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Maps

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Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

A Bevin Boy

I was called up under the Bevin Scheme in April, 1944, and after a rather indifferent training at Annfield Plain Training Centre, was sent to the Hobson, as I was staying at the time in lodgings in Burnopfield with a Mrs. Crisp, ...Read more

A memory of Burnopfield in 1944 by George Rayner

Westgate On Sea Holidays In The 1960s

My parents took myself and my late brother to Westgate on Sea almost every Easter from 1959 to 1971. Living in west London we caught the 2.40pm train from Victoria, arriving at Westgate on Sea about ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Philip Clarke

A Walk From Shotgate Baptist Church To The Nevendon Road Part 2 See Part 1 Below

Continued from Part 1 below. Next to Martins Bank was a record shop, where I remember going with my parents and standing listening to records in the small ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

Growing Up At Newton Poppleford

I was born in London, moved to Oak Tree Villas at Newton Poppleford in Devon at 9 months. Jean Bastin lived on one side and Brian Pring on the other, with Mrs Harrison the church organist in the fourth ...Read more

A memory of Newton Poppleford in 1930 by David Page

Bristol's Loveliest Church, St Mary Redcliffe.

St Mary Redcliffe Church. Bristol's loveliest church, St Mary Redcliffe, was described as 'the fairest, the goodliest and most famous parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574. Thanks to ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1880 by Paul Townsend

Broadmead The Horsefair Bristol Bs1

This 1960s photograph of Bristol's Horsefair in Broadmead shows the two swish large department stores of Lewis's (far right of photo) and and its huge neighbour Jones. (Lewis's now John Lewis no connection and ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1953 by Paul Townsend

Raf Bletchley Bucks In The 1950s

I was stationed at Raf Bletchley 1950-1953 and wonder if anyone out there had a similar exdperience. At that time Bletchley was a signals station with most of the occupants working at RAF Stanbridge but having ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley by bercyn

The Old Workhouse

I lived very happily in the centre portion of the old workhouse,but unfortunately my cat was killed by a neighbouring greyhound. So, I have happy and sad memories of Ackenthwaite

A memory of Ackenthwaite in 1998 by Anne Symons

The Roundway I Remember

In 1954 Roundway was the site of the Royal Army Pay Corps Training Centre. Nothing now remains of this except a plaque erected by the local council to commemorate the fact that thousands of young men conscripted for ...Read more

A memory of Roundway in 1954 by John Pettitt

My Time Here

I know my memory wasn't long ago but I love the fact that this school is still standing. I went there in 1998 and left in 2002. I was in the Angles House and we won every music interhouse competition going. I miss my time there soooo ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1998 by Nick Opie

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For St Blazey, Station 1904

There are two trains in the station, one barely visible in the background (centre left).

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff C1955

of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.There was no problem with parking at this time, in what is now a very busy area, within walking distance of the main shopping centre

Caption For Woodmansterne, Chipstead Valley C1955

Left of centre is the sprawling old house called Stagbury, a late 18th-century house demolished in the 1970s.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1901

The bold black-and-white half-timbering of G Sedgwick's draper and outfitters shop in the centre of the picture (the owners are proudly standing outside) is in marked contrast to the same shop which

Caption For Chideock, Gathering The Hay 1922

This was taken from the slope below Newfoundland Coppice, looking south-eastwards to Eype Down (centre), with Doghouse Farm in the dip below (right).

Caption For Sydling St Nicholas, The Stream And Bridge C1955

The old Mill House (centre) was demolished in 1966.

Caption For Crewe, Bus Station C1960

Notice the steeple of St Paul's Church in the distance (centre) – it was taken down soon after the bus station opened.

Caption For Feckenham, High Street C1967

From Saxon times Feckenham was the administrative centre for the Forest of Feckenham, which once covered most of north Worcestershire.

Caption For Cheshunt, Grundy Park C1955

Originally one of the largest country houses in the town of Cheshunt, Grundy Park is now home to one of the Borough of Broxbourne's leisure centres.

Caption For Ashford, Middle Row 1908

Today this scene has changed very little, although Austin the gunsmith's (left), and the pastrycook's shop (centre) have changed hands many times over the years.

Caption For Minster In Thanet, The Square C1955

They may, of course, be waiting for the New Inn (centre) to open its doors and provide them with the chance to discuss how the coastal area was rapidly turning into a prime tourist spot.

Caption For Meriden, The Parish Church C1960

It is often said to have been founded by Lady Godiva, but Meriden's main claim to fame is the ancient cross on the village green reputed to mark the centre of England.

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, The Cotton Trade Convalescent Home C1955

On the left are convalescent cotton mill workers; but as mills closed all over Lancashire, the building closed as a convalescent home and was bought by Wyre Borough Council to be their Civic Centre—it

Caption For Garstang, High Street C1950

The centre of Garstang has been spared the worst ravages of modern development and, although generally now more busy than depicted here, remains largely unchanged.

Caption For Alfold, The Crown Hotel C1950

But in the 16th century, Alford was also a major glass-making centre.

Caption For Brentwood, High Street C1955

Outside the Sir Charles Napier public house stands a telephone box (centre right).

Caption For Grantham, Westgate 1904

To the west the Melton Mowbray road reaches the town centre via Westgate, a wide street seen here looking north-east towards Market Place.

Caption For Sea Palling, The Village C1955

Here we see the 19th-century cottages of the village; the older part is well inland, and the newer development stretches from the old centre towards the sea.

Caption For Enfield, Town Centre C1950

Although it is as well-designed as a high rise building can be in a small-scale setting, the twelve-storey Civic Centre lurks menacingly just round the corner in Silver Street.

Caption For Bath, Milsom Street 1925

Built in 1782 to designs by Thomas Baldwin, Somersetshire Buildings remain the most elegant and ornate in the street; the bowed centre house is a total contrast to the regular flat fronts of the other

Caption For Bude, Barrel Rock 1893

Barrel Rock (centre right, with the marker post) marks the end of Bude's breakwater.

Caption For Warrington, Training College Chapel 1894

The chapel survived, and later became a community centre in the new housing estate at St Katherine's Way.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Angel Hill C1955

The Athenaeum (centre), which was re-fronted in 1802-04, has a Victorian observatory on the roof.

Caption For Chalford, On The Canal 1910

Of the two pubs shown here, The New Red Lion (centre) survives.