Maps

786 maps found.

1899, Long Bank Ref. RNE766241
1903, Mill Bank Ref. RNC779960
1919, Astwood Bank Ref. POP628269
1925, Bank End Ref. POP632259
1924, Bank Fold Ref. POP632322
1925, Bank Top Ref. POP632413
1924, Bank Top Ref. POP632415
1921, Bank Top Ref. POP632428
1921, Brown's Bank Ref. POP653147
1902, Woods Bank Ref. RNC873855
1920, Black Bank Ref. POP641336
1919, Bodenham Bank Ref. POP644871
1903, Dane Bank Ref. RNC688440
1902, Fenn's Bank Ref. RNC704411
1902, Cadney Bank Ref. RNC658498
1902, Gallantry Bank Ref. RNC710706
1903, Warton Bank Ref. RNC861219
1903, South Bank Ref. RNC834372
1903, Steel Bank Ref. RNC838996
1902, Brown's Bank Ref. RNC653147

Books

15 books found. Showing results 385 to 15.

Memories

6,700 memories found. Showing results 161 to 170.

Memories Of Baby Burial At Dilston Maternity Hospital

by Mr Alex Hillary (April 6th 2007) - as reported to Susan Hedworth, Community Care Assistant No, we don’t get the snow like we used to! Like it was in 1941, I mean. I was a taxi driver at ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge by Susan Hedworth

Good Old Days

i lived at 13ward gardens just by the village green.spent my youth there until moving to new zealand when i was 25,spent many a day fishing for sticklebacks in the stream by the pond back in 1964,as i got older spent many an hour in ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by Elkin Stephen

Croglin 1958

When my husband and I married in March 1958, he bought the cottage nearest the camera on the left; no electricity, no bathroom......it cost the  princely sum of £300! The building at the end of the street is the pub, and behind the ...Read more

A memory of Croglin by Kate Walker

Fishing

This is the Fish Pond at Holden Corner, Southborough. This was one of the two accessible and popular places for boys to go fishing in Southborough - the other was the Great Bounds Lake, near Bidborough. As a boy in the 1940s and early ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1940 by Michael Willcocks

Summer Holidays At Tyn Y Morfa

In the early 60s we used to travel to Talacre for a fortnight holiday in a caravan. One year my parents didn't pre-book but we travelled from Liverpool on the off chance we would find a place. I remember my father ...Read more

A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by Nancy Bell

18 Two Meadows

As a Londoner, when my new husband was offered a job in Great Yarmouth in 1964, I was excited, although a bit apprehensive about moving to the small village of Hemsby. We bought a brand new house in a new subdivision at Two Meadows. It ...Read more

A memory of Hemsby by Carol Watts

Pinner Mid 50's

I was fortunate enough to live in Pinner as a small child 8 & 9 years old. We lived on 9 Nower Hill, and I remember befriending the railway station ticket lady. She and I used to go out to the parking lot (which was gravel back ...Read more

A memory of Pinner by Joel Fisher

Sandbanks

Sandy banks in strelley village is a place in the 70s where we would build rope swings and camp

A memory of Strelley by Susan Lee

Wrinstead Court

I went to Wrinsted Court with my mother and brother and sister in 1950. We went as tenants. Here is a short background. My father was killed in 1941 as he was in the Navy. Then my mother met my first step-father who was also ...Read more

A memory of Wrinsted Court by Christine Smith

My Time At Tylney Hall School

Hi my name is Peter Hatch and I went to Tylney from West Mark probably in 1954 until 1957 . My best friends at Tylney and still today are Peter Loxton and Leo Bonassera . Peter later changed his name to peter Dukes . ...Read more

A memory of Rotherwick by Peter Hatch

Captions

2,423 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Recreation Ground C1950

The grassy bank upon which some of the spectators are reclining helps to give a better view of the game.

Caption For Leamington Spa, Jephson Gardens C1960

The gardens on the banks of the Leam were laid out from the 1830s onwards.

Caption For Horbury, Westfield Road And Town Hall C1955

The bus offices on the left stand opposite the old Midland Bank and the Town Hall and Library.

Caption For Loughborough, The Market Place C1955

Barclays Bank's Dutch gable in Market Place gave way to concrete.

Caption For Ringwood, Avon Castle 1891

Avon Castle, on the opposite bank of the river from Ringwood, is an area that has become increasingly built-up and urbanised since this photograph of a country gentleman's home was taken in the last full

Caption For Ten Mile Bank, The Village C1955

The village's name derives from a long bank along the river Ouse, on the right of the photograph, defending the low-lying land from flooding.

Caption For Huntingdon, The Old Bridge 1898

over the River Ouse was started in 1332 to connect Huntingdon with Godmanchester, and the respective authorities paid for three arches - note the different styles - with the builders starting on each bank

Caption For Shepshed, Bullring C1960

The Westminster Bank, a grandiose building in brick and buff terracotta, dates from 1903.

Caption For Durham, St Giles' Church 1918

The long, steeply banked street of Gilesgate is still occasionally known by its medieval name of Gillygate, meaning the street of St Giles.

Caption For Hungerford, Bridge Sreet 1903

This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.

Caption For Fladbury, The Weir C1960

Yet another of Worcestershire's imposing old mills stands on the banks of the River Avon near to Fladbury.

Caption For Chippenham, St Andrew's Church C1950

The church, partly medieval with some rebuilding over the centuries, dominates what was a busy three days a week market square surrounded by Georgian frontages, and the banks of the river Avon.

Caption For Camberley, London Road 1925

The town is changing, and Barclays Bank has replaced the London and Provincial, while Smiths Garage provides petrol from a pump.

Caption For Youlgrave, Middleton Dale C1960

The wooded slopes of Middleton Dale, west of the village of Youlgreave and near the hamlet of Middleton-by- Youlgreave, offer a tranquil walk in beautiful surroundings by the banks of the frequently-weired

Caption For Beachley, The Ferry C1955

of the Severn Bridge, which now sweeps above the peninsula of Beachley Point, this little powered ferry carried small vehicles across the Severn to the outskirts of Aust on the eastern bank

Caption For Peterborough, Market Square 1919

This view, taken from St John's Church across Cathedral Square, shows the Canadian Government offices next door to the Capital and Counties Bank, St Nicholas' Gate, the print works, a toy

Caption For Colchester, The Weir C1960

Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, Mayburgh Henge 1893

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1914

On the left is the sombre but reassuringly secure frontage of the Capital and Counties Bank.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1914

On the left is the sombre but reassuringly secure frontage of the Capital and Counties Bank.

Caption For Upton Upon Severn, Bridge 1904

Upton-on-Severn is a pleasant country town on the right bank of the Severn, some ten miles south of Worcester.

Caption For Hever, Chippens Bank Road 1906

Its steep banks and overhanging trees would have provided protection for travellers when the winter storms came.

Caption For Egremont, From The Sands 1895

There are more stones on the beach now, and the house in the background, Mere Bank, which is now part of an exclusive housing development, is obscured by mature trees.

Caption For Astwood Bank, The Park C1965

All those families moving into Astwood Bank's new houses in the 1960s needed facilities, and the community does have a fair range.