Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 331 to 340.

Valerie Adlington

I lived at 24 Manaton Road. I went to St Mary Madeline's School then on to Peckham Girls School in 1967 till 1973. I loved Rye Lane .My mum worked in the skirt n slacks centre at the top of Rye Lane. I had a Saturday job there, ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by Valerie Buer

Cooksey Road

Please forgive the spelling as I have a degenerative problem with my left eye. I have been trying to write a tale for my grand kids, What I know is that my grandmother moved from London Islington, with several kids, to Birmingham ...Read more

A memory of Alum Rock by Donald Butler

Cronkeyshaw Junior School

I'm writing about my memories of Cronkeyshaw School. It was situated to the north of Rochdale Town Centre in the corner of a large open common grassland area, Cronkeyshaw Common, opposite Falinge Park. After school each ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1955 by Norman Foulds

Court School Of Dancing

I used to go to The Court School Of Dancing in 1961, 1962 ,1963. This was above Burton's in the market square at the centre of Enfield. It used to be open 7days a week. The evening started with a lesson,and then practise ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1963 by David Deal

Sparkhill/Sparkbrook

I grew up in Sparkhill between 1960s-1986, , My Father lived in Sparkbrook with his Grandmother Florence Stubley & Aunties, Flora, Dora, Freda & his mother Phyllis for many years before he met & Married my ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook

2 Clutterbuck Rd

We moved to 2 Clutterbuck Rd in 1954 by the little grass island and moved out in 1965 to Methuen Way,great memories of playing around the estate, back fields community centre Corsham park and stone quarries,my friends lived ...Read more

A memory of Corsham in 1954 by Leonard Brokas

55 Rusper Road (It Was 33 In The !920s)

I lived there until 1939 and was then with the 4th Royal Sussex . In the photo left centre you can see the old post office /store run in those days by my aunt and uncle (Sumerfields) our house was next door. ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by Jim Hayler

Birkenhead In The 1950s

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it does’nt even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

Haydock Ave., Islip Manor, St.Vincents....What Memories....

I lived 8,Haydock Ave,.next to old peoples home, opposite the back of the shops service road, including the Cabin.1955 to 1967. My parents Reg & Bea with my older brother Terry. I was born Perivale ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by dean.barb925

Bedford Summer Holidays

My mother Dorothy was from Bedford and when she met my dad they lived there until the 60's. I used to go back every year with them to visit the relatives in the 70's and 80's...many many fond memories of the place... walks along ...Read more

A memory of Bedford by babkba

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 793 to 816.

Caption For Kents Bank, From The Sands 1894

Note the signal box in the centre of the picture with the signals to its right.

Caption For Long Sutton, Village 1904

of the time states that 'the church of All Saints is a plain and ancient edifice of flint, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle and porch, and a small wooden tower with pinnacles, rising from the centre

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street C1955

The East Suffolk Hotel (the white building, centre) now houses tourist information and an art gallery.

Caption For Hamble, The Village C1955

Famous as a yachting centre, Hamble has long thrived on its close proximity to the river of the same name, with its shipbuilding associations, yacht clubs and marinas.

Caption For Margate, The Fort 1892

This splendid view of the site of the former cliff-top fort was taken prior to the extension of the cliff-foot promenade.The terrace of houses in the centre of the picture, Fort Paragon, was constructed

Caption For Broadstairs, Thames Barges, The Harbour 1902

This view looks across the Main Bay from the pier, with two Thames sailing barges in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Whalley, The Viaduct From The Nab 1901

The parish church of St Mary (in the distance, centre) is famous for its 15th- century choir stalls transferred from Whalley Abbey.

Caption For Finchingfield, The Memorial C1965

The red brick building in the centre was a day school and lecture hall attached to the 18th-century Congregational church (the white pediment behind it).

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Brennand Valley 1921

The Ordnance Survey department has declared Dunsop Bridge to be the village nearest to the exact centre of the British Isles.

Caption For Chippenham, High Street C1955

The striking half-timbered buildings in the centre no longer exist.

Caption For Romford, High Street 1908

From the cross-roads at the centre of Romford we look towards London as a policeman prepares to control what little traffic there is.

Caption For Romford, Victoria Road C1950

In the centre is a motorbike and sidecar, a popular and affordable form of transport.

Caption For Newbury, The Broadway And Clock Tower 1952

The clock tower shown here, partly enclosed by an hexagonal shelter and situated at the centre of a traffic system, stands on the site of what once was a wayside chapel.

Caption For Woking, Old Woking Village 1898

Before the railway came in 1838 and today's town began to grow, this was the centre of Woking.

Caption For Byfleet, High Road C1955

The site now houses a business park and a retail centre, but Brooklands Museum tells the story of its historic past.

Caption For Market Drayton, High Street C1955

In this picture we can already see the growth of the congestion that was soon to become a problem in the centre of the town.

Caption For Eype, The Village C1955

Cottages on the other side rise from Lea Cottage (left of centre) to the terrace comprising Hydrangea Cottage, Clematis Cottage, Rosemary Cottage and Sunset Cottage (beside the telephone kiosk).

Caption For Upton, The Village C1960

The black and white half-timbered building (centre) is the Eagle and Crown public house.

Caption For West Kirby, Ashton Park C1965

Sandlea Park nestles in the centre of West Kirby, but the swings, see-saw and climbing frame have long gone, probably as a result of EU health and safety regulations.

Caption For Marden, High Street C1965

Its old courthouse remains in the centre, and the stocks where local criminals met their punishment are now on show in the 13th-century church of St Michael and St Angels.

Caption For Dudley, Entrance To Dudley Zoo C1965

This wooded hill in the town centre is topped by the ruins of a Norman castle, whose builders might not be entirely surprised to find that the outer bailey now houses a zoo: after all, exotic animals were

Caption For Kingswinford, Summer Hill C1965

Summer Hill is to the west of the Cross, which has become the town centre since the focus of development shifted here in the 1950s.

Caption For Uley, The Street C1960

The village rose to prosperity as a cloth making centre, but when the Industrial Revolution shifted production from weavers' cottages to industrial factories, Uley's fortunes went into decline.

Caption For Godstone, The Bell 1907

Four hundred years ago, Godstone was at the centre of the leather trade and the manufacture of gunpowder, while to the south there were important iron-works.