Places

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Photos

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Maps

12 maps found.

Books

15 books found. Showing results 97 to 15.

Memories

7,547 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Remembrance Day

It was in the mid 50s that I went with my Grandmother to the Remembrance Day services held at the War Memorial.  There were a group of WW1 veterans in a line and as a young child it was a surprise to me that they were crying.  When ...Read more

A memory of Retford

Summer Holidays At The Avon Water

I would have  been about ten years old and I remember on a lot of hot sunny days packing some jam "pieces" and filling an empty bottle with some diluting orange juice or even just water if there was no juice, ...Read more

A memory of Maddiston in 1975

Happy Childhood

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

My Town

I call it my town because it is, it is everybody’s town that lives here. My wife Patsy and I moved here very recently, in October 1999, this was after visiting the town in previous months, we found the people warm and welcoming, where ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Abbey in 1998 by John Collier

Friends

It could have been earlier or even later....my memories of a girl called Elaine Potter and us playing tea parties at her house with her dad's homemade apple wine........Yvonne Blackie I think lived in the Rectory.....I think we ...Read more

A memory of Sutton-in-Craven in 1960 by Lynn Mann

Living At The White Hall Billesdon C 1972 1979

We moved to the White Hall when I was 2, almost 3, and my sister was 5 weeks old!  It was a wonderful house to grow up in - lots and lots of space, inside and out, and were were fortunate enough to ...Read more

A memory of Billesdon in 1972 by Emma Lack

Summertime

When I was a girl we used to make dams in the river, and climb the mountain at the back of Duffryn Hotel at Coegnant colliery. It was a magic place to grow up in. I lived in Glanafon Terrace, and went to Tonna Road School. Horn was the ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1957 by Eira Waite

Childhood In The Village!!

I was devastated in 1964 when my mother told me we were to leave the village so that my mother could pursue her dream of owning her own small business elsewhere. It was a dreadful culture shock, one that has remained ...Read more

A memory of Mollington in 1961 by Vanda Godwin Marriott

Its Panto Time! Oh Yes It Is!

You ever been to a panto? Oh yes you have!!! Remember! You go into a large packed hot old theatre full of sticky shouting children and adults trying to look as if they are not enjoying themselves. The house ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by David Hinge

The Steel Houses

Having lived in Brymbo in a very damp two up two down house in 'The Green' my parents were 'over the moon' to be given a new three bedroomed house; 23, Bryn Hedd, Southsea, (which means peaceful hill) became their home for ...Read more

A memory of Southsea in 1950 by Ken Edwards

Captions

2,501 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Ironbridge, Bridge From The River 1892

Notice the river boat, or trow, moored to the bank. At one time the River Severn was one of the busiest in Europe, and trade along it was dependent on these boats.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Bandstand And The Pier 1907

Clacton-on-Sea was founded as a seaside resort in 1871—the year that the Bank Holiday Act was passed.This view shows the ever popular bandstand and the pier, built in 1873 and lengthened in the

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Broads C1926

The bridge has endured the excesses of the Broadland waters for many centuries, yet it required continual repairs and bolstering up - buttresses have been added to keep it in service.

Caption For Goodrich, Kerne Bridge C1960

The railway line was dismantled soon after this photograph was taken and you can no longer see the river as the bank is totally overgrown with trees.

Caption For Exeter, High Street 1900

Exeter was the furthest west that the Romans ventured. They halted on the banks of the Exe in about 50AD and founded the town of Isca.

Caption For Horsforth, New Road Side And Glenroyal Cinema C1960

Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.

Caption For Horsforth, New Road Side And Glenroyal Cinema C1960

Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.

Caption For Bransford, The Bank House And Motel C1965

THE BANK HOUSE AND MOTEL c1965. Bransford's original bridge over the River Teme was built by a local cleric, Bishop Wulstan de Bransford, in 1338.

Caption For Wisbech St Mary, High Street C1960

Heading north-east we come to Wisbech St Mary, which is built alongside the New River, which takes the water of the Nene to the huge pumping station at Denver Sluice.

Caption For Goodrich, Kerne Bridge C1960

The railway line was dismantled soon after this photograph was taken and you can no longer see the river as the bank is totally overgrown with trees.

Caption For Dublin, Grafton Street 1897

Looking north along Grafton Street towards Trinity College and the east portico of the Bank of Ireland. Grafton Street is Dublin's most elegant shopping street.

Caption For Bursledon, The Village C1960

Bursledon village consists of two distinct halves - the new and the old.

Caption For East Worldham, Hill 1907

Nearly 50 years after this picture was taken, a steam roller went out of control down the one in seven gradient, hit the bank and turned right around.

Caption For Salthouse, Coast Road And The Village Green C1955

The village and salt marshes here have had an uneasy relationship over the years.

Caption For Winchelsea, Strand Gate And Ellen Terry's Cottage 1906

This was Winchelsea's north east gate and lay by the banks of the River Brede (hence the name). It dates from the early fourteenth century.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Bank And Pier C1960

Road access between the seashore cottages of old Saltburn and the new town required a steep incline, which has been the scene of some spectacular runaway vehicle crashes.

Caption For Chesham, The River Chess 1921

The photographer is looking back towards the outbuildings and workshops seen from the other direction in view 70542.

Caption For Stilton, Church Street C1955

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

Caption For Bainbridge, The Village From Roman Fort C1960

The pretty village of Bainbridge, centred on its extensive green, stands on the banks of the River Ure (foreground).

Caption For Ringwood, The Millstream 1900

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch

Caption For Bangor Is Coed, The River And The Bridge C1955

Boys stand in their boats and paddle near the rapids, while others fish around on the bank without a concern in the world, as boys have probably done here for centuries.

Caption For Petersfield, The Heath Pond 2004

After 50 years, very much as one would expect, with the exception that one of the pine trees has been removed.

Caption For Woodbridge, The Promenade 1906

The bank of the river Deben. Just to the right of the sailing barge is Woodbridge tide mill, the later model of a tide mill which has stood here since the early 12th century.

Caption For Wells, Market Place 1923

The London Joint City and Midland Bank (established 1836), now the HSBC bank, occupies the site of No 1 the Market Place - the original site dates from 1260.