Maps

314 maps found.

1903, Dalton Ref. RNC688206
1898, Dalton Ref. RNE688201
1896, Dalton Ref. RNE688208
1947, Dalton Ref. NPO688203
1947, Dalton Ref. NPO688204
1947, Dalton Ref. NPO688207
1925, Dalton Ref. POP688201
1925, Dalton Ref. POP688203
1925, Dalton Ref. POP688206
1897, Dalton Ref. RNE688203
1896, Dalton Ref. RNE688206
1923, Dalton Ref. POP688204
1925, Dalton Ref. POP688207
1924, Dalton Ref. POP688208
1947, Dalton Ref. NPO688201
1903, Dalton Ref. RNC688204
1925, Dalton Ref. POP688200
1947, Dalton Ref. NPO688200
1947, Dalton Ref. NPO688205
1903, Dalton Ref. RNC688208

Books

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Memories

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Memories Of The Queen!

I remember the Queen riding through Wheatly Hill and the flag waving. It was 1960 so I was 4 at the time. I remember trudging through the snow along a main street to go to school - this must have been Wheatley Hill school ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill by mrsgammy

My Memories Of Kirkheaton

Kirkheaton was such a great place to live, I went to infant school at the bottom of Fields Way (I lived on Fields Way till I was 19 years old), I also went to Kirkheaton C of E School and can remember most of the ...Read more

A memory of Kirkheaton in 1956 by Christine Walker

Bearmans

Bearmans was the big department store on the site which is now occupied by the Coop or Leo's. I remember the toy department at Christmas was fantastic with an enormous model train layout in the centre of the floor which would take ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1956

Orpington Mystery 1960s

Hi there, I'm trying to verify a memory relatiing to a haunted house! Does anyone remember hearing of a builder who suffered an accident while working on a property in Dalton Way in the 1960's? Please contact me if you ...Read more

A memory of Orpington by Viki Carpenter

Lymm Parochial C Of E School

We moved to Lymm from Altrincham soon after the war when my mother remarried (she was a war widow).  It was lovely having a new Council house which had a bathroom and inside toilet - I had been used to an outside toilet ...Read more

A memory of Lymm in 1947 by Margaret Hampson

Family Life

I was 3 years of age when my dad came home from the army (national service). We didn't have a car or much money, so my mum, dad and myself took long walks, Upholland, Dalton, Newburgher, Parbold. When I was tired my dad carried me on his ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1947 by Dorothy Kelly

What A Bike Ride!

I was born in Whitwell (Herts) in April 1949 and started my schooling at St Pauls Walden CE School in September 1953. This the hill on which I lived. As I grew older I used to ride my bike to school (very little ...Read more

A memory of Whitwell in 1955 by Brian Russell

Birtle Street

It would be great to hear from anybody who was around Dalton Street , Worth Street, Danzic Street, or who went to the Rex picture house, played on Barnies, Bobs Hill, went in Jock Stobbers, lads that had ther hair cut at Harry's ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Teddy Peacock

My Family

My grandfather, grandmother and mother came to America in 1923; Harold Hubert, Violet Mary (Abbott), Mary Doreen Shrimpton. My grandmother (Violet) was born in 1896 in Dalton-in-Furness and bought a small three handled cup while on vacation in Frizington in 1902.

A memory of Frizington in 1900 by Vicki Bradley

Beautiful Memories

Hello. I was born at Crumpsall Hospital 1945 and lived at 59 Dalton St, for seven years. Mother is named Eileen and dad was Fred. I had an older sister Barbara. My Aunty Peggy and Uncle John lived a few doors down - they ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1945 by Jennifer Greenwood

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Captions

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Caption For Dalton In Furness, Town Hall 1966

Dalton was growing quite rapidly in the 1960s, and there was the occasional need for the fire brigade. The firemen of Dalton were all volunteers.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Market Cross 1966

The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.

Caption For Manchester, The Infirmary 1889

The two statues guarding the hospital entrance are James Watt, right, and John Dalton, left. The Dalton statue was a bronze copy of the marble one by Chantry that stands in the town hall entrance.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Cavendish Street C1960

On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Tudor Square 1966

Bus shelters, one with a shopper waiting, occupy Tudor Square, once called Bally Green, at the end of Market Street, which is Dalton's main shopping street.

Caption For Lancaster, The Town Hall 1912

This fine view shows Lancaster's new town hall, seen from Dalton Square.

Caption For Lancaster, The Town Hall 1912

At the centre of Dalton Square stands a bronze statue of Queen Victoria guarded by four lions, given to the city by Lord Ashton. He also donated the new Town Hall, which stands at the back.

Caption For Lancaster, The Town Hall 1903

The corpora- tion started making plans to move out of the old town hall as early as 1898, and bought a site in Dalton Square.

Caption For Glasson Dock, The Bridge C1965

West Quay was always the visitors' favourite, with its ice cream shop, cafe, fresh fish shop and the Dalton Arms.

Caption For Huddersfield, Greenhead Park 1957

A vast 450-acre greenfield site at Dalton was acquired for the construction of the new works.

Caption For Manchester, Art Gallery And Mosley Street C1885

Among its treasures were copies of the Elgin Marbles, presented by George IV, and a statue of John Dalton in marble.

Caption For Edinburgh, From The Castle 1897

Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Thornton Dale, The Forge 1964

When this photograph was taken, the pantiled old forge at Thornton Dale on the A170 east of Pickering had already diversified into pottery, postcards and gifts, as well as the more traditional metalwork

Caption For Edinburgh, From The Calton Hill 1897

The old Calton burial ground just beyond is where the philosopher David Hume is buried.

Caption For Edinburgh, Waterloo Place And The General Post Office 1897

In the background on Calton Hill stands the unfinished monument to the Scottish dead of the Napoleonic Wars. The monument was started in 1822, but the money ran out and it was never completed.

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Caption For Thornton Dale, The Forge 1964

When this photograph was taken, the old pantiled forge at Thornton Dale on the A170 east of Pickering had already diversified into pottery, postcards and gifts, as well as its more traditional metalwork