Maps

786 maps found.

1922, Frith Bank Ref. POP709511
1921, Gauntons Bank Ref. POP712437
1924, Oak Bank Ref. POP795165
1921, Owen's Bank Ref. POP798921
1925, Page Bank Ref. POP799457
1925, Strawberry Bank Ref. POP841531
1921, Tat Bank Ref. POP845411
1923, The Bank Ref. POP846288
1923, Sandy Bank Ref. POP825275
1925, Scilly Bank Ref. POP826449
1920, Pound Bank Ref. POP810261
1925, Spring Bank Ref. POP836657
1923, Steel Bank Ref. POP838996
1947, Dawley Bank Ref. NPO688970
1947, Cock Bank Ref. NPO672832
1947, Bush Bank Ref. NPO657389
1924, Bank Houses Ref. POP632394
1924, Bank Top Ref. POP632417
1895, Copthorne Bank Ref. RNE1190924
1902, Chirk Bank Ref. RNC668060

Books

15 books found. Showing results 217 to 15.

Memories

6,677 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.

Tosh And I And Easy Pickings

Tosh and I and easy pickings Hi everyone, It's me again with the continuation of my wee story. I was taken by surprise how many people liked and responded to the ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

Memories Of Marks Gate

I lived on Marks Gate from 1954-1972 when I got married. We lived in a two bedroomed flat in Arneways Avenue. I went to the Oaks school in Collier Row, John Preston school on Marks Gate and The Warren school, Chadwell Heath. I ...Read more

A memory of Marks Gate by peterphelps06

Reflections Of My Life

I was born in Argoed Blackwood in a condemned house by candlelight in 1950 We moved to 26 Underwood road Oakdale when I was still quite young. I can still remember so much from all those years ago. The Bic. Browns, Parry, Yem ...Read more

A memory of Oakdale by Gian Singh

Good Old Days.....

I was a "Calder girl" from 1951 or 52 to 1959. I didn't like it much at the time, but now of course, I have many, many memories. I know so many of the hymns in the English hymn book because we had to learn them for punishments. Not ...Read more

A memory of Seascale by Frances Ellis Nee Birkbeck

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

The Queen And Pantos

I was going from Slough to our favorite pub (The Victoria Arms) on the bus in the 60's not knowing it was Ladies Day at Ascot. The bus ground to a halt at the bottom of Castle Hill, the clippie (young people will have to Google ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by Dave Hill

The Triangle

When I was about 7 or 8 I used to stand outside Wally Kilmister's shop to see the Queen as she arrived for the Cup Final in May. Yes, Wally Kilmister's was a treasure trove - bought football boots, a football and all sorts of things ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Ian Waddell

60 Years On And I Still Love It!

My Auntie May Howard and her husband Frank, from St. Helens, had a wooden holiday bungalow she called Homestead in Dee Avenue Talacre - it was definitely 1961 onwards and possibly just before that and the community centre ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by joan.bohan

The Hostels 1956 65

I lived in the hostels from 1956 to 1965, firstly in 5 Ty Draw Square (around the back of the nursery school), and later in 17 Heol-y-Ynys, right next to the square (where we played football, cricket and kick the tin). As well as ...Read more

A memory of Abergarw by byronjones8

Captions

2,423 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Worcester, Bevere Lock And Weir 1891

An iron footbridge connects Bevere Island to the east bank and a lock, built in 1844, to the west bank.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Caption For Worksop, Canch Walk C1955

Along the north bank of the Canch is a footpath that leads east to Priorswell Road, with the Memorial Gardens on the right bank behind the trees that line it.

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1921

The most striking change between this view and the 1903 view in image 49238 is the splendidly ornate bank building which replaced the two buildings beyond Patterson's.

Caption For Winsford, General Post Office C1955

John Bradbury, former Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, was born here - it was he who introduced one pound and ten shilling bank notes.

Caption For Harlow, West Walk C1965

West Walk was reserved for banks, solicitors, estate agents, a cinema, and small specialist shops.

Caption For Twickenham, The River 1899

As there was no bridge across the Thames from Twickenham on the Middlesex bank over to the Surrey bank until the 18th century, residents who wanted to cross to the opposite bank of the river did

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1950

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Caption For Bedford, Newnham Bridge 1897

We are looking east from the north bank.

Caption For Woking, Chertsey Road C1960

Woking should not be confused with Old Woking a mile south on the banks of the River Wey, a battered remnant of a medieval market town.

Caption For Lancaster, The Canal 1918

Note the boathouse on the far bank. I

Caption For Hest Bank, The Canal C1955

Hest Bank was the seaward side of the village, right at the southern side of the mouth of the River Kent.

Caption For Lindfield, Post Office Corner C1955

The chequered brick and weather boarded cottage (right) is Barclays Bank; it opened in 1910 in what was then the front room of a cottage.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Next to Singleton's the butchers is the Midland Bank's fine facade.

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 Odiham, High Street C1950

Next door, the Capital and Counties Bank moved here in 1882 from the next house (after the gap), which was the Hampshire Banking Co premises from c1849.

Caption For Clifton, The River From Downs 1887

On the left bank is the single track Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway, which opened as a broad gauge line in April 1867 and was worked by the Bristol & Exeter Railway.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1948

Further on, on the left, hoardings around the Midland Bank suggest that this photograph might have been taken in 1948, just before the bank opened.

Caption For Grindleford, C1960

Grindleford follows the banks of the River Derwent, as this distant view from the Hathersage road shows.

Caption For Warrington, Town Hall, New Gates 1895

Warrington's Town Hall was originally Bank Hall, built between 1749-50 by the world-famous architect James Gibbs as a home for a local businessman, Thomas Patten.

Caption For Kempsey, River And Church 1910

Today there are moorings along the river bank, and housing development has completely swamped the old village.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Market Street 1966

The District Bank, in the distance on the right by the pedestrian crossing, North West Electricity, next to J T Gilchrist chemist, and Lakeland Cleaners.

Caption For Harlow, River Stort C1955

The River Stort, with the Town Park along its banks, has become a beautiful and popular venue for the people of Harlow, Old and New.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Market Place C1965

There are several banks, and the market is held here on Tuesdays and Saturdays.