Photos

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Maps

316 maps found.

1900-1902, Pentre Dolau Honddu Ref. RNC804342
1900-1902, Pentre-Ty-Gwyn Ref. RNC804509
1886, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. HOSM56483
1898 - 1910, Pentre Broughton Ref. HOSM56451
1898 - 1909, Pentre Bychan Ref. HOSM56452
1924, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. POP804496
1897, Pentre'r Beirdd Ref. RNE804494
1898, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. RNE804497
1947, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. NPO804496
1899, Pentre'r Felin Ref. RNE804495
1947, Pentre'r Felin Ref. NPO804495
1922, Pentre'r Felin Ref. POP804495
1947, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. NPO804497
1897, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. RNE804496
1921, Pentre'r Beirdd Ref. POP804494
1923, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. POP804497
1947, Pentre'r Beirdd Ref. NPO804494
1884 - 1885, Pentre'r Beirdd Ref. HOSM56473
1902-1903, Pentre'r Beirdd Ref. RNC804494
1902-1903, Pentre'r-Felin Ref. RNC804496

Books

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Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Badger Hall, Thundersley, Essex Circa 1900

My Great Uncle and Aunt, Archibald “Arch” and Clara Meade, owned Badger Hall, Thundersley, around the turn of the 19th to 20th century. It was then described as having 22 acres of parkland and holding ...Read more

A memory of Thundersley by John Sharpe

Bombing Raids In 1940

Bristol's premier shopping centre was turned into a wasteland of burned out buildings after major bombing raids in 1940, during the Second World War. Bridge Street Summary Bridge Street ran from High Street, rising up a ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

St John's Gate Broad Street

St John's Gate in Broad Street in Bristol is the only surviving medieval city gateway, at one one time there were seven gates into the old city. Fortified gateways pierced the town wall at intervals. St John's Gateway, ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bristol Blitz

The High Street - the scene of many stirring events in Bristol's history and the heart of the city - was destroyed and lost forever during the Second World War. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Uppermount School

I went to Uppermount School, it was my first school, and my teacher was called Miss Brown. We used to sing 'The Farmer's in his Den' and stand in a circle calling children into the centre for small forfeits. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1955 by Jo Burton

Bristol's Cabot's Tower

Bristol's Cabot's Tower, and the penny pinching Council. Bristol's most prominent land mark, the Cabot Tower, was 100 years old in 1998. But the official opening was marked by a disastrous fire, a confidence trick and ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1890 by Paul Townsend

Victorian Horse Drawn Omnibus On The Park Street

This shows an early Victorian horse-drawn omnibus on the Park Street, Clifton, City Centre Bristol Zoo route. The fleet commenced with various horse trailers, totalling 109 with 678 horses. These ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1900 by Paul Townsend

A Day At The Seaside Littlehampton C 1955

I cannot remember how old I was when we started going to the south coast of England for a Sunday trip, but it was when my father sold his Norton motorbike and bought a Golden Flash with a sidecar ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1955 by Carole Baldwin

Childhood Memories

Hello, I was born in Builth Wells hospital in 1957, we were living in the village of Tirabad at the time. My uncle and auntie, Ellis and Dot Topliss, plus my cousins also lived here. My father and uncle worked for the forestry ...Read more

A memory of Tirabad in 1957 by Ian Topliss

Ealing 1962 Onwards

I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1962

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Wakefield, The Bull Ring C1960

In the centre of the Market Place, a busy intersection even before cars were invented, was the Toll Booth (demolished 1857) and the Boy and Barrel Inn (removed 1898).

Caption For Ambleside, From The Gale 1886

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

Caption For Mansfield, Market Place C1950

It is a town with sprawling suburbs and a centre marred by ring roads and the enormous Four Seasons Shopping Centre (1972-76), which demolished much of the northern part of the old town.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, The Parade 1949

Also lost during the town centre development was the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which had stood on the corner of the Parade and Newhall Street.

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street And Constitutional Club 1900

Note the gas lamp and horse trough in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Bridport, Bradpole Road 1903

The access road to the Delapre estate can be seen (left), and Roger's Cottage, beside Long's Lane, is in the distance (left of centre), with houses Nos 76 to 68 being in the near distance (right of centre

Caption For Seatown, Caravan Site And Golden Cap C1960

Golden Cap rises at the centre, with tree-coverd Langdon Hill (top right) to landward.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Civic Centre C1967

Moving away from the seaside, via Southend High Street, the Civic Centre is to be found in Victoria Avenue.Where once Prittlewell Church dominated the skyline now this massive Civic Centre building

Caption For Ripley, High Street C1955

In 1955, of course, the A3 still passed through the centre, but nowadays the traffic is still heavy, despite the by-pass.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1937

Further up the street (centre right) are signs for Roberts grocers and E Lewis, a glass and china dealer.

Caption For Bridport, West Street C1965

This picture looks westwards down the north side of West Street, with its lollipop limes, from the Post Office to Victoria Grove (right of centre).

Caption For Ambleside, From The Gale 1886

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

Caption For West Bay, Looking Towards Bridport 1937

Shingle was still being removed from the wide shingle beach (bottom left), and the branch line had been extended to the seaside at West Bay Station (centre right).

Caption For Crickhowell, In The Village 1931

In the absence of a pave- ment, the two men in the centre have found a safe spot whilst they put the world to rights.

Caption For Barnstaple, Queen Anne's Walk 1894

The gas light in centre picture is wonderfully ornate.

Caption For Hemsworth, The Parish Church C1955

Wakefield Road, centre, leads down to Kinsley and Fitzwilliam, two former mining communities.

Caption For Royston, Priory Gardens C1965

With not an ancient building in sight, we would be forgiven for believing that this is the centre of one of Hertfordshire's 20th-century garden cities.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb 1922

The medieval Cobb harbour spreads out below (centre left) with a shingle beach separating it from Cobb hamlet (centre).

Caption For Dudley, The Sculpture Frieze, Birdcage Walk C1965

The regeneration of the south side of Dudley town centre began in 1962.

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge Street C1955

This view was taken looking north along Bridge Street towards the Market Place – indeed, in the left centre of the view we can see the cupola and stair tower of the Town Hall.

Caption For Bradpole, And The Knapp 1907

is shown here from the north-east, looking south-west from above Hole House Farm and the valley of the Mangerton River across to Holy Trinity Parish Church (right) and the fields of St Andrew's Well (centre

Caption For Sleaford, Southgate C1965

The Lincoln Co-op (extreme left) has gone, to be replaced by the Job Centre and a Cycle Centre.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Secondary School 1925

The school was in Hill Road, between Pound Road and West Hill Road, with a view across the town, including St Michael's Church (centre right), to Golden Cap (centre) on the eastern seaboard of Lyme

Caption For Chailey Green, Village Green C1965

A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex.