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Maps

290 maps found.

1898-1909, Broad Oak Ref. RNC650773
1897-1898, Broad Street Ref. RNC650818
1898-1899, Broad Town Ref. RNC650829
1902-1903, Broad Water Ref. RNC650830
1945, The Norfolk Broads Ref. NPO1190745
1900, Broad Marston Ref. HOSM38994
1886, Broad Oak Ref. HOSM39001
1899, Broad Blunsdon Ref. HOSM38231
1899, Broad Hinton Ref. HOSM39066
1883, Broad Common Ref. HOSM38990
1909, Broad Rife Ref. HOSM47454
1896, Broad Oak Ref. HOSM38995
1896, Hatfield Broad Oak Ref. RNE728336
1946, Hatfield Broad Oak Ref. NPO728336
1945, Broad Street Green Ref. NPO650824
1898, The Norfolk Broads Ref. RNE1190745
1897-1898, Broad Colney Ref. RNC650652
1901-1902, Broad Green Ref. RNC650685
1899-1901, Broad Green Ref. RNC650689
1898-1899, Broad Green Ref. RNC650690

Books

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Memories

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Vague Memories

I was born in February 1941 and have vague memories of living in Watchet sometime in 1943/1944 for a period of almost two years. My mother (Kathleen/Kitty) and her sister (Olive) rented a house which I believe was on the Doniford Road. ...Read more

A memory of Watchet by john_elst

Searching For 1950s Neighbours

Hello there, My stepfather has asked me to search for three people that he knew in the 1950s and early '60s in Steventon. My stepfather is Robert Orchard from Pembrokeshire, Wales. He worked for the electricity ...Read more

A memory of Steventon by amandajsharp

16 In 1966 Croydon

In 1966 my first job was as an office junior for the Bought Leger Department at Findus for Nestle on the 18th floor. One of my jobs was to open the post and someone sent in their false teeth because they had bitten into a fish ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by triciariver50

Life On The Farm At Kettlethorpe

We moved to Park Farm Kettlethorpe when I was 7. The family at this time was reduced to Mum and Dad, Eileen, Brian, Maureen and Gillian. At first we lived in a semi detatched house at the top of ...Read more

A memory of Kettlethorpe in 1955 by Gillian Emerton

Ends Place

I too remember Ends Place from the early 1970s. The old Dear (how rude) as you put it was Mrs Gregson who did not suffer fools gladly but only ever showed me kindness and charm. I would visit her each Friday lunchtime for a ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Carl Gaurd

Visiting The Corner House

I visited Weobley in the late 60s as a child with my Mother to visit our Herefordshire cousins. We stayed with Mum's Great Uncle Fred (Frederick Hope) and his daughter, Mabel Hope. They lived at the Corner House and I ...Read more

A memory of Weobley in 1966 by Jane Dick

Brown's Fields

We knew this spot as Brown's Fields.  Farmer Brown had the dairy in Broad Street and used to drive his cows down the lane by the Lynch. In summer time we used to go down to the river to play and have picnics. In the winter time it ...Read more

A memory of Somerton by Denise Lazenby

Last Season On Queen Of The Broads

I was one of the very last crew members of the queen of the broads before she was scrapped and was very sad when she was scrapped in lake lothing oulton broad suffolk

A memory of Broads, The in 1976 by Richard Cox

Takes You Back Doesnt It!

Takes you back doesn't it! Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this............ Close your eyes and go back in time... Before the Internet... Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack.... ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Rocks in 1977 by Stephen Rafferty

An Industrial Village

Having grown up in Birstall I have a fondness for this little market town in West Yorkshire, situated approximately 8 miles from Leeds and centrally placed for easy access to other major towns Bradford, Huddersfield and ...Read more

A memory of Birstall by Jennifer Ineson

Captions

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Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

Fully laden, such wherries would only draw a little over two feet, making them the perfect vessels for navigating the shallow waters of the Broads.

Caption For Holt, High Street 1896

Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place.

Caption For Lerryn, The River 2003

Here we see that the tide has surged up the River Fowey and has filled the broad, tree-lined River Lerryn.

Caption For Headcorn, High Street C1955

Headcorn stands on the River Beult and is a large village with a single broad, straggling street.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, The Pier Pavilion 1900

The elegance of the pier was echoed by the broad streets of the town, which were built to resemble fine boulevards.

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

The photographer was looking south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.

Caption For Ludham, A Spring Morning At The Staithe C1931

All is bustle as the boats are got ready for the day's activity.

Caption For Llandudno, Happy Valley 1913

Visitors enjoy the broad prospects from the pleasure gardens on the Great Orme.

Caption For Plymouth, George Street 1889

Here the broad thoroughfare is thronged with carts, cabs and omnibuses.

Caption For Caernarfon, The Square 1933

In this view of the square, coaches are parked in the broad open expanse.

Caption For Filey, North Beach C1960

Fishing nets hang out to dry along the esplanade of Filey's North Beach, while a 'coble', as the old-fashioned fishing boats are called, waits above on the left.

Caption For Welwyn Garden City, Stone Hills 1958

The neo-Georgian shops and offices, designed by chief architect Louis de Soissons, stand on broad boulevards, with spacious pavements, but the ubiquitous car is already beginning to impose its own demands

Caption For Cuckfield, Broad Street C1960

Broad Street leads off into the distance, and is the main route to Haywards Heath.

Caption For Walberswick, The Green 1933

Just beyond the broad village green is an area known as the 'fishermen's flats (these days a carpark), where the fishermen laid out their nets on trestles to dry.

Caption For Water End, The Village C1955

One early visitor recorded in her journal: 'Water End, where the broad pool of the river is shaded by large trees.'

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

The front is emboldened by Corinthian columns resting upon a rusticated basement upholding a broad tablature surmounted by a perforated parapet' - an impressive piece of architecture.

Caption For Walberswick, Bridge 1919

This pretty village with its broad green is now popular with artists.

Caption For Coltishall, Lock 1902

Thereafter it was not possible for boats to travel higher up the Bure, and all traffic from the Broads now halts at Coltishall.

Caption For Knutsford, The Rose And Crown 1898

Elizabeth became a very close friend of Charlotte Bronte and wrote her biography.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1955

Here in the right foreground we see the Tolsey building raised on columns, with its broad clock projecting from the gable.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, The Pier Pavilion 1900

The elegance of the pier was reflected in the broad streets of the town, which were built to resemble fine boulevards.

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

This view looks south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.

Caption For Cartmel, The Beck 1914

With its magnificent 12th-century priory church of St Mary, its market cross and broad cobbled square, it is perennially popular with visitors.

Caption For Wroxham, On The Bure 1921

A mile from Wroxham Broad and spanning the Bure is this lovely old single-span bridge, partially hidden by a passing sail.