome of the Debtors' Prison, was taken from the fourth recorded bridge, which was replaced by the present one in 1955 owing to the demands of traffic.

Caption For Fittleworth, The Village 1921

The creeper on the chimneystack has been well trimmed, and so have the horse chestnut trees - although the old chimney still shows signs of damage caused by the creeper.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Square 1929

have been a few changes here since the time of photograph No 38828: the gas lamp (left) has gone, the left-hand porch has been replaced, and the creeper on the centre porch seems to have migrated to the wall

Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1893

The ivy-clad walls retain a richness of style, not least in the transomed and mullioned oriel window of the hall on the right.

Caption For Jaywick, The Sands C1955

In 1953 the sea had smashed a thirty-yard gap in the concrete sea wall.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Barley Mow Inn 1890

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Barley Mow Inn 1890

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

Caption For Ulverston, The Square 1895

On the walls is painted an impressive list of products for sale, including photographic chemicals and equipment, trusses, assorted tobaccos, cigars, cigarettes, elastic hosiery, medicated wines, teas,

Caption For Great Houghton, Old Cherry Tree Inn C1965

A cherry tree is depicted on the inn sign, and on the outside wall is the date 1576 - the year the pub was built.

Caption For Blackpool, From North Pier 1906

This photograph gives us a good view of the new sea wall built as part of the widening of the Promenade.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Norman Tower C1955

The precinct wall would have originally closed the gap between the Tower and St James's.