Places
1 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
Photos
29 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
8 maps found.
Books
Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.
Memories
126 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Mitcham
I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more
A memory of Norbury
In The House Of The Laird
My parents were 'in service' to the local 'laird' who was Lord Doune, traditionally the eldest son of the Earl of Moray and owner of lands around Doune. Lord Doune owned the beautiful old mansion on the hill 1.5 miles north of ...Read more
A memory of Doune in 1948 by
Memories Of Sutton Lodge, In Sutton Lane—Just South Of The Great West Road, Heston/Hounslow
Recorded by Nicholas Reid, Canberra, Australia. I was christened in the Anglican church at Heston in 1959, though for obvious reason I don’t have any memories of ...Read more
A memory of Heston by
When The Reverend Nichols Was The Rector
Sadly, I believe St Michael's Church is little more now than a ruin of it's former self, nothing like it was in the 1940's when it seemed to stand proudly on the hill watching over and protecting the small ...Read more
A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by
Brushing The Cobwebs Off
My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or flushing ...Read more
A memory of Upper Boddington by
Juvenile Wrecking Crew.
I think it mite have been one Sunday in 1954 (cos the plant was nearly deserted) when me, my older bro Roy and 2 or 3 other kids from Hart Lane wound up in the new car parking area of General Motors Vauxhall. As all the cars keys ...Read more
A memory of Luton
Beanz Dreamz...
Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more
A memory of Abbey Hulton by
A Long Time Ago
I lived in Codsall Wood between 1944 and 1952. I attended Albrighton Infants School between 1950 and 1952, I still have my school cap, the only names I can remember was the dinner lady a Mrs Orange and 2 other pupils Darryl Massey ...Read more
A memory of Albrighton in 1951 by
My Memories Of Selly Oak And Bournbrook
I was born Anne Shirley Crofts back of 622 Bristol Road (opposite where Aldi is now) in July 1944, brother Ronnie was born 1940, sister Vivienne was born 1942, and Alan was born 1947, between Riverton Road ...Read more
A memory of Selly Oak in 1954 by
Royal National Hospital Ventnor
I worked as a nurse at the hospital from 1955 to 1956 and went back for the first time in June of this year. It was really nostalgic to be there again, even though the hospital has long gone the Botanic Gardens are ...Read more
A memory of Ventnor in 1956 by
Captions
45 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.
This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.
This building at the foot of Park Lane, with its stuccoed walls, pedimented porch, and ornamental iron gates, was built around 1820 as the lodge to Cheam Park House.
Here we see the entrance lodge to Corporation Park. No expense was spared in the making of the park and its lodge.
The road from the village leads to Lodge Park, some two miles away from the spot photographed here.
The drive leads to the Tudor mansion, an E-plan house started in 1577 and set in a Tudor deer park; it was restored to Tudor appearance after Georgian alterations in the last century.
This lodge survived the demolition of the house to form an entrance to a public park established after the death of H J Stone, when his wife sold the land to Romford Urban District Council
Entered from Gladstone Street, North Lodge Park is the remnant of the parkland that once surrounded William Backhouse's villa.
This picture shows the Ormerod Road gates from inside the park. To the right is the Keeper's Lodge. Notice that the gates are decorated with the town's coat of arms.
The park is a vast open space, 1,760 acres in area and seven miles around. The road across is straight for two miles.
Away to the right are the south lodges to Moor Park, a pair of small lodges linked by a Tuscan Doric arch. From this viewpoint these are now hidden by young oaks.
Overstone Park has for years been a leisure facility for nearby Northampton.
Here we see the entrance lodge to Corporation Park.
The Park Keeper's Lodge and the Aviary The gardens were laid out in the late 19th century on the site of old Purbeck stone quarries formerly owned by the Goddard family.
The arched gate and the lodges at the entrance to Haigh Park are thought to date from c1840.
From the 17th century through until 1922, Cassiobury Park was the home of the Earls of Essex.
This photograph was taken from outside Quakers Walk Lodge. It shows an uninterrupted view to the church. The houses along New Park Road and Commercial Road were not built until the late 1920s.
The River Whitewater rises at Bidden off the Upton Grey road, and here flows north-eastwards through the former deer park. It follows the road to Lodge Farm.
It is interesting to note that the old market place was being overtaken by cars as early as 1950, and parking was obviously already a problem.
This view looks west from the same viewpoint as F69010, past the half-timbered lodge built in 1900, towards Bishop's Park proper in the distance.
The West Lodge and Gates are at the head of De Parys Avenue.
East Lodge can just be glimpsed at the entrance to the drive from Hartmoor Road which leads to Old Park House.
At the signpost beyond, marking the junction of the High Street with the Portsmouth Road, and behind the trees, stood a lodge to Frimley Park, since demolished.
Beyond, we can see Yewbarrow Lodge looking out over the tops of the trees and the park and over to Morecambe Bay beyond.
Places (1)
Photos (29)
Memories (126)
Books (0)
Maps (8)