Maps

181,031 maps found.

1907, Ventnor Ref. HOSM42069
1880, Bodieve Ref. HOSM38197
1880, Trenant Ref. HOSM46546
1880, Rumford Ref. HOSM58266
1880, Polmorla Ref. HOSM62439
1880, Dunveth Ref. HOSM64415
1908, Flimwell Ref. HOSM45632
1885, Thornage Ref. HOSM61602
1899, Holyhead Ref. HOSM34653
1899, Penrhos Ref. HOSM56400
1899, Porth-Y-Felin Ref. HOSM56966
1899, Rhoscolyn Ref. HOSM57803
1899, Trefor Ref. HOSM71146
1910, Llanasa Ref. HOSM51813
1887, Broadhembury Ref. HOSM39017
1887, Feniton Ref. HOSM45402
1887, Luppitt Ref. HOSM52799
1903, Marsh Ref. HOSM53205
1888, Offwell Ref. HOSM55663
1894, Rotherwick Ref. HOSM70953

Books

442 books found. Showing results 8,041 to 8,064.

Memories

29,034 memories found. Showing results 3,351 to 3,360.

1946 1951 Age 2 Years To 7 Years

I was in St Claire's Orphanage with my two sisters after my father died in 1945. The Rev Mother Sister Phillomina had been a childhood friend of my mother's. This fact did not give us any added privileges. I ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1948 by Dora Murphy

North Shields Test Centre

The building which houses North Shields test cente in Cecil Street was erected in1848 as a chapel for people to worship. It remained this way until 1891 when it changed ownership and became a sauna and plunge baths ...Read more

A memory of North Shields by Kevin Mccartney

Does Anyone Remember The Rag And Bone Men?

Does anyone remember the rag and bone men that used to come round the scheme looking for old rags etc? I was so desperate to own a red balloon, nothing was to stand in my way, but where would I get enough good ...Read more

A memory of Ayr by Laura Wilson

Frogs Newts & Ice

I used to visit my aunt & uncle who lived in this - as it was known to me - the posh area of Thornton Heath: it was even pronounced differently - where I lived we invariably but a "mate" on the end of everything. Anyway ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Peter Lake

Living At The Mill

My father got a job in the mill in about 1950 and we moved into Mill House which is actually a part of the mill itself, on the right as you stand facing the building. I don't know what Bordon is like now, but in my day it had its ...Read more

A memory of Bordon in 1950 by Colin Noble

East Quinton Boarding School

I went to a boarding school just ouside Seaford, called East Quinton. They were happy days as we used to walk from the back of the school to play in the trenches. I often wonder if they are still there.

A memory of Seaford in 1952 by Gloria Moat

Methodist School

I was at Burgh Heath Methodist School from about 1953 to 1956. My mother was Mrs Coleman, who taught reception. Mrs Parrot was headmistress, Mrs Westwater taught the second class. Miss Marshall was at that time the milk lady ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1955 by Barbara Lucas

First Holiday

My first holiday was when I was 9 years old (in 1958) and my parents and I came to Goodrington. We stayed at Beech Hurst which if I remember correctly was in Youngs Park Road. It was lovely. I made friends with a girl who lived ...Read more

A memory of Goodrington in 1958 by Barbara Lucas

Memories Of Bonfire Night In The 1950s

I grew up in Berwick Street, Liverpool. The best night of the year was Bonfire Night. My mates and I would collect bonny wood for ages before the big night and store it in a bombed out ...Read more

A memory of Fairfield in 1955 by David Clarke

Sir John Colville.

This was the house occupied in the 1970s and 1980s by Sir John Colville, Assistant Private Secretary to 3 Prime Ministers, and Principal Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill when he was Prime Minister 1951-53 ...Read more

A memory of Broughton by Thomas Dowthwaite

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 8,041 to 8,064.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Boat 1896

Another view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

Caption For Grasmere, Vale 1926

There is not much traffic - a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger - in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

Caption For Maidenhead, King Street 1904

The north end of King Street has changed dramatically since 1904: the right hand side is mostly occupied by the backside of Tesco's, and on the left only The Rose pub, with the tall chimney, and the Methodist

Caption For London, Opening Of Tower Bridge 1894

The bridge was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1885 and opened in 1894.

Caption For Manchester, Ship Canal 1895

This view shows the range of shipping that could once be seen on the MSC. The steamer to the right is the 'Alverton' from West Hartlepool.

Caption For Duncton, Church 1912

We are at the foot of the Downs, with fine views nearby. Holy Trinity Church was built in 1866 in the Decorated style, on the site of a medieval church.

Caption For Llandudno, Mostyn Street 1890

Mostyn Street is one of Llandudno's main shopping streets; we see it here pictured in bright sunlight.

Caption For Dolgellau, Market Square 1930

The town's arcaded Market House of 1870 stands in the Square. The local dark building stone has given Dolgellau much of its character.

Caption For Donaghadee, Wharf 1897

This photograph shows the town clinging to the sea with some lines of very small cottages. The mound is man-made, and was very likely first topped by a Norman fort.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Madeira Cove 1887

In this picture the new promenade and sea wall provide plenty of space to walk, while the beach below gives a hint of what it looked like in its natural state.

Caption For Chelmsford, Congregational Church 1906

By the time of its demolition in 1971, the congregation had amalgamated with that of Baddow Road Congregational Church and built the new Christ Church on the site of a former brickyard in New London

Caption For Little Waltham, The Village C1965

We are standing on Winckford Bridge across the Chelmer - described by Peter Muilman in his 1769 'History of Essex' as “a handsome bridge built of wood, painted.”

Caption For Long Eaton, Market Place And The Green C1950

On the River Erewash, close to the confluence of the Trent with Leicestershire's River Soar, this Derbyshire town was bisected by the Erewash Canal in 1779 and made readily accessible by

Caption For Skegness, Walsh's Holiday Camp C1955

Caravan camps have become much more sophisticated since the 1950s, but they also had lots of fun in those days, you can be sure of that!

Caption For Hamble, St Andrew's Church C1955

Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, one of Britain's first aviators, is buried in this partly Norman church.

Caption For Weymouth, In The Harbour 1898

The port was able to send twenty ships to Calais in 1347, thanks to the financial success of the wool trade, but its privileges were curtailed by Henry VIII in favour of Poole, and the

Caption For Felixstowe Ferry, The Village Green 1907

A tranquil scene in the quiet little village of Bawdsey. Some thirty years later, Bawdsey was to play a vital part in the defence of Britain against the Luftwaffe.

Caption For Dublin, Sackville Street 1897

The big Greek portico of the General Post Office of 1818 is prominent in the centre of the picture. It played a central part in the Easter Rising in 1916.

Caption For Dublin, Trinity College Quadrangle 1897

Trinity College was founded in 1592 by Elizabeth I, and this picture of the main quadrangle looks towards the oldest extant college buildings, the red brick 'Rubrics', of about 1700, where Oliver Goldsmith

Caption For Dorking, Deepdene House 1891

A fine view of a house whose gardens were compared by John Aubrey with 'the kingdom of heaven'.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Wildersmouth Beach 1899

Wildersmouth Bay was the original bathing beach of the town; those beaches to the west only became accessible after the drafting in of Welsh miners to dig the tunnels by which they are now reached.

Caption For Berry Pomeroy, Castle 1899

It was in a dungeon below one of these towers that Lady Margaret de Pomeroy starved to death after being imprisoned by her elder sister Eleanor as the result of a dispute over a suitor.

Caption For Ludlow, Feathers Hotel 1904

In a period when just about every fine building in the county was owned by a wool or cloth merchant, this house reminds us of the importance of the legal profession to the wealth of Ludlow

Caption For Clydebank, Kilbowie Road 1900

In 1881, the population of Clydebank was 1,600 people, most of whom depended upon the shipyard.