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Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1924, Dunkirk Ref. POP695527
1902-1903, Woodbank Ref. RNC872823
1902, Threapwood Ref. RNC847620
1924, Balderton Ref. POP630797
1923, Tiverton Ref. POP848975
1924, Ledsham Ref. POP754451
1924, Handley Ref. POP726352
1923, Overton Ref. POP798832
1923, Moulton Ref. POP784664
1947, Boughton Ref. NPO646749
1947, Bryn Ref. NPO653582
1947, Clifton Ref. NPO670655
1897, Belgrave Ref. RNE637654
1896, Clifton Ref. RNE670655
1947, Waverton Ref. NPO862330
1896, Netherton Ref. RNE789048
1896, Overton Ref. RNE798832
1896, Littleton Ref. RNE758330
1896, Meadowbank Ref. RNE776043
1947, Moorside Ref. NPO783533

Books

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Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 171 to 180.

Mardyke Primary

I went to Mardyke from 1952 to 1956. I believe it opened in 1951. It was a big change from the cramped east end. At first we only had the 2 asphalt playgrounds because the big playing field hadn't been made yet. I can ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1952 by John F. Davies

Up The Overs

Walking free through the wet grass leaving dark trails. Ahead the meadow rises to the mill bank where we stand in silence. Silent and smooth the deep mill race slides towards the wheel. Turning away we follow the bank upstream to ...Read more

A memory of Kempston in 1950 by Brian Walker

Centenary Celebrations

I am currently collecting records of memories of members and relative memorabilia of those people who attended the youth club at West Byfleet. If there are any members out there who would like to contribute to the ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by Alan Fairlie

Childhood

I went to live in Huddersfield in 1964, having been in Poolsbrook fom being born in 1944. I went to school with Ann West, Mavis Bannister, Margo Frost and Barbara Budworth. We had happy times. Doing all the things that girls do. I ...Read more

A memory of Poolsbrook in 1949 by Marilyn Irving

Those Were The Days My Friend

My Mum and Dad owned the Orange Cafe on the Staines Road West but when I came along, they moved to Green Lane. My brother and I had many happy days down on the Island in Lower Sunbury, both using the pool or swimming ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1956 by John Rogers

Back To The Mid 1970s

1974-1975 I was a French assistant at Westlands School, Plainmoor in Torquay. I would often rent a cottage located in Woodleigh Road in Gara Bridge. This cottage belonged then to Mrs Wadstein who had a charming son named ...Read more

A memory of Woodleigh in 1975 by Patrick Bouthinon

Argent Street Grays

I too, was born in Argent Street, No 85, next door to Potters Shop. Only the alleyway divided our house from them, and two doors away from The Castle. I have fond memories of growing up in the early sixties, and my adventures ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1958 by Mike Walker

Good Not So Good

My name is Helena née Rich I used to love living in Leytonstone until my brother Harry died a tragic death when he was only 13. He went to Norlington School. I went to Newport Junior. We lived in Hainault Road. I can still ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1955 by Helena/ Rich

Phil & John's Amazing Journey Part 2 Football, Pubs, Old Friends

Stopping briefly outside the Working Men’s Club, the meeting place on Saturday lunchtimes for us Groby footballers before away games, we pass the chippy, the old blacksmiths where the old ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1970

Wolverhampton Street Community

Wolverhampton Street seemed to almost be a village on its own. There was Burgins and Bytherways newagents, Masseys wet fish shop, Davis's grocers, Smiths greengrocers, Sherratts electrical, Bryans diy, Robinsons ...Read more

A memory of Dudley by Fay Cooper

Captions

1,993 captions found. Showing results 409 to 432.

Caption For Rugby, The School Cloisters 1922

To the west of Old Quad (above, 72159) lies Old Big School, surmounted by School House dormitories.

Caption For Ogden, The Reservoir C1960

Ogden Reservoir, north-west of Illingworth in West Yorkshire, dammed the waters of the Hebble Brook, and is now backed by the wind farm on Ovenden Moor.

Caption For Mells, The Village 1907

The photographer is looking north-west downhill across the Mells Stream bridge to the village, an attractive cluster of stone houses with many thatched roofs.

Caption For Glasgow, Sauchiehall Street 1897

Sauchiehall Street joined the east and west quarters of the city, and it was here that you could buy quality confectionery from Assafrey, dine out at the Hippodrome, attend an exhibition at the Institute

Caption For Walton On Thames, High Street C1955

Walton-on-Thames is another suburbanised town south-west of London along the River Thames.

Caption For Rugby, The School Quadrangle 1922

To the west of Old Quad (above, 72159) lies Old Big School, surmounted by School House dormitories.

Caption For Doddington, Village 1906

Our brief tour of Lincoln's surrounding villages begins to the west in Doddington village.

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey, The Nave Altar C1965

We have entered the abbey at the west - this sequence of views goes from west to east, starting in the nave. Henry III's abbey replaced the Norman one started by Edward the Confessor.

Caption For Ely, The Cathedral C1878

Here we have the classic view of the west front, lop-sided in appearance since the north-west (left-hand) transept and tower fell in the late Middle Ages.

Caption For Chichester, The Market Cross 1890

With a plan based on its Roman predecessor, Noviomagus, this fine walled city is divided into quarters by North, South, East and West Streets, which all meet at the splendid Market Cross in the centre

Caption For Rickmansworth, Bury House 1897

West of the church and across a stream is The Bury, the manor house until 1741. At one time council offices, it is now divided into houses and its grounds are a public open space.

Caption For Harworth, All Saints Church C1965

Moving west to the county's boundary with Yorkshire, our tour reaches Harworth, an old greatly expanded village lying east of the Tickhill to Blyth road.

Caption For Uppingham, Lorne House C1955

Between West Deyne and School House on High Street West, this was once an academy for young ladies run by Miss Jemima Adams.

Caption For West Bay, Looking Towards Bridport 1937

This view looks north-eastwards from East Cliff, over the older administrative and commercial heart of what used to be called Bridport Harbour.

Caption For West Stockwith, Basin, The Lock 1958

The Chesterfield Canal, the Mother Drain and the River Idle all reach the River Trent at West Stockwith - the canal is the most southerly of the three.

Caption For Ealing, Haven Green C1955

North of Ealing Broadway station is Haven Green, with Victorian villas on its west side and shops to its east.

Caption For Odiham, High Street 1908

Western Cross is the junction of the High Street, Alton Road, Dunleys Hill and West Street.

Caption For Southwell, The Minster, The West Towers 1895

This superb minster church was founded before 956; the present church was started in 1108 by the Archbishop of York, and the west towers were completed by about 1150.

Caption For Glasson Dock, The Bridge C1965

Because of its weight restrictions, many of the lorries going in and out of the dock had to go half a mile or more inland before a strong enough bridge could take them over to the West Quay.

Caption For Bedford, St Paul's Church 1898

St Paul's Square became very much the civic centre of the town with the Floral Hall, the Corn Exchange, the Town Hall, the Shire Hall and County Offices looking out onto the church in its central

Caption For Arlington, The Cuckmere C1955

Two miles south-west of Michelham Priory, further downstream along the Cuckmere River, we reach Arlington, another scattered village of farmsteads bisected by the meandering river.

Caption For Dunsfold, Post Office C1955

Dunsfold, north-west of Alfold, has a very large rectangular green, and the parish church of about 1270 is half a mile to the west.

Caption For Ranmore Common, The Post Office C1955

West of Dorking up on the chalk and just inboard of the North Downs escarpment, and west of the valley cut by the River Mole, is Ranmore Common.

Caption For Billericay, Catholic Church C1955

West Horndon is a planned village dating only from the 1940s. Before that, it had been a sparsely-inhabited parish, whose medieval church had collapsed by the early 18th century.