Maps

381 maps found.

1924, Broad Ings Ref. POP650725
1898, Broad Ings Ref. RNE650725
1947, Broad Ings Ref. NPO650725
1903, Broad Ings Ref. RNC650725
1919, Broad's Green Ref. POP651130
1899, Broad's Green Ref. RNC651129
1898, Broad's Green Ref. RNC651130
1945, Broad's Green Ref. NPO651130
1919, Broad's Green Ref. POP651129
1940, Broad's Green Ref. NPO651129
1896, Broad's Green Ref. RNE651130
1898, Broad's Green Ref. RNE651129
1925, Broad Carr Ref. POP650646
1919, Broad Chalke Ref. POP650647
1920, Broad Green Ref. POP650687
1920, Broad Green Ref. POP650688
1919, Broad Hinton Ref. POP650720
1921, Broad Lanes Ref. POP650732
1924, Broad Oak Ref. POP650766
1919, Broad Oak Ref. POP650768

Books

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Memories

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Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This is ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

The Capitol Cinema

I used to look forward to the weekend so I could pay my 'tanner' and go to the Saturday morning pictures at the Capitol (now Marks & Spencer I believe). I was born and raised in Barking, Sutton Road (off Movers Lane). Went to ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1956 by Peter Hutt

Lost Opportunity?

I was born in Drayton in 1943 and was at Solent Road School and the Northern Grammar School for Boys. I then went to London University and subsequently worked abroad while returning to Portsmouth regularly where I have my UK Home for ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Sir Roger Fry

My Childhood At Longmoor Camp

I lived in longmoor 1954 to 1965. My name was Carol Hoare, my brother Stephen and my sister Angela. We lived at 11 Baden Powell for the first 5 years, Angela was born there. Then 4, Union Rise. I went to Longmoor ...Read more

A memory of Longmoor Camp by carol.bottomley

Living In Teddington 1950s To 1980s

We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had ...Read more

A memory of Teddington

Happy Weekends

For some time back in the late '70's/early '80's I used to ride my motorbike from Worcester to visit my then girlfriend, Judith, at Sawtry. She had a post as a teacher at the nearby school. Used to love the ride on a sunny, summer Friday ...Read more

A memory of Sawtry by bru.enzer

Railway Info.

The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1870

Bits I Recall

Trolley buses ran along Green Lanes from Finsbury Square; turning right for Enfield at Mason's Corner. The 244 route went from Collegiate School, Winchmore Hill to Muswell Hill. Chalkleys the bakers was on the corner of The Green ...Read more

A memory of Winchmore Hill by Malcolm Geary

Chainhurst In The Early 1960's

We moved from London to Chainhurst in 1961 into a small cottage two doors away from the Royal Oak Public House. I remember they let us use an upstairs room once a week so we could play records and I suppose keep us off ...Read more

A memory of Chainhurst by Dawn Brady

Tommy Porthcawl On The Seashore.

Tommy was the ventrioquist's dummy and the morning's show was not to be missed when on family holiday from Penarth in early August 1936. I would be eight in the October of that year. As far as I recollect there was no ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Alastair Urquhart

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Captions

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Caption For Hickling, The Staithe From The Pleasure Boat Inn C1950

It is the word used for all mooring places on the Broads, whether along the river or up an inlet.

Caption For Shanklin, From Lift Steps 1892

The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage.

Caption For Ormesby, Broads, Near Tea Rooms C1935

Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.

Caption For The Broads, Hickling Broad C1945

Away from the broad, along the staithe, the moored boats can bob gently in the calmer water.

Caption For Horning, The Old Wind Pump 1902

The classic Broads marshland scene with an open-trestle windpump.

Caption For Ross On Wye, Broad Street C1960

The library was donated by the town's other benefactor, Thomas Blake, in 1873 – it is located towards the bottom of Broad Street.

Caption For The Broads, Hunsett Mill On River Ant At Stalham C1925

This placid scene depicts the Broads as every water traveller would wish to experience them.

Caption For The Broads, 1902

This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.

Caption For Horning, On The Broad 1934

This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.

Caption For Ballymoney, High Street C1900

This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street.

Caption For The Broads, The 'silver Swallow' C1945

This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town north of the Broads was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For Coltishall, On The Banks Of The Bure 1902

The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.

Caption For Loddon, Basin C1965

By 1965 most of the boats on the Broads were motorised.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For Hickling, The Pleasure Boat Inn C1955

A favourite pub for many years, the Pleasure Boat Inn these days is the starting point for a water trail which visits the reed beds which make this part of the Norfolk Broads an important wildlife habitat

Caption For Oulton, 1887

Oulton was another of the series of medieval broads stretching northward into Norfolk.

Caption For The Broads, Fleet Dyke C1934

The Fleet Dyke flows from the River Bure to South Walsham Broad. A

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Broad Street 1938

Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.

Caption For Reading, Oxford Street 1913

As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.

Caption For Salhouse, The Broads And River Bure 1902

A small broad off the busy river Bure, Salhouse in 1902 displayed the tranquillity of the English countryside beloved by Victorian artists.

Caption For Ormesby, Broads, Near Tea Rooms C1935

The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.

Caption For Aldborough, The Green C1955

Set a short distance away from the Cromer to Norwich road, Aldborough offers a spacious prospect with cottages grouped round a broad green.