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.
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I Part 2
Like everyone else growing up in Newarthill, life wasn’t easy, as times were tough in the 50s and 60s and I suppose in many ways it is today. But back then people really had nothing, but one thing I do remember - ...Read more
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Ww2 Air Raid Shelter
My grandparents lived on the corner of Browning Avenue and Washington Road. Visiting in the '60s and '70s I remember that there was an Air Raid Shelter in the back garden, which was basically a concrete shed. Were these in all the gardens? and do any of them still exist?
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Looking Back At My Life Growing Up, And Working In Fareham Plus More.
Leaving Southampton Road School in 1954, I started working on the outskirts of Titchfield for Sanders & Sons in their tomato glass houses, which was a good working start for me. ...Read more
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On The Way To The Cathedral School
I still see the journey from my home in Morecambe to start my senior school years. First the bus from my home on Regent Road to the Midland Hotel. Then, across to the station for the train to Green Ayre station. ...Read more
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Windmill Road, Brentford 1945
My parents, Nora & Harold (Jock) Palmer, lived at 112 Windmill Road, Brentford where I was brought up, along with my twin brother David and older brother Michael. Later we were joined by sister Janis and brother Jeremy ...Read more
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Childhood In Moodiesburn
I remember staying in Beechgrove just at the begining of the electric scheme, we had some very happy memories of the glen, Bedlay Castle, and going for walks down the luggie for a swim. Mr and Mrs Brown stayed in number ...Read more
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Leslie Weedon Sweet Shop On Acre Lane
I would love to know more about my grandfather Leslie Weedon who ran a sweet shop at 10A Acre Lane (next door to the post office) until his death in 1956. My father and mother had the shop for a while after that, ...Read more
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Hazeley Heath
Does anyone remember the Ayres family or Harris family from Hazeley Heath, especially Kinker (Robert) Ayres?
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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
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Bobby Rab
I remember Bobby Rab and his roan & white Clydesdale horse that pulled the big cart with Bobby Rab sitting on it. They worked for Murray Forrest the coal merchant in Beresford terrace and delivered coal. They could be seen in Burns Statue ...Read more
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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.
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