Places

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Maps

13 maps found.

1946, Black Bank Ref. NPO641336
1920, Black Bank Ref. POP641337
1897, Black Banks Ref. RNE641343
1901, Black Bank Ref. RNC641337
1925, Black Banks Ref. POP641343
1898, Black Bank Ref. RNE641337
1920, Black Bank Ref. POP641336
1946, Black Bank Ref. NPO641337
1947, Black Banks Ref. NPO641343
1899, Black Bank Ref. RNE641336
1903-1904, Black Banks Ref. RNC641343
1901-1902, Black Bank Ref. RNC641336
1899 - 1945, Mill Hill Ref. HOSM37915

Books

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Memories

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Childhood Memories

Knutsford holds a special place in my heart as I was born there in 1956 and spent nearly eight years of my childhood growing up in this then safe and close community. I have very strong memories of family, home, school and friends ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford in 1962 by Julie Nunn

My Early Years

On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by Sue Tomlinson

Ledsham Court, St Leonards, Sussex ...Great Memories! By John Franks, (Ex Rascal Boarder).

Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by John Franks

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

Molly Gray's Memories Of Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey.

When we were children during WWII, my brothers Rob and Wilf and myself often visited Weston Green. At Weston Green there were two churches and two ponds called Marneys and Milburns. My ...Read more

A memory of Weston Green by Janet Moore

1965

1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

Children's Convalescent Home Charnwood Forest 1949

I was three years old when I went to Charnwood Forest for four weeks to convalesce in late spring 1949. I was recovering from pleurisy and pneumonia. My parents didn't have a car so I was ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves

Wartime In Ickburgh Fields

I was evacuated with my mother to a back to back semi-detached flint cottage situated in a clearing in the pine forests. There was no sanitation or running water or electricity. There was a tiny kitchen with a black ...Read more

A memory of Ickburgh Fields by Marion Mac Donald

Summers Holidays Were Invented For Fishing

I remember as a small kid growing up in England I couldn't wait for the summer holidays to arrive.  As the days drew closer I could hardly sleep at night knowing that any day now we would be packing our ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1972 by Darren Crumbleholme

Hop Picking

I used to go to Little Chart Farm, Pluckley as a child, being born in the East End in 1946.  My memories are of freedom and adventure, long, happy carefree days spent in the beautiful Kent countryside, for a few weeks each summer. My aunt ...Read more

A memory of Pluckley in 1956 by Alexandra Mustin

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Captions

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Caption For Tregaron, View From The Church Tower C1965

On the right is a half-timbered building that houses a bank.

Caption For Ruthin, Clwyd Street C1955

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

Caption For Penrith, Shops, Market Place 1893

Occupying a prime position in the Market Place from 1887 to 1908 was Henry Thompson, Furnishing and General Ironmonger, Black and Whitesmith.

Caption For Lindfield, Post Office Corner C1955

The chequered brick and weather boarded cottage (right) is Barclays Bank; it opened in 1910 in what was then the front room of a cottage.

Caption For Matlock, Bank Road From Crown Square C1949

By the mid-Fifties, Crown Square had taken on a much more urban appearance, with black and white kerb markings, a Belisha beacon on the right, and traffic signs in the centre of the

Caption For Holdenhurst, Throop Village C1945

Holdenhurst has retained its rural setting near the banks of the River Stour, despite the sprawl of Bournemouth across its more distant meadows.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Barley Mow Inn 1890

On the east bank, beyond the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its 'cruck' construction, the large curved timbers in the gable wall, and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome commends it in 'Three Men

Caption For Chatburn, Bridge Road C1955

Beyond Martin's Bank and the shops is the Black Bull Inn, which carries a date stone of 1855.

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 Parkgate, The Parade C1939

At one time it was an important packet port for passengers travellingto Ireland, but then it too succumbed to the growing silt banks.

Caption For Douglas, Promenade 1897

Dumbell was a banker, a director of the Laxey mines and a Deemster (justice of the Tynwald), but the failure of his bank on Saturday 3rd February 1900 ('Black Saturday') was one of the greatest financial

Caption For Newbury, The Broadway And Clock Tower C1965

The Flower House on the corner became a bank in more recent years, while Wheelers car showroom on the right was demolished in the early 1970s and replaced by offices.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill And St Peter's C1955

The two hanging signs on the left are for the Black Boy, where King George VI lunched during the Second World War.

Caption For Bungay, Market Place Showing The Black Dog Of Bungay C1960

The dog was Black Shuck, who supposedly attacked worshippers at church here and at Blythburgh in 1557.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street 1901

The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite it is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

Caption For Pontefract, Market Place C1965

Barclays Bank (left) was the Bank of Leatham and Tew before 1906, and from 1776 to 1801 the Black Bull Inn occupied this 18th-century private house.

Caption For Keswick, Bridge And Greta Hall 1889

The pencil works of A Banks on the right is an example of one of Keswick's major industries, founded on supplies of plumbago, or black lead, from the Seathwaite valley in Borrowdale.

Caption For Macclesfield, Churchwallgate C1955

This view has changed little, although the pub's black and white walls have been painted over.

Caption For Chippenham, New Road C1960

Further up we can see the sign of the Black Horse.

Caption For Keswick, Bridge And Greta Hall 1889

Pencil making was one of Keswick's major industries, founded on supplies of plumbago, or black lead, from the Seathwaite valley in Borrowdale.

Caption For Hitchin, Priory Park 1901

Bounded by Gosmoor and Charlton Roads, Priory Park was a favourite spot for picnics and Sunday afternoon strolls down to the banks of the River Hiz close to Brick Kiln Lane, Charlton, which runs behind

Caption For Henley On Thames, The Bridge 1899

In this view we see the black poplars on the Berkshire bank which replaced the late 18th-century ones planted by Field Marshal Conway.