Places

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Photos

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Maps

30 maps found.

1919, Bridgetown Ref. POP650132
1902, Bridgetown Ref. HOSM38905
1900, Bridgetown Ref. RNC650133
1899, Bridgetown Ref. RNC650134
1946, Bridgetown Ref. NPO650132
1946, Bridgetown Ref. NPO650134
1895, Bridgetown Ref. RNE650133
1898, Bridgetown Ref. RNE650134
1919, Bridgetown Ref. POP650134
1919, Bridgetown Ref. POP650133
1946, Bridgetown Ref. NPO650133
1898, Bridgetown Ref. RNE650132
1947, Bridge Town Ref. NPO650003
1898-1900, Bridgetown Ref. RNC650132
1919, Bridge Town Ref. POP650003
1898, Bridge Town Ref. RNE650003
1899-1902, Bridge Town Ref. RNC650003
1883 - 1886, Bridge Town Ref. HOSM38906
1883 - 1886, Bridge Town Ref. HOSM55701
1925, Old Town Ref. POP797216

Books

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Memories

391 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

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

Happy Childhood Holidays

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has evoked ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

The Rec!

Ah yes, The Rec!  Scene of many a battle and many a cup final, in later years there was romance!  You could get through the hedge and down onto the railway line to put halfpennies on the line that got flattened by trains as they ran over ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Stephen Owen

The Pyramid Roof Has Gone!

This is the view from near the iron railway bridge (built c1859) looking back towards the town. The pyramid shaped roof was in place up until the end of WWII. Between then and now it has been removed but I do not know why! ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by M

Island Cottage

My nanna and grandad Noden lived at Island Cottage. Grandad was a bridgekeeper along with Jack Powell and Syd Bebbington at Acton swing bridge from 1945-1960. There was an enormous flood in 1946 when my grandparents were the first ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1955 by Christine Ruskin

Doon The Brae In 1950

When my family moved here I was only 7 and there was only a cottage on the left at bottom of Brae and a row of four terraced houses on the left, they were holiday homes for my grandmother and her sisters. We lived there with no ...Read more

A memory of Mid Calder by Doreen Knox

Fair And Lake Wandle Park, Croydon

A travelling fair each summer here was both a delight and a way to earn a few shillings when the fair ended. I would help dismantle the rides and stalls, working hard from morning to evening for about five shillings ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1947 by Philip Harfleet

Along Row From Home

I n 1965 my parents retired to Saltash and my father built himself a small boat. As it was moored off the end of the garden. He looked around for a dingy to get to and fro and eventually found one in Gunnislake. Guess who got the ...Read more

A memory of Gunnislake by Chris Scott

Boyhood Memories Of Lymington

My parents, Edward (Jack) and Mavis Byard and myself and German Shepherd Dog Julie, moved from Poole, in Dorset, to live in a de-commissioned British Power Boat Motor Torpedo Boat, 451, in November 1947. My father worked ...Read more

A memory of Lymington by Michael Byard

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Captions

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Caption For Totnes, Seymour Hotel 1928

The Seymour Hotel was built by the 11th Duke of Somerset, who also built the church of St John in Bridgetown.

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Caption For Totnes, 1890

The roofscape of Totnes remains largely unchanged.

Caption For Abingdon, Arches Bridge C1965

Abingdon's stone bridge was built by the Fraternity of the Holy Cross, a guild of town merchants and prominent citizens founded before 1416 and incorporated by royal charter in 1441.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Bridges 1891

An interesting view showing the Ha'penny pedestrian bridge across Rifts Wood and the road bridge between the old town and new town.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Blorenge 1893

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the

Caption For Abergavenny, The Blorenge 1893

Two bridges crossed the Usk at Llanfoist: the medieval stone-arched road bridge is dwarfed by the railway bridge, which was demolished shortly after the Abergavenny to Merthyr line closed in the early

Caption For Wetherby, The Bridge 1909

The first stone bridge over the Wharfe was constructed in 1233; the bridge we see today was widened in 1826 to cope with the increase in livestock traffic to the town market.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Holy Trinity Church C1965

This bridge provided much-needed access to other parts of the town, which had only been accessible by the town bridge before.

Caption For Crowland, The Bridge 1894

The town grew up at the gates of the abbey on a low island amid the surrounding marshes, receiving its charter in 1142.

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge And River Steamer C1955

Here we see the town bridge with a Salter Brothers steamer passing underneath.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Gardens 1901

Rifts Wood, the area between the old town and the new town, was spanned by a pedestrian bridge known as the Ha'penny Bridge, under which were laid a series of lovely gardens, including

Caption For Kendal, Noble's Yard, 96, Off Stricklandgate 1914

Here we see the lower or Nether Bridge across the River Kent.

Caption For Runcorn, Church Street C1965

This slow growth of population in the 1900s is explained by the fact that Runcorn was very much a cul-de-sac town.

Caption For Andover, Iron Bridge 1908

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

Caption For Crowland, The Bridge 1894

The town grew up at the gates of the abbey on a low island amid the surrounding marshes, receiving its charter in 1142.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Miller Bridge, once known as Mill Bridge because it linked the mills on the east of the river with the town, is one of the chief bridges across the River Kent.

Caption For Kendal, Nether Bridge 1914

Here we see the lower or Nether Bridge across the River Kent.

Caption For Thetford, Town Bridge 1929

This neat cast iron bridge was built in 1829 replacing an old wooden bridge.

Caption For Godmanchester, Chinese Bridge C1960

The town`s impressive Chinese Bridge was built in 1827 - the name reflects the design of the bridge.

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 Lancaster, From The Bridge 1891

The River Lune and the town of Lancaster are viewed from the New Bridge, or the Skerton Bridge as it is now called.

Caption For Burton On Trent, C1960

Burton Bridge was once one of only a handful of crossing points over the Trent River, and consequently the town was of some strategic importance.

Caption For Burton On Trent, C1960

Burton Bridge was once one of only a handful of crossing points over the Trent River, and consequently the town was of some strategic importance.

Caption For Wroxham, The Bridge C1940

The bridge joining Wroxham to the west and Hoveton to the east was declared unsafe in the 1960s.