Maps

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Books

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Memories

637 memories found. Showing results 631 to 637.

I Too Lived In Seacombe And Used To Go Down To The Allotments That Where Down By The Farm

I went to Riverside School and played out in the sunny weather in the summer we had back then. This post I have just found fiddling around on my iPad. What a ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey by joanprocter123

60s Tolworth

Many memories of my childhood days in Tolworth , lived on sunray estate in Firdene virtually from birth , went to Knollmead primary then Hollyfeild , remember going down path at side of Knollmead school and railway track to the rec where ...Read more

A memory of Tolworth by simonparks1958

Mbhs1957 1964

I attended MBHS from 1957 to 1964, first at the Albert Rd Old School and later at the new Prisick(sic) site on Marton Rd. I started in form 3A in the 3rd floor of the clock tower, where morning roll call went: Appleton, Barley, ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough by Michael Clare

A Miracle Of Engineering!

When this church was built it caused such a stir. Given the vast amount of mining subsidence in the area, it was constructed on a so-called concrete raft. Somehow the story got around that there were huge jacks ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford by brucehaycock

Dean Village, But Exactly Where?

I can't quite work out exactly where this is. I think its a little bit downstream from the other image of Dean Village, but the buildings on the left of the footbridge are not as I remember them - maybe they were ...Read more

A memory of Edinburgh

Addlestone In "The Good Old Days !"

i was born in Addlestone at Garfield Cottages, Garfield Lane (off Station Road) long gone now and replaced by the tower block of Surrey Towers. We moved to Courland Road in 1957 and I lived there until I married in ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by Marilyn Petrie

Highwood Hospital, Brentwood

My father (Peter Winslow) was in charge of salaries and wages for the Brentwood District group of hospitals in the early 60s and he was based at Highwood Hospital. His offices were at one time in the Limes, the building ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood by Paul Winslow

Captions

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Caption For Clayton, Jack And Jill Windmills C1955

Jack, on the left, is a large brick-built tower mill which was worked until the early part of this century.

Caption For Montacute, The Church And Gatehouse C1960

The 16th-century tower has a unique 300-year-old clock. A descendant of the maker wound it daily for 65 years, only retiring in 1984, since when it has been restored.

Caption For Norton St Philip, From The Church Tower C1960

The 70ft tower of the church of St Philip and St James appears to be made of pieces from another building. Below is the Gothic-style village school, built in 1827.

Caption For Richmond, The Friary 1898

Shown just before the boarding house was added, this gentleman's residence was much enhanced by having the Greyfriars Tower (see 82556) as an interesting garden feature.

Caption For Richmond, The Friary 1898

Shown just before the boarding house was added, this gentleman's residence was much enhanced by having the Greyfriars Tower (see 82556) as an interesting garden feature.

Caption For Prittlewell, The Church 1891

The large west tower was built in the late 15th century.

Caption For Shoeburyness, The Garrison Clock Tower C1955

This imposing brick gateway, surmounted by a clock tower, was built 1860-62.

Caption For London, The Pool And Tower Bridge C1965

In 1965 all the cranes were dipped in salute when the body of Sir Winston Churchill came upstream from Tower Pier to Waterloo after his state funerall.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall And The Post Office 1889

Its tower is a noted landmark over the city.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate And Cathedral 1908

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the Cathedral, whose modest spire (added to the original tower in 1904) rises behind

Caption For Brownsea Island, The Castle 1891

Ahead is the glass-roofed approach to the castle from the castle's own landing stage by the twin towers.

Caption For Twycross, The Village C1960

The cows with their driver, the cottages ranged behind small gardens and picket fences, and the church tower in the background, add up to a satisfactory whole, of which William Morris would have approved

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

No one now knows why it was called 'Cow Tower', for in previous days it was the water toll gate where the monks' servants collected taxes on vessels plying the river.

Caption For York, Clifford's Tower 1885

Panoramic views of the city can be seen from the top of this tower, which was built in the 12th century to replace a previous wooden castle.

Caption For Otley, Kirkgate C1960

The bustle of what must have been a market day is evident in the thronging crowds around the clock-tower and the busy road.

Caption For Exmouth, The Beach 1898

In the distance, to the right beyond the bathing machines, is the distinctive tower of what is now the Harbour View café, at the date of this photograph the lookout for the Coast Watch patrol.

Caption For Thorne, Market Place C1960

At Thorne the church of St Nicholas has a late 13th-century tower and early 20th-century glass.

Caption For Southsea, Victoria Barracks 1898

The distinctive central tower was hit during the Second World War.

Caption For Winchester, St Cross Church 1906

The squat tower is thought to have been rebuilt in 1384. Inside, there is a striking Norman font and a lectern of 1509.

Caption For Liskeard, Market Street 1906

Just as it does today, the Italianate clock tower of the Guildhall dominates this view looking towards the steep Pike Street. All is quiet save for a trader making a delivery.

Caption For Fowey, The Town Quay 1888

In the background, behind the King of Prussia, is the imposing tower of the church of St Fimbarrus.

Caption For Southport, From Water Chute 1908

The tower in the picture was at the end of an aerial ride that carried passengers over the lake; the ride was closed and dismantled at the end of the 1911 season.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Blackfriars Tower 1891

Blackfriars Tower had a distinctive D-shaped section, and was built around 1340.

Caption For Shipley, Market Place 1903

Work on a new Market complex began in 1956, and one feature of this is a clock tower where the hours are chimed by a mechanical man.