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Kilmaurs

My husband and I are Australians and went to Britain on a driving holiday in 2007. We stayed in some marvellous B&Bs but one that will always be memorable for us was at Anna Steel's farm 'Laigh Langmuir'. What a welcome we had - ...Read more

A memory of Kilmaurs in 2007 by Kay Armstrong

Childhood In Sparkbrook

I grew up in Elm Grove, Sydenham Road and went to Montgomery Street School. Does anyone remember the Waldorf Road cinema ? It was near the junction of Stratford Road. We used to go on a Saturday morning to see 'The Lone ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook in 1958

Growing Up

I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill in 1946 by Ann Westgarth

6th Northwood Scouts Go Hostelling

I remember staying at the youth hostel in Greens Norton with the patrol leaders of the 6th Northwood Scout Group. I was an ASL (Assistant Scout Leader) with the troop for several years and as I had always ...Read more

A memory of Greens Norton in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

Mendleson Wrote His Spring Song In The House.

With Denmark Hill and about level with the Old Henly's garage behind you was a house within the ruins with a metal sign. It stated that during his stay here, Mendleson wrote his 'Spring Song' here. ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by Terry Chappell Seal

Ratfyn Power Station

In the 1950s I was in the Royal Engineers and came over from Germany to our school of military engineering at Chatham where we did a course in electrical power stations. We were then posted to Bulford barracks, and did our ...Read more

A memory of Bulford in 1954 by Norman Webb

I Meet A Vagrant I Know

September 1958 I meet a vagrant I knew. In 1957, I was appointed to be Village Constable, at Lower Penn, Wolverhampton, an upper class district of wolverhampton. My station, was in Springhill Park. The beat was ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall in 1958 by John Mellor

Edgware Days In The 70/80's

I grew up in Edgwarebury Lane from when I was born until I was 17 and having always lived close by. I attended Boradfirlds and Edware Secondary School so fully born and bred Edgware. I loved the old days of spending ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1979

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Royal Military Police

I was in the Military Police stationed at Inkerman Barracks in 1962. It's a shame most of it has gone.

A memory of Knaphill

Captions

1,403 captions found. Showing results 673 to 696.

Caption For Goodmanham, Post Office C1960

Behind the old post office, now an extended house, is the railway line, with the nearest station at Kiplingcotes.

Caption For Kingstown, Hms Pelorus 1897

Laid down at Sheerness in 1895, engined by Clydebank, and completed in 1897, 'Pelorus' was the lead ship for a class on the Cape Station before transferring to the East Indies.

Caption For Kettering, Northampton Road 1922

To the right, obscured by the trees, is the railway station.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Cannington Viaduct 1903

Lyme Regis was relatively late in having the advantage of its own railway line, for its station opened only in 1903.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Buddle Bridge 1922

Lyme Regis was relatively late in having the advantage of its own railway line, for its station opened only in 1903.

Caption For York, View From Station Hotel C1885

Outside the walls along the section near the hotel and station was a burial ground. Many of the victims of the cholera epidemic of 1832 were laid to rest there.

Caption For Desborough, Rushton Road C1955

Rushton Road, at the east end of Station Road, is a mix of Victorian terrace housing and factories.

Caption For Penarth, The Beach 1896

The esplanade Hotel (left) stands on the north side of the Promenade; horse-drawn brakes wait for passengers from either the beach or the hotel, bound for the railway station in the town centre.

Caption For York, View From Station Hotel C1885

Outside the walls along the section near the hotel and station was a burial ground. Many of the victims of the cholera epidemic of 1832 were laid to rest there.

Caption For West Bay, 1907

These are the gaunt Victorian lines of the Coastguard Station at West Bay, looking eastwards towards East Cliff, with Rocket Houses seaward from it (right).

Caption For Richmond, Castle, The Keep And Robin Hood's Tower 1913

cell block, where Conscientious Objectors were imprisoned in 1916, stands the Sebastopol cannon, long since gone, brought to the town in 1858 and accompanied on its journey from the railway station

Caption For Pitsea, The Broadway C1955

The park now contains the old war memorial, which used to stand at the top of Station Lane.

Caption For Pitsea, The Recreation Ground C1955

The park now contains the old war memorial, which used to stand at the top of Station Lane.

Caption For Peterborough, Bridge Street C1955

The stately council offices reflect 1930s ideas of grandeur, and the pylon reminds us that the river and the power station are not far down the road.

Caption For Felixstowe Ferry, The Village Green 1907

This is where the scientist Robert Watson-Watt developed radar, and indeed, here too was one of the five strategic radar stations situated along the coast between Bawdsey and Dover.

Caption For St Blazey, Station 1904

This is a splendid railway photograph showing two passenger trains in St Blazey station. The train facing the camera is waiting to depart for the Luxulyan valley and Newquay.

Caption For Redruth, Station 1906

The goods sidings and the horse-drawn covered wagon complete this typical station scene. In the background rears Carn Brea, with its monument and castle.

Caption For Bodmin, Fore Street 1931

Bodmin's small fire station was housed in part of the market in 1931. The Town Arms Hotel next door has since closed.

Caption For London, The Strand And Charing Cross 1890

Moreover, a line drawn through it is said to separate the London of pleasure and fashion from that of work and business.The railway station occupies the ground floor of the prestigious company-owned

Caption For Coventry, Hertford Street C1955

It became a major tram route from the rail station to Broadgate, but much of it was destroyed in 1940. It was redeveloped and pedestrianised in 1969.

Caption For Little Baddow, The Thatched Cottage, Riffhams Chase 1903

The fields at the rear of the cottage served as a parade ground for troops stationed in the village during the First World War. It was later a sports field.

Caption For Barnstaple, 1908

Note the weather recording station in the white box on the left.

Caption For Maidenhead, King Street 1904

This once busy road led to the Great Western Railway station further south.

Caption For Knighton, Broad Street C1955

Knighton is so close to the English border that the railway station and hotel are actually on English soil.