Photos

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Maps

316 maps found.

1884, Pentre Llifior Ref. HOSM56459
1881 - 1900, Pentre Ref. HOSM56448
1898, Ton Pentre Ref. HOSM62043
1898, Pentre Halkyn Ref. HOSM56536
1874, Pentre-Clawdd Ref. HOSM56456
1923, Pentre-Ty-Gwyn Ref. POP804509
1902-1903, Pentre Llifior Ref. RNC804370
1902-1903, Pentre-Bont Ref. RNC804400
1902-1903, Pentre-Ffwrndan Ref. RNC804439
1899-1900, Pentre-Piod Ref. RNC804488
1900-1903, Pentre-Llwyn-Llwyd Ref. RNC804471
1902-1903, Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer Ref. RNC804473
1877 - 1886, Pentre-Gwenlais Ref. HOSM56060
1877 - 1886, Pentre-Gwenlais Ref. HOSM56485
1885 - 1886, Pentre-Bach Ref. HOSM56449
1898 - 1899, Pentre-Celyn Ref. HOSM52062
1885 - 1886, Pentre-Bach Ref. HOSM51781
1899 - 1900, Pentre-Piod Ref. HOSM56487
1898 - 1899, Pentre-Coed Ref. HOSM56477
1898 - 1899, Pentre-Celyn Ref. HOSM56455

Books

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Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.

Evacuation During The Second World War

During the early years of the Second World War my father was posted to the Royal Artillery camp in Almondbury and when we were bombed in our home in Hull he found a small house for my mother, sisiter and I in ...Read more

A memory of Kirkheaton in 1940 by Raymond Taylor

Thoughts Of This Lady.

Can anyone remember a teacher called Miss Miriam Roberts? The first class teacher for girls in the junior school Brynteg. The boys would have left infants school for Blacklane school in Pentre Broughton. She used to ...Read more

A memory of Brynteg in 1950

Before The Town Centre Was Built ...

My family came to Basildon in 1957 as part of the overspill from London. My late father was a toolmaker and was offered a job and a house. Money was tight and we made out own entertainment. Collecting wood from the ...Read more

A memory of Basildon in 1957 by Susan White

Cooksons Leadworks Part 2

1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Jimmy Burrows

Evesham Street

I worked in my father's shop in Evesham Street and one in Alcester Street and then we moved into the Kingfisher Centre. We traded under the name of Spencers, selling TVs, radios, toys and records, I believe we were one of the first ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1966 by Tony Johnson

Market Drayton Revisited

I visited my mother in the Midlands (Shrewsbury)recently. A trip to Market Drayton on Wednesdays is mandatory (my stipulation) each time I travel from my home in Essex where I have resided for many years now. Although ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 2010 by Allen Warrender

Happy Days

I was born in 1953 and lived in Nelson until 1978 when I moved to Scotland with my husband. I've lived in Hampshire for 26 years now. I used to live in High St and from the early 60s in Ashgrove Tce, by the bus station. The ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by Denise Blakemore

Webburn Lodge Formerly Lower Lodge

GRADE 11 LISTED. House, formerly the south lodge of Buckland Court (q.v.). Probably mid C19; simplified Tudor style. Granite rubble. Slated roofs. Large granite ashlar chimneystack on ridge in centre ...Read more

A memory of Buckland in the Moor in 1890 by Francis Hutchinson

Hanwell Community Centre

I first played 5 a side football here for the cubs/scouts in the annual tournaments they had for all scout groups in ealing then. Played nearly every week from 1982 to 2009!when I had to re-locate to Nottinghamshire. ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1965 by Steve Anderson

The Boats In This Photo

I think the motor yacht in the centre of this photo [outer row, single mast with 3 visible portholes on the starboard side] is the White Aster II which belonged to my grandfather Walter Robinson Handforth. The same vessel ...Read more

A memory of Conwy in 1940 by Chris Handforth

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 265 to 288.

Caption For Conwy, The Castle And Suspension Bridge 1906

We can see a tower of Stephenson's 412ft-long tubular railway bridge in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Seatown, C1955

This view looks westwards from the River Winniford to Golden Cap (centre skyline) and Langdon Hill (top right).

Caption For Wenhaston, Village C1955

The Compasses Inn (left) closed in 2001, and is now being converted into a conference centre.

Caption For Dudley, Panoramic View From Castle Keep C1955

The direction is south-east, and municipal buildings occupy the centre ground.

Caption For Weymouth, Parade And Clock Tower 1898

Erected in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's first fifty years on the throne, the Jubilee Clock (centre) was provided with fresh flags a decade later, as the Empire celebrated the longest reign on record

Caption For Abbotsbury, West Street C1960

This is the junction in the centre of the village.

Caption For Bingley, Main Street C1955

You would take your life in your hands if you tried to take this view looking south up the A650 Bradford-Skipton road in the centre of the Airedale town of Bingley today.

Caption For Betws Y Coed, The Royal Oak Hotel 1892

It was popular in Victorian times as a centre for fishing and riding, and for trekking among the mountains and waterfalls.

Caption For Southborough, The Parade 1896

Since it was gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells, this small village south of Tonbridge supported a number of businesses in its commercial centre.

Caption For Swanage, Ballard Head 1897

There are overgrown sandpits above the junction of Victoria Road (centre left), and Beach Road (centre) which has since been re-named Shore Road.

Caption For Carshalton, Pond From The Bridge 1896

Carshalton's ponds, which are spring-fed and lead to the River Wandle, are a most attractive feature in the centre of the village.

Caption For Smallhythe, The Village 1900

The ancient harbour of Tenterden, this was once a shipbuilding centre and was visited by Henry VIII in 1538.

Caption For Glentham, Moncks Arms Hotel, Caenby Corner 1953

The three men wearing peaked caps (centre right) could well be airmen from one of several nearby airfields; one of them, Hemswell, is now a very large antiques centre.

Caption For Grimsby, Old Market Place 1964

The Tivoli Tavern can be seen to the left, but Albert Gait has been replaced by the Alliance and Leicester (the gabled building, centre left), and Citi Financial is installed in Pinbox House (centre).

Caption For Potters Bar, Mutton Lane And Darkes Lane C1960

This is now a busy junction close to the shopping centre; this photograph gives no clue to the traffic jams that were to become so familiar in the near future.

Caption For Glentham, Moncks Arms Hotel, Caenby Corner 1953

The three men wearing peaked caps (centre right) could well be airmen from one of several nearby airfields; one of them, Hemswell, is now a very large antiques centre.

Caption For Grimsby, Old Market Place 1964

The Tivoli Tavern can be seen to the left, but Albert Gait has been replaced by the Alliance and Leicester (the gabled building, centre left), and Citi Financial is installed in Pinbox House (centre).

Caption For North Finchley, High Road C1965

This somewhat featureless shopping centre has developed to the north of the Tally Ho pub and Tally Ho corner, which can be seen as a multi-gabled vista stopper in this photograph.

Caption For Paignton, North Sands From The Pier 1896

We can see the Esplanade Hotel (centre) and Steartfield House (right), the homes of Mortimer and Washington Singer.

Caption For Barnstaple, Boutport Street 1906

The long dresses must have suffered from the dirty streets - the centre lady is approaching a trail of horse manure.

Caption For Ellerby, The Ellerby Hotel C1955

Just a mile inland from Hinderwell, the village of Ellerby is centred on this late 17th-century hostelry.

Caption For Woolsthorpe, The Village By Belvoir C1955

Even the wooden gate (centre) is newer, but of the same functional design.

Caption For Boxford, View From Church Tower C1965

Bridge House, the Post Office Stores and the adjoining houses (centre bottom) follow the curve of the street, named after The Swan Inn.

Caption For Hitchin, Brand Street C1955

The large building, centre left, is the old Town Hall, with the Library and Mechanics' Institute to its left (now Council offices).