Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Burry Port, Dyfed
- Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
- Neath, West Glamorgan
- Briton Ferry, West Glamorgan
- Resolven, West Glamorgan
- Skewen, West Glamorgan
- Port Glasgow, Strathclyde
- Pyle, West Glamorgan
- Port-en-Bessin, France
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- Crynant, West Glamorgan (near Resolven)
- Port Askaig, Strathclyde
- Port Ellen, Strathclyde
- Port Charlotte, Strathclyde
- Port Wemyss, Strathclyde
- Port Said, Egypt
- Cockenzie and Port Seton, Lothian
- Laleston, West Glamorgan
- Seven Sisters, West Glamorgan
- Tonna, West Glamorgan
- Port Isaac, Cornwall
- Port-Eynon, West Glamorgan
- Port Erin, Isle of Man
- Port Sunlight, Merseyside
- Port Gaverne, Cornwall
- Margam, West Glamorgan (near Port Talbot)
- Port St Mary, Isle of Man
- Port Quin, Cornwall
- Port Navas, Cornwall
- Glyn-neath, West Glamorgan
- Aberavon, West Glamorgan
- Port Appin, Strathclyde
- Port Bannatyne, Strathclyde
- Port Soderick, Isle of Man
- Milborne Port, Somerset
Photos
1,275 photos found. Showing results 401 to 420.
Maps
711 maps found.
Books
4 books found. Showing results 481 to 4.
Memories
301 memories found. Showing results 201 to 210.
The Ranges
My friend Lindsay Stagg lived opposite the ranges & I spent many happy hours with her on the commons near by. Wonder where she is now. And Anne (Bones) Johnson lived in Port Lane.
A memory of Bisley by
Scawfell Hotel
Having read other comments and recognised the names of other contributors I thought I would add to the messages. My mother Gwen Mossop was the hotel receptionist for many years starting in the 60's on a part time basis helping Phil ...Read more
A memory of Seascale in 1963 by
Summer Holidays In The 50's And 60's
My Mother's family all came from Rothesay, but our Family had moved from Port Bannatyne to Glasgow. But every summer we returned to my Granny's place at 3 Logie Place off of High Street, for our annual vacation. ...Read more
A memory of Rothesay by
Birkenhead In The 1950s
Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it doesn't even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has changed – I ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead by
First Impressions Of Capenhurst Village
I was married in 1982 and moved into Park Farm (next to the church). There was a school, a church, village hall, a bowling green, two social clubs BNFL & EAT, a railway station and the Women's ...Read more
A memory of Capenhurst in 1982 by
Good Old Days
Name: T. Pearce Born: 1955 School: Stanney high sport: E/Port School boys Family/Friends: Holdings, Pearce,s. Clarks. Stokes. Now: Thailand Any old friends out there
A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1969 by
The Good Days
My Mother owned the Kings Head and i worked in the reastaurant with her she done all home baking and had Eton College lads and there familys eating there,also a great trade was the Army lads from both barracks,I married one in 1956,we ...Read more
A memory of Windsor in 1948 by
Uncle Jimmy's Caravan
My uncle, Jimmy, had a caravan berthed in McIntyres boat yard. I remember there was another caravan next to my uncles, the family I cannot remember their name, but they had two daughters who were called Iris and Ruby. The ...Read more
A memory of Port Bannatyne in 1967 by
Corts Ltd Of Cheapside
I've put "1948" as the date as that's about the earliest I remember Corts Ltd, on the corner of Cheapside and Silver Street in this photo. The ironmongers and builders merchants business (formerly Cort & Paul until some ...Read more
A memory of Leicester in 1948 by
Captions
782 captions found. Showing results 481 to 504.
This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.
From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was
Brayford Pool, a busy inland port that connected Lincoln both to the River Trent via the Roman Foss Dyke and to the sea via the Witham, is much changed now; its warehouses are mostly replaced by offices
Before the Second World War, in a world free from 'health and safety' restrictions, children learned to swim in the very busy entrance to the port.
The other tower in this view is the former Port of London Authority building, Edwardian Baroque completed in 1922.
In the background are the premises of W A Gilbey, purveyors of Gilbey's invalid port, and the tea, coffee, and spice warehouse of J M Walker.
West Hartlepool was a child of the 1830s and 40s, developed as a port for the export of coal and import of timber.
Air raids in the Second World War led to the decline in Torquay harbour's use as a commercial port, though ferries have continued to ply their trade to the Channel Islands from here.
Lever employed thirty different architects to create Port Sunlight's unique style.
The buildings to the left are the river side of Quay Street and served as port facilities for the town.
Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.
Apart from leisure traffic, Exmouth's dockland area was used for the landing and despatch of cargoes, particularly after 1865 when Exmouth became a port in its own right.
Today, both station and lines await decisions related to the port's future.
Lying at the estuary of the River Helford, this small port was important in days gone by, for it supported the tin mining industry.
This photograph reveals the 1860 iron structure, and the business and bustle of a working port.
This linked the Mersey ports with industrial centres in the heart of England.
Here we see the quay during the last years of Wells as a trading port.
Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.
Heysham was a popular port with Yorkshire people, who found it easier to get to than Liverpool, Fleetwood and Holyhead, even further away.
Fingringhoe, five miles south of Colchester on the Roman River, was close to a port once used in Roman times, which is now Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve.
A market town since the 13th century, Ulverston became a busy port during the 18th and 19th centuries, exporting slate via the country's shortest canal.
By the1750s, Lancaster had become the fourth busiest port in the country, but the increasing tonnage of ships and the shallowness of the Lune threatened its downfall.
It was a busy port, and its ancient market goes back to Edward the Confessor - it was celebrated for its Butter Market.
There are many children who have presumably been drawn to the permanent excitement of a busy port.
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