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Maps

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Memories

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Pat Harper

We moved to Bradwell in 1961, my dad worked for Stan Fowler, we had moved nearly every two years, but we stayed in Bradwell. I've lovely memories of times and people I met at Bradwell, even now I have to go to Bradwell as I put ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell on Sea in 1961 by pat.white47

Hornsby Cycle Shop

I was born and lived in Forest Hall 1952-1968. I had relatives that lived in South-Shields, they owned the cycle shop Hornsbys. I used to go on visits there with my grandparents for tea, I remember we used to go down to the ...Read more

A memory of South Shields by Brenda Glover Nee Malone

Norbury And Thornton Heath In The 1950s

Memories of Norbury and Thornton Heath are still vivid for me as I revisited the area a couple of years ago and many of the places I recall are still standing. Sadly, many are not. The Rex cinema was a ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Viv Doyle

Going To School In Staylittle

I attended the primary school in Staylittle and was one of the last children there when it closed down, I think in the end there were only 7 or 8 of us. I came from the village of Llwyn y gog which at the time was ...Read more

A memory of Staylittle in 1870 by Cheryl Whittingham

Falling Off The Harbour Wall Onto The Deck Of A Fishing Boat

A favourite family story is how my father took charge of us children for the morning and brought us to Seahouses from our cottage in Beadnell. On this occasion, age 5 or so, while ...Read more

A memory of Seahouses in 1966 by Jonathan Vernon

Partington And Carrington

Partington and Carrington are two villages in the northwest of England near the town of Manchester. For more information and photos go to our webpage at WWW.PARTINGTONPEOPLE.CO.UK (All lower case)

A memory of Partington by Duncan Hamman

Second World War

I was staying with my grandmother who lived in Lynch Close and she sent me for a loaf of bread (straight out of the oven) from Ponds Bakery in Windsor Street. As I came out of the shop, the air raid siren went off (very loud) ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1940 by Lorna Jennings

Holidays At Clearbrook

My Grandparents lived at Clearbrook, and as a child I used to spend nearly all of my Summer Holidays with them. I used to love going for rides on the train to Tavistock and Princetown. My Gran took me on a train to ...Read more

A memory of Clearbrook in 1955 by Sandie Seward

The Tuck Shop

Further down East Street there used to be a little sweet shop, if I remember it was called (or known as by us school evacuees), 'Miss Mays'. It was a 'tuck shop' for us as we used to run down a path from near the school to get ...Read more

A memory of Hambledon in 1940 by Roy Purser

Early Years

Too much to say, so in brief: lived on Wolfe Road, played on Mousehold, fireworks night great and sledged on cardboard in the summer and sledge in the snow; watched the soldiers in Brittania Barracks and them lowering the flag just ...Read more

A memory of Norwich in 1957 by Gerald Wase

Captions

5,111 captions found. Showing results 4,993 to 5,016.

Caption For Bray, Ferry Road 1929

From the High Street, Ferry Lane leads down to the river and the former ferry point. We are looking back up the lane with the river behind us.

Caption For Collingham, The River Café C1933

Collingham village has a fascinating mixture of houses - down past the parish church of St Oswald are the Old Rectory, the Manor House, the Dower House and some well preserved artisans' cottages.

Caption For Corfe Mullen, C1960

The view is from Lockyers School looking down Blandford Road North.

Caption For Hull, Alexandra Dock 1903

Behind her is a small steam tug which was making ready to tow several barges down the Trent to Nottingham. The steamer in the background is the locally-built (1896) and registered 'Dido'.

Caption For Bakewell, Old Packhorse Bridge C1955

For centuries, lines of horses would lumber over this bridge weighed down with freight. Often, lead would be the main load.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognizable hills.

Caption For Horley, Station Road 1905

The railway is now behind the photographer, who is looking down High Street at the height of its Victorian expansion with the street dominated by tall telegraph poles.

Caption For London, Mansion House And Cheapside C1890

This photograph, probably taken from the top of St Mary Woolnoth Church, shows the view west down Poultry which leads directly into Cheapside.

Caption For Belfast, The Isle Of Man Steamer, Fenella 1897

The Belfast and County Down Railway used their Slieve Bearnagh trips to Portrush or Portaferry with cruises up Strangford Lough.

Caption For Whetstone, High Road C1955

It would be difficult to say now, without consulting early maps, exactly where 18th-century Whetstone began and finished on the Great North Road.

Caption For Burnley, Public Library 1961

This photograph gives us the opportunity to look down the street and into Hargreaves Street, where the GPO stands (54191, page 46).

Caption For Wilmington, The Long Man C1960

The design of this huge, ancient giant, on the South Downs near Eastbourne, is cleverly elongated vertically to counteract the effect of foreshortening when viewed from below the hillside.

Caption For Rodney Stoke, The Rodney Stoke Inn C1955

This building was erected in 1911 when the original inn burnt down. There has been an inn on this site since the 12th century; it was originally a cider house, part of an orchard.

Caption For London, The Tower Of London C1955

Down by the river bank, the paviours follow the line of the medieval wharf. Behind the moat are the medieval outer defences, the inner one overlooking the outer - the battlements are 19th-century.

Caption For Herne Bay, From The Pier 1897

The pier, the second longest in the country after Southend's, reached out from the mile and a half long esplanade and was built in 1832 to shorten the time taken to travel to the continent.

Caption For Brecon, Lower Ffrwdgrech Waterfalls 1910

As we have already seen, Breconshire is renowned for its many waterfalls and caves in the far south west.

Caption For Menai Bridge, Suspension Bridge 1890

The bridge was the first structure of its kind in the world, and is pictured here when it was 64 years old. The bridge is best viewed from Belgian Promenade which overlooks the water.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1904

Now we look westwards down the south side of West Street, from Knight and Son, tailors (far left). The next building housed stationer and printer W Frost who published the 'Bridport News'.

Caption For Bridport, Allington 1902

It says a lot for this land- scape that artists of all kinds have responded to it and interpreted it in diverse ways.

Caption For Dormansland, The Post Office C1965

Immediately south-east of Lingfield lies the race course, founded in 1890, and beyond that is the next station on the railway line, Dormans.

Caption For Chelmsford, Infirmary 1895

The local Board of Health had put their foot down over the amount of debris that the market was depositing in the High Street every Friday. It was February 1880 when the new site opened.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse 1892

New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

Caption For Thwaite, The Village C1955

The Buttertubs Pass leads dramatically down to this village, which is 9 miles west of Muker. It was hit by a natural disaster in 1898, the result of a cloud burst.

Caption For Nuneaton, Market Place C1960

Among the market traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down prices by shouting out the price and banging on an old tea chest.