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Maps

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1923, Coisley Hill Ref. POP674783
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1920, Broomy Hill Ref. POP652616
1920, Buckhurst Hill Ref. POP654699
1922, Bunker's Hill Ref. POP655456
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1921, Burgh Hill Ref. POP655682
1920, Aylestone Hill Ref. POP629362
1919, Ball Hill Ref. POP631056
1921, Bar Hill Ref. POP632763
1925, Battle Hill Ref. POP634787
1920, Bayley's Hill Ref. POP635106
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Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 681 to 690.

1950 61 A Child's Memory Of Kirkconnel

On 11th October 1950 I was born in the flat above Drife's butchers shop in Kirkconnel. My dad, Tommy, worked in the shop with Cameron Purvis and struggled to feed a family of three on the butcher's wage and ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm by Jim Smith

Good Times

I lived in Whitchurch Road, number 85. I was Pat Smith then, mum was Connie, and dad Ron, was there from about 1960 until 1976. I went to Dycourts School and had Mr Smith as one of my teachers - he was brilliant! I remember he read The ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1963 by Pat Stewart

Those Were The Days

My name is Elaine Connors nee Pennington I was born in 1948 and I attended Garndiffaith Primary and Junior school and later Abersychan. I lived at Hillcrest, my aunty lived in one of the prefabs with her garden overlooking ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith in 1960 by Susan Elaine Connors

Lodge Hill Swing Park

Who remembers going to the Swing Park at the bottom of Lodge Hill? We used to play pick up the lolly stick - laying down on the roundabout. And a blindfold game was played on the Big Umbrella - The game was called L O N D O ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1972 by Joanne De Wit

Growing Up In And Around Kirkthorpe

I was born 1965 at Walton Hall and for the first few years of my life lived at Warmfield Lane opposite George Shaw's farm. We then moved to Woodland Ave in Kirkthorpe, a small house with a huge garden that ...Read more

A memory of Kirkthorpe in 1970 by Ian Shaw

Goodwood Drive

Hi there, We moved to the Racecourse from the prefabs in Fountain Close. I lived at 15 Goodwood Drive on the corner. Ihad two sisters Sadie and Maureen. My parents were Bill and Emily. They worked at Northolt aerodrome my father for ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Ron Mc Cranor

Harold Hill

I was born in north London, at the age of 5, I moved with my two twin younger brothers & parents to Harold Hill council estate on the first part built; 24 Charlbury Crescent. We had farms all around us as the rest of Harold Hill ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park in 1956 by Brian Johns

The Crescent Tottenham

I lived at number 59 The Crescent for 10 years from when I was born until 1970 when we moved due to the road being demolished for the new estate that is there today. Our family name was Dobson and there was my Mum Joyce, Dad ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1970 by Susan Holt

Lemington Upon Tyne, Scouting

Scouting Life during the Forties I was born in January 1936 in a large village, Lemington in Northumberland, England. Lemington bordered on the limit of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was a working class area ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1944 by George Ritson

Memories When I Was Small.

i lived at 51 wednesfield road oppisite the poplar public house. Ican remember fosters shop i also used to walk up sun street to corn hill were there was a small shop before the wheel public house we bought fish chips ...Read more

A memory of Heath Town in 1960 by Kevin Kavanagh

Captions

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Caption For Scaynes Hill, Nash Lane And Butterbox C1955

Note that no distances are indicated to either Dane Hill or Horsted Keynes - perhaps it was felt that it was not that important!

Caption For Kidderminster, Brinton Park 1957

This is also known as Comberton Hill. The station approach is off to the left in front of the 'Catering' sign.

Caption For Lyme Regis, From The Cobb 1900

Nestling in a combe between two rocky hills, the tower of the parish church of St Michael is clearly visible in this view of the town, taken from the Cobb, on which the Duke of Monmouth landed on 11

Caption For Burrowbridge, The Mump C1960

Seen here from beyond the River Parrett, it once had a castle; now it is crowned by the altered medieval tower of St Michael's church, another example of this dedication on a hill site.

Caption For Lilleshall, The Hill C1960

The monument on the hill was erected by the local people in 1836 in memory of their landlord, George Granville Leveson- Gower, Duke of Sutherland.

Caption For Addlethorpe, Church C1955

Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, West Parade 1904

Like Eastbourne, there was an old town up the hill, and like Eastbourne, Bexhill as a seaside resort is Victorian, but even later in starting.

Caption For Sutton, The Angel 1896

At the top of Angel Hill is the Angel Inn, an early 19th- century building. It was once a stop where coaches and travellers changed horses before the descent into Sutton.

Caption For Penn, Old Cottages C1955

Here Frith's photographer looks up Pauls Hill towards the Church Road junction with Holy Trinity's churchyard behind the trees on the left.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, St Mary's Church 1906

Prominent for many miles, St Mary's has dominated the hill since at least the 12th century. It has always been an extremely important church as a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Street C1955

The white statue atop the ridge is of Britannia; tradition says that when she hears St Mary's clock strike thirteen, she will come down from the roof and walk up the hill to church.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Street C1955

The white statue atop the ridge is of Britannia; tradition says that when she hears St Mary's clock strike thirteen, she will come down from the roof and walk up the hill to church.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

Horstead's old mill would have seen many wherries drawn up at its wharf. Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Caption For Waddesdon, Upper Winchendon, The Wilderness 1897

Climbing out of the Vale of Aylesbury northwards onto the Brill-Winchendon Hills, we reach Upper Winchendon, where the Marquess of Wharton built a vast country house around 1700.

Caption For Blacko, From Noggarth C1960

Blacko Tower (just visible on the top of the hill), marking the boundary of Pendle Forest, was built by Jonathan Stansfield in 1891.

Caption For Halton, From Castle Hill C1955

An ancient settlement, Castle Hill near the church of St Wilfrid is the site of both Saxon and Roman fortifications.

Caption For Newnham, School Hill C1955

Here we are looking up School Hill towards what was the New Inn, kept by Albert Howard, who started supplying fuel for the new motorcar, perhaps in addition to beer for the passengers.

Caption For Ravensworth, The Castle 1913

The castle is unusual in that it was built in the lower part of the village; it is now overlooked by the church at Kirby Hill.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Tubber Hill C1920

Do not shout too loud about it, though, as there are many locals who would rather it were back across the border.Tubber Hill is on the outskirts of Barnoldswick; running alongside it is part of the

Caption For Bridport, West Road 1909

Looking eastwards towards Allington Hill (left) this view has changed almost out of all recognition.

Caption For Castletown, From The Pier 1893

Near the college is Hango Hill, the scene in 1663 of the execution of the Manx patriot William Christian (Illian Dohne) for his role in the rebellion of 1651.

Caption For Brockham, The Green 1906

Overlooked by the slopes of Box Hill and the sweep of the North Downs, this delightful village acquired its name from the badgers whose setts were by the River Mole.

Caption For Esher, High Street 1910

little girl dragging her feet on the unmade roadway in front of the camera would be taking her life in her hands were she to attempt such a casual progress today, when modern traffic thunders up this hill

Caption For Blakeney, Blakeney Street C1950

At the time this photograph was taken, the bend in the road was a notorious accident black spot: here heavily laden lorries often came to grief on the long descent down Blakeney Hill into the village