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Photos

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Maps

79 maps found.

1897-1909, Leigh Ref. RNC754773
1919, Knighton Ref. POP749721
1940, Knighton Ref. NPO749721
1940, Leigh Ref. NPO754773
1897-1909, Knighton Ref. RNC749721
1895, Knighton Ref. RNE749721
1940, Holt Heath Ref. NPO738940
1897-1909, New Town Ref. RNC790394
1895, Barrow Hill Ref. RNE634125
1895, Holt Heath Ref. RNE738940
1940, Barrow Hill Ref. NPO634125
1897-1909, Holt Heath Ref. RNC738940
1895, New Town Ref. RNE790394
1900, Holt Heath Ref. HOSM41094
1897-1909, Barrow Hill Ref. RNC634125
1919, Barrow Hill Ref. POP634125
1919, Holt Heath Ref. POP738940
1919, New Town Ref. POP790394
1940, New Town Ref. NPO790394

Books

2 books found. Showing results 73 to 2.

Memories

1,009 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

Last Bus Home

So you missed the last bus home, in my case to Castlemilk from St. Enoch's Square, after a night at the Locarno.  It is winter, cold, wet and windy and you know you have to do it.  Stand and wait for the number '2' bus to get me into ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow in 1968 by Helen Clark

Edenhurst Preparatory School

Does anybody remember Edenhurst Preparatory School in Crowther Road? It was a private infants and primary school and I, Paul Evans, was there from the age of about 5 to 8 years. This was back in the early 1950s. It ...Read more

A memory of Tettenhall by paulevbel2

Great Grandfather

It is strange to see one of the two portraits that hung in my grandparents' hallway, for sale on the web.  Issac was born in 1837 in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire.  Taught himself to read and write while an agricultural labourer, ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Peter Waylen

Old Teacher At Martock C Of E Primary Scool

Hullo, Martock and Bower Hintoners of 1962! My name is Richard James. Currently I am 86 and still ‘ with it’ , I like to think. The happiest teaching year of my whole life was at Martock, and I was the ...Read more

A memory of Bower Hinton by Richard James

Entertaining The Tring Christmas Shoppers With Morris Dancing

Tring hosts a lovely Christmas shopping evening each year when the High Street is decorated, the shop windows have illuminated Christmas displays and stay open late and the place is ...Read more

A memory of Tring in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

75 Years Later

I was born in 1948 in the house then called 'Melita' a thatched house divided into three, it is the house at the very top of the holloway up on the bank, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas lived one side, Mr. and Mrs. Bezant the other, my parents were ...Read more

A memory of Whiteleaf by Brian Bainbridge

Davie Browns Park

THIS IS MY GRANDA'S PARK WE HAVE AWE OOR MEMORIES HERE OF HIM ON HIS BENCH, WINTER, RAIN OR SHINE YOU'D SEE MA GRANDA SITTING WAE HIS WEE RADIO+WEE CUP 2 KEEP HIM WARM !!! I REMEMBER HOW EASILY THE SQUIRRELS TOOK TO HIM - THEY CAME ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow in 1974 by Angela Boyle

It Was Different Then!

I lived in the house at the back of the picture in the 1950s. The small upstairs window at the front was my bedroom. In the winter my mum sent me across to Mr. Davey the greengrocer (next to the post office) for wooden orange boxes I ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Raymond Fisher

Sparnham House, 36 West Street

I was living in Sparnham House in 1960, but don't recall the umber mine you mention, though my father (Brian Baker) did say there had been one, once. Outside Sparnham there used to be a tap which was supplied by a ...Read more

A memory of Ashburton in 1960 by Lerida Arnold

The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Captions

280 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Cliftonville, Queen's Highcliffe Promenade And Cliffs 1918

The Pavilion and Winter Gardens on the site of The Fort were opened on 3 August 1911.

Caption For Margate, The Pavilion And Winter Gardens 1918

The Pavilion and Winter Gardens on the site of The Fort were opened on 3 August 1911.

Caption For Cliftonville, Walpole Bay 1918

During the winter the wooden boards of the 'Splashboard' and the temporary cabins had to be removed and stored inland.

Caption For Wimborne, The Minster, The Chained Library 1899

The library was founded after the Rev William Stone left his books to the Minster in 1686 and more were added in 1695.

Caption For Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1895

In the 1890s it was thronged with skaters when the river froze in the severe winters of those days.

Caption For Somerleyton, Somerleyton Hall, Winter Garden 1891

Somerleyton Hall's impressive cast iron and glass-domed winter garden, with its rich abundance of ferns, climbing plants and typical Victorian ornamentation.

Caption For Yetminster, The Mill C1955

There is no minster at Yetminster, but it does offer a very attractive 15th century parish church, with some excellent brasses and carved roof bosses.

Caption For Wimborne, The Minster 1891

Wimborne Minster dominates the winding streets of the medieval town to which it gives its name.

Caption For Chester, Cathedral 1913

One is Lincoln Cathedral, the other is Beverley Minster.

Caption For Abbotts Ann, Red Rice Road C1955

The manor was granted to New Minster, later Hyde Abbey, at Winchester in 901, and the village subsequently became known as Abbotts Ann.

Caption For New Forest, Ponies C1960

The true New Forest pony can survive outdoors through all seasons, eating holly and furze tops during the winter.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

Low Petergate is one of the many narrow side-streets which lead up towards the towers of York Minster, seen in the centre background.

Caption For York, The View From The City Walls 1897

This view looks towards Lendal Bridge and the towering bulk of the Minster.

Caption For Parham, Portrait Gallery 1896

Its Long Gallery, used for winter promenades among the ancestral portraits, is 160 ft long, and the 19th-century ceiling was replaced by a more accurately-proportioned one.

Caption For Taunton, Castle Square C1940

This area was once the site of the Saxon Minster and burial ground.

Caption For Ormesby, Broad 1891

Thick reed beds glow golden in winter sunshine, a magical sight with blue sky reflected in the water.

Caption For Dartmoor, River Dart, New Bridge 1890

New Bridge is the starting point for canoe- ists embarking on the stretch of the river known as 'The Loop'— a three-mile white- water run downstream to Holne Bridge, tackled in winter when the

Caption For Scarborough, Belmont 1890

Valley Road appears unsurfaced: dusty in summer, a quagmire in winter.

Caption For York, Low Petergate C1960

Scaffolding is in place on one of the Minster towers, as serious repairs were taking place.

Caption For York, The Minster, The East End And St William's College 1913

As we can see, it was just a hop and a skip for the chantry priests to reach the Minster from their dwellings.

Caption For Rugeley, Market Square C1955

John Glasman supplied stained glass for the East Window of York Minster.

Caption For York, College Street C1960

Once known as Vicar's Lane and then Little Alice Lane, the street branches off to Minster Yard, where the Theatre Royal opened in 1730 - it was the first theatre in York.

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1904

Hardy was fond of sitting in the Minster with only the organist and his music for company.

Caption For Penzance, The Esplanade C1883

Despite the relative shelter offered by Mounts Bay, winter storms can sometimes be ferocious.