Places
5 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
Photos
79 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
28 maps found.
Books
Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.
Memories
144 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties
My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play ...Read more
A memory of Lancing by
The Printing Works Premises.
The property on the left of the photograph marked 'Printing Office' is where I grew up and lived until my student days. My parents operated a bakers and confectionery business from the premises. In 1890, when a printing ...Read more
A memory of Ingleton by
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
Happy Days 1950s And 60s
I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham by
Great Haseley
I was five when I moved to Great Haseley from Newington, near Stadhampton, with my mother, father and brother. The year was 1957 and Horse Close Cottages was a new housing estate - we were thrilled to have a bathroom and an ...Read more
A memory of Great Haseley by
Childhood
I was born in May Street and then moved to Brook Street where I went to school. It was very handy as I only lived across the road. I then went to the secondary school where I played hockey for the 2nd Eleven. I still live here now. ...Read more
A memory of Snodland by
Raglan Castle Street
My childhood memories of Raglan are indelible in my mind. I lived with my Aunt and Uncle (Bessie and Ernie Morgan) at No 3 Castle Street during the war years. I well remember my first day at school, sitting on the obelisk at the ...Read more
A memory of Raglan by
Schooldays At Bexley Tech In Townley Rd, 1961 66,
I was at Hall Place for a year in 1961, originally at Brook Street girls school, Northumberland Heath. I loved it there, was there recently remembering happy days. At the main school in Townley Rd I ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
Bradley, Bilston And Stowlawn
I managed to enter the world in Lord Street, West Bradley, 1944. I attended St Martins and earliest I can remember lived in a prefab in Moxley (Castleview Road). After St Martins I attended Stonefield school. Moved to ...Read more
A memory of Tipton by
Bennetts Shop Brook Street
Hi Does anyone remember the old fashioned style local shop half way down Brook Street in between the Coylers Lane and Belmonth Road junctions? The shop is still there but in a very diffferent form. The ...Read more
A memory of Northumberland Heath by
Captions
59 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.
We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street.
This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.
The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man.
This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.
One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.
We are looking from the Cross Street / Corporation Street corner.
The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.
Brook Street c1955 Bensington is Benson's proper name; it was once an ancient British city.
'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.
We can see the horse carriage gently manoeuvring out of Brook Street, only pausing for a few solitary cars.
This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.
Further south, the High Street becomes Brook Street as it heads towards the unromantically named Hog Dyke.
The Daventry Civic Society was formed to preserve this historic street from demolition.
The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.
Even Brierley`s boatyard on the corner of the Hen Brook (right) is back in business.
Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.
This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.
The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.
A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.
Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall.
In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.
This view shows Brook Street with its cantilever railway bridge, removed after the line closed between Ilkley and Morecambe.
Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally
Places (5)
Photos (79)
Memories (144)
Books (0)
Maps (28)