Places
25 places found.
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- East Wall, Republic of Ireland
- Pell Wall, Shropshire
- Wall, Northumberland
- Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland
- Walls, Shetland Islands
- Wall, Cornwall
- Wall, Staffordshire
- East Wall, Shropshire
- Wall End, Kent
- Hobbs Wall, Avon
- Wall Bank, Shropshire
- Wall Nook, Durham
- Knowl Wall, Staffordshire
- Hazelton Walls, Fife
- Wall Mead, Avon
- Mid Walls, Shetland Islands
- Greetland Wall Nook, Yorkshire
- Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire
- Wall Heath, West Midlands
- Wall Hill, Greater Manchester
- Wall End, Cumbria (near Millom)
- Wall under Heywood, Shropshire
- Dale of Walls, Shetland Islands
- Bridge of Walls, Shetland Islands
- Hole-in-the Wall, Hereford & Worcester
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Maps
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Memories
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Growing Up In Mansfield In The Fifties
Actually Shane Fenton/ Alvin Stardust original name was Bernard Jury(Hope I spelt that right). My brother went to school with him at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Mansfield. Sadly now a ...Read more
A memory of Mansfield Woodhouse by
John Owen Woollen Manufacturer
Unfortunately the mill is now a ruin, although the best view is from across the river where parts of the wall are still standing in 2013. My great grandfather, John Owen, was a woollen manufacturer born in Pennant ...Read more
A memory of Llanbedr in 1890 by
My Dad's Home
This is a memory as told by my grandmother Alice Irene Rees. She was born and lived most of her life in Ferryside. My father was born here in 1944, the second child born to her and husband, Cynwyd Rees. Her stories of this road are as ...Read more
A memory of Ferryside in 1950 by
Fond Memories
I lived in one of the cottages at bottom of the castle; it was my playground. My brothers and I would run around the top of the wall. The farmer just up past the Castle and us were friends. There was a gate at bottom of the hill and we would get tips for opening and closing the gate.
A memory of Kilmartin in 1964 by
A Young Yank At Wadenhoe 1955
In 1955, several Air Force families stationed variously at Alconbury and Molesworth Air Force Bases in England found themselves renting flats (apts) in a Jacobean Manor House in the English Countryside. The landlady, ...Read more
A memory of Wadenhoe in 1955 by
Clothes Shop Called Snob?
Does anyone remember a clothes shop called Snob in portsmouth and I think there was one in southampton too,back in the seventies I loved that shop but have never seen any pictures of it does anyone have one? also there ...Read more
A memory of Portsmouth in 1978
Iris Severn
I was a nurse at pastures form 1962 to 1969, and I remember both Iris and Harold Severn very well. Iris was a Ward Sister, and Harold was a Charge Nurse, the male equivalent. Both were characters with a great sense of humour. They ...Read more
A memory of Mickleover by
Footbridge Over The Canal
I recall the day the iron footbridge was lowered into place over the canal. I'm probably wrong but I think it was lowered into its position by a huge crane, how they got it to the bridge I've no idea. Have I dreamt this ...Read more
A memory of Carnforth in 1945 by
My Memories Of Mitcham
I was born in Mitcham in 1929 and lived as a baby in Queens Road aka "rocky" or "Rocks Terrace" my Grandfather was called Truelove and had a shop in Queens Road. Hard to belive now but a horse and cart owner would stop outside ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1930 by
Fond Memories Of A Time Gone By
I lived in Sherfield Rd from 1950-1960. I lived a few doors down from the Bridgers, the local haulage contractor, his daughter Beryl use to ride her horse at the head of the carnival procession each year, during the ...Read more
A memory of Grays in 1953
Captions
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By the 1960s, the glory days of the pier were coming to an end, with few of the talent competitions, fashion parades, afternoon tea dances, charity balls and gala dinners of late 1940s and 50s.
The stone pillar with a ball finial records the death of William Sparrow in 1729.
The clock tower on the left was added to the Town Hall in 1834. The refurbished building was formerly the Corn Exchange, then the Guildhall.
Notice the factory chimneys and their puff-ball smoky emissions.
An inscription reads: 'Time ball falls daily at 12 o'clock and the barometer under is set at 9am daily'.
The large ball-shaped object to the left is a mine that was eventually removed in 1980.
This photograph must have been taken at the height of the holiday season because the shop on the right, M A Grinnall's, has a number of beach balls and inflatable air beds on display outside.
The tall building with a flag flying at the top (right) was the Beach House Temperance Hotel.
Viewed shortly after its restoration, this cross with a shaft and a figure of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century - the ball on top dates from the time of Queen Anne.
Though no longer working in the 1950s, it still looked smart with its black cap, finial ball and lightning conductor. It is now a house.
The three balls, the sign of a pawnbroker, are said to originate from St Nicholas, the patron saint of pawnbrokers.
The problem with this type of design was that enemy gunners were offered a fairly large target, though it was hoped that cannon balls would bounce off the rounded edges.
The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.
The shopping parade was built between 1960 and 1966 by Wallis, Finlay, Smith & Ball on the site of a house of some historic interest called Fountainville.
The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.
The clock, the ball and the iron weather vane were all added in 1746.
This street is so called because the Market Place, Frenchgate and Ryder's Wynd all drained into it.
The links had opened in the same year as the photograph, on 25 April 1910: the first ball was driven off by the local MP, Lord Willoughby de Evesby.
Wareham Cement Works was situated beside Ridge Wharf, which also exported ball clay in barges hauled by steam launches.
The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with
The cross has the initials EI 1637 and an octagonal shaft surmounted by a ball finial; there are two gnomons on the sundial clock.
The imposing Craiglands Hydro on Cowpasture Road was opened in 1859, just three years after the Wells House Hydro.
The photographer has climbed onto the upper storey of the building next to Marks & Spencer's to look past the 1890s Post Office, the Tudor-style building with the ball finial to its gable on the right,
The limestone obelisk has a ball finial and is mounted on a square base.
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