Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 1,641 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1897 - 1898, Little Stanney Ref. HOSM51617
1898, Mollington Ref. HOSM70733
1898, Moston Ref. HOSM54168
1897, Mouldsworth Ref. HOSM54187
1897, Oscroft Ref. HOSM55823
1897, Stamford Bridge Ref. HOSM60213
1898, Wervin Ref. HOSM63728
1897 - 1898, Wimbolds Trafford Ref. HOSM64701
1902-1903, Backford Ref. RNC629694
1902-1903, Acton Bridge Ref. RNC619727
1902-1903, Bartington Ref. RNC634271

Books

19 books found. Showing results 1,969 to 19.

Memories

2,051 memories found. Showing results 821 to 830.

Downly Council Estate, High Wycome

I remember moving to High Wycombe with my Mam and Dad from Wales, I would have been about seven years old. We were coming to stay with my father's uncle and his daughter. Always remember seeing a bottle of ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1953 by Roy Bolderson

Crisp Street Market.

I was born in a hospital that I think was on the Mile End Road. It may have been the Mile End Maternity, or Mother and Babies Hospital. Born within the sound of Bow Bells I am able to call myself a true Cockney. ( I hope I have ...Read more

A memory of Poplar by Joyce Hunt

School Days

I started school at 5yrs old ii then lived in Fernlea Avenue the house was called Anglo West and was number 44 (how i remember this so well i do not know) my mum took me to school through the park the school was not far from the end of ...Read more

A memory of Herne Bay

Valentines Park Ilford Gants Hill

Hi there. I'll always have fond memories of Valentines Park, those beautiful swans and Canadian cygnets at the Cranbrook Road end, Gants Hill Odeon, library, the bird cage in Valentines Park, the boat lakes, the ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by bevjoemorris

I Grew Up In Melrose Gardens, Stag Lane, Edgware.....

Though I was actually born in Bushey, Herts., ( I believe that was where the maternity hospital was in 1939.) Melrose Gardens was a cul-de-sac of about thirty five houses and at least half the ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by hrohrer

Linda Howell Nee Peachey

I lived and worked for the west family at upper ifold from 1967 to 1969. I was voted bonfire queen in 1968 I remember being friends with Barry Coote and Nigel Petty?whose parents owned the village shop I remember lilla who ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold by peacheyhowell

Holidays In Littlehampton And Meeting Aunts And Uncles

From Sandra (was Leggett) I first went to Littlehampton as a baby...as the story goes ..it must have been 1946..apparently I slept in a cupboard drawer at my Auntie Maisies. ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton by brian.1942

Penge A Memory Of Childhood

I was raised in Penge - spending most of my time enjoying playing on bomb sites and the change from post war austerity to the better times of the early sixties - and can remember many of the photos displayed. I moved to ...Read more

A memory of Penge by jananchrisx

The Sad Demise Of A Wonderfull Little Town

1 lived in Erith until 1970 born in 1932 at 7 Athol road off of Deluci road which is next to the old Tivoli cinema we move there in 1934 from west street we had incenderies drop on our house in 1942 my father ...Read more

A memory of Erith by george28532

My Early Life In Gobowen

Hi my name is Cliff Jones and I was born at Hengoed in 1946 I am one of five kids I was 5yrs old when we moved down to the village because our old house had been condemned .Our next port of call was Almond Avenue in Gobowen I ...Read more

A memory of Gobowen by jones.clifford42

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,969 to 1,992.

Caption For Bridport, The Convent 1903

The boys, both day pupils and boarders, worshipped in the Roman Catholic Church in Victoria Grove.

Caption For Chelmsford, Grammar School 1892

The priory's last vestige, the gatehouse on the west side of Moulsham Street, was demolished in 1857.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Cattle Market C1965

Before the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001, it hosted fat and store cattle sales on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Dock Street C1955

The Ellesmere Canal was busy, and more and more workers were needed to handle the goods and repair the barges; thus the port grew.

Caption For Fareham, The Lord Arthur Lee 2005

Lord Arthur Lee pub stands as a reminder of the man who is best remembered for giving Chequers to the nation - Chequers is the official country residence of the Prime Minister.

Caption For Carlisle, Shaddon Mill From The Victoria Viaduct 2005

The new mills and factories not only changed the skyline of Carlisle: they had a radical impact upon the very nature of the city.

Caption For Brundall, On The Yare C1960

This is a popular spot on the Yare to start and finish a Broads holiday, or merely to top up with fuel for both body and boat; Note the signs for Lyons cakes and Walls ice cream (left), which in their

Caption For Aylsham, Market Place C1955

Some fine buildings stand in this part of the town centre; there are many other good ones - the Black Boys Inn and the Old Hall are the best examples.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Sands From Britannia Pier 1922

In its heyday the camp had its own railway halt, and 'holiday camp expresses' stopped there en route from London to Great Yarmouth.

Caption For Worthing, The Beach 1890

The characteristic mid-Victorian, family-orientated, open-air seaside culture, which offered a satisfaction of its own, and the town's secure, peaceful ambience is captured in this view of the beach.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Bridge 1919

These shops were designed for the holidaymaker and included such establishments as cafés, souvenir emporiums, shell fish shops and so on.

Caption For Launceston, Newport 1935

The electorate consisted of those men who had a hearth in Newport and St Stephens, and they voted as they were ordered to by the Duke of Northumberland; this effectively meant that the Duke decided who

Caption For Minehead, Beach Hotel And Avenue 1923

Touring theatrical companies and concert parties played at the Queen's Hall (see 69242, pages 76- 77), including famous names such as Pavlova and her ballet company, and Solomon the pianist.

Caption For Lincoln, The Cathedral C1965

The cathedral is accepted as being one of the most beautiful buildings in Europe; it dominates the uphill area of the city and its surrounding buildings.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, C1960

Yet the Bailiwick at times of public celebrations, such as Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees, and with the help of public donations, never forgot the poor, usually in the form of

Caption For Dorking, From The Nower 1936

he downs are mostly of chalk, and otherwise of sandstone, and each has its own special flora.

Caption For Sheffield, The Botanical Gardens, Glasshouses 2005

Sheffield's unique woodland resource - the city is the best-wooded city in the country with about 80 ancient woods within its boundaries - also received an important shot in the arm in 1999 when

Caption For Dorking, Horsham Road 1905

There were the lime works, four working corn mills, the breweries, the cattle trade, a brick- works, and an iron foundry; Dorking also had its own water pumping station and gas and light works.

Caption For Dorking, South Street 1906

There were the lime works, four working corn mills, the breweries, the cattle trade, a brick- works, and an iron foundry; Dorking also had its own water pumping station and gas and light works.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Box Moor 2005

Men and women who wished to be hired stood in line at the top of the High Street dressed in their smocks and carrying the emblems of their trade.

Caption For Coulsdon, The Recreation Ground C1960

Lane as well as the profusion of roads in west Coulsdon.

Caption For Teddington, From The Bridge 1899

Nationally it may be best remembered as the home of Teddington Studios, the location for films and TV productions.

Caption For Tenby, Old Town Wall C1925

The square gun tower on the right, c1500, was constructed against the curtain wall, and contains two chambers.

Caption For Basildon, Industrial Estate C1965

Imagine Basildon on a bright and sunny day in the summer of 2025, as people get up to go to work and to school, feeling glad to be living in one of the best places in the east of England, where