Maps

35 maps found.

1923, Biggin Ref. POP639874
1920, Biggin Ref. POP639876
1897, Biggin Ref. RNE639874
1920, Biggin Hill Ref. POP639885
1925, Low Biggins Ref. POP767812
1897-1898, Biggin Ref. RNC639876
1921, Biggin Ref. POP639875
1898, Biggin Ref. RNE639873
1896, Biggin Ref. RNE639876
1947, Biggin Ref. NPO639873
1897, Biggin Ref. RNE639875
1880, Biggin Ref. HOSM37696
1947, Biggin Ref. NPO639874
1946, Biggin Ref. NPO639875
1946, Biggin Ref. NPO639876
1924, Biggin Ref. POP639873
1903, Biggin Ref. RNC639873
1902, Biggin Ref. RNC639875
1946, Biggin Hill Ref. NPO639885
1902-1903, Biggin Ref. RNC639874

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Memories

28 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Southall Memories

My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Sandya Narayanswami

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

Hillingdon In The 1940s And 1950s

My family lived in Hillingdon from the beginning of ww2 until 1953 when we moved from Biggin Hill. Our first home was a top floor flat in Pinewood Ave which was not ideal for a family with 4 children and then ...Read more

A memory of Hillingdon by Mary Gower

My Favourite Haunt

My memories scan over 50 years, I lived in Anhalt Road and then Ethelburga Street and spent countless hours in the Park. The funfare, with fireworks every Friday night for the end of war celebrations, the tree walk along the ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by John Godbold

The Cottages

The cottage nearest to the telegraph pole was my grandmother's.  My uncles Ted and Bob lived there with her until they moved to Woodbine Farm,  Langtoft.  After they left, gran moved in with my family at the other end of the ...Read more

A memory of Gristhorpe in 1950 by Polly Reynolds

Tommy Wiggins

Tommy Wiggins was a small-built man, he had round John Lennon NHS glasses, and had the Corner Farm in Fencott. He was a great friend of my grandfather, Charlie Hayes, and once every 2 weeks my grandfather peddled all the way from ...Read more

A memory of Fencott in 1966 by Rosemary Hopkins

Tilly Biggins

The previous writer mentionedTilly Biggins who was my uncles stepmother. I stayed with her many times when I was very young. She was born in Victorian times and still dressed in lace up boots, long skirts and big hats. No running water ...Read more

A memory of Gristhorpe by terrybroadhead003

Wiggins Sankey

I used to work in the shop in the photo at about the time the photo was taken. That company also had a depot in Junction road next to the pub and the railway crossing, and I also worked in that depot. I have very happy memories ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1964 by John Starley

Happy Days

I have lived in Australia for 42 years now, But I started my married life in Mitcham, Our first home was in Glebe Court and my inlaws lived a floor above us. I loved the area around the Fair Green, I worked part time in Huttons Fish ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1954 by Daphne Sheppard

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Captions

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Caption For Hitchin, The Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903

At about this date, 18 needy women occupied the Biggin, receiving about 10s each.

Caption For Hitchin, The Biggin 1903

The Biggin was originally built in 1361 by Sir Edward de Kendale as a Gilbertine priory.

Caption For Hitchin, The Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903

At about this date, 18 needy women occupied the Biggin, receiving about 10s each.

Caption For Hitchin, The Biggin 1903

This photograph of the Biggin was taken from the south in 1903.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.

Caption For Hitchin, The River 1931

The cottages in the background face onto Biggin Lane; they have all been demolished.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War, the fighter pilots based at Biggin Hill used to congregate at the Victorian White Hart pub further down the street.