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Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

9,978 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

East Ham Memories

I was born in Plashet Grove in 1951 but shortly moved to 146 Milton Avenue until moving away from the area in 1967. So many memories. Happy days playing in Plashet Park, 30 a side football in Milton Avenue with a case football ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1951 by Peter Hopkins

Memories Of Covenham As A Child

I was born in Covenham in Zeplin Row in 1950. I remember going to bed with candles as that was the only form of lighting we had. If it was cold in the winter I can remember my mum wraping up the warm oven ...Read more

A memory of Covenham St Mary in 1950 by Yvonne Lilley

Walking To School

I walked to school up the track and back through the wood to catch the 234 back to Selsdon, I lived in Abbey Road.

A memory of Riddlesdown in 1960 by Lesley Talbot/Ne Woodin

Looking For Information

I am looking for information about my great, great, great grandfather Stevenson Muirhead. I know he was born in Ireland in 1822 but died in Glenluce 1874. I know my great, great grandfather, also Stevenson Muirhead, was ...Read more

A memory of Glenluce in 1870 by Carrieann Waddell

Can Anyone Remember Penycraig In 1940 ?

Searching for a Nantymoel soldier of the 8th Btn Sherwood Foresters who fought the Germans in Norway in April 1940 as part of the ill-fated Norwegian campaign of the "Sickleforce" /148th Infantry Brigade ...Read more

A memory of Penygraig by S N Johansen

Hounslow 1970's

I was born in West Mid Hosp and we lived in Worton Way which was technically Isleworth but very close to Hounslow High Street. Our surname was Pritchett. I went to Spring Grove Infant School in Star Road from 1962-1969 and then ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Christine Callow

Old Navy Days

Stationed at the Naval Air Station, Eglinton, around 1956-57. Nights out in Londonderry, but on a week-end over the border to a small village called "Muff" (civvies' clothes naturally, allowed into the local pub via the back door. ...Read more

A memory of Eglinton in 1956 by Brian Horncastle Horncastle

Growing Up

I was born in Stepney and grew up in Hatherley Gardens. Fond memories of Brampton Junior School and especially Miss Aylward and Mr Price. Went on to the Grammar School and spent lunch wandering up and down the high street with a bag ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1970

Lady Margaret Road

We moved to 108 Lady Margaret Road in 1969. I went to St. Anselms RC school in the Green and then later Southall Grammar (Villiers); my brothers William and Martin went to St. Marks (Hounslow) and Ealing Green then to Dormers. ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1970 by Eileen Emerson

I Went To School Here

I went to school at Haughton Hall around the time I was 8 or 9. It was for a few years because our school had been burnt down in Madeley, St Marys .. what a spooky cold gloomy place! If ever I went to a haunted building ...Read more

A memory of Shifnal in 1985 by Louise Evans

Captions

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Caption For Nailsworth, General View 1900

Beyond the hotel building is Day's Mill, with St George's church a little back to the left. The cottage in the foreground shows an unusual method of loft ventilation.

Caption For Amport, Village 1898

The workers were demanding a rise from 8s to 12s per week and although most of them got what they wanted, by 1846 the average weekly local wage was back to 8s.

Caption For Nunney, Frome Road From Church Tower C1960

The road out takes you back to Frome.

Caption For Winsford, The Royal Oak Inn 1930

Over time a hostelry developed, but only a hundred years ago, a dairy stood where the back bar is today.

Caption For Clare, Market Hill 1962

Barclay's Bank closed in 2000, but the Co-op still trades from the ground floor, although it now has a mid-1990s shop front.

Caption For Hampstead, Viaduct And Pond 1898

The banks are grown up now with immature trees and undergrowth, rendering the overall setting rather more romantic. It is a pity that the stone balustrade has given way to a plain iron railing.

Caption For Bath, On The Canal 1895

This view from the canal towpath looks north to the George Street bridge in Bathwick, with the backs of Sydney Buildings on the right.

Caption For Carew, From North West 1893

The west range of the castle to the right dates back to the 13th century, whereas the heavily fenestrated north range to the left is Elizabethan, the work of Sir John Perrot, half-brother

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse C1955

hardening material developed from volcanic dust extracted from the slopes of Mount Etna, the lighthouse was inaugurated in March 1830; it replaced an original wooden structure dating back

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1965

Beside the imposing 19th-century bank building, which overlooks the corner of Blackburn Road, rises a naked steel tower, a herald of the monotonous shopping developments that have robbed

Caption For Pontyclun, Cowbridge Road C1955

As well as the Midland Bank on the left and the Windsor Arms on the right, this picture also features a branch of Thomas & Evans on the right-hand side of the picture.

Caption For Chapel St Leonards, The Vine Hotel 1959

There were two hotels in the village, the Vine in the village centre and the Grange along Sea Bank Road just behind the sand hills.

Caption For Spilsby, The Terrace C1955

Next door there is now a bookmaker, and the Trustee Savings Bank building now houses Messrs Dexter & Sharp, who are accountants.

Caption For Mildenhall, High Street C1965

Barclays Bank is now to the right of the Bell. The taller building, beyond was Bussan & Parkin, an ironmonger's, until 1968.

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Caption For Gourock, From The Pier 1900

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

Caption For Flushing, 1918

From the back gardens belonging to many of the terraced houses, individual steps leading to the water front encourage boat

Caption For Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park 1897

Sir Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, laid out this park on the banks of the river Kelvin. It was opened in 1853.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Lifeboat C1955

Nine crew were lost and a tribute to their courage and selflessness is to be found in the churchyard: 'Caister men never turn back, sir'.

Caption For York, St Mary's Tower C1885

At one time the abbey boundary wall stood along the river bank. The little building to the rear, which here has 'baths' written on it, is now used as a store for canoes.

Caption For Haworth, General View C1955

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

Caption For London, Cheapside C1886

Because of its prestigious reputation and close proximity to the Bank, city financiers clamoured to live here, and annual rents from a single house could reach the incredible sum of three hundred

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Caption For Fowey, 1898

A ferry putters between Fowey and Polruan on the opposite bank of the river.

Caption For Lincoln, Castle Gates C1955

Inside the Castle, the photographer looks back to the gatehouse, which is basically 14th-century over a Norman archway, although the drum towers on this side are early 19th-century.

Caption For Whitby, East Cliff 1913

On the right side we can see the back of the Cholmley School, which was endowed by Lady Cholmley in 1869. The building is still used today as the headquarters of a rowing club.