Places
17 places found.
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- Luton, Bedfordshire
- Stopsley, Bedfordshire
- Luton, Kent
- Luton, Devon (near Ottery St Mary)
- Luton, Devon (near Teignmouth)
- Leagrave, Bedfordshire
- New Town, Bedfordshire
- Bury Park, Bedfordshire
- High Town, Bedfordshire
- Woodside, Bedfordshire (near Luton)
- Park Town, Bedfordshire
- Biscot, Bedfordshire
- Sundon Park, Bedfordshire
- Limbury, Bedfordshire
- Winsdon Hill, Bedfordshire
- Hart Hill, Bedfordshire
- Round Green, Bedfordshire
Photos
163 photos found. Showing results 41 to 60.
Maps
91 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 49 to 2.
Memories
455 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.
Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more
A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by
The Long Walk To Hire A Trike
Millport to me was, as I'm sure it was to most who have visited over the years a place where cars were few and pedal power ruled. All my memories of Millport as a child involved a long walk over the hill from the ferry, ...Read more
A memory of Millport in 1980 by
My Early Years In Longton 1870s To 1940s
I was born in Longton in 1933 at 151 High Street Post Office, Longton. All my childhood was spent there with my grandmother, Sarah Wright and my great aunt Matilda Ward (my grandmother's sister). Between ...Read more
A memory of Longton by
Another Slice Of Life In Burghfield And Sulhampstead
My Grandfather George Thomas Cooper 1880 to 1957 lived at Hebron a Detached Victorian House ( which is opposite what today is Coopers Place, named after my late Father Phillip George ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common by
Facts Of Life
Just before our wedding at St Thomas's in April 1967, Ching my wife to be and I, were called to see the vicar. We sat in his lounge and he gave the essential instructions for making love (for making babies). He spoke very slowly and each ...Read more
A memory of Oakwood by
Help
I haven't much of a memory as such because I was brought up in customhouse ..but on 23rd December 1944 my mum gave birth to me on Eastham Station. I never, all through my life knew of this until I enquired about a copy of my birth certificate, ...Read more
A memory of East Ham by
An Arreton Childhood
I lived in Arreton from birth until my marriage. My family consisted of Dad and Mum, my sister Gill, my paternal grandparents and a retired infant teacher Miss Muskett. She taught me at home before I began school at the ...Read more
A memory of Arreton in 1940 by
Progress And Change
Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by
Were You At Port Regis Convent Or Similar Catholic Schools Or Convents 1950s 1970’s
Hello I was at Port Regis between 1953 - 1955 I was 7 when I got there and left just before my 10th birthday. Was anyone else at Port Regis, Broadstairs when it was a convent for ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs in 1955 by
The Old Tomato Nursery
In the Fifties my family used to live in Gipsy Road. Once a month, or so, I was taken to visit friends of my stepmother, Uncle Andy and Auntie Kit, who lived at the Bexleyheath end of Long Lane. This involved a long walk to get ...Read more
A memory of Welling
Captions
157 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.
The clean forceful lines of the neo- classical new town hall were in marked contrast to its rather sedate and friendly looking predecessor, built by the Luton architects John Williams & Sons
The Luton factory's great wartime feat was to design and build a completely new tank, which was ready for production within a year of the conflict starting.
puzzling 8th-century monument inside, which reads: 'Underneath the corruptible parts of a vicar, one husband, two helpmeets, both wives and both Anns, a triplicity of persons in two twains but one
The village of Eastham is about one mile inland from the River Mersey, but one of its claims to fame is that it has the largest canal locks in the country - these give entry to the Manchester Ship Canal
Briefly, the advertising strategy changed, laying stress now not on the 'bucket and spade' charms of Southsea as a seaside resort but on the city's history and its naval and military heritage.
This area was once noted for its shipbuilding, but only one yard survives today, with a sizeable dry dock. Out of sight round a bend in the River Torridge is Bideford.
It originally served as a seminary, but only until 1889; it then became the Franciscan Monastery of the Immaculate Conception.
It originally served as a seminary, but only until 1889; it then became the Franciscan Monastery of the Immaculate Conception.
All the towers were originally surmounted with round turrets, but only those on the inner ward towers have survived.
Eastwood Grange c1955 This is Eastwood Grange, but on the outskirts of Ashover are the remains of Eastwood Old Hall, built by Sir Thomas Reresby and blown up in 1646 by Parliamentarian troops
There is not one tourist in sight, but only those who make a hard fought living from the sea.
In 1808 a group of cottages stood on the western side of the road facing Dole Green, but only one early 19th-century building had survived by the 1990s.
'Babbacombe' Lee was sentenced to hang, but on the appointed day, 23 February 1885, the trapdoor on the scaffold jammed three times: Lee's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.
Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.
The chapel, which is famed for its elaborate carvings, was founded in 1446 as a collegiate church, but only the lady chapel and choir were completed.
A large broad exposed to the cold east wind, Hickling can appear grey and unfriendly on a bleak day, but on sunny summer days it provides an exhilarating sail.
There are some fine buildings here, many of them ancient, but one or two are deceptive - The Ormond's Head, for example.
But on the enlightened Isle of Man they already had it. Women were given the vote in 1881; the first woman member of the House of Keys was Mrs Marion Shimmin, elected in February 1933.
It is 17th-century in origin with 13 arches in total, but only 12 are visible from the west. To complicate matters further, only 6 are visible in this picture.
New Winchelsea was laid out in a grid system, but only the north-eastern quarter is currently used.
This area was once noted for its shipbuilding, but only one yard survives today, with a sizeable dry dock. Out of sight round a bend in the river is Bideford.
The green and the surrounding roads and houses may look a little different today, one hundred years after this photograph was taken, but one landmark remains reassuringly constant and permanent: Hawkley's
The ever-changing coastline has very much dictated the fortunes of Aldeburgh, but one thing which has not changed is the activity of local fishermen, who park their boats on the shingle bank which runs
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