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Places

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Memories

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My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

1972

Married at the wonderful old church of St. Peter's Walton on the Hill, 5th July 1972. At this time, my parents were living at Tudor Court, Walton St. Walton on the Hill, and Mum, owned the shop below, Anne Cleeves. I had been over ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1972 by Adele Pentony Graham

My Early Years In Rothwell

I was born in Rothwell in 1949 and have lived there all my life and remember when it was a picturesque village where everyone knew each other.    What changes have taken place over the years.   I remember going to ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell in 1955 by June Holstead

The Second World War

There was an air raid shelter under the green opposite the Three Jolly Wheelers pub. It comprised a number of concrete passageways. My mother my sister and I would use it on occasions when there was a particularly bad ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1945 by Colin King

Gowers Bridge

Gowers bridge was not too far from where we lived and was a great place to take the children for a picnic, to learn to ride a tricycle and to skim stones across and see who won, then pick our way to Llyn Bwrw Eira, along the banks, ...Read more

A memory of Llanrwst in 1956 by patriciahughesbrynymaen

Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial

Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon.  We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the ...Read more

A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by Don Thurlow

Where I Grew Up

I lived most of my life in Sible Hedingham, as a family we moved there from London in 1962.  I was just 2 years old at the time. My father Robert Farren, "Bob" as he was best known and my mother Ivy, took over the licence of ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham in 1962 by Anne Elder

Childhood Memories

I moved to Freshford with my family when I was 12 years old and lived at The Inn for 5 years before moving away. We did not have the wall on the end of the building that you see in the foreground. By then a large car park had ...Read more

A memory of Freshford in 1964 by Rosemary Leader

My Early Years

my memories relate from the very early forties till the early eighties. I was born in Andover in 1937.My mother was a Lambourne and was born in Thruxton in 1903 at Rose cottage which is just to the left of the "George" looking ...Read more

A memory of Thruxton in 1940 by Ronald Hodgson

Visits To Wareside 1964 Present

My dad was born at Hillside Cottages in Wareside in 1929 (I think). I remember visiting my Grandmother there up until she moved to Ware round about 1978/9. She lived in the house with the "Hillside Cottages" sign on ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1975 by Sandra Penstone Smith

Captions

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Caption For Loddiswell, Mill 1890

Three pairs of stones were driven by a water wheel, and produced 100 sacks of flour a week in 1869. The bridge over the Avon was built in 1893.

Caption For Huntingdon, The Old Bridge 1898

The medieval bridge over the River Ouse was started in 1332 to connect Huntingdon with Godmanchester, and the respective authorities paid for three arches - note the different styles - with the builders

Caption For Hadleigh, Toppesfield Bridge 1922

This is the three-arched red brick medieval bridge over the River Brett at Hadleigh.

Caption For Kendal, Branthwaite Brow 1914

Branthwaite Brow is one of the three streets which meet Kent Street as it leads up the steep hill opposite Miller Bridge. The others are Finkle Street and Stramongate.

Caption For Chippenham, The Maud Heath Causeway C1955

This is the bridge over the River Avon. The limestone monument, dated 1698 (right), records Maud Heath's bequest to the local community.

Caption For Bothwell, 1897

Three hundred years ago, Bothwell was a strategically important village, its bridge being the only one over the Clyde apart from Glasgow Bridge.

Caption For Durham, Prebends Bridge 1892

Built between 1772 and 1778, the three-arched Prebend's Bridge replaced a mid 16th-century footbridge that had been washed away during the floods of 1771.

Caption For Stockport, Little Under Bank 1968

Our picture features Winter's jewellery shop and Petersgate Bridge. The bridge was built in 1868 to link the market square with St Petersgate.

Caption For Coltishall, The Lock 1902

This pretty river between Coltishall and Aylsham has three locks and seven bridges, creating quite a bit of work for the boat crews.

Caption For Acle, The Bridge C1929

One of the most frequently-painted sites on the Broads was the old Acle Bridge with its three arches, which we see here. The bridge has frequently been rebuilt - repairs were first recorded in 1101.

Caption For Runcorn, Devonshire Place 1961

The top of the High Street was known officially as Devonshire Place, but the locals always called it Devonshire Square, even though it only had three sides.

Caption For Hathersage, Leadmill Bridge 1896

The handsome Leadmill Bridge, on the Grindleford approach to Hathersage, spans the Derwent in three graceful gritstone arches.

Caption For Huntingdon, The Old Bridge 1898

The medieval bridge over the River Ouse.

Caption For New Forest, Queens Bower 1908

The little wooden bridge and the three flowing streams that meet here make this a favourite walking destination.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Newton Viaduct 1898

The county boasted three of the highest bridges on the British railway network (rails above ground or high water level): Deepdale at 161 ft, Hownes Gill at 150 ft, and the Hawthorn at 110.5 ft.

Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

Sandsend is just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.

Caption For Tiverton, On The Canal 1903

There were to be three branches, one of which was Tiverton. This view, at Tidcombe Bridge, shows the canal in a near-derelict state.

Caption For Fremington, The Cross Roads C1965

The three-arched buttressed bridge at Fremington has spanned the rushing waters of the Swale for centuries, and it still carries the main B6270 valley road today.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, River Severn C1965

There was a time when sailing barges could (albeit with difficulty) navigate the Severn as far as Welshpool, 128 miles above Gloucester.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle Bridge 1914

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle Bridge 1914

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

Caption For Shillingford, Swan Hotel 1890

The three-arched, balustraded bridge at Shillingford dates back to 1827 and carries the Wallingford to Thame road over the river. The road was turnpiked in 1764.

Caption For Fakenham, Hempton Mill 1921

There is more than one way to catch a fish; onlookers must be amused at the antics of the unsuccessful fishermen.

Caption For Ullswater, From Place Fell 1892

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.