Maps

786 maps found.

1925, Mill Bank Ref. POP779960
1947, Brown Bank Ref. NPO652867
1947, Cadney Bank Ref. NPO658498
1947, Black Banks Ref. NPO641343
1947, East Bank Ref. NPO696887
1947, Cumber's Bank Ref. NPO686186
1947, Dacre Banks Ref. NPO687448
1946, Brandon Bank Ref. NPO648718
1902, Knowl Bank Ref. RNC750481
1902, Papermill Bank Ref. RNC800181
1903, Pickup Bank Ref. RNC805815
1947, Marshfield Bank Ref. NPO775150
1947, Matlock Bank Ref. NPO775590
1947, Pickup Bank Ref. NPO805815
1946, Quarry Bank Ref. NPO812074
1946, Moorhouse Bank Ref. NPO783416
1946, Owen's Bank Ref. NPO798921
1947, Longway Bank Ref. NPO767242
1925, Eighton Banks Ref. POP699623
1920, Hanging Bank Ref. POP726417

Books

15 books found. Showing results 529 to 15.

Memories

6,677 memories found. Showing results 221 to 230.

Dads First Cattle

My dad had a yard here before the houses were built back in the 40s. He bought his first cows and used to milk them in a barn there. I can remember as a small child being in the barn with mum and dad when an aeroplane crashed ...Read more

A memory of Lower Heyford in 1940 by Marion June Messenger

Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I

Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

A Privilege To Grow Up Here!

I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

Big Strong Men Of Coal And Dust

As with many of the neighbors in our road we owned two coal fires, one in each downstairs room, with chimneys to match. Keeping the fires lit during cold winters required loose coal, supplied in huge bags, to be ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Happy Days

I remember happy childhood holidays at Talacre. We would stay in a wooden chalet belonging to a friend of my Dad's. He would pick us up in his Ford Anglia, my dad would sit in the front. Then Mum, my sister Annette and myself would sit in ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by a.penty

Roundshaw

I lived on the Roundshaw estate through the 70's and have great memories of playing runouts. I knew every nook and cranny of that estate. I had many friends that lived on nearly every close. I lived in Wallington for nearly 20 years.  I ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1975 by Deirdre Rayment

1960s Shopping In Uxbridge Road, Hatch End

On the left of this view is the pub sign for the "Railway Hotel" - a popular drinking venue for older members of St Anselm's Youth Club and the Hatch End Young Conservatives!  Next door is a garage ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1965 by John Howard Norfolk

Stone In The 1950s

I am now 57 years of age, and live in Australia. I was born in Stone, Stafforshire in 1949 and would love to go back and visit. As a child I remember walking along the canal and standing watching as a blacksmith mended a horse's ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 1956 by Eileen Page

The Tithe Barn And Harrow Museum

Moat Farm Park? I find this surprising as its claim to fame is surely the preserved buildings of the Tithe Barn and surroundings. The Barn itself is the site of Harrow Museum and hosts various fund raising ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1985 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

2,423 captions found. Showing results 529 to 552.

Caption For London, Cheapside C1905

At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.

Caption For Shepperton, The Lock 1890

of boating consider that the River Thames is at its best around Shepperton, particularly when a regatta is being held, with boats crowding the river and excited spectators lining the banks

Caption For Bishop's Waltham, The Church Of St Peter C1955

With its modern tower and spire rising 140 feet above Twyford, the handsome church looks out across woods and meadows towards the bank of the Itchen.

Caption For Acle, Entrance To River Thurne C1926

Some of the old windmills that grace its banks have been lovingly restored but, of course, no longer carry out their original task of draining the marshes.

Caption For Andover, Anton Mill 1906

The river has witnessed thousands of years of history; the people of the Stone Age made their homes on its banks.

Caption For Astwood Bank, The Parish Church C1965

Unlike most churches, it has no tower to mark its position, and few people passing through Astwood Bank will even realise it has a church.

Caption For Chester, St Paul's Church And River Dee 1914

A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.

Caption For Maidstone, Bank Street C1955

This photograph looks down Bank Street towards the High Street and the River Medway.

Caption For Redcar, High Street C1960

The National Provincial Bank building stands on the left.

Caption For Dittisham, The Dart At Sharpham 1889

The boathouse on the opposite bank belongs to Sharpham House, the Georgian pile visible above the trees, which was designed by Sir Robert Taylor.

Caption For Potter Heigham, River Thurne C1926

Another is berthed on the opposite bank, identifiable by the wide, shallow hull and very high pennanted mast.

Caption For Braintree, Bank Street 1903

Bank Street underwent an unexpected transformation in February 1941, when this corner was destroyed by a bomb.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1906

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

Caption For Rye, West Street 1888

Thomas House, the timber-framed building on the left, has been well restored, while the corner house was replaced in 1920 by a brick and tile-hung Neo-Georgian Lloyds Bank, a most attractive building fronting

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1906

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

Caption For Stalham, View From The Staithe C1935

Motor cruisers are moored along the public bank, and a young lad is quanting (a method of propelling by means of a pole, similar to punting) a dinghy along the shallow waterway.

Caption For Northampton, River Nene 1922

As a result, tanners and shoemakers set up in business along its banks.

Caption For Staines, Children 1890

Two girls play with a hoop on the banks of the Thames, not far from Staines.

Caption For Stanstead Abbotts, High Street 1929

This is the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted

Caption For Poole, The Harbour C1950

Hamworthy is on the right bank.

Caption For Hawkshead, Grammar School 1892

The school, now a museum and library, sits comfortably beneath the bank on which the parish church of St?

Caption For Penrith, Lowther Lodge 1893

This scene, with its rocky riverbed and tree-clad banks, has hardly changed in a century.

Caption For The Broads, Home At Evening C1900

Imagine the pleasure of gliding along between meadow grass and wild flowers on the banks, accompanied by the music of birdsong.

Caption For Hailsham, Market Square Looking Into George Street 1899

Looking along George Street from Market Square, the timber-framed building and Ellis's were replaced in 1910 in Jacobean style by Market Chambers and a bank.