Places
24 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Lulworth Camp, Dorset
- Shorncliffe Camp, Kent
- Bovington Camp, Dorset
- Camp, Lincolnshire
- Bulford Camp, Wiltshire
- Camp Hill, Dyfed
- The Camp, Hertfordshire
- Camp Hill, Warwickshire
- Camp Corner, Oxfordshire
- Westdown Camp, Wiltshire
- Camp Town, Yorkshire
- Camps End, Cambridgeshire
- Camps Heath, Suffolk
- The Camp, Gloucestershire
- Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire
- Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
- North Camp, Hampshire
- Otterburn Camp, Northumberland
- Pirbright Camp, Surrey
- Rollestone Camp, Wiltshire
- Blandford Camp, Dorset
- Camp Hill, Yorkshire (near Sowerby Bridge)
- Camp Hill, Yorkshire (near Kirklington)
- Bisley Camp (National Shooting Centre), Surrey
Photos
2,585 photos found. Showing results 61 to 80.
Maps
130 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 73 to 1.
Memories
1,297 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.
Water From The Graveyard.
As a family we stayed at a self catering cottage here just before 1962 one of our first holidays in the Standard Vanguard estate after many staying in Railway Camping coaches all over southern England. [Sadly none feature ...Read more
A memory of Puncknowle by
Eskdale Cumbria And Another Hectic Break
My son Matthew provided the opportunity to once again retrace our well worn steps around this beautiful county and in particular The Lake District. As is our norm it was non-stop driving and walking, although ...Read more
A memory of Ambleside by
Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more
A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by
First Flight
This is the plane I had my first flight in during the 1950s. My father had done some work for the owner/pilot , so as a reward we had a flight along the coast, I remember the pilot always used to dive bomb a large dune near where Caister Holiday Camp is .
A memory of Caister-on-Sea by
Machine Gunned On Churston Drive By A Young German Pilot
My Aunt Joyce (born 1931) used to live on Churston Drive. She told me this morning about how she was walking to school with a friend one morning during the war when a German plane machine-gunned ...Read more
A memory of Morden by
When Victor Value Came To Town
One sunny day in the late 1950's the next door neighbour came knocking at our door with some exciting news. A big new food store had opened on the Broadway, Bexleyheath,. It's a Supermarket, she said. It's Victor ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
Whatever Happened To Denes Holiday Camp
Whatever happened to Denes Holiday Camp, I have fond memories of picking up a Grey Green coach in Edmonton North London, (near The Regal cinema) with my parents and transported right to the door. I loved the ...Read more
A memory of Kessingland by
Walking From Cottage Homes
1965. I grew up in Merthyr Mawr road Cottage Homes for children. The walk to Merthyr Mawr village was always an adventure. We would tickle trout from the estate river and run like mad to avoid the water baillif. The old ...Read more
A memory of Merthyr Mawr by
Bovington Camp. Mid ‘60’s
I come from a military family, am what you would call an ‘Army brat’. My father had served as an officer in the Far East during WW2, where his Navy brother had died. After demobilisation & a failed career in the ...Read more
A memory of Bovington Camp by
Beacholme Camp
I remember vaguely seeing trolley buses and motor buses which were converted into living accomodation, even a tram car with the upstairs windows painted out,that would have been the sleeping quarters I would imagine, and at the ...Read more
A memory of Humberston in 1949 by
Captions
198 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.
The sprawling seaside bungalowdom of Camber - the holiday village, camp and caravan site with associated amuse- ment arcades that have grown from the glorious expanse of Camber sands, where the tide
Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps.
The arrow-straight course of Queen's Avenue can be seen here looking north towards its eventual junction with Lynchford Road in North Camp.
In 1907, Robert Baden Powell held a camp for boys on the island, which laid the foundations for the Boy Scout movement.
Like the nearby Butlin's Holiday Camp, it was a pioneer venture; the miners were determined that their people should be able to enjoy cheap holidays of the same kind.
Several holiday camps were built near Lowestoft in the post-war period.
This unusual picture shows the interior of one of the army buildings at Blackdown Camp.
The War Office purchased over 1,600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.
In the early 17th century it came into the possession of the Sandys family.
Shoebury, a garrison town to the east of Southend-on-Sea, attracted many holidaymakers who enjoyed camping.
This photograph shows camping and caravan holidays 1950s-style, both a holidaymaker's paradise beside the sea and a planner's nightmare.
At this time camping holidays were extremely popular.
In the early 17th century it came into the possession of the Sandys family.
Basic housekeeping is a requirement of any well-organised camp, and these boys carry out their chores under watchful adult eyes.
About a century ago Robert Baden Powell held the first Boy Scout camp on the island.
French soldiers were held as prisoners at Odiham during the Napoleonic wars, living in a camp dug out of an old chalk pit on the Alton road.
A short distance from the coast road, modern village developments and camp sites many be found near East Runton Green or Lower Common.
The post box and telephone box must have been well used by residents at the camp.
Some of the visitors who enjoyed a stroll through the village streets came from the nearby Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp.
Before you reach Ingoldmells, north of Skegness, you pass one of Butlins' largest holiday camps.
The photograph shows the present owner’s mother (on the right) standing outside the camp shop.
The basic layout of the camp remains much the same today, with the reception building in the centre of the tree line.
Another five years have passed since F9087 (above) was taken, and the main difference is in the appearance of the North Camp Hotel.
In 1907, Robert Baden Powell held a camp for boys on the island, which laid the foundations for the Boy Scout movement, which he initiated not long afterwards.
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