Photos

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Maps

524 maps found.

1906-1908, Bridgend Ref. RNC650087
1905-1906, Bridgend Ref. RNC650093
1905-1907, Bridgend Ref. RNC650096
1901-1904, Bridgend Ref. RNC650103
1905-1907, Bridgend Ref. RNC650112
1905 - 1912, Bridgend Ref. HOSM38899
1900, Bettws Ref. RNC639389
1922, Bettws Ref. POP639389
1897, Bettws Ref. HOSM37613
1914, Pendre Ref. HOSM51375
1922, Derwen Ref. POP690334
1900, Pendre Ref. RNC803256
1897 - 1914, Hendre Ref. HOSM48126
1947, Bettws Ref. NPO639389
1899-1900, Shelf Ref. RNC829525
1947, Pendre Ref. NPO803256
1922, Pendre Ref. POP803256
1922, Shelf Ref. POP829525
1947, Shelf Ref. NPO829525
1897, Pendre Ref. RNE803256

Books

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Memories

1,914 memories found. Showing results 51 to 60.

What A Joy!

I am Pewsey born and bred and what a joy it is to discover a site where memories of our country's unique village life can be shared and stored for the future. So much to share about Pewsey life... I remember playing with all the children ...Read more

A memory of Pewsey in 1976 by Emma Miles

Our Summer Holidays

Every year since the 1970s we went to Fairbourne for our holidays either with our mom and dad or our aunt and uncle. Our nan and grandad owned a bungalow in Llewellyn Drive. It was right next to the golf house across the road ...Read more

A memory of Fairbourne in 1976 by Kathleen Mcgivern

The Friend I Never Knew

I hope this doesn´t distress anyone - that is not my intention, but does anyone recall the name of the young boy from east view who shot himself ? The reason I ask is, that for many years I lived and played there and hung out ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1976 by Jack Hayward

Memories Of Risca

This shot brings back a hell of a lot of memories. We used to play on the canal bank here and fish for sticklebacks in the shallow bit under the bridge. I even had had my first real snog in the graveyard (nice!) over the bridge on the ...Read more

A memory of Risca in 1976 by Justin Measures

Australians On The Cut 1975

Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat in ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by Ross Barnard

Oh And

King Street and its area was known as 'over the other side' to everyone on the Broadway side of the railway bridge - a mysterious place that adults would talk of to each other concerning pubs or the cemetery or the tax office. "Oh, he used to ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1975 by Neil Emery

Visits To Wareside 1964 Present

My dad was born at Hillside Cottages in Wareside in 1929 (I think). I remember visiting my Grandmother there up until she moved to Ware round about 1978/9. She lived in the house with the "Hillside Cottages" sign on ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1975 by Sandra Penstone Smith

Feeding The Donkeys And Racing Pigeons.

The Crown, when I was a child was owned by my Aunty Denny's family. She married my Uncle Terry and they later ran The Firs at Dunhampstead, where I worked through my teen years. My late grandad Joseph Forster ...Read more

A memory of Wychbold in 1975 by Kerrie Moor

Back To The Mid 1970s

1974-1975 I was a French assistant at Westlands School, Plainmoor in Torquay. I would often rent a cottage located in Woodleigh Road in Gara Bridge. This cottage belonged then to Mrs Wadstein who had a charming son named ...Read more

A memory of Woodleigh in 1975 by Patrick Bouthinon

Valley Boy

I went to work in Pontins holiday camp Little Canada in May 1975 and i met my future husband Chris who came from Wales we instantly liked each other and started to go out on dates mostly to the village and the sloop.So we met in May ...Read more

A memory of Wootton Bridge in 1975 by Margaret Jones

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 121 to 144.

Caption For Saxilby, Foss Dyke C1965

This is the Roman canal from the Brayford Pool in Lincoln to the river Trent at Torksey, and it is the oldest canal in England.

Caption For Weymouth, The Swannery 1890

The branch railway from Weymouth to Portland (left) was built westwards from Weymouth railway yard (centre right) in 1862 and opened in 1865.

Caption For Saxilby, Foss Dyke C1965

This is the Roman canal from the Brayford Pool in Lincoln to the river Trent at Torksey, and it is the oldest canal in England.

Caption For Addlestone, Pyle's Farm 1904

Cattle seek the summer shade and the cool waters of the Bourne at this ancient farm.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

Both bridge and buildings survive.

Caption For Little Baddow, Paper Mill Lock, River Chelmer C1960

Of the 11 locks on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, this is something of a halfway house.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

Caption For Quemerford, Lower Quemerford Mill C1955

Taken opposite Lower Quemerford Mill, this view shows Marden Bridge and the Mill House on the right.

Caption For Buckingham, Palladian Bridge, Stowe School C1955

Its 18th-century picturesque naturalistic park, designed by Bridgeman, Kent and Capability Brown, is dotted with Georgian temples, columns and garden buildings.

Caption For Whitby, The Bridge C1955

The building on the right of the bridge was called the Custom House Hotel at this date - it was later named the Dolphin.

Caption For Carnforth, Canal 1918

Its rugged stone bridges and its proximity to the Pennines make it a most picturesque line.

Caption For Carnforth, Canal 1918

Its rugged stone bridges and its proximity to the Pennines make it a most picturesque line.

Caption For Totnes, Landing Stage 1928

The 'Compton Castle', which we see here, was built by B Cox & Company of Falmouth in 1914; she originally had an open bridge which was enclosed in the 1920s.

Caption For Brockweir, The Village C1955

The house at the end of the bridge is now painted cream, giving a lift to this view of the village.

Caption For Harlow, High Street 1903

The road to Harlow was a turnpike costing 1s for a coach and horses, and 1d for a horse.

Caption For Walberswick, 1900

A well-worn path indicates a bridge frequently used by the locals.

Caption For Cookham, The River 1901

The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along

Caption For Salisbury, De Vaux Place 1928

On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close—the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

Caption For Stamford, From Meadows 1922

Just above the left-hand end of the bridge in S177036 (page 70) and here in 72297 we can see buildings which in the 1920s housed Cooper & Hall, the engineers.

Caption For Croston, The Parish Church C1950

Cobbled Church Street leads to the church of St Michael and All Angels - the parish boundaries once extended to Chorley.

Caption For Daventry, The Braunston Tunnel C1955

A mile and a half north-east of Daventry, the Grand Junction (formerly the Grand Union) Canal cuts through the limestone ridge via the Braunston Tunnel.

Caption For Salisbury, Cathedral, From Old Mill C1955

De Vaux Place 1928 On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close - the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

Caption For Abingdon, The Boat House 1890

Stevens's Boatyard on the east end of Nag's Head Island also incorporated the landing stage for the Crown and Thistle Hotel in Bridge Street, some hundred yards away from the river.