Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1887 - 1905, Broadway Ref. HOSM39037
1885 - 1886, Dryslwyn Ref. HOSM43913
1887 - 1905, Llandawke Ref. HOSM51756
1886 - 1888, Llanddarog Ref. HOSM51758
1886 - 1887, Nantgaredig Ref. HOSM54589
1886 - 1906, Pwll-Trap Ref. HOSM57254
1886 - 1887, Trevaughan Ref. HOSM62444
1886 - 1887, Ffynnon-Lâs Ref. HOSM71224
1910, Cowan Bridge Ref. HOSM42142
1911, Yealand Conyers Ref. HOSM65495
1911, Yealand Redmayne Ref. HOSM65496
1885, Castle Cary Ref. HOSM34295
1886 - 1901, Chard Ref. HOSM34304
1886 - 1901, Chaffcombe Ref. HOSM40500
1901, Chard Junction Ref. HOSM40579
1901, Forde Abbey Ref. HOSM45612
1901, Beetham Ref. HOSM52486
1895 - 1896, Chatham Ref. HOSM34305
1884, Rodney Stoke Ref. HOSM58061
1895, Cold Norton Ref. HOSM41469

Books

442 books found. Showing results 22,705 to 22,728.

Memories

29,044 memories found. Showing results 9,461 to 9,470.

The Infant School

I started in the Infant School in 1949, the year my family came to Corby - I was 6 years old. I can remember the huts with the old coke stoves. Each classroom had a partition and there was a stage in the last one where we used to ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1949 by Moira Jones

The Good Times

I lived at 2 Church Street, Cheadle, opposite the cemetary. My maiden name was Clarke; we lived there until 1948 and then moved to Oak Road. I went to Broadway School from 1946 to 1950 and am looking to see if anyone ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle by Pat Saunders

My Granddad, Police Constable Jack Eames

Well, the story goes that there was a robbery from a jewellery shop in the town during the day, and in those days there were no mobile phones or walky talkies, only landline phones. My granddad ...Read more

A memory of Newport by Wayne Ruffle

Hounslow In The 1950's And 1960's

I am Rosemary Harris (now Davies) and I was born in Livingstone Road in 1943 and was christened at St Stephen’s Church. I attended Hounslow Town Infants and Juniors and then Bulstrode Girls School from 1955-1960, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Rosemary Davies

School

I lived at 112 Woodside View. Happy memories of the village school. Remember blackberry picking in Blackberry woods, also Plum Lane. I also remember walking past somewhere at night when we had been to the cinema and being scared of bats!

A memory of Honington in 1963

Annie Deveraux

I found my Granny on the 1911 census living in Wetley Rocks at the age of 3 years. Annie later married Roy Marsden and lived in Great Haywood. I think she was born in Wetley Rocks but I am not sure? Michelle

A memory of Wetley Rocks in 1900 by Michelle Hogan

Spring Lane Post Office

Where have the years gone? I remember walking to the chip shop in Spring Lane to get my chips and gherkins when I was pregnant (can't eat them now). Also the good old Post Office where my ex saw an advert for Labrador ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1960 by Rita Lange

Windsor Street

I used to live on Windsor Street. My name was Rita Meuse, my mum and dad were Sid and Irene. I used to go to the Tin School and had a brother called Cyril, he was in the cubs. I used to swing on the lampost with my friends. We ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1950 by Rita Daly

Another Memory Of Weymouth

In the 50's Bertram Mills Circus used to come to town and I remember there was a great procession through the streets near the harbour, this included the elephants and the prancing horses! On Saturday mornings there ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth

Bournemouth

One of my memories of Bournemouth in the 60's was its ice-skating rink where we used to go from school on Saturday afternoons. Bournemouth was a very smart place with good quality individual shops. It was always a treat to go ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 22,705 to 22,728.

Caption For Lands End, 1890

It is fair weather, and a ketch is making good progress under sail as she passes between the rocks of the Longships Lighthouse and Land's End.

Caption For Dorchester, The Roman Excavations 1939

Little can be usefully gleaned from the remains shown here, but it is known that Dorchester was a centre for a school of mosaicists in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

Caption For Nottingham, The Post Office 1902

Two grim buildings from the last decade of the nineteenth century.

Caption For Oakengates, The 'bus Stand And Market Street C1955

This was the period that saw the beginning of the end for the town - in 1959 the last steel works closed, followed in 1987 by the last iron works.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Square C1955

Café, jeweller, dry cleaners and the regional newspaper office make strange bedfellows under the roof of the old Market House.

Caption For Chester, Watergate Street, Providence House 1888

One of the most famous buildings in Chester, the God's Provident House. The house was originally built in 1652 and rebuilt in 1862.

Caption For St Ives, The Sloop Inn And Slipway C1955

A view from the harbour with the Sloop Inn at the centre of the picture and with Fish Street leading uphill to the right.

Caption For The Broads, 1902

This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.

Caption For The Broads, The River, Wayford Bridge C1935

The river near the new bridge now has rows of wooden houseboats moored along the right bank, where Wayford Farm has been developed into the Wayford Bridge Hotel.

Caption For Irchester, High Street C1955

The result was the removal of the bay windowed 1890s houses on the far right. Otherwise little has changed.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Beach 1904

Ever since the arrival of the railway, Great Yarmouth has been a popular seaside resort, and whilst not the quiet getaway some might prefer, it was always a great pull for working class families from London

Caption For Gorleston, High Street 1908

Looking north , we can see an electric tram and horse-drawn cart providing an interesting contrast of the old and the new.

Caption For Gloucester, General View 1891

The overwhelming view is always of the cathedral, which splendidly dominates all other structures.

Caption For Norwich, Elm Hill 1929

In the 16th and 17th centuries, when these houses were built, the streets echoed to the hum of cloth looms.

Caption For Brighton, Hotel Metropole 1890

Rearing out amid the stucco, the bright red brick and terra-cotta of Alfred Waterhouse's 1890 Metropole Hotel must have seemed remarkably intrusive when it was first built.

Caption For Brighton, The Palace Pier 1902

As usual, an exotic hybrid of Turkish-Oriental-Arabic style was selected.

Caption For Lewes, School Hill 1903

In the distance is the tower of Harvey's Brewery.

Caption For Hull, The Dock Offices 1903

The Doric column on the right is a monument to William Wilberforce, who was born in Hull, and was responsible for the abolition of slavery throughout the Empire.

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, High Street 1918

There are excellent walks in the vicinity, not only along the coastal footpath but also across the wilds of Woodbury Common.

Caption For Alloway, Robert Burns's Birthplace 1897

Robert Burns was born here on 25 January 1759. The cottage was rebuilt by the poet's father and later became an inn.

Caption For Tilbury, The Thames C1960

This is a busy dockside area on the north bank of the River Thames, where tall cranes pierce the skyline. Here we see the 'Vruburgh' from Rotterdam, and dock buildings lining the waterfront.

Caption For Whatstandwell, The Valley C1955

The broad valley of the Derwent near Whatstandwell opens out between well-wooded sides, as we can see in this picture.

Caption For Newton Abbot, Globe Hotel And St Leonard's Tower 1906

A great deal of building took place during the years that followed; the population increased three-fold during Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Harbour From West Cliff 1887

We are looking towards the inner harbour-now the yacht marina—with a paddle steamer and three brigs at moorings.The chimney on the left of the Admiral Harvey pub probably belonged to Ramsgate's