Photos

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Maps

95 maps found.

1947, Brook Bottom Ref. NPO651813
1902-1903, Lane Ends Ref. RNC752112
1896, Lane Ends Ref. RNE752112
1923, Lane Ends Ref. POP752112
1903, Brook Bottom Ref. RNC651813
1947, Lane Ends Ref. NPO752112
1896, Brook Bottom Ref. RNE651813
1923, Brook Bottom Ref. POP651813
1903, Newhill Ref. RNC790977
1924, Newhill Ref. POP790977
1947, Newhill Ref. NPO790977
1909, Newhills Ref. RNC790978
1896, Newhill Ref. RNE790977
1904-1905, Newmilns Ref. RNC791376
1907-1908, Newmiln Ref. RNC791374

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Memories

373 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s

What memories your comments conjure.  How I loved the 'rec'  as a child.  We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout.  The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Lee

Steamin At The Square

thot id better leave a memory ciz nae other has left ane 4 newmill,poor show.1999 was the 1st time i got steamin,i remember it well,drinkin at newmill square wee the old boys.i drank about a quarter bottle o mince ...Read more

A memory of Newmill in 1999 by Brian Maclean

Felsted, My Village

I was born & bred in Felsted, living in the area until 1965 when I emigrated to New Zealand. These photographs of Felsted Mill remind me of the many hours spent on the wall below the water wheel race, fishing for roach and ...Read more

A memory of Felsted by Bill Cranfield

My Fading Memories

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The Mountain', ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

Brithplace Of An Ancestor

If anyone knows anything about Mill of Thornton, I'd love to hear. My Great-great-grandmother was born here. She was Elizabeth Burnett, daughter of William Burnett and Margaret Duncan. Elizabeth became engaged to a ...Read more

A memory of Mill of Thornton by kathy.viney

Pavenham 1945 1970

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

The Day I Was Born

I was born on 22nd June 1948 at 95 Dryfield Road in the front main bedroom of my nans's house. We lived there until I was 8 when we left my nan's and moved to St. Johns Wood in London. My nan lived there until I was in my teens ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1948 by Barbara Badzek

From The Beginning!

I was born in 1938 in Needwood Street off Rochdale Road. My Mam and Dad were allocated a new flat in Kingsley Crescent when I was a year old so all my memories are of the 'flats'. I, along with my two sisters and one brother, ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1940 by Mavis Mc Grath

Building The Wooden Bridges At The Waterfall In 1985

Was tasked (with my fellow sappers) with the building of 2 wooden bridges with my colleagues of 103 Field Squadron RE. I would love to know if they are still standing and what the area where they ...Read more

A memory of Sanquhar in 1985

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Captions

188 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Halkyn, The Castle C1955

Situated a few miles south-east of Holywell, Halkyn is not really a castle but a castellated country house, one of a number once owned by the Dukes of Westminster.

Caption For Wroxham, Broad 1934

Being within a few miles of the village, they helped Wroxham become the major centre for cruising that it is today.

Caption For Goudhurst, Twissenden Manor 1904

A few miles to the south of Goudhurst is Twissenden Manor, now a youth hostel.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1950

Just a few miles south of the industrial Midlands, Redditch became famous for the manufacture of needles, fishhooks and bicycles.

Caption For Eccleston, The Ferry 1895

Eccleston is a few miles up the Dee from Chester.

Caption For Wroxham, Broad 1934

Being within a few miles of the village, they helped Wroxham become the major centre for cruising that it is today.

Caption For Dartmoor, Grimspound 1922

Grimspound, a few miles north of the village of Widecombe, is one of the finest examples of a Bronze Age village in Europe.

Caption For Tintern, The Village 1893

It is possible to imagine that this is where William Wordsworth could have been inspired to write his poem Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey almost one hundred years before

Caption For Belfast, Castle And Lough 1897

The castle is superbly situated a few miles to the north of the city, on Cave Hill overlooking Belfast Lough.

Caption For Castleford, Ledsham Village C1965

Only a few miles away from the industry of Castleford, Ledsham village has remained an oasis of tranquillity.

Caption For Cherhill, The White Horse C1960

This horse, dating from 1780, is very similar in size, shape and aspect to that at Westbury only a few miles away.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head 1949

King's Norton, 'a praty uplandyshe towne', according to the topographer Leland, lies a few miles south of Birmingham, to which city - rather than Worcestershire - it now belongs.

Caption For Haltwhistle, Main Street C1960

The market town of Haltwhistle straddles the present-day A69 a few miles from the border with Cumbria.

Caption For Bedale, Market Place 1908

The market town of Bedale is a few miles to the north-east of Masham.

Caption For Bovisand, The Harbour 1925

Another inaccessible corner of the county, this is only a few miles from Plymouth, opposite the breakwater in Plymouth Sound.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.

Caption For Bransgore, C1960

Bransgore, a few miles from Bournemouth, is a beautiful village of considerable antiquity, just outside the present boundary of the New Forest.

Caption For Brompton, Church View C1960

A deserted Church View in Brompton, a few miles further along the A170 west of Scarborough from Ayton.

Caption For Liskeard, King Doniert's Stone C1955

A few miles away from St Cleer's Well is King Doniert's Stone (actually two stones).

Caption For Polperro, Harbour 1901

A thicket of fishing craft take shelter within the tiny harbour of this quintessentially picturesque fishing village, a few miles west along the coast from Looe.

Caption For Menheniot, Village 1912

A few miles outside the market town of Liskeard, but away from main roads, the village has largely escaped modern developments.

Caption For Cuddesdon, The Old Mill And River C1955

The 18th-century working water-mill lies on the River Thame, about a mile from the centre of the village of Cuddesdon.

Caption For Laceby, The Square C1965

A few miles west from Grimsby, the village of Laceby once appeared in the Guinness Book of Records as possessing the two closest pubs – The Waterloo and The Nags Head.

Caption For Portreath, Docks 1898

At this tiny port, a few miles from Camborne, copper ore was shipped for smelting at Swansea.