Maps

241 maps found.

Books

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Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 201 to 210.

Childhood

My grandfather was a miner in the South Celynen. He started off at the age of 13 and was made redundant when the mines closed! But what's more interesting about him was that he had two hobbies. 1. was the love for repairing old clocks ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn

Ivorites

My gran was born in the Ivorites 1897. Her parents ran it (Bill & Margaret Moore) & later her sister Margaret who married Henry James. Bill Moore was a bare knuckle fighter on the mountain ... illegal! There were 7 children of ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1880 by Rita Tait

David Greig Shop

My granddad, Ron Beeson, was the manager of David Greig shop in Egham High Street from around 1956 until he died. My grandparents, Dad and uncle lived above the shop and my parents met when my mum went to work there. I spent a lot ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1971 by Melanie Nelson

Sunny Blaenllechau

born in sunny blaen in 1954 growing up in the village was and always will be the highlight of my childhood so many good people i remember playing in the Glyn with Kevin hughes slapperers around blaen sports day up in the ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by Howard Thomas

Early '50s

Lived Wolverley - Just a few items on Kiddr from dim recall -town cinema - a screening of a western, Jeff Chandler as Indian warrior - Cochise? -a bigtop circus - Billy Smart or similar, at top of the big hill nr rly Station ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1952 by William Jones

Valley Boy

I went to work in Pontins holiday camp Little Canada in May 1975 and i met my future husband Chris who came from Wales we instantly liked each other and started to go out on dates mostly to the village and the sloop.So we met in ...Read more

A memory of Wootton Bridge in 1975 by Margaret Jones

George Ambrose Ex Gurney Valley And Eldon Lane.

lovely to read claire keller story.i new her father,grandfather and great grandfather.wonderful family everyone of them.the place they walked to i can tell was grange hill farm it powers down on to ...Read more

A memory of Eldon Lane by bambroseuk

Markam In 1940 To 1957

I was born in 10 Penywerlod road and attended Markham schools until 1952 when i passed to go to Pontllanfraith technical School. I recall most of the people in the neighbourhood and my friends were Tony Morris,Johnnie ...Read more

A memory of Markham by vincegardiner1

Paper Round

My name is Christopher Gillan lived in Fa,side Ave North. I delivered the papers up there for years 1964 ish I used to drop in at my house and read all the comics before I delivered them, my dad was always telling people are waiting on ...Read more

A memory of Wallyford by kiffy20

My Memories Of Vigo Camp

My memories of Vigo camp Meopham My memories of Vigo are somethings I will never forget. I was born in Chatham, Kent in 1948. For reasons unknown to me, we ended up in a Vigo camp. The Nissen hut we were in must have been ...Read more

A memory of Meopham by champersmk

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 481 to 504.

Caption For Stocksbridge, From The Clock Tower C1955

A retired steelman looks across the industrial landscape of Stocksbridge, the steel-making town in the valley of the River Don between Sheffield and Penistone, on the edge of the Pennine moors.

Caption For Waddington, The Village 1903

Ribble Valley archaeological finds are on display at Ribchester Museum, including the replica of a Romano-Celtic head and metal objects from the Iron Age hill fort at Portfield, Whalley.

Caption For Newquay, Trenance Park And Viaduct 1912

The attractive Trenance Gardens were developed in this sheltered valley which emerges near the head of the Gannel.

Caption For Combe Martin, 1930

Remains still litter the valley: the odd shape in the field above and to the left of the church tower is an old mine.

Caption For Woodmansterne, The Original Oak, Chipstead Way C1955

The old village of Woodmansterne is behind the photographer, who is looking towards the Chipstead valley via the switchback road of Chipstead Way.

Caption For Little Haven, Black Rocks 1898

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.

Caption For Hawswater, 1893

In 1893 the natural lake of Haweswater nestled peacefully in the unspoilt and beautiful valley of Mardale.

Caption For Washington, The Village C1960

Washington, at the crossroads of two ancient routes, lies at the northern head of a 'wind gap' in the undulating chalk downland of high ridges and dry valleys.

Caption For Taxal, The Church C1955

Taxal is a small village south of Whaley Bridge, lying in a cul-de-sac overlooking the lovely Goyt Valley.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Sugar Loaf C1960

Whilst this 1955ft-high mountain can be climbed from Abergavenny, many of the paths that lead from its summit descend to scat- tered villages in remote valleys like the Grwyne Fawr and Grwyne

Caption For Liskeard, Lamellion 1907

This hamlet down in the East Looe river valley a mile from Liskeard was once a small centre of industry.

Caption For Woodchester, The Village 1890

On the extreme right we can see the chimney of one of the 18th- and 19th-century textile mills which were situated in the valley bottom beside the River Frome; the weavers' cottages occupied

Caption For Chulmleigh, Fore Street 2003

This attractive small town sits on a hilltop overlooking the valley of the LIttle Dart.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Higher Mill 1892

Uplyme tends to be overshadowed by its famous Dorset neighbour Lyme Regis, though in past times the latter was known as Nether Lyme to distinguish it from the village higher up the valley

Caption For Polkerris, 1888

The little village of Polkerris is situated at the end of a sheltered valley on the east shore of St Austell Bay.

Caption For Aberystwyth, Rheidol Valley Railway 1903

This view shows a cutting and embankment that is typical of this steep valley-side line.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Italian Garden, Valley Gardens C1955

This attractive feature was part of the Valley Gardens site in Saltburn Glen, and was originally established in the 1860s when the concept of an Italian garden was very fashionable.

Caption For Mells, From The River 1907

Circling Frome, we head north to the Mells Stream valley and Mells village, the home of the Horners, the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner's family.

Caption For Chirk, Aqueduct And Viaduct, Ceiriog Valley 1939

Here we are looking north across the valley, along Telford's 70ft-high aqueduct of 1801, which carries the Ellesmere Canal.

Caption For Chartham, Paper Mills & Hatch 1906

A splendid panoramic view, taken early in the year, of the Stour Valley looking across to the Julliberrie Downs, with the 14th-century tower of Chartham church rising above the trees.

Caption For Carbis Bay, General View 1901

The scenic St Ives branch railway follows the coast, with a four-arched viaduct crossing the little valley behind the beach; the station platform is just beyond.

Caption For Brimscombe, The Valley 1900

The Chalford Valley, with former woollen cloth mills every few hundred yards along its length, extends through Brimscombe into the distance.

Caption For Bradwell, From The Bridge C1955

Bradwell is a bustling little former lead mining village on the south side of the Hope Valley in north Derbyshire.

Caption For Port Talbot, The M4 Motorway C1966

Beulah Methodist chapel had to be removed to make way for the motorway, and was rebuilt in the country park in the Afan Valley.