Places
36 places found.
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- Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
- Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan
- Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan
- Pontycymer, Mid Glamorgan
- Bridgend, Dyfed
- Bridgend, Strathclyde
- Pencoed, Mid Glamorgan
- Aberkenfig, Mid Glamorgan
- Nant-y-moel, Mid Glamorgan
- Blackmill, Mid Glamorgan
- Nottage, Mid Glamorgan
- Merthyr Mawr, Mid Glamorgan
- Bryncethin, Mid Glamorgan
- Bridgend, Devon
- Newton, Mid Glamorgan
- Wig Fach, Mid Glamorgan
- Sarn, Mid Glamorgan
- Ogmore Vale, Mid Glamorgan
- Caerau, Mid Glamorgan (near Maesteg)
- Tondu, Mid Glamorgan
- Mawdlam, Mid Glamorgan
- Coity, Mid Glamorgan
- Llangynwyd, Mid Glamorgan
- Kenfig Hill, Mid Glamorgan
- Cefn Glas, Mid Glamorgan (near Bridgend)
- Llanilid, Mid Glamorgan (near Bridgend)
- Candleston Castle, Mid Glamorgan
- Glynogwr, Mid Glamorgan
- Abergarw, Mid Glamorgan
- Pant-yr-awel, Mid Glamorgan
- Price Town, Mid Glamorgan
- Brynmenyn, Mid Glamorgan
- Bridgend, Strathclyde (near Kirkintilloch)
- Bridgend, Tayside (near Kirriemuir)
- Bridgend, Lothian (near Linlithgow)
- Bridgend, Cumbria
Photos
193 photos found. Showing results 121 to 140.
Maps
520 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 145 to 2.
Memories
348 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.
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
The Seats At Lynemouth
When we were teenagers and bored we would sit on old men's seat at the junction over the bridge and watch the smelly tankies go by. Some of the lads would go tanky hopping and grab on the back for a ride! The girls would wait ...Read more
A memory of Newbiggin by
Happy Days At Port Ann
I lived in Port Ann for 16 years. I have a lot of memories of Port Ann, I would go to the blue rocks and go swimming - be there all day and sit under the bridge and hide when you get called in for your bed, or even guddling ...Read more
A memory of Port Ann
Memories Of Sandy
I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy County ...Read more
A memory of Sandy by
Co Op Knock
its many a lang and weary day since 1889 when a cam tae kilbirnie toon tae let folk see the time. theres lots o things that i hae seen, keep mind am tellin ye especially oan a satrday night an no through drinking tea. yon institute that ...Read more
A memory of Kilbirnie by
My Life In Widnes
I lived in Beach Terrace until 1948 then moved to Christie Street. I went to St Bedes school and the Fisher More until 1955. I went to work at the Co-op in Albert Road,it was a great job and I made lots of friends. I love living in ...Read more
A memory of Widnes by
Upminster Bridge
I lived in Norfolk Road, Upminster Bridge and knew Eddie at the greengrocers, I remember he used to wear a leather jacket in light tan and was a smashing chap. I was born in Norfolk Road in 1946
A memory of Upminster by
Dunmurry In The 60s & 70s
I lived in dunmurry for 16 years from 1960 until 1976 the things that i remember in the village were the two barber shops the first one was beside jack norths sweet shop on the bridge where as a young boy i remember being left in ...Read more
A memory of Dunmurry by
Life In Rock Street Aberkenfig
I was born in 1943 and lived at Ely Cottage, Rock Street. The house was built by my Grandfather around 1920, I have a page from a 1926 telephone directory stating that the house was a business address of the Adams ...Read more
A memory of Aberkenfig by
Distant Memories Of An Evacuee
My name is Nigel Redding and I was sent to Llangynwyd about 1942/43? as an evacuee. I was aged about 3 or 4 years old and accompanied by my older brother Alan who was 5 years older. (Both born in Rogerstone , ...Read more
A memory of Llangynwyd by
Captions
154 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.
In the 17th century the wooden bridge became so dangerous that Lancaster Quarter Sessions ordered that 'the inhabitants of Thorneton of the east side of Thorneton bridge and the inhabitants of Stayno shall
The massive A1 viaduct, which opened in 1967, effectively split Ferrybridge in two, and today dwarfs the elegant bridge and its toll house.
Once a year the village would be packed with visitors; they came to lean over Paythorne Bridge and watch the salmon leaping in the River Ribble.
The approach to it, Ann Street, was the second most important thoroughfare; beyond the bridge it took the name Bridge End.
Instead, the horse struggled to get over the bridge and deploy in line on the marshy ground on the other side.
The donkeys have a long walk every day from their field just below the Abbey House, down the donkey path, along Church Street, over the bridge and down Pier Road to the sands.
The river is at this point scarcely affected by the tides, which are two hours later than at London Bridge, and the low and high water levels are respectively 16½ and 1½ feet higher, the bed
bottleneck, and fifty years before our photograph one form of entertainment would be to sit on the low parapet of Salford Bridge, clay pipe in hand, and watch the farm carts fight their way over the bridge and
Most of the traffic was coal, which was loaded in the harbour beyond the bridge and taken to the linen mills along the river, but there was also a steady flow of sand downstream to this wharf.
During the 19th century the town centre had shifted westwards to the Bridge and Park Street.
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Maps (520)
