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Old Dick's Bakery

We were brought up in Wroughton and my dad worked at Burderop hospital as a nurse in the 1970s to the very early 1980s. We had a staff house in the grounds of the hospital. I have so many happy childhood memories of being brought ...Read more

A memory of Wroughton by Heather Turley

Inkerman Barracks A Demolition Too Far!

The photo shows the remaining houses on Barrack Road; another survivor being Wellington Terrace in adjacent Raglan Road. Local opposition to the demolition of this historic site was ignored and the wrecking ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1960 by Raymond White

Working In Warsash In The 1960s

My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old motorcycle ...Read more

A memory of Warsash in 1960 by Richard Barron

I Was A Pupil At St Catherines School......

I was a pupil at St Catherine's School between 1954 and 1962. The school was run by Ralph and Joyce Cooper. Teachers I remember are Mr Thunder, art teacher, Mr Smith, and Miss Muriel Stottart, who taught class ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1954 by Maurice Fountain

My Time At Studwell Lodge And In The Village Of Droxford

My family first came to live in Studwell Lodge, which they bought from the Bruce family,  when my father retired from farming in Berkshire at the age of fifty five. It was then 1959 and I, as a ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1960 by Charles Skipwith

From House To Dining Hall And Chapel.

This is the view looking east from the "house" I was in, PEELE A. We used to march into the dining hall, seen beneath the tower on the left, for our meals.  We had a standard bearer carrying the house flag heading ...Read more

A memory of Horsham in 1940 by Brian Haynes

Halcyon Days!

I was born in a newly built house in Laurel Avenue - and was told whilst being built my mum and dad had gotten to choose which one they wanted!  The midwife who delivered me was Miss Reece, who I believe lived in Wickford until she ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1955 by Lnda Golding

Shops In The Broadway

I believe this picture is of the local post office/deli next door to the clock tower inn pub, affectionately known as the 'Clocky'. I grew up in this pub between 1956 and the early 1970s. When I lived here the mayor of Newbury ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1860 by Lorraine Kopp

Stockcross The Cricketers Inn

The Cricketer's Inn, Stockcross There used to be a pub called the Cricketer's Inn at Stockcross. The publicans were good friends of my father Pat Gallagher (who ran the Clock Tower Inn in the broadway in Newbury). ...Read more

A memory of Stockcross by Lorraine Kopp

My Life In York In The 1940s

I now live in Gisborne in New Zealand and turned 70 on 29 September this year. Born in Sheffield I was evacuated to York in 1940 along with my mother (Mary) and older brother John. My dad, Reg, remained at his work in ...Read more

A memory of York in 1940 by Barry Allison

Captions

3,036 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Harborne, St Peter's Church C1965

The red sandstone tower dates from the 15th century, and may itself have been a rebuild on the base of an earlier structure.

Caption For Sudbury, Market 1904

Outside St Peter's Church tower a crowd concentrates on the Punch and Judy show. There is a group of carriages parked to the left.

Caption For Bedale, North End C1960

Bedale was granted its market charter by Henry III, and this view of the North End of the cobbled Market Place shows the 14th-century market cross standing on its six stone steps, with the impressive tower

Caption For Seaham, Church Street C1955

The aisleless nave dates from the late 7th century, and the chancel and west tower from the early 13th century.

Caption For Acle, The Village C1955

The church is dedicated to St Edmund: it has a thatched nave roof and an octagonal top to its round tower.

Caption For Gloucester, The Cathedral 1892

The splendid Norman tower of the cathedral rises above the roofs of the county town, forming an important part of the city's skyline.

Caption For Llanvetherine, Church C1950

A most interesting architectural feature of the church of St James the Elder at Llanvetherine is the tower.

Caption For Southwold, East Green And The Lighthouse 1893

Looming over the rooftops is the gleaming white tower of the lighthouse, built just six years previously.

Caption For Willenhall, Market Place C1965

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

Caption For Ewhurst, The Mill 1925

Hurt Wood Mill is a small brick tower mill with four patent sails and a fantail. It is located on a remote hilltop surrounded by woodland. The mill has now been converted into a private house.

Caption For Gourock, Barrhill Road 1900

To the right behind the houses is Tower Hill, the site of Gourock Castle. Built in 1747 the castle was demolished before the Great War.

Caption For Caversham, Bridge 1904

The tower can be seen from the river, peeping through the trees.

Caption For Rothesay, Castle 1897

Described in 1549 as 'the round castle of Buitte callit Rosay of the auld', the first stone castle was a circular shell keep 142 ft in diameter with walls 30 ft high and 9 ft thick; four projecting drum towers

Caption For Paignton, Redcliffe Hotel 1907

In 1900 the Singer family fitted out the Redcliffe Tower as a convalescent home with twenty or more beds for the wounded of the Boer War.

Caption For Kirby Muxloe, St Bartholomew's C1965

The added tower enhances the overall composition, but should the church be locked, an extended search for the key is not justified.

Caption For Lands End, Longships Lighthouse 1893

A little over a mile from shore, this imposing granite tower, 62 feet in height, rises out of a cauldron of furious waves. It was originally built in 1795. The one seen here was built in 1873.

Caption For Leeds, Parish Church 1891

Unusually, the tower is positioned in the middle of the frontage. Completed in 1841, the Parish Church is now at the centre of much riverside regeneration.

Caption For Lanlivery, 1903

Like its neighbour Luxulyan, this is an all-granite church, but Lanlivery has a tall pinnacled tower (97 feet) which is a local landmark that can be seen from miles away.

Caption For Rock, St Michael's Church C1960

The low-gabled tower is oddly positioned, but the site beside the estuary is the most attractive feature.

Caption For Doune, Castle From Bridge 1899

The four-storey keep-gatehouse is 95 feet high, and is flanked by a five-storey round tower. The castle stands on the bank of the River Teith at its junction with the Ardoch.

Caption For Lichfield, The Cathedral, The West Front 1887

The west front of Lichfield Cathedral dates from the Decorated period, but most of this amazing display of sculpture is Victorian – only five statues high up on the north-west tower are original.

Caption For Sutton On Trent, The Mill And Mill House 1909

This is a typical Nottinghamshire brick tower mill, tall and black-tarred. The photograph shows the mill in full working order.

Caption For St Peters, The Church Of St Peter In Thanet 1897

The great, grey battlemented tower stands eighty-two feet high and was used as a signalling station, continuously manned by four men, during the Napoleonic war.

Caption For Bearsted, Church 1898

The 15th-century Perpendicular west tower of the Church of the Holy Cross is remarkable for the three sculptures of heraldic lions, which crouch at the corners of the battlements.