Photos

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Maps

524 maps found.

1922, Litchard Ref. POP756765
1900-1901, Maesteg Ref. RNC771770
1900-1901, Merthyr Mawr Ref. RNC778451
1899-1900, Penprysg Ref. RNC803969
1899-1900, Pen-Yr-Heol Ref. RNC805036
1899-1900, Ogmore Valley Ref. RNC796101
1899-1900, Heol-Y-Cyw Ref. RNC731577
1900-1901, Newton Ref. RNC791705
1923, Caerau Ref. POP658760
1922, Coychurch Ref. POP679739
1922, Coytrahên Ref. POP679750
1922, Cwmfelin Ref. POP687043
1922, Cefn Cribwr Ref. POP665299
1922, Ffordd-Y-Gyfraith Ref. POP704881
1922, Garth Ref. POP711898
1922, Coity Ref. POP674784
1922, Colychurch Ref. POP675896
1922, Shwt Ref. POP831008
1922, North Cornelly Ref. POP793093
1922, Pen-Y-Cae Ref. POP804757

Books

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Memories

1,914 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.

Boyhood Days

My aunts and uncles lived in East Howle and I was a regular visitor around and before 1950. The two families lived opposite one another in what I think may have been "railway cottages" and my cousins totalled 9. In those days you ...Read more

A memory of East Howle

Poetry

This poem was sent to mac by Mrs S. Holmes: Death of Chelmsley Wood The sheer delight of summer afternoons, As through the fields in cotton frocks we walked, The long grass licking at our gangly legs, While we in deep contentment ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsley Wood in 1995

James Joseph Irvine (Autobiography) 1911 1990

Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings ...Read more

A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by James Irvine

Boyhood Memories

I was born in 89 Abbot Street, just off Sunderland Road, in 1932, then we moved to the Gateshead end of Redheugh Bridge. When the Second World War started we moved to 20 Brussel Street. The Davidson family lived in the flat ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Allen Flynn

Old Manor Cafe

My memory of Blackwater started when I was 14, for those of you who don't know what the Old Manor was, it was a transport cafe, which stood on what is now a supermarket site, on the right, at the junction with Rosemary Lane. In ...Read more

A memory of Blackwater in 1960 by Graham Davis

46 Bridge Road, Cove

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

Doseley

When my dad Derick John Jones was born in 1944 he lived in a row of houses called Dill Doll Row or Dill Da Row as some people called them, they were situated at Sandy Bank, Doseley, just behind the Cheshire Cheese pub at Doseley. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Doseley in 1944 by Angela Mathison

A Magical Time

My name is Peter Weeks and I lived on Llanwoanno Road. Every Sunday I would cross this bridge with my elder brother Kenneth, on our way to the Baptist Chapel. This was the time of steam trains. We could hear the trains comming ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1964 by Peter Weeks

Old Southall Remembered

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

Evacuee

I was evacuated from London to Oxford with Burlington School on 1st September 1939. At first we had our lessons in the old Milham Ford School premises but after a few weeks transferred to the new school in Marston where we shared the ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 1940 by Sheila Kent

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 313 to 336.

Caption For Abingdon, The Bridges From The Church Tower C1945

Here we see the river bridges and Nag's Head island, which separates the main river on the right and the back water on its left.

Caption For Runcorn, Devonshire Place 1961

Our photographer is standing on Doctors Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, and High Street runs left and right from the top of the square.

Caption For Winster, The Post Office C1960

The signs leave no doubt that in 1960 the inn was owned by Dutton's Brewery (of Blackburn), and that John Kirkby was the licensee.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

The present stone bridge replaced earlier ones (the first built in timber by the energetic Bishop Alexander in the 12th century); it dates from 1775, with footways and cast iron railings added in 1848

Caption For Sidmouth, Alma Bridge 1895

Alma Bridge spans the Sid at the point just before the river tumbles across a pebbled ridge into the sea.

Caption For Warwick, The Old Bridge 1922

Constant repairs were needed to the medieval Great Bridge.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, High Level Bridge 1895

The High Level Bridge spans part of the dock area; it links Barrow Island, which was a separate island, with the mainland.

Caption For Lancaster, From The Bridge 1891

The River Lune and the town of Lancaster are viewed from the New Bridge, or the Skerton Bridge as it is now called.

Caption For Thornton Cleveleys, Lawsons Road C1955

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

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Bridge C1955

The old bridge over the River Aire was rebuilt in 1765 and survived 32 years before its demolition in 1797.

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, Shard Bridge C1955

The two townships of Poulton-le-Fylde and Hambleton, linked by the bridge, were villages when the bridge was first built to serve agricultural communities.

Caption For Pangbourne, Whitchurch Bridge 1890

The Thames emerges from the Goring Gap at Pangbourne, and the valley widens out again.

Caption For Lowestoft, The Bridge And The Harbour C1925

It is always a sight worth watching, as the bridge swings open to allow the passage of a paddle steamer.

Caption For Sharpness, The Severn Railway Bridge C1955

Constructed of wrought iron and completed in 1879, the Severn Bridge was the longest tied-arch, bowstring truss bridge on the British railway network.

Caption For Launceston, Greystone Bridge C1875

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

Caption For Launceston, Greystone Bridge C1875

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

Caption For Stirling, From Abbey Craig 1899

It was from the southern slope of Abbey Craig that Wallace launched his attack against the Earl of Surrey's troops as they attempted to cross the narrow wooden bridge over the Forth.

Caption For Wetherby, The Bridge 1909

The first bridge, built in 1235, was eleven feet wide.

Caption For Runcorn, The Railway Viaduct 1900

The Widnes-Runcorn railway bridge is seen from the West Bank Docks, Widnes.

Caption For Milton Keynes, The M1 At Junction 14 C1965

Construction of the M1's first 55 miles (including Milton Keynes's section) took 586 days - a bridge every three days and a mile of road every ten.

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas' Bridge C1955

This beautiful old bridge still stands next to the ford, and although often called a packhorse bridge, it was probably built to allow the priors to travel between St Stephens and St Thomas; hence its more

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas' Bridge C1955

This beautiful old bridge still stands next to the ford, and although often called a packhorse bridge, it was probably built to allow the priors to travel between St Stephens and St Thomas; hence its more

Caption For Shillingford, Swan Hotel 1890

Now known as the Shillingford Bridge Hotel, and with a large and rather poor extension replacing the clapboarded building to the right, this Georgian inn is situated on the south bank by the elegant bridge

Caption For Southampton, The Floating Bridge 1908

Southampton's famous Floating Bridge enabled foot passengers and traffic to cross the Itchen between the city and the south-eastern suburb of Woolston.