Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.

Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards

Maps

4,509 maps found.

1923, Bucklow Hill Ref. POP654818
1920, Bucks Hill Ref. POP654859
1921, Bunny Hill Ref. POP655503
1921, Bunwell Hill Ref. POP655528
1920, Burgess Hill Ref. POP655662
1919, Burtle Hill Ref. POP657080
1920, Caldecote Hill Ref. POP659482
1920, Callow Hill Ref. POP659773
1919, Callow Hill Ref. POP659776
1925, Camp Hill Ref. POP660330
1925, Carley Hill Ref. POP661446
1924, Cat Hill Ref. POP664402
1925, Green Hill Ref. POP720954
1919, Green Hill Ref. POP720965
1921, Griffins Hill Ref. POP722380
1921, Grinstead Hill Ref. POP722580
1919, Crazies Hill Ref. POP681634
1921, Crockleford Hill Ref. POP683452
1925, Crosland Hill Ref. POP684202
1921, Cross Hill Ref. POP684305

Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 1,231 to 1,240.

Orange Rolling

Orange rolling, Good Friday afternoon up the 'orange pit'. There used to be crowds of people all chasing little oranges down the hill. Never quite sure what you did if you caught one, I'm sure it wouldn't have been fit to eat! Is ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable by Merv Thomas

Lavender Hill

As a family we moved to 10 Lavender Hill in 1948, dad managed the butcher shop, Dewhursts, before that it was Chalks. One side was the fish shop Hitchcocks and the other side Maplesden the funeral parlour. Our back 'yard' opened on ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1948 by Richard Watson

The Harp And Crown

The pub in the picture is the original H&C which was burnt down only a few years after this picture was taken. The pub was then rebuilt further back from the road. There are still elderly people in the village who remember ...Read more

A memory of Gastard

Lion House Youth Hostel 1957

I stayed one night at this hostel in early April 1957. A friend and I had set out from our home town of Reading on a 5 night circular cycle trip - our first such trip. Mitcheldean was our second night's stop, the ...Read more

A memory of Mitcheldean in 1957 by Steve Elder

Anna''s Outing To The Wellington Monument

I have driven up and down the M5 so many times and seen a monument on top of the Blackdown Hills.  Each time I passed I wondered what it was and so eventually I got hold of an Ordnance Survey map and ...Read more

A memory of Wellington in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Stanhope Boys Home A Horrible Place To Be

I was in Crawly House in Stanhope Castle School from 1978-1981. My memories were not too good, it was a horrible place to be when you were 11 years old. I visited Stanhope Home a year ago and it has been ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1978 by Trevor Corner

From 1944

Memories from that long ago tend to stick in the back of the mind until an association brings them out. Being a small child, the village green at Bearsted seemed gigantic and the village pond was just a pond. We used to paddle in the ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted by Beverley Simmons

Castle Square Bus Terminus

Castle Square of the 1950s and 60s had a vibrancy that is absent nowadays. This was because all of the local bus services terminated there and a constant stream of people dismounted to go about their business ...Read more

A memory of Caernarfon in 1959 by John Owen

Freddie Holmes Garage

I attended the primary school, just down the Maldon Road from the garage in the photo, which was run by Mr Holmes.  The sweet-shop behind the pumps was popular with us kids!  Headmaster of the primary school was Mr ...Read more

A memory of Great Totham in 1960 by Peter Saunders

The Low Wood Hotel

We were only here briefly. Just a few early spring and summer months. My parents were managing this hotel for the season. One fine day, when there was a pause in the arrivals & departures of coach buses filled with ...Read more

A memory of Windermere in 1956 by Charlotte Gatling

Captions

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