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Places
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Photos
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Maps
494 maps found.
Books
25 books found. Showing results 793 to 816.
Memories
9,978 memories found. Showing results 331 to 340.
Re Story Of Tales From My Father
I still hear all the tales of those days from my father,who spent his holidays at Number 37 with the Offer family and was sent there during the Second World War as a child, he also knew your father Reginald ...Read more
A memory of Compton Bassett by
Lymington In The 1940s
My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more
A memory of Lymington in 1944 by
Coastguard Station
We came to Bolt Head in 1950, my father having joined the Coastguard service after being in the Royal Navy for 40 years. I found it quite a way to cycle to work, I worked in the post office in Malborough. I used to go ...Read more
A memory of Bolt Head in 1950 by
Bryn Gearge
I well remember Bryn Gearge ,when we were younger he lived across the back lane from our house. He raced pigeons and often we had to go and look for my father at dinner time as he would be talking to Bryn about pigeon racing.
A memory of Caerau in 1966 by
A Great Place To Live
Having been born and brought up in Buckhusrt Hill in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and now living in Kent, it reminds me what a unique place it once was. My immediate memories are of Lords Bushes and living in Forest ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill by
Growing Up In A Small Village
My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. ...Read more
A memory of Twycross by
Cherished Memories
Finding this site has brought many wonderful memories back to me. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Croydon. My maiden name was Chappell. I lived in Purley Road, South Croydon not far from the Red Deer until 1957. Every Saturday ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1953 by
The Gorse Br Staff Association Club
My mother and father (Charles and Lilian) ran the Club from 1954-1957 approx. We lived in just one part with a large living room, a kitchen which led to the back area of stables and grass and 4 bedrooms. ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Halse in 1954 by
Seaton In The 1950s And 60s
I lived in Seaton from the very early 1950s to the very early 1970s. My happy memories are: going down to the River Welland in Harringworth and fishing, going down to Seaton railway station and watching ...Read more
A memory of Seaton in 1950 by
A Glance Backwards
I came to live in Stadhampton in 1954 from Henley on Thames. My father was the village Policeman. I found that even for 1954 life in Stadhampton was comparatively primitive compared with what I was used to! But it was a ...Read more
A memory of Stadhampton in 1954 by
Captions
2,019 captions found. Showing results 793 to 816.
On the right is the Albany Hotel and the Yorkshire Penny Bank. Sheffield was just one of a handful of authorities at this date who still had faith in their tramway system.
This view is looking back towards the High Street. The Southern Daily Echo (now the Southern Evening Echo) still exists, but not its Salisbury office.
Here we see a quiet moment on the banks of the Wharfe.
The old core of the village, clustered around St Martin's Parish Church, and backed by Belle Isle and Claiffe Heights, is being admired by three elegantly dressed ladies.
They lay on their backs and pushed with their feet against the tunnel roof.
Over the years the foliage and the soil on both sides has been cut back to keep the problem of earth slippage under control.
Again looking back towards the church, this picture gives a good idea of the size of the Square, with the Market Hall on the left. Note the Dolphin Hotel on the left, and the Bugle Inn opposite.
centre of Widnes has moved from the area around Victoria Square about a mile away so that it is now centred here and the street has become a pedestrian area with many of the major shops and banks
This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.
Worcester's Cathedral has many monuments to warriors from all periods of history, including the men of the Worcestershire Regiment who fell in 'the three glorious victories on the banks of the Sutlej
Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540.
This photograph, taken from the east bank of the river, south of the Barley Mow pub, manages to exclude George Gilbert Scott's rather fine 1864 seven-arched brick bridge over the river.
As we look back towards Cookham from near the viewpoint of photograph No 77588 towards the bridge onto Odney, since rebuilt, the Thames is beyond the trees with its two channels.
On the Buckinghamshire bank (since 1974 in Berkshire) Henry VI's great foundation, Eton College, has rendered this another 'company town'.
Crusoe' in a back-room above the wash-house.
Today it is called The Bank inn. This district was known locally as The Hearts of Oak.
The Chesterfield Canal begins at the distant hump-backed bridge beyond a moored motor cruiser. The 'Trent Valley Way' long-distance footpath stretches from here to beyond Nottingham.
The building withthe 'To Let' sign on the right was later replaced bu the Lutyens-designed Midland Bank headquarters.
Behind is the London to Bristol main line railway, and on top of the tree-clad river cliff bank is the Oxford Road.
Replacing much smaller and increasingly inadequate local facilities dating back to the 1830s, the requisite funds came in from across the social spectrum.
We are looking back from the Butt and Oyster pub towards the boatyard and sailing club.
This picture was taken in early June 1897 as preparations were made for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession to pass up the park-side road from Piccadilly.
Restoration is bringing it back to its former glory.
Many travellers on the Brighton line will remember the Monotype name, as it was advertised along the factory buildings which backed on to the railway line.
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