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Maps

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Memories

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Wartme Bournemouth

Bournemouth is remembered by many as a wonderful holiday venue. A place of golden sands, the Pleasure Gardens, shops, cinemas and theatres. I was born here in 1936, when it was in the county of Hampshire. Pre war memories ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Barrie R Collins

Wrinkled Fingers And Toes

From Chrismas Avenue to the bathing pool, come rain or come shine, every day of the summer was bathing pool fun time for us lads. With our towels rolled up and tucked under our arms and our costumes on to save time, a ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1947 by Raymond Hay

Fountain

We moved to Welwyn Garden City when I was four. I have some lovely memories of my mum sitting me on the wall surrounding the fountain so I could just watch it. Fifty one years later I still love to watch it when I go into the ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1860 by Jenny Hawkins

The Ramblings Of An Old Tintacker [Intaker]

I lived in Devonshire Road from 1941 to 1962 and when we first arrived Intake ended with Warwick Road, Argyll Avenue and Cumberland Avenue for those of us that lived on this side of ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1944 by Frank Mowforth

Brambletye Preparatory School

Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1967

Activity Centre For Children In The 1960s

I can remember stayiing at a camp with wooden huts for children in the 1960s. My father died when I was nine and Notts. Social Services arranged for me and my brother to have a holiday. Although I was ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1962

Childhood

Hi, My family the Burgins lived in Thornley when I was younger and a lot of them still live there now. We lived in Hartlepool Street in an old public house. We used to go down to Fleming's shop for the penny lollies. Our house backed ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1967 by Suzanne Thubron

Memories From An Evacuee

I was a World War II evacuee, and after a short "phony war" trip to Northampton, when the Blitz began I was sent to Llantrisant. I have nothing but warm memories of the town. I was thee years old and billeted with an ...Read more

A memory of Llantrisant in 1940 by Roy Barnacle

St Johns School

I went to the school between 1965 -1968, the family then moved to Coventry. My name was Angela Holley and I would love to see any interior photos of the school. I do visit Farncombe a couple of times a year and take a walk down ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1968

Gathering The Harvest And Catching Rabbits In The Corn

I sometimes stayed with my Uncle Frank and Auntie Florrie Allen in Stoford in the 1940s and 1950s. He was a signalman for the Southern Railway at Yeovil Pen Mill Station and would ...Read more

A memory of Stoford in 1954 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

3,593 captions found. Showing results 1,249 to 1,272.

Caption For Symonds Yat, C1950

The white building in the centre is the Saracen's Head pub.

Caption For Reeth, The Village C1960

Another view of Reeth, looking down across the gritstone-slabbed roofs of the cottages of the village, which was another important lead mining centre during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Woodhouse, The Cross And Old Cross Daggers C1960

The restored cross in the centre of Woodhouse, a South Yorkshire village east of Sheffield, stands on an ancient stepped base and now features a sundial and a weathervane.

Caption For Worstead, The Weaver's Cottage C1955

As the name of this cottage suggests, Worstead was one of the main centres of the weaving industry, which made Norfolk one of the wealthiest regions of medieval England.

Caption For Litton Cheney, The Village C1955

Litton Cheney is a good centre for ramblers wishing to explore the old ridgeways of western Dorset.

Caption For Redditch, County High School C1955

A Sixth Form Centre shares the same site.

Caption For Accrington, Composite C1955

The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.

Caption For Calne, The Town Hall C1955

Described by Pevsner as 'Tudor with Gothic touches', it is still the centre of civic life.

Caption For Trenarren, Village 1912

A local looks over the cottages, where it is washing day for at least one family (centre).

Caption For Capel Curig, Plas Y Brenin C1960

The Plas y Brenin Outdoor Pursuits Centre, converted from the King's Hotel in 1954 to provide excellence in outdoor pursuit training, is seen in the middle distance.

Caption For Bray, Village 1911

This photograph of Bray shows the village centre, with the perpendicular chalk and stone tower of the parish church of St Michael peeping above the rooftops.

Caption For East Lulworth, Old Cottage 1904

Surviving 17th-century cottages (centre) stand opposite White Lodge Gate which is the main entrance into the grounds of Lulworth Castle.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Beach 1929

Beach furniture includes the winding gear that helped to pull boats onto the shingle (centre).

Caption For Petersfield, Dragon Street C1965

Out of sight, recent extensions to the church have created a worthwhile centre on which to focus its activities.

Caption For Pontypridd, Taff Street 1899

Note also the horse- drawn vehicles in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Moot Hall 1894

When it was built, it was right in the centre of town. At the time of this photograph, coastal erosion hasn't yet come that close to the building.

Caption For Leeds, City Square C1965

At one time there were three railway stations in the city centre: Central, Wellington and New.

Caption For Southwold, Market Place 1919

The centre of the Market Place is marked by a splendid Victorian cast iron water pump, decorated with fish, crown and arrows, and the motto 'Defend They Ryghts'.

Caption For Guildford, Friary Street 1904

A scene that has been swallowed up in the creation of the new road system and the Friary Shopping Centre on the site of the Dominican Friary.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Waterfall Near The Viaduct 1913

Queen's Hotel, built in 1875, flanks the right of the view and in the centre can be seen the colonnaded arcade of the town's railway station, which brought tourists from all over the country

Caption For Skelton, View From The Hills C1960

Skelton Castle can be seen set amidst the trees in the centre of the view.

Caption For Kendal, Yard 59, Stramongate 1914

This yard, complete with children posed on the steps in the centre, led off Stramongate, the main approach to Kendal from the north-east, from Penrith or Appleby.

Caption For Taunton, East Street C1950

A stroll along present day East Street from the town centre to East Reach is a fascinating experience for any would-be town historian.

Caption For Pitsea, View From Church C1955

The northward view is slightly less romantic: Pitsea High Road crosses the centre of the picture, with the Northlands estate behind it.