Places

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Maps

65 maps found.

1884, Wattisham Airfield Ref. HOSM63549
Cosford Airfield, 1881, Cosford Ref. HOSM41936
1894, Southrope Ref. HOSM50812
1880, Spitalhill Ref. HOSM35714
1947, Fairfield Ref. NPO702751
1947, Fairfield Ref. NPO702755
1946, Fairfield Ref. NPO702756
1940, Fairfield Ref. NPO702759
1925, Mirfield Ref. POP781578
1903, Mirfield Ref. RNC781578
1924, Fairfield Ref. POP702745
1923, Fairfield Ref. POP702751
1896, Fairfields Ref. RNE702774
1947, Fairfield Ref. NPO702748
1921, Fairfield Ref. POP702755
1903, Fairfield Ref. RNC702745
1896, Fairfield Ref. RNE702749
1899, Fairfield Ref. RNE702754
1898, Fairfield Ref. RNE702756
1947, Fairfield Ref. NPO702744

Books

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Memories

147 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Ravenscroft School From 1951 1958

I attended this school from 1951 -1958 and Mr Henry Francis Bailey ( with his wife Mary ) was always the head. At least till the time I left in 1958. They had one son Christopher who I believe wanted to become a ...Read more

A memory of Beckington by patwalker37srpen

Written While I Can Still Remember

I went to old Harlow College during the war. I remember walking across the fields to Harlow Mill where us boys used to swim. It was a very strict college with prefects. It was run on the style of the Cambridge ...Read more

A memory of Harlow by bernard.hagon

Written While I Can Still Remember .

My name is Bernard Hagon I was born 1933 in city Road maternity home which had a direct hit during the war everybody killed . My parents had the British Empire in Barking Road Plaistow a Taylor Walker’s house just ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by bernard.hagon

1973 Demolition Year For The Market Buildings

I arrived in Wolverhampton when demolition of the market buildings was under way. The buildings in front of the church (in the photo) must have already been long gone, but the buildings on the side of ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton

A Legend Of Canadian Airmen

My family lived in Westbrook Road, off West Town Lane, Brislington, from early 1949 until April 21 1958, when I was just over 11 years old. We suddenly left on that day and moved to Hertfordshire, and apart from one ...Read more

A memory of Brislington by wbrk1958apr21

Aircraft Crashes In The Second World War In Stramshall And Uttoxeter

I was trying to remember the number of crashed aircraft I had seen, and, in another life, dealt with. Despite the closeness of many airfields, Church Broughton being the closest ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall by John Mellor

Butchers Shop, Wheeler Street

BUTCHERS SHOP, WITLEY. My mother and father ran the butchers shop in Wheeler Street, Doris and Mick McCullough, from 1936 to 1953. I remember the sweet shop next door (Fairfields) and the Co-op opposite (now Witley ...Read more

A memory of Witley by Ann Enticknap

Blackbushe 1940s 1970s

I first visited Hartfordbridge Flats, as the area was originally known, in 1949, when I lived at Farnborough. I too remember seeing various WWII aircraft on the site and the runway which extended southwards across ...Read more

A memory of Blackbushe Airport by D Allum

Boreham School

Our family the Portways lived in Boreham from 1926 when our dad Alf moved with his family from Howe street Great Waltham. Our parents met in the RAF and married in 1945. Our mum Pat lived on Boreham airfield then my sister was born ...Read more

A memory of Boreham by jap48

Bristol, Lulsgate Airport History

After the war, on April 14th 1946, flying training ceased, and Lulsgate Bottom was abandoned by the RAF in October. The airfield was used by Bristol Gliding Club during the next ten years, but the accommodation became ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

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Captions

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Caption For Binbrook, C1965

This was one of the many Bomber Command airfields built in Lincolnshire during those fateful days.

Caption For Binbrook, C1965

This was one of the many Bomber Command airfields built in Lincolnshire during those fateful days.

Caption For Mildenhall, Market Place C1955

A small market town of medieval origin where the Fens meet Breckland, Mildenhall gained an airfield between the wars, the starting point for many famous air races.

Caption For Luton, The Vauxhall Motors Canteen C1950

Luton's gas company made tar for airfield runways.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Village C1960

The high plateau of the Cotswolds was home to many airfields brought into service during the conflict.

Caption For South Cerney, The Memorial C1967

Memories of the Second World War are rekindled when anniversaries are commemorated at the nearby airfield.

Caption For Warboys, The Church C1955

Every year up to 2002 a special service has been held in the parish church for the Pathfinder Squadrons which flew from Warboys airfield in the Second World War.

Caption For Biggin Hill, The Airport C1960

In the Second World War the airfield played an important role in the Battle of Britain.

Caption For Benson, Riverside Swimming Place C1955

One associates Benson with its RAF station and airfield, built in 1937.

Caption For Middle Wallop, The Cross Roads C1965

Middle Wallop is a village of at least twenty-six houses with a garage, a pub and an army airfield.

Caption For Heston, The Parish Church C1955

Heston, too, had early links with air travel; it was at one time the nearest airfield to central London.

Caption For Waterbeach, High Street C1955

The nearby airfield was used in World War II for bombers and then for training, with the 39 Regiment of Royal Engineers stationed here from 1966 onwards.

Caption For Byfleet, High Road C1955

Close by is Brooklands, where there was once a famous motor-racing circuit, an airfield and aviation factories.

Caption For Brockworth, From Castle Hill C1955

This view shows the village of Brockworth, and what is now the old ICI site and airfield.

Caption For Eastchurch, High Street C1955

Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.

Caption For Middle Wallop, The Cross Roads C1955

To the north-east lies the Second World War airfield which has been the centre for army flying since 1958.

Caption For North Weald, The Kings Head C1955

During World War II the Kings Head was a popular watering-hole for airmen based at the nearby North Weald airfield.

Caption For Ludford, The Village C1955

The wartime airfield was over to the left.

Caption For Finningley, The Village 1951

The airfield was an important centre during the war, and was in use until the mid 1990s.

Caption For Hampstead Norreys, Church Street C1950

During the Second World War, Folly Hill, which lies just outside the village, was the site of an airfield, with Wellington bombers based here.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, The Manor C1960

During the Second World War she kept open house for the RAF officers stationed at the nearby airfield at Wyton, and arranged musical and literary evenings.

Caption For Carnaby, The Church C1885

During the last war a small airfield was built in Carnaby; it was in use up to 1963, by which time it stored intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Caption For Ludford, The Village C1955

The wartime airfield was over to the left.

Caption For Coolham, Post Office And Stores C1950

Nearby is a memorial to a World War Two fighter airfield, which was used by the American Air Force.