Maps

55 maps found.

1895, Hightown Ref. RNE734706
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734702
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734705
1925, Hightown Ref. POP734703
1921, Hightown Ref. POP734704
1902, Hightown Ref. RNC734704
1897-1909, Hightown Ref. RNC734706
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734704
1940, Hightown Ref. NPO734706
1945, Hightown Ref. NPO734707
1923, Hightown Ref. POP734702
1903, Hightown Ref. RNC734703
1897, Hightown Ref. RNE734705
1923, Hightown Ref. POP734705
1919, Hightown Ref. POP734707
1896, Hightown Ref. RNE734702
1896, Hightown Ref. RNE734703
1892, Hightown Ref. HOSM48513
1919, Hightown Ref. POP734706
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734703

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Memories

19 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Raf

As a trainee aircrew member of the RAF I was posted to Bridgnorth in 1943. I don't recall the exact location of the ITW (Initial training wing), but there we learned radio and morse code procedures, aircraft recognition and gunnery during an ...Read more

A memory of Bridgnorth in 1943 by Neville Robinson

Lower Broghton

I remember so well going on the No 73 bus home from a night out in Manchester to Warwick St in Higher Broughton. I went to Broughton High and my best friend was Gillian Guy whose family owned the newsagents on Lower Broughton Rd. I ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Irene Walton

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from age ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

Our History In Brief

Although I had visited Hightown on many many occasions before this date to visit my Grandparents etc I particularly remember the days when myself and friends from Waterloo would visit Altcar Rifle Range to mark the ...Read more

A memory of Hightown in 1957 by Ron Baybut

The Awakening

On the right of the photograph the second shop belonged to Arthur Sansom, the Newsagents and Confectioners. It has a sign board above the shop front: PICTURE POST. In the Easter holidays of 1959 at the age of 14½, I took my first ...Read more

A memory of Locksbottom

Swinging 60s And 70s In Luton

I was born in Luton at the St Marys Grove Road Maternity home in 1959. My parents had moved to Luton in 1949 following my paternal grandmother who had been bombed out of the East End. We lived on Humberstone Road, me and my ...Read more

A memory of Luton

Campsite

My father was building the Power Station at Shoreham in the fifties and we had a tent here for many Summer months. The lads use to dare me to go to the Wardens control tower and say I was lost! They used to humour me and broadcast my name ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1950 by James Whitehead

View From Cliff

View from Cliif across to Quarryfields. showing Hightown Lane and Wood Lane, with Holt Lane at the top and Holt Farm.

A memory of Holmfirth

The Good Old Days Continued

I also recall the days when the old tramp used to go around the bins in the old market hall looking for food, and old Les the deaf mute who used to hang around the taxi rank on Market Hill, he used to go to Warwicks fish ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

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Captions

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Caption For Hereford, St Peter's Square C1950

Standing beyond the market area of High Town, near to the Shire Hall, St Peter's is the civic church of Hereford.

Caption For Hereford, St Peter's Square C1950

Standing beyond the market area of High Town, near to the Shire Hall, St Peter's is the civic church of Hereford.

Caption For Blundellsands, The Beach C1960

The local authority has formed the intention to create the Crosby Coastal Park stretching as far as the River Alt at Hightown.

Caption For Blundellsands, The Beach C1960

The local authority has formed the intention to create the Crosby Coastal Park stretching as far as the River Alt at Hightown.

Caption For Bridgnorth, Bridge 1898

Bridgnorth is really two towns, High Town at the top of a steep hill and Low Town at the bottom.

Caption For Maidenhead, Castle Hill 1904

On the right, the house dated 1882 still stands at the corner of East Road, part of the High Town developments of the 1870s onwards.

Caption For Rochdale, Town Hall Square 1892

The Square is dominated by the 190ft-high Town Hall tower.

Caption For Bridgnorth, Bridge 1898

Bridgnorth has always been divided in two: High Town on a defensive position on the hill, and Low Town for traders by the river.

Caption For Kilburn, The Village Centre C1965

This is a village in two halves, High Town and Low Town, a quarter mile apart.

Caption For Luton, C1955

Slum areas like Latimer Road, New Town and High Town were cleared as part of a major housing regeneration scheme.

Caption For Norwich, St Giles' Church 1891

This church, with its 120 ft high tower, occupies a large triangular churchyard.

Caption For Gloucester, From The River 1923

Built of Painswick stone, the 225 ft high tower was completed in 1450.

Caption For Margate, Pettman's Bathing Platform 1918

The 70 ft high tower was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, and was formally handed over to the corporation in 1889.

Caption For Mousehole, The Harbour 1927

The boat lying on the beach in the fore ground, in Hugh Town harbour, is vaguely reminiscent of an ex-ships' lifeboat, and shows the rugged clinker-built construction of this type of craft.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

Caption For Cirencester, The Park, Drive C1950

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

Caption For Beccles, New Market And Parish Church 1950

The church is unusual in that the 92 feet high tower is actually separate from the nave.

Caption For Beachy Head, From The Sands 1903

The foundations of this 153ft-high tower were sunk 18ft into the chalk, and about 3,600 tons of Cornish granite were used to build it.

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street And Church 1900

St Nicholas's Church (left) has a 90ft-high tower and turret with a cupola.

Caption For Rothesay, Castle 1897

The forework is a high tower which extends into the moat and dates from the remodelling of the castle by James IV and James V.

Caption For Cirencester, The Park, Drive C1950

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

Caption For Ferring, Church Lane C1960

The pebble and sandy beach provides views along the coast to Worthing pier; just a short distance inland are the grassy slopes of Highdown Hill, which has long been a popular recreational

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

Caption For Southampton, The Civic Centre C1955

The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower, visible from many parts of the city.