Photos

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Maps

50 maps found.

1883 - 1884, Brandis Corner Ref. HOSM38690
1923, Brandy Wharf Ref. POP648779
1946, Brandis Corner Ref. NPO648702
1900, Brandis Corner Ref. RNC648702
1925, Brandy Carr Ref. POP648769
1921, Brandy Hole Ref. POP648775
1919, Brandis Corner Ref. POP648702
1899, Brant Broughton Ref. RNE648858
1923, Brant Broughton Ref. POP648858
1946, Fenton Ref. NPO704445

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Memories

417 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Whitehill In The 60s And 70s

My husband Vic moved into the brand new council estate in 1968 with his parents and sister - Champney Close. His house backed onto the common and MOD training land. He’d stand up on the embankment watching the trains pass ...Read more

A memory of Whitehill by D Toovey

School Dance Display

The Wyggeston Girls Grammar School put on a Dance display for Parents. I remember my mum & younger sister coming to watch and my friend and I took them to a local espresso bar afterwards. I also recall a visit with my dad to ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1960 by Maggie Martin

Hartford Secondary Modern School

Me and my late twin brother started at this school in 1953, the school was mixed. We were the first ones to be there, it was a brand new school. Fred Beech was the headmaster, he was a grand man and would always ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1953 by Peter Drinkwater

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the  streets ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

Les Wilde Dancing Lessons

Yes Yes Yes!!! I remember Les Wilde. My mum and dad used to go there every Wednesday evening. and my brother and I were sent along there for the childrens dance classes, I think on a Thursday evening. I remember the hall ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Gill Hewlett

I Used To Come To Comerfords!

I bought my first motorbike from Comerfords in Thames Ditton (would have been at top right of this picture) in October 1973 - a Yamaha FS1e moped in 'Blackcurrant' metallic. But for up to two years earlier I would ...Read more

A memory of Long Ditton in 1972 by Mark Gardiner

Left And Forgotten

I am now 66 and my memory of beautiful Mile Oak is as clear today as it was 55 years ago. Sadly I was one of them naughty boys (as you villagers branded us). My crime was taking 2/6p off a windowsill back here in Folke stone, one ...Read more

A memory of Mile Oak in 1955 by Danny Featherbe

Drayton Jottings

Drayton Jottings. Auntie Alice, in Kings Avenue, regularly seen, out on her front doorstep, she kept it clean, the 'raddled' red stone was buffed to a shine, 'Old fashioned traditions', here continued,so fine. one day, from ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by Allen Warrender

Evacuee

My mother was evacuated to Bishop Nympton ( but going to school in South Molton) She arrived with her mother and her brand new baby sister sometime during the War...I don't know the year right now, I need to find out. They were ...Read more

A memory of South Molton by Jane Lack

Poetry

This poem was sent to mac by Mrs S. Holmes: Death of Chelmsley Wood The sheer delight of summer afternoons, As through the fields in cotton frocks we walked, The long grass licking at our gangly legs, While we in deep contentment ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsley Wood in 1995

Captions

87 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1940

Next-door, the International Tea Company`s Stores Limited has re-branded itself as the International Stores, and would remain a major grocery chain until the coming of purpose-built supermarkets

Caption For Luton, Corn Exchange C1950

Few national brands were to be seen on the main street, apart from Lipton's grocery and the Westminster Bank visible in this photograph; the remainder are locally owned and managed businesses.

Caption For Belfast, Corn Market 1897

The curved building on the left is brand-new.

Caption For Belfast, Floral Hall, Hazelwood 1936

This building at Hazelwood was brand-new when the photograph was taken.

Caption For Snowdon, Mountain Railway 1896

This view shows the brand-new locomotive No 3, 'Wyddra', ascending out of Llanberis towards Snowdon - the rack is clearly visible.

Caption For Lustleigh, From The East 1920

Brand new inventions, tools and machinery were displacing the manual labourer, and an era was nearing its end.

Caption For Redhill, High Street 1906

The chain store grocery International Stores were prominent across the Home Counties into the middle of the century, and the Empress Tea Stores has a roof-top sign advertising the well-known brand of Maypole

Caption For Hitchin, Market Place 1922

The Post Office has transferred to Brand Street; Briggs & Co., the Leicester Boot Company with its impressive gilded sign, and the Maypole Dairy, share its old premises.

Caption For Bangor, Grand Hotel From The Old Pier 1897

The Grand was almost brand-new, and the Royal was rebuilding.

Caption For Guisborough, Market Place 1899

Mr Fairburn was famous for his own blend of whisky, known as Abbey Brand (named incorrectly after the priory, which was often referred to by Victorians as the abbey).

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1960

In fact, the town is one of the few in West Wirral where national brand names have made significant inroads.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1955

In fact, the town is one of the few in West Wirral where national brand names have made significant inroads.

Caption For Belfast, High Street 1897

The shape of things to come is the brand-new National Bank building; this bank had a London base boasting capital of £7m, and several branches in Ireland.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

During his visit, the Duke switched on the brand new automatic cigarette processing machinery and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the occasion.

Caption For Bedford, High Street C1955

Currys, at the far end of the street, has now moved out of town and operates from a retail park, in common with most of its fellow brand-holders in the DSG Group.

Caption For Ashburton, West Street 1913

Cove's London Hotel (centre left) is now the Moorish Wine Bar, and J H Easterbrook's Boot and Shoe Warehouse (left) is now two separate businesses.

Caption For Alton, Eggar's Grammar School 1928

By 1920, the head was the Rev Ernest Alfred Crewe Stowell, BA, and pupil numbers had risen to about 150.

Caption For Harborne, Princes Corner C1965

Of Harborne's pubs, the Bell, Old Church Street has survived for three hundred years; its bar is in the passageway.The Junction, High Street has one very big room, an island bar, and some fixtures

Caption For Poole, The Custom House 1904

HM Customs has now relinquished the building, and it has become a wine bar and restaurant.

Caption For Padstow, The Harbour 1888

In the Middle Ages silt formed the Doom Bar and cut off the harbour for the larger sailing vessels, but Padstow still continued to be a very important trading port.

Caption For Southport, The Pier C1955

The pavilion has lost its minarets, but it is now equipped with both an indoor snack bar and a self-service buffet.

Caption For Southport, The Pier C1955

The pavilion has lost its minarets, but it is now equipped with both an indoor snack bar and a self-service buffet.

Caption For Harborne, Princes Corner C1965

Of Harborne’s pubs, the Bell, Old Church Street has survived for three hundred years; its bar is in the passageway.The Junction, High Street has one very big room, an island bar, and some fixtures

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

On the left is the City Luncheon Bar, and in the foreground a fleet of carrier’s carts owned by Henry Drapper.