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Maps

51 maps found.

1924, Halfway Houses Ref. POP725022
1920, Halfway Street Ref. POP725030
1947, Halfway Houses Ref. NPO725022
1946, Halfway Houses Ref. NPO725026
1920, Halfway Bridge Ref. POP724989
1899, Halfway House Ref. RNE725018
1900-1901, Halfway Ref. RNC724983
1898-1899, Halfway Ref. RNC724984
1902, Halfway House Ref. RNC725018
1902-1903, Halfway Ref. RNC724980
1897-1900, Halfway Ref. RNC724985
1921, Halfway Houses Ref. POP725026
1940, Halfway Bridge Ref. NPO724989
1895, Halfway Bridge Ref. RNE724989
1895, Halfway Street Ref. RNE725030
1903, Halfway Houses Ref. RNC725022
1947, Halfway House Ref. NPO725018
1896, Halfway Houses Ref. RNE725022
1903 - 1904, Halfway Ref. HOSM47488
1898-1899, Halfway Street Ref. RNC725030

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Memories

384 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Holidays With Grandad

Thank you for showing the photo of Bank Houses, the house on the right was where my grandad lived and I spent a lot of very happy holidays there. His garden was aways full of lovely things to eat and as I lived in an ...Read more

A memory of Somersham in 1954 by Pamela Binns

Getting Locked In The Arboretum

I remember when I was 14 my friend Josie Weston and I rode our bikes along Broadway West to the Arboretum. We were walking along the paths and around by the lake when we met two boys and one of the boy's mothers ...Read more

A memory of Walsall by Patricia Littel

A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s

It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by Michael Bond

Talke A Forgotten Village

As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959

Ashby Broadway

I lived in Ashby as a child, and when I started attending Ashby Girls' School on Ashby Turn, I had to walk from the bottom of Ashby to the top every day, rain or shine. When I was 11 in 1948, Broadway was nothing more than an ...Read more

A memory of Ashby in 1958 by Vivienne Johnson

The Lindens Rosgill

I was born in the large house halfway down the hill of the little hamlet of Rosgill, the house is called the Lindens. My childhood was wonderful. I rate my self a very lucky person indeed to have started my life in the lovely ...Read more

A memory of Rosgill in 1941 by David Hines

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

Growing Up In Woodford

Growing up during war years and having to spend many nights in the Anderson shelter at bottom of garden. School was only half days for a while and when my brother started he had to go to neighbouring houses where ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1940 by Patricia Lloyd

Lound School

I remember walking up (what seemed like then) the long steep hill every morning to go to Lound School... apparently the old one..with the stone walls around it, and the Vicors house across the road. There used to be ...Read more

A memory of Chapeltown by Mark Carter

The Pantiles And The Broadway

I was born in Hurlingham Road, off The Pantiles during the war. The air raid shelters were still there for many years, and the allotments. School was a walk to Bedonwell Primary, joining others on the way. Weekly ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1947 by Mary Wright

Captions

102 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1910

The saloons visible here halfway along the decking were added in 1901, the same year that work on the new pavilion was completed.

Caption For Seaton, The Church C1955

The tower is late 13th-century and the spire has chamfers which reach halfway up. The use of alternating bands of limestone and ironstone is noteworthy.

Caption For Newick, The Green C1955

Newick is situated halfway between two great Christian centres of worship—Canterbury and Winchester—so the village was used as a resting-place for pilgrims.

Caption For Shipton Gorge, Village 1899

There are several privies half-way up the back gardens (left).

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1903

With the Roodee Racecourse situated halfway along it, trams carried racegoers in vast numbers from both Chester and Saltney stations.

Caption For Albrighton, The Village 1899

Halfway between Telford and Wolverhampton, Albrighton now serves as a dormitory for both the other towns.

Caption For Church Stretton, The Longmynd Hotel C1965

The Longmynd Hotel has a superb site half-way up the hill with wonderful views towards the south.

Caption For Preston, Avenham Park And The Park Hotel 1893

At that time, around 1860, it was considered bad for your health to attempt the whole journey without an overnight stop half-way, which happened to be at Preston.The Park Hotel cost £46,000 to

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace 1897

Situated half-way between Edinburgh and Stirling, Linlithgow became a favourite royal residence, though during the wars with the English it was often under siege or counter-siege.

Caption For Arundel, High Street 1902

The Norfolk Arms can be seen half way up the High Street. The hotel takes its name from the Dukes of Norfolk, formerly the Earls of Arundel, whose principal ancestral home is Arundel Castle.

Caption For Bath, Old Bridge 1887

The stonework arches belong to the 1754 replacement for St Lawrence's Bridge; it dated from 1362, and even had a chapel to St Lawrence halfway across.

Caption For Forest Green, The Parrot Inn 1924

The area is rather romantically referred to as smugglers' country; it is said to have been a kind of halfway house between the Sussex coast and London, where contraband could be safely hidden

Caption For Codicote, The Village C1955

The village lies along the old turnpike road about halfway between Hatfield and Hitchin. On the right, a road branches off to Wheathampstead. Codicote had a number of interesting charities.

Caption For Smeeton Westerby, Main Street C1955

Halfway down on the left, an ironstone wall retains two mullioned windows from a former cottage. Because it was thought to add character to the village, it was saved from demolition.

Caption For Woodbridge, Cross Corner C1955

Half way up on the right is the 18th-century red brick Arnot House.

Caption For Birkenhead, Crossroads And Halfway House Hotel 1954

The Half Way Hotel on the right is still there today.

Caption For Old Bursledon, The Church C1965

The church stands halfway up a hill overlooking the village rooftops and contains a large and impressive Norman font.The chancel arch is 13th-century, and the church contains several memorials to

Caption For Eastleigh, Market Street C1960

This photograph was taken about half-way along Market Street; it shows many shop premises, most of which have changed hands several times in the intervening years.

Caption For Eastleigh, Market Street C1965

This photograph was taken about half-way along Market Street; it shows many shop premises, most of which have changed hands several times in the intervening years.

Caption For Loose, Village 1898

The shingle spire of All Saints Church rises above the surrounding houses, while halfway up the hill is the Tudor timbered Old Wool House, in which the fleeces of sheep were washed.

Caption For Cropredy, Red Lion Street And Church C1955

The very narrow Red Lion Street in Cropredy (pronounced Cropreedy) is named after the Red Lion Inn, seen half way along the row of houses on the right.

Caption For Bridgend, Post Office And Caroline Street 1899

We can just see the entrance to Caroline Street's first market half way up the street on the right.

Caption For Mawnan Smith, The Village 1930

Children wait outside the shop, perhaps for a school bus, while a thatcher is working on a cottage roof, his ladder supported half way into the road – a dangerous situation with today's busy traffic.

Caption For Abergavenny, From Near The Station 1893

The stone half way down the other side of the road marked the entry to Mill Lane which led to Mill Street, the main entry road to the town for many centuries.