Places
12 places found.
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- Ayr, Strathclyde
- Ayres End, Hertfordshire
- Wallacetown, Strathclyde (near Ayr)
- Braehead, Strathclyde (near Ayr)
- Craigie, Strathclyde (near Ayr)
- Ayres Quay, Tyne and Wear
- Castlehill, Strathclyde (near Ayr)
- Heathfield, Strathclyde (near Ayr)
- Newton on Ayr, Strathclyde
- Lochside, Strathclyde (near Ayr)
- Seafield, Strathclyde (near Ayr)
- Ayres of Selivoe, Shetland Islands
Photos
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Maps
91 maps found.
Books
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Memories
132 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
1876 Drowning Of My Great Grandfather
I recently visited Goole in search of records of my maternal ancestry. I discovered that my great grand father Bernard Knowles Brook and his 6-yr-old son George from Goole were drowned at Keadby on 9 July 1876. ...Read more
A memory of Keadby in 1870 by
1941 Air Raids
The family moved to Horsforth from Armley in 1938. I was only 1yr old so cannot remember the move. Mum and Dad bought a house at no 15 Charles Street. My earliest memories must have been in March 1941, the nights that Leeds and ...Read more
A memory of Horsforth by
1941 Air Raids
The family moved to Horsforth from Armley in 1938. I was only 1yr old so cannot remember the move. Mum and Dad bought a house in Charles Street.
A memory of Horsforth by
1941 Kirkstall Forge Air Raids
The Armstrong family moved to Horsforth from Armley in 1938. I was only 1yr old so cannot remember the move. Mum and Dad bought a house at no 15 Charles Street. My earliest memories must have been in March 1941, the ...Read more
A memory of Horsforth by
1970s To Present Memories
I have many happy childhood memories of this lovely place - we had a caravan around the corner in Lligwy Bay (nr Benllech) for over 10 years and this was one of the best beaches around. I remember walking from ...Read more
A memory of Red Wharf Bay in 1975 by
4 Gallaway Road, Greengates
I remember buying fish and chips in Gallaway Road, Greengates 1955+. Unknown to me at that time this fish shop used to a greengrocer's shop owned by my grandfather Lister Carter around 1935/40. My father was born at ...Read more
A memory of Greengates by
A Happy, Friendly Place For A Boy To Grow Up ...
Born in Woking in 1945 I lived in New Haw from 1947 to 1964, firstly at Warren Road and then from 1949 in Braeside. I remember Mrs Crab at West Byfleet Primary who taught me to read; I remember Mr Bean ...Read more
A memory of New Haw in 1947 by
Air Conditioning
I worked in Rolls-Royce installing the air conditioning unit, taking the car out on the road to test the system worked correctly. I worked with Maurice Ashwin, my foreman was Jack Gadd. The senior bosses were always known by ...Read more
A memory of Crewe in 1960 by
Air Raid Shelter
A large underground air raid shelter was built on the roundabout on Studfall Avenue near the Open Hearth pub. I'm not sure the shelter was ever used. When playing on it with friends I used a very mild swear word. I was overheard by ...Read more
A memory of Corby in 1940
Air Raids
I used to live at Bungay under the flight path of bombers taking off and returning to Flixton Aerodrome. The bombers flew very low over our house on their way to bomb Germany. I can remember my mother counting them out and back. Many coming back were running on only two or three engines.
A memory of Flixton in 1944 by
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Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.
Other sites include the whole of Langness (which is designated a bird sanctuary), and the Ayres conservation area in the north of the island.
The 'Twa Brigs of Ayr' became famous thanks to a poem by Robert Burns.
The proudly pedimented Midland Bank is now Peter M Ayres clothes shop while R Walker on the left has become Alistair Mackay's antiques and clocks.
Ancillary businesses included a newsagent, a butcher, a baker and the post office (where the white van is parked), as well as the builder R O Ayres, who proudly advertises his telephone number on his
There was also a ferry running to Glasgow bi-weekly, to Ayr tri-weekly and to Liverpool weekly.
Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.
The bridge we can see here is a railway bridge built by the 'Little North Western', who constructed a line to Morecambe in 1849; their station was at Green Ayre.
This small village sits astride the road from Ayr to Castle Douglas.
To the right of the photograph, and clearly visible, are A J Ayres' fine stone relief panels, a tribute to the gas industry, on a lesser building by Uren.
One of the first known owners of the property was a member of the Brocke family by the name of Ayre.
One of the first known owners of the property was a member of the Brocke family by the name of Ayre.
Places (12)
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Memories (132)
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Maps (91)
