Maps

52 maps found.

1947, Cambridge Ref. NPO660145
1946, Cambridge Ref. NPO660147
1946, Cambridge Ref. NPO660146
1897, Cambridge Ref. RNE660146
1898, Cambridge Ref. RNE660147
1886, Cambridge Ref. HOSM34277
1926, Cambridge Ref. POP660144
1925, Cambridge Ref. POP660145
1920, Cambridge Ref. POP660147
1898, Cambridge Ref. RNE660145
1919, Cambridge Ref. POP660146
1946, Cambridge Town Ref. NPO660154
1903-1904, Cambridge Ref. RNC660144
1899, Cambridge Batch Ref. RNC660148
1921, Cambridge Town Ref. POP660154
1895, Little Cambridge Ref. RNE757009
1903-1904, Cambridge Ref. RNC660145
1898-1900, Cambridge Ref. RNC660146
1899-1901, Cambridge Ref. RNC660147
1946, Cambridge Batch Ref. NPO660148

Books

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Memories

154 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Cambridge Hospital.

I used to live in Denmark square and I was 11 years of age. My friend Donna Meek lived in the army quarters. We used to adventure out behind the Cambridge hospital, were there was clear signs of bunkers that had been bombed, the old ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by Sharon Mc Cabe

Marshall's Airport

I lived at 14 The Homing, Meadowlands, Cambridge which was close to the airport. I was 8 years old in 1955. Often on sunny weekends, my Mum would takes us on a walk over to the airport. It was a quiet relaxed place in those days. ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1955 by Chris Birkbeck

My Sister.

The lady on the left by the railings of King's College is my older sister then aged 22. We lived in Cambridge until 1922 and I was a pupil at Cambridge High School during the First World War. I am now 93.

A memory of Cambridge in 0 by Claire Allen

The Beatty And Us

Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie were ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1987 by Peter Van Vroonhoven

A Claim To Fame!

My paternal grandparents, by the name of Goodliffe, lived in a house called The Robins, on Old House Road, Balsham. (Both of which are still there, although the house has been extended somewhat and modernised. Mind you, it certainly ...Read more

A memory of Balsham in 1962 by Brian Goodliffe

Shooters Hill Grammar School 1951 1959

I was there from 1951-1959. Some of the happiest days of my life. A day started with assembly with prayers said and some hymns sung. An awful cacophony of weedy and breaking voices. Various announcements were ...Read more

A memory of Shooters Hill

Flamstead End School /Hammond Street

Hi..I too went to Flamstead End junior school..and remember Mrs Sibley and Mr Cave...Mr Cave lived in Pottars Bar and drove what seemed a large car then - an Austin Cambridge I think....there was also a Miss/Mrs Butterfield ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt by David Hawkins

Cargo Fleet

When I look back, they were probably the best years of my life though I didn't think so at the time, my mam had parted from my dad, I was 12, had never heard of Cargo Fleet, had lost my dad and was taken to this place Id never heard ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1968 by Alison Jones

Those Were The Days 2

It didn't change until the sixties when the station was rebuilt and opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 in 1961. I watched the whole building project from start to finish from the comfort of my bedroom window. When it ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

A Wartime Child

I was born in 1935 at 25 Cambridge Road, maiden name Lee. There were six of us, parents, 2 older sisters, Beryl and Gwen, and grandmother. I remember many of the shops from the late 30's to the early 50's when we moved to Surrey. ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1930 by Margaret Waddingham

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Captions

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Caption For Barkway, Main Street C1965

In 1700s and 1800s, Barkway lay on the main coach route from London to Cambridge.

Caption For Cambridge, Girton College 1938

Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Regatta 1890

Ten years before the annual Royal Regatta began, the first Oxford and Cambridge University boat race was held on the Thames at Henley.

Caption For Cambridge, The Airport 1938

Cambridge's Marshall Airport was built just the year before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Southport, Cambridge Hall 1902

The sign above the entrance of Cambridge Hall indicates that the picture was taken around 1901-02 following the accession of King Edward VII.

Caption For Ely, The River Ouse C1955

The rowers pictured here would almost certainly have come from Cambridge University, who tend to use the river here when practising for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race because of its greater width

Caption For Cambridge, Hobbs Pavilion 1931

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

Caption For Cambridge, Hobbs Pavilion 1931

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

Caption For Southport, Cambridge Hall 1902

The sign above the entrance of Cambridge Hall indicates that the picture was taken around 1901-02 following the accession of King Edward VII.

Caption For Cambridge, Girton College 1908

Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and was moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

Caption For Cambridge, Girton College 1908

Cambridge's first women's college started out in Hitchin in 1869, and was moved to Girton three years later - sufficiently far removed from Cambridge and the temptations of its male students.

Caption For Cambridge, The Airport 1938

Cambridge's Marshall Airport was built just the year before this photograph was taken.

Caption For Cambridge, Hobbs Pavilion 1931

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

Caption For Madingley, The Hall 1909

The very fine 15th-century gateway came from the Old Schools in Cambridge in c1754.

Caption For Aldershot, Wellington Monument 1891

Cambridge Military Hospital 1891 Named after the Duke of Cambridge, Queen Victoria's uncle, this most distinguished of buildings opened as a military hospital in 1879 and remained in use for

Caption For Camberley, London Road C1955

The Cambridge Hotel, on the corner of the High Street, was built in 1862 by Charles Raleigh Knight, and was named after the second Duke of Cambridge.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1919

Originally called Cambridge Town, in honour of the Duke of Cambridge who founded the Army Staff College here, its name had to be changed to avoid confusion within the postal service with its university

Caption For Cambridge, Newnham College, Sedgewick Hall 1890

Newnham College was Cambridge's second college for women, and was built a lot closer to the centre than the first one at Girton.

Caption For Aylesbury, Cambridge Street C1955

Cambridge Street, misleadingly, does not head for Cambridge, and was formerly Bakers Lane.

Caption For Grantchester, The Village 1929

A man brings his horses in from the fields, passing the small pub advertising tea gardens to attract visitors from Cambridge.

Caption For Waterbeach, Bottisham Locks, The River Cam C1955

Here we see manually-operated lock gates in the River Cam at Waterbeach, north of Cambridge.

Caption For Cambridge, Newnham College, Sedgewick Hall 1890

Newnham College was Cambridge's second college for women, and was built a lot closer to the centre than the first one at Girton.

Caption For Stapleford, The Rose Inn C1960

This small inn stands at the edge of the village on the main London route into Cambridge where it crosses the River Granta.

Caption For Cambridge, Westminster College 1914

Not part of the University, Westminster College is one of several theological colleges in Cambridge; this one is the college of the Presbyterian Church of England.