Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Lendal Tower And Lendal Bridge

This picture is of Lendal Tower and part of Lendal bridge, over the River Ouse.

A memory of York by Christopher Brownbridge

Tower Cinema

I was born in Lee-on-the-Solent and so was quite young when I first went to the cinema. I loved going down the sloping floor to the auditorium. It was almost underground, although we went up steps at the end of the slope. ...Read more

A memory of Lee in 1940 by Gaynor Boyd

When The Reverend Nichols Was The Rector

Sadly, I believe St Michael's Church is little more now than a ruin of it's former self, nothing like it was in the 1940's when it seemed to stand proudly on the hill watching over and protecting the small ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Thelma Hurly

Edmunds Tower

This photo and the one next to it showing St Pauls must have been taken from the top of Edmunds Tower. I lived there from 1970 - 1974, the views from the roof were wonderful. It was then a walk away from the town centre over the big ...Read more

A memory of Harlow by Sue Spiller

Where &Nbsp;I &Nbsp;Was &Nbsp;Brought &Nbsp;Up

I  was  brought  up  at  110  High  Street  then  at  the  top of  Backwaterside  Lane.  My  Grandparents  were William  and  Louisa  Barrenger.  My  Mum  Mabel  Barrenger (later  Mabel  Dutton)  was ...Read more

A memory of Brightlingsea in 1960 by Anne Holmes

Whittlebury 57 To 61

I have nothing but fond memories of my time at Whittlebury,okay if you were expecting to advance to Oxbridge,forget it but it did teach you to fight your'e own battles and make your own bed.I had a head start I suppose ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1957 by Michael Gee

Christmas Dinners At The Tower

my dad alex who was killed in an accident in 1953 was major johnsons batman during the war,after his death my mother and sisters and i went there for our christmas dinners i played with the sons andrew and graham ...Read more

A memory of Dumfries in 1953

Memories Of Catford, Lewisham And Lee Green

I was born in Catford and from an early age knew the area well, having relatives in the area to visit. Great grandmother lived in Wellmeadow road and we lived in Broadfield Road from the 1960's onwards. ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham in 1970 by Belinda Clare

Reculver Towers C1955

I remember camping with my family down in the field just inland from the Towers. The site is now just for caravans, I think. My father would catch eels in the small streams which ran across the field down to the sea, and mum ...Read more

A memory of Reculver by Richard Furminger

A Long Happy Association

My family has had a long association with Dymchurch since the 1890s, first at Barn House and later at Grantchester Cottage in Sycamore Gardens. Six of my family are buried in the churchyard and two are named on the war ...Read more

A memory of Dymchurch in 1946 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

Captions

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Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Station Street C1955

Station Street is lined with some attractive private residences, shown here, and the extremely attractive chapel with its very distinctive tower, which now serves as a community theatre.

Caption For Broadstairs, Promenade 1902

Bleak House stands on the right, while on the left is the prominent tower of Holy Trinity church, built in 1862. Note the canopied deckchairs on the right.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge C1895

This view is from Butler's Wharf, with the Tower of London on the right.

Caption For Kendal, Sizergh Castle 1896

Originally a 14th-century defensive pele tower, Sizergh was the home of the Strickland family; the present building is mainly a 15th-century Elizabethan mansion, now in the care of the National

Caption For Bristol, Cathedral 1890

The west towers shortly after they had been completed.

Caption For Kendal, Sizergh Castle 1896

Originally a 14th-century defensive pele tower, Sizergh was the home of the Strickland family; the present building is mainly a 15th-century Elizabethan mansion, now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Shanklin, The Pier 1927

Charabancs are drawn up by the clock tower to convey tourists around the island.

Caption For Whitwell, The Village C1955

Whitwell's church was restored in 1868, but is several centuries older, with a Tudor porch and tower. A

Caption For Hengoed, The Viaduct 1952

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

Caption For Knighton, Knucklas Viaduct C1960

Ornamental towers at each end adorn the viaduct, which carries the railway over the River Teme into Wales.

Caption For Plymouth, From Citadel 1904

On the far right, the building with the conservatory and tower is the old Hoegate School.

Caption For New Milton, Old Milton Church C1965

Milton's church tower is nearly four hundred years old, though the rest of the building is more recent.

Caption For Hoddesdon, C1965

The brash sixties shopping precinct is overlooked by its nine-storey block of flats (with some evidently still awaiting occupation according to the sign); the tower of St Paul's Church rises among the

Caption For North Walsham, Market Street C1955

Only remnants of its medieval tower survive. It collapsed in 1724, and was never rebuilt.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle 1914

The trees which conceal the south-west towers have now been removed. The steps too were taken out in the 1980s.

Caption For Washington, The Village C1965

this time were the Roman Catholic Our Blessed Lady Immaculate, which dated from the late 1870s, and Holy Trinity, which had been rebuilt in the 1830s, extended in the 1880s, and given a bell tower

Caption For Aylesbury, County Office C1965

These now face 'Fred's Folly', the concrete 1960s tower block.

Caption For Countisbury, St John's Church 1907

The nave was rebuilt in 1716, the tower in 1835, and the arcade in 1846.

Caption For Poole, The Beach, Rockley Sands C1960

On the left is a water tower serving steam engines. The main camp road ran directly on to this beach.

Caption For Tetbury, Bath Road C1955

It was rebuilt in 1781, and the tower and spire were rebuilt a hundred years later. Note the huge size of the windows.

Caption For Colchester, St Peter's Church 1907

Its tower of 1758, in red brick with yellow brick quions and battlements, the Geogianised aisles, and the 18th century galleries inside, all disguise a medieval church.

Caption For Tideswell, The View From The Church Tower C1960

This view of Tideswell is from the pinnacled Perpendicular tower of the parish church.

Caption For Evesham, Bell Tower From The Avon 1892

Abbot Lichfield's Bell Tower, built in 1539, dominates the water meadows of the River Avon. Notice the Romany caravans at rest on the far bank.

Caption For Rainham, St Margaret Parish Church C1955

stone church on this site, just beside the old Watling Street, was built soon after 1066, but the present building is mainly 13th-century, with a rather handsome 15th-century stepped-buttressed beacon tower