Places

4 places found.

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Maps

51 maps found.

1921, Harley Shute Ref. POP727379
1898, Harley Shute Ref. RNC727379
1899-1900, Shute Ref. RNC830948
1898-1900, Shute Ref. RNC830950
1895, Shute End Ref. RNE830952
1946, Shute Ref. NPO830948
1946, Shute Ref. NPO830950
1919, Shute Ref. POP830948
1919, Shute Ref. POP830950
1898, Shute Ref. RNE830948
1898, Shute Ref. RNE830950
1940, Harley Shute Ref. NPO727379
1895, Harley Shute Ref. RNE727379
1940, Shute End Ref. NPO830952
1919, Shute End Ref. POP830952
1887 - 1888, Shute Ref. HOSM59322
1897-1898, Shute End Ref. RNC830952
1900 - 1924, Shute End Ref. HOSM41041
1884, Cross Ref. HOSM59204
1902, Shutt Green Ref. RNC830973

Books

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Memories

60 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

My First And Last Jobs In Hull

This is a photo of the Derringham Branch of the Hull Savings Bank where I started as a junior bank clerk at the age of 16 on 31st August 1965, probably around the time when this photo was taken. It certainly ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1965 by David Farrow

Happy Days

I went to Wescott Road school in 1950 then St Crispins 1956. I can recall quite a few shops. Herrings furniture where you could buy on HP with no checks, as Mr Herring assessed whether or not you looked trustworthy. NSS newsagents. Next door ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by keithmorshead

W.H.Smiths Richmond Road.

I worked in W.H.Smiths in 1955. So I could have been in the shop when this photo was taken. The shop opposite on the corner of Shute Road was called Crasters (haberdashery) where I used to buy many a pair of nylons etc. It ...Read more

A memory of Catterick in 1956 by Marjorie Taylor

Architectural Notes

As a former resident of Bath I recall that this building was not particularly liked. In 1959 the hotel was demolished and a block of 33 flats at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor level with shops at the ground floor was built. The quality of ...Read more

A memory of Bath by Claire Allen

The Plantations

Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well.  Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself.  I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1930 by Thelma Hurly

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

Clements Hall

I must have been about six when I stayed at Clements Hall with my brothers Edwin and Terry in the 1950s. Christine story brought back memories. I also remember the geese, the matron often made me sit on the step to shell the peas. The ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1956 by Gillian Mower

The Mighty Slide Of Stephens Park

When very young I used to go with my father to the huge allotments opposite the parade of shops in Wrotham Road. It was always on a Sunday when the hut shop was open for the sale of seed, fertiliser and garden ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Shute Memoir

I was at Shute from 1969 to 1974, when it closed. In fact, I was the final head girl. But only by default! My sister and school pals have spent hours over the years telling the same old stories and so I have finally decided to write a ...Read more

A memory of Shute in 1970 by Carolyn Bastick

Arrival Of Mail At Higher Clovelly Po.

This photo shows the arrival of Royal Mail being deliverd to the Post Office at Higher Clovelly. The mail for Clovelly village was then loaded on to the donkey and taken down the steep cobbled street to the Post ...Read more

A memory of Clovelly in 1930 by Graham Shackson

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Captions

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Caption For Shute, The Beagles C1955

Shute is a collection of scattered hamlets on a hillside offering wonderful views.

Caption For Shute, House, The Old Gateway 1902

Shute was the home of the Bonville family until their fortunes declined after the Wars of the Roses.

Caption For Langstone, The Harbourside C1955

The author and aeronautical engineer Neville Shute lived here between 1934 and 1940 when he worked at Portsmouth Airport.

Caption For Southport, Water Chute 1904

This photograph was taken after Easter 1904, when the Water Chute was commissioned; it soon became the main attraction at Pleasureland.

Caption For Southport, Water Chute 1904

This photograph was taken after Easter 1904, when the Water Chute was commissioned; it soon became the main attraction at Pleasureland.

Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour C1885

Chutes descend from Quay Road in front of the terraced houses for loading china clay.

Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour 1912

Workmen are shovelling china clay down chutes into the hold.

Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour C1955

Looking up the harbour, we can see a small Dutch coaster loading china clay at two chutes.

Caption For Sudbury, The Mill 1904

The tall silo above the granary fed grain down the chute and over the road into the mill.

Caption For Bradford, Lister Park Lake 1921

As well as a Somali Village, the Exhibition also contained a switchback railway and also a water chute, which cascaded into this lake.

Caption For Bisley, The Seven Springs 1910

Five of the seven water chutes have gabled canopies, and were restored in 1863 for the Reverend Thomas Keble (brother of John Keble, the famous hymn writer and founder of the Oxford Movement).

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Pool C1955

The Southend Corporation Swimming Bath on Western Esplanade was a popular feature of the town. 300ft x 75ft, it boasted a high diving board, platforms, chutes and springboards.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Pool C1955

The Southend Corporation Swimming Bath on Western Esplanade was a popular feature of the town. 300ft x 75ft, it boasted a high diving board, platforms, chutes and springboards.

Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour C1955

They have been discharging coal or are loading bagged clay, whereas the berths across the dock are for loading bulk clay, which was tipped into the chutes from lorries.

Caption For Porthcawl, Coney Beach 1938

In this view of the park we can see the helter-skelter, the water chute and the big dipper.

Caption For Skegness, The Pool, Derbyshire Miners Welfare Centre C1960

As we can see, the pool had a spring board and diving stage at the deep end and a children's water chute in the shallow part.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1934

The diagonal chute pours milled grain straight into barges and wherries.

Caption For Hull, Alexandra Dock 1903

Steamers discharge their cargo by way of chutes into dumb barges.

Caption For Porthcawl, Coney Beach 1938

The helter-skelter has been replaced with a more modern fairground ride; the same also applies to the water chute on the right.

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Caption For Bradford, Lister Park Lake 1921

As well as a Somali Village, the Exhibition also contained a switchback railway and a water chute, which cascaded into this lake.

Caption For Shipley, Crowghyll Park 1903

Following the demolition of Shipley Old Hall in Kirkgate, parts of the building - a wall, water chutes and a roof truss - were re-erected in this park.

Caption For Porthcawl, Coney Beach 1938

In this view of the park we can see the helter-skelter, the water chute and the big dipper.

Caption For Epsom, The Post Office 1898

The telegraph compartments had a chute for sending messages down to the operating room, and the resident engineer dealt with any problems.