Places

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Maps

8 maps found.

1919, Lodge Park Ref. POP765845
1947, Lodge Park Ref. NPO765845
1898, Lodge Park Ref. RNE765845
1901-1902, Lodge Park Ref. RNC765845
1895, Long Park Ref. RNE766576
1897-1900, Long Park Ref. RNC766576
1919, Long Park Ref. POP766576
1945, Long Park Ref. NPO766576

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Memories

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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 Alastair Macdonald

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 Nicholas Reid

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 Thelma Hurly

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 Peter Bishop

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 Marc Thorley

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 Reg Wilkinson

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 Anne Crofts

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 Marjorie O'sullivan,Nee Brown

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Captions

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Caption For Colchester, Castle Gardens 1934

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.

Caption For Colchester, The Park Lodge C1960

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.

Caption For Cheam, Cheam Park House Lodge 1938

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.

Caption For Blackburn, Corporation Park, The Entrance 1923

Here we see the entrance lodge to Corporation Park. No expense was spared in the making of the park and its lodge.

Caption For Sherborne, C1960

The road from the village leads to Lodge Park, some two miles away from the spot photographed here.

Caption For Parham, East Lodge 1894

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.

Caption For Havering Atte Bower, Bedfords 1908

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

Caption For Darlington, North Lodge Park 1903

Entered from Gladstone Street, North Lodge Park is the remnant of the parkland that once surrounded William Backhouse's villa.

Caption For Burnley, Queen's Park Entrance 1895

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.

Caption For Dublin, Viceregal Lodge From Phoenix Park 1897

The park is a vast open space, 1,760 acres in area and seven miles around. The road across is straight for two miles.

Caption For Batchworth Heath, 1903

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.

Caption For Overstone, Lake Side C1955

Overstone Park has for years been a leisure facility for nearby Northampton.

Caption For Blackburn, Corporation Park, The Entrance 1923

Here we see the entrance lodge to Corporation Park.

Caption For Swindon, Town Gardens C1955

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.

Caption For Wigan, Haigh Park, Entrance Gate 1895

The arched gate and the lodges at the entrance to Haigh Park are thought to date from c1840.

Caption For Watford, Cassiobury Park Gates 1921

From the 17th century through until 1922, Cassiobury Park was the home of the Earls of Essex.

Caption For Devizes, St Mary's Church 1898

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.

Caption For North Warnborough, The Whitewater 1906

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.

Caption For Hereford, High Town 1949

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.

Caption For Fulham, Pryors Bank Gardens C1960

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.

Caption For Bedford, The Park Entrance Gates 1921

The West Lodge and Gates are at the head of De Parys Avenue.

Caption For Devizes, Hartmoor 1899

East Lodge can just be glimpsed at the entrance to the drive from Hartmoor Road which leads to Old Park House.

Caption For Frimley, The White Hart Hotel 1906

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.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Ornamental Grounds 1921

Beyond, we can see Yewbarrow Lodge looking out over the tops of the trees and the park and over to Morecambe Bay beyond.