Maps

1,865 maps found.

1923, Ley Hey Park Ref. POP755491
1919, St John's Park Ref. POP823992
1899, St Nicolas Park Ref. RNE824214
1896, Ley Hey Park Ref. RNE755491
1903, Beeston Park Side Ref. RNC636612
1899, Four Oaks Park Ref. RNE708565
1946, Four Oaks Park Ref. NPO708565
1919, Old Farm Park Ref. POP796436
1919, Pen-Y-Park Ref. POP805011
1919, New Greenham Park Ref. POP789781
1895, St John's Park Ref. RNE823992
1947, Ley Hey Park Ref. NPO755491
1946, St Anne's Park Ref. NPO823599
1899, Lime Tree Park Ref. RNE755990
1896, Honor Oak Park Ref. RNE739820
1920, St Nicolas Park Ref. POP824214
Hampton Court Park, 1945, Hampton Court Ref. NPO726231
1920, Lime Tree Park Ref. POP755990
1946, Bush Hill Park Ref. NPO657422
1947, Causey Park Bridge Ref. NPO664891

Books

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Memories

4,372 memories found. Showing results 761 to 770.

Thatcham 1951 1962

The shop opposite the White Hart public house, owned by Simonds, was called Lays Stores. My mother and father bought it in 1952 and ran it till it closed in 1962. Before that, they owned the fish and chip shop which has now ...Read more

A memory of Thatcham by Trevor Collins

Haydon Hall

I lived in Haydon Hall from 1947 until 1967. I was ten months old when we moved there and left home when I was 18 yrs old. My mother was the caretaker of the old house, and the new building after the house was ...Read more

A memory of Eastcote by Lucinda Barrett

Washington Road

I lived as a child at 49, Washington Road, Worcester Park, Surrey, which I learnt to relate parrot fashion as a 5 or 6 year old in case I got lost. We had a black dustbin with the Number 49 on it, a monkey puzzle tree in ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1954

Not Strictly Ashby : )

Willesley Close was the centre of the universe for the first twelve years of my life from 1959. The garden enclosed twenty yards of the old railway embankment and featured a natural spring, the source of much ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1971 by Bill Davey

Statutory Swingin'

As a young lad in the “swingin 60’s”, the swingin’ rather passed me by … and no regrets there. But the word puts me in mind of the swinging we did do. Just down the lane from Allsopp’s garage – the hallowed source of ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1969 by Bill Davey

A Wonderful Childhood At St Catherines

My late father, Rev H Roderick Carter, was the Vicar at St Catherines from the early 1950's to about 1968. Living at the Vicarage meant that we had people coming and going all day, everyday. Mum was very ...Read more

A memory of Norwich in 1955 by Richenda Carter

Albert Park In The Fifties

Dad used to take us in a rowing boat on the lake. We had to take turns rowing and we were only 4, 5 and 6 years of age. Not sure health and safety would approve now!!! I remember being called in eg "number 2 your time is up". Great memories.

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1955 by Margaret Wilson

The Odeon

I remember going to The Odeon on Saturday mornings with my cousins. My family lived in Stephenson's Way then before we moved to Chelveston Drive. It was a long walk from what was The Lodge Park Estate and we'd go in a gang and replay the ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1950 by Moira Jones

Rickmansworth Road

When I was about 6, we moved to Ricky Rd. The Cassiobury Park gates were over the road to us, slightly to the left. Me and my two sisters were crossed across a very quiet road by our mum, with a packed lunch. We just played all ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1960 by Lidia Skrzypek

Dock Area Life

I was born at 13 Ellor Street, Hankey Park, in 1940 to Sarah and Charles Feeley (snr), the youngest of five siblings: Charlie (jnr) Eileen, Monica and Hannah. In 1941 my father left for the army, and we moved to 46 Brookland St off ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Kevin Feeley

Captions

2,180 captions found. Showing results 1,825 to 1,848.

Caption For Corby, The Phoenix, Beanfield Avenue C1965

The section to the left is the first shop in the precinct with its central car park.

Caption For Towcester, Town Hall C1965

The market place still serves as a car park.

Caption For Bedford, On The Ouse 1897

Its banks are laid out for parks and walks; they are very popular for walking, and are a-throng on a sunny summer or winter weekend.

Caption For Ullenhall, White Cottage And Memorial C1965

She still managed to upset strait-laced locals by her antics at her house, Barrells Park, which lies in ruins after a fire in 1933 and is said to be haunted by her ghost.

Caption For Holt, High Street C1955

There are excellent parking facilities for vehicles in this part of the High Street.

Caption For Normanton, Hawhill Park C1955

This ten-acre park was purchased by the council with the help of donations in 1904 from the landowner, Mrs Maynell Ingram of Temple Newsam House, Leeds.

Caption For Redbourn, The Aubreys C1955

Close by stood a house called The Aubreys, later the Aubrey Park Hotel, a fine part mock-Tudor building graced, in this view, by an elegant Humber Pullman limousine.It was originally Foster's Farm, and

Caption For Coningsby, Silver Street C1955

All the buildings on the left have gone, to be replaced by more modern buildings and a car park for the doctor's surgery.

Caption For Newbury, The Wharf C1960

The bus station relocated to another site in Newbury some years ago and today the area on the right is a car park.

Caption For Tadcaster, Grimston Hall 1906

The old house here was restored and rebuilt in 1840 by Lord Howden to the designs of Decimus Burton, a London architect, who was also responsible for Hyde Park Corner.

Caption For Castle Cary, The Town Hall C1960

West of Bruton, Castle Cary is set on the side of the oolite hills of southern Somerset, with Castle Cary Park on Lodge Hill rising steeply behind the church.

Caption For Marcham, View From Church Tower C1965

To the left and out of view is Denman College, formerly Marcham Park, a late Georgian mansion.

Caption For Bridport, South Street C1965

A Ford Zodiac is the closest parked car (left). Conspicuous businesses include A J Bedingfield, dispensing chemist (left), and the Wine Shop (right).

Caption For Worcester Park, Central Road C1955

Worcester Park is situated north- west of Sutton along Malden Road. Until the railway arrived in 1859 the area was predominantly agricultural, with only a few farmhouses and cottages.

Caption For Glastonbury, Wearyall Hill 1896

The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots.

Caption For Betchworth, Post Office 1928

This post office was built in 1900 on land belonging to the Betchworth Park Estate, and was designed to deal with the business of three villages, Betchworth, Brockham and Buckland, including sorting and

Caption For Sutton, Cavendish Road 1903

Cavendish Road, which runs from Brighton Road east to Langley Park Road, is a good example of the earlier phases of suburban growth in Sutton.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Mill End Church 1897

Originally it was only served by a Congregational Chapel, but later acquired an Anglican church, St Peter the Apostle, seen here from a field, now a car park, and a Church of England primary school.

Caption For Syston, The Green C1955

So, instead of opting for a sensitive pedestrian and architecture-friendly scheme, the area is now transformed into a peculiarly urban landscape, half car park and half odd seating which one would hesitate

Caption For Epsom, Clarendon Park 2005

Fact File (David Brooks) New houses in Clarendon Park, where Long Grove Hospital stood.

Caption For Bedford, De Parys Avenue 1921

It was truly a sylvan approach to Bedford Park. On the left are typical late Victorian houses; the one on the far left, No 67, is now the Bedford School Study Centre.

Caption For Chilham, The Square 1903

The arrival of modern motor-traffic over subsequent decades means this generous space is now more often used as a crowded car park, and on the Spring Bank Holiday as the setting for an annual Pilgrims

Caption For Castle Ashby, The Church C1955

The mansion and the church sit amid a park of over 200 acres, in an estate of more than 10,000 acres.

Caption For Coningsby, Silver Street C1955

All the buildings on the left have gone, to be replaced by more modern buildings and a car park for the doctor's surgery.