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Daniel Adamson

I recall, as a young police constable, going for a trip on the MSC barge 'The Daniel Adamson'. This was from no 8 dock at Manchester, just by the Trafford swing bridge. The trip went though Mode Wheel locks, Latchford ...Read more

A memory of Manchester Ship Canal in 1972 by David Timperley

Before The Hippies...

During the '70's I lived in nearby Shepton Mallet. After I'd left school many of my mates & myself bought motorbikes, Glastonbury was often a destination - my first bike was a very unreliable Czech made CZ175. Luckily, ...Read more

A memory of Glastonbury by bru.enzer

Langley 60s And 70s

I lived at Trenches Farm caravan site in the mid 60s and early 70s when I was a teenager and I went to the youth club opposite the Red Lion pub it was the best time of my life I had very good friends once we went on a 20 mile walk ...Read more

A memory of Langley by Barry Budd

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Beanz Dreamz...

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

Harriott Brothers The Butcher's Shop

My Father was Arthur Harriott who owned Harriott Brothers Butchers Shop (which can be seen at the bottom left-hand corner of the picture) together with his Brother, Edward. We lived in "Old Sarum" which is the ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1950 by Pamela Beeching

Faraway Castles

As a child playing on the allotments behind the Fire station in Trowbridge I used to see the white buildings gleaming in the sun of the Manor on the far hills. It was always so beautiful sitting majestically in the distance I ...Read more

A memory of Trowbridge by Barbara Thompson

Little Boy's Heaven

In 1961 or 1962, as a small boy of 5 or 6 my mum, brought me to Hednesford to visit her grandmother, my great-grandmother, Emily Chetwyn. A diminutive lady, we, the children, called her little nana. I believe she lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford by Steve Brooks

Infants School

Born and bred in Red Houses (then Red House Estate) at a time when everyone took time and effort to keep their home and gardens beautiful.  Everyone knew everybody and it was a community that looked after each other.  I remember ...Read more

A memory of High Etherley in 1957 by Marjorie Richardson

My Childhood In Coldharbour

In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village.  My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by Rosemary Shields

Captions

4,899 captions found. Showing results 625 to 648.

Caption For Horning, The New Inn C1965

The front of this charming Georgian house, with its bay windows and portico at the front door, is now obscured by the addition of a single-storey annexe which provides a riverside eating area for customers

Caption For Monsal Dale, The Valley From The Hotel C1955

This could be shattered by the passage of trains: the cutting started on the extreme left, running alongside and above the river.

Caption For Hayburn Wyke, View Looking North C1960

Perhaps crabs or small fish left by the tide.

Caption For Donaghadee, Beach 1897

A view looking south round the sweep of the bay to the little harbour, once used by the mail boats to Portpatrick in Wigtownshire. Boats are drawn up on the pebbled beach, where girls are playing.

Caption For Norwich, Nurse Cavell's Grave 1919

She was shot in Brussels by the Germans in 1915 for helping wounded British soldiers escape the country.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Amusement Park, Britannia Pier 1908

Hoardings advertise summer seasons by the Brothers Howard and Miss Ruth Vincent. Visitors could also attend a fashionable fancy dress ball.

Caption For Cambridge, Homerton College 1914

In 1977 the college was recognised by the University, when a four-year degree course in Education was introduced.

Caption For Winchester, Kingsgate 1911

Kingsgate, surmounted by the little church of St Swithun- upon-Kingsgate, is one of just two surviving medieval gateways at Winchester.

Caption For Amroth, The Village From The Cliffs C1960

being washed away by the more ferocious storms. This area was a hunting ground for the earliest settlers.

Caption For Totnes, North Gate 1928

By the 19th century the North Gate had suffered from years of neglect (see picture 25412), and was in danger of disappearing altogether.

Caption For Carlisle, The Lake District Mountains 2005

these rivers meet - the Peveril, the Caldew and, most importantly, the Eden; a point that is also marked by a striking natural feature, a sandstone bluff covered by a mound of boulder clay left by the

Caption For Middleton Tyas, The Shoulder Of Mutton And Post Office C1955

The local vicar profited by the enterprise, for some of the mines were on his glebe lands.

Caption For Basildon, The View From Freedom House C1965

The building was renamed Southgate House, and the extension with its mural of bold primary colours by the artist Anthony Holloway has been removed.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1912

The domed concert hall at the far end seems like an oriental palace, an effect heightened by the octagonal domed entrance kiosks, straight from the Top-Kapi Palace in Istanbul - a joyous contrast to all

Caption For Herne Bay, The Bandstand 1927

An open-topped tourer and motor-cycles are parked by the entrance railings.

Caption For Atherton, C1960

Howe Bridge was closed by the NCB in 1957; Gibfield followed in 1963, and Chanter in 1966.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Fore Street C1935

At the bottom of Fore Street - down by the harbour and therefore handy for the maritime fraternity - are two pubs, the George and the Prince of Wales, both of which claim to be the oldest hostelry in

Caption For Hadley, Castle Car Works 1902

The canal by the side of the factory was built to serve all the local industries and factories.

Caption For Southport, Queen Victoria Statue 1904

It was unveiled in 1904, the year this picture was taken, by the mayor, Councillor Brown. The statue was later relocated to the top of Nevill Street.

Caption For Nottingham, Victoria Embankment C1955

The statue of Queen Victoria is gazing over the ornamental gardens by the River Trent.

Caption For New Forest, New Forest Ponies C1955

Much good work has been done by the New Forest breeding project to keep the breed pure.

Caption For Weobley, The Post Office C1960

Judging by the sign above the door, many tourists were already coming to Weobley in the 1960s. The sign reads '16th century Tudor Tea Room. Afternoon Teas. Home Made Cakes. Pottery. Gifts'.

Caption For Belfast, Castle And Lough 1897

It was built in 1870 by the Third Marquess of Donegal and was given to the city in 1934.

Caption For Worthing, The Bandstand And The Pier 1921

Curiously, the deck chairs face away from the band playing in the ornate late Victorian bandstand, now replaced by the more sheltered Lido.