Maps

524 maps found.

1925, Bridge End Ref. POP649822
1947, Bridge End Ref. NPO649822
1947, Bridge End Ref. NPO649836
1898, Bridge End Ref. RNE649823
1898, Bridge End Ref. RNE649825
1895, Bridge End Ref. RNE649837
1898, Bridge End Ref. RNE649840
1895, Bridge End Ref. RNE649842
1947, Bridge End Ref. NPO649837
1940, Bridge End Ref. NPO649843
1924, Bridge End Ref. POP649830
1897, Bridge End Ref. RNE649817
1898, Bridge End Ref. RNE649834
1897, Bridge End Ref. RNE649838
1896, Bridge End Ref. RNE649841
1896, Bridge End Ref. RNE649843
1897, Bridge End Ref. RNE649830
1925, Bridge End Ref. POP649817
1925, Bridge End Ref. POP649823
1920, Bridge End Ref. POP649834

Books

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Memories

1,913 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Barbers

I had many a dodgy haircut, and a few good ones, at De Sallas (?) In Darkes Lane. And my father and mother used to love the Embassy Club. My father used to take me wrestling at the Ritz. I saw Mick McManus, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Kendo ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar by Stephen Walker

Francis Frith Murderer Of Eyam

I am astonished that this collection is Francis Frith and I am assuming it is a coincidence that I found it when looking up Francis Frith of Eyam. Francis Frith was a resident of Eyam in Derbsyhire. He and his wife were ...Read more

A memory of Eyam by Lesley Beeley

The Hump

Just on the other side of the bridge you can see the footpath leading up and over a mound. This mound was built up in preparation for a projected relief road from the Midland Railway station to the Sheepmarket (on the other side of the ...Read more

A memory of Stamford by John Riley

Matthews Opticians

To the left of this photo, the first shop you can see was Reg Matthews opticians. You can just make out the entrance and the window above which is a V shape. As a trainee dispensing optician working there around 1971, I used to sit ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1971 by Sue Houghton

The 50s At School

I remember starting school at the 'old' school and then after 3 years moving to the new school - it seemed huge and daunting and many of us got lost in the first few weeks. Pyrford was great to grow up in then - we had fields to roam ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Ron Hardie

Australians On The Cut 1975

Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat in ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by Ross Barnard

Harry Street

My gran lived on Harry Street in the 1960's and early 70's. I remember playing near the Trafford swing bridge and the excitement when it was opened.  Old terraced houses slums by then. Corner shops and the horrible smell from the canal. ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Debra Edwards

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Geddes The Chemist

In the late 1950's I had an after school/Saturday job with Geddes. I had a pushbike with a basket and used to deliver medicines around Three Bridges & Worth; In addition I used to wash bottles, as in those days liquid ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges by David Randall

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

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Captions

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Caption For Warwick, Bridge End C1955

Bridge End may have escaped major development, but the house on the right is a 20th-century addition, built onto the end of the terrace (compare this photograph with 72355, above).

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Newtown C1955

The first part of Newtown was built as workers` cottages for the employees of the ironworks, and the other section was for workers in the brick works.

Caption For Warwick, Bridge End 1922

Bridge End is on the south bank of the Avon, where all the roads from the south previously met to cross into Warwick.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Bridge End Gardens, The Dutch Garden C1950

This small garden is to be found in Bridge End Gardens.

Caption For Baslow, Bridge C1870

Riverside beeches frame Baslow's three-arched medieval bridge at Nether End, as it strides across the River Derwent with elegant ease.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Bridge End Gardens, Fry's Garden 1907

Fry's Gardens, otherwise Bridge End Gardens, were initiated by Francis Gibson, a member of a well-known Quaker family.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Hart's Yard 1919

Fry's Gardens, otherwise Bridge End Gardens, were initiated by Francis Gibson, a member of a well-known Quaker family.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

The long bridge over the wide Usk river separates Crickhowell from the neighbouring village of Llangattock.

Caption For Brynmawr, Alma Street And King Street C1950

The photograph does not quite capture the Bridge End Inn on the extreme right.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

The long bridge over the wide Usk river separates Crickhowell from the neighbouring village of Llangattock.

Caption For Ashover, Eastwood Grange C1955

Nether End c1955 Baslow, situated 8 miles west of Chesterfield and 12 miles south of Sheffield, was once a part of the parish of Bakewell, but became independent in July 1869, taking with it

Caption For Gilling West, The Bridge C1950

Looking north past Bridge End Cottage, we see the old chapel of 1879 and Town End Farm.

Caption For Baslow, The Village C1955

This section of the area is the old village known as Nether End.

Caption For Belfast, Ann Street 1897

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.

Caption For Barnstaple, Bridge 1890

A superb study of the Long Bridge, taken at low tide.

Caption For Arncliffe, The Bridge C1900

Rushing through Littondale is the River Skirfare, which crosses under the bridge.

Caption For Blakeney, The Severn Railway Bridge C1950

At 4,162ft from end to end, the Severn Railway Bridge was the longest bridge in England when it opened.

Caption For Saltash, The Tamar Bridge C1965

The completion of the road bridge in 1961 signalled the end of the Saltash Ferry.

Caption For Poole, Bridge 1931

When this photograph was taken from the end of the quay, the bridge linking Poole town and Hamworthy was only four years old.

Caption For Hambleton, Meadow Cafe And Pink Cottage C1965

The Shard Bridge Hotel was another stopping off place.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1914

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1914

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.

Caption For Upper Beeding, From Bridge C1955

The High Street was named in the 13th century, when buildings were recorded east of Beeding Bridge.

Caption For Runcorn, The Locks C1955

There were ten locks at the end of the Bridgewater Canal linking it with the docks below; figures for 1883 show that in that year alone 60,300 craft passed up and down.