Maps

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Books

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Memories

637 memories found. Showing results 481 to 490.

Bexley Tec' School For Girls, 1965 66 And Beyond.

I started in the 6th form in September, 1965, Mrs. Taylor was our form mistress, Miss Fuller the Headmistress, Mrs. Richards for French, Miss Simms for English. In those days my name was Ruby Little; ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by vikkifenlon

Hither Green

I lived in Theodore Road and I was one of 11 children. the only vehicle in our road was a motorbike and sidecar. I can remember Cutlers hardware shop. On Hither Green Lane as well as the fish and chip shop I can't remember the owners ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by fpt81

Cabot Knewell, Family Butcher At Graham House, Boxford

Cabot Knewell, with wife Joan (nee Joan I Smith), was the master butcher at Graham House, 6 Broad Street, Boxford, from the mid 1940s to the 1970s. To the right is the Fleece. To the left, ...Read more

A memory of Boxford by clive

Cam House

Hi. I have lots of memories of Cam House throughout the 60's. My name is Desmond Lapham. My Mother Sybil Lapham was a long time domestic in Cam and also worked in most of the other houses as was her friend Connie Bowers who worked in ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield by sandramirandabeaumont

Ann Shakespeare Youngs

This lady was my auntie married to my dad's brother. She originally lived at Spring House, 62 Bower Hill, Epping and in the fifties my aunt and uncle built their bungalow in the back garden of Spring House, sold Spring House, ...Read more

A memory of Epping by ros.boon

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

Martello Tower

In the 60's the tower was derelict but us children could get across the very unsafe wooden bridge across the moat and explore the inside. Very dangerous with rotten floors and deep drops!

A memory of Aldeburgh by cyclemotor

Hail The Day!

One year, for Ascension Day, a curate at St.Luke's decided that we, the choirboys, should ascend the church tower and sing appropriate hymns. (Was it the Rev. Pollett?) All of us lads dutifully made our way, fully robed in cassocks, ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

Blackfriars Tower

I also remember this tower as my Great grandmother, Elizabeth Welham lived under the tower when I was a boy. This would be in the late 1940's/ 1950's. The door to her rooms was just inside the archway and you would take one ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth by loopyju8

Reflections Upon The Changing Face Of Stafford Since 1964

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

Captions

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Caption For Chard, Fore Street C1955

The clock tower on the left was added to the Town Hall in 1834. The refurbished building was formerly the Corn Exchange, then the Guildhall.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, Crescent Road C1955

The tall glass tower on the left was removed in the 1950s. Known during its life as the Ritz Essoldo, the Classic, the Cannon, the MGM and the ABC, the cinema was closed in 2000.

Caption For Plymouth, St Andrew's Church 1889

Construction of St Andrew's started in 1370 and the tower was built by Thomas Yogge in 1481.

Caption For Little Petherick, The Village 1906

The pinnacled tower and pyramid roof of St Petrock's church is seen through the trees, and the village mill and its waterwheel are on the left.

Caption For Northampton, From All Saints Tower 1922

Sad to say, the tower of All Saints' Church is not safe at present, so it is not possible to climb to the top and compare this photograph with the reality of present-day Northampton.

Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower 1899

The garlands from the formal opening are still evident in this view, in which visitors admire the pristine stone and brick of the Clock Tower.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, St Mary's Church 1898

The church, except for the tower and chancel, was rebuilt by William Layer in c1424-45. The south porch was removed for road widening in 1831, and is now a folly at Nowton Park.

Caption For Liskeard, The Post Office 1912

Note the high telephone pole behind the building, and the recently built tower of St Martin's church in the distance.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1912

Two prams represent the only traffic in St Austell's attractive shopping street in this scene, which is dominated by the richly carved tower of Holy Trinity church.

Caption For Cartmel, The Priory Church 1914

Cartmel Priory has been a tourist attraction for a long time, partly because of its belfry, which is constructed diagonally across the tower below.

Caption For Croydon, North End 1896

The brand-new tower of the Town Hall can be seen above the far shops in North End, which today is a pedestrianised road.

Caption For Cricklade, High Street C1950

The 1897 Diamond Jubilee clock tower survives outside The Vale pub.

Caption For Sheffield, Ecclesall Church C1965

Completed in 1789, All Saints' survived in its original form for less than sixty years before it was remodelled and the west tower added.

Caption For Lymington, The High Street From The Church 1958

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Village C1955

The power station that dominates the town was established in 1927. The bulk of the station was demolished in 1968 and rebuilt with massive cooling towers.

Caption For Dublin, Trinity College Quadrangle 1897

In the centre is the 98ft high bell tower of 1853.

Caption For Berry Pomeroy, Castle 1899

It was in a dungeon below one of these towers that Lady Margaret de Pomeroy starved to death after being imprisoned by her elder sister Eleanor as the result of a dispute over a suitor.

Caption For Southam, Southam Delabere 1901

It was then bought by Lord Ellenborough, the Governor General of India from 1841-44, who built the semi- detached neo-Norman tower on the east side on his return from India.

Caption For Axmouth, The Village 1927

Originally early Norman, it was altered and enlarged in 1330, and a perpendicular tower was added in the 15th century.

Caption For Lincoln, Guildhall 1890

It towers over Stone Bow and is one of the city's finest Victorian commercial buildings.

Caption For St Mawes, The Castle 1938

St Mawes comprises a central tower and three smaller lobes, so that from the air it resembles a clover leaf.

Caption For Bibury, The Saxon Stone In The North Side Of The Church Wall C1960

At first glimpse Bibury church, with its castellated roofline and square tower, looks largely 15th-century. On closer examination, however, the fabric's earlier origins become evident.

Caption For Newmarket, Clock Tower 1922

The red brick clock tower was erected in 1890 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee of 1887.