Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
29,016 memories found. Showing results 1,481 to 1,490.
Growing Up In Wandsworth
As a young schoolboy I lived in Wandle House off Garrett Lane which was owned by Peabody estates at that time. So, taking a walk from there, I can remember the rag and bone carts passing on their way home to the other ...Read more
A memory of Wandsworth in 1960 by
Mitcham
Great site, brings back a number of memories. I went to Bond Road School in 1962ish with my twin brother Robert. We left at about 1970 and went Alphea in Merton before going on to Pollards Hill High School. Mitcham has changed so much, who ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham by
Living In The Cpa Mill On Commercial Road, Godley.
I lived in the CPA or Calico Printers Association mill for about 12 years, where my dad was a foreman who worked in the batiks for many years. We had a huge flat which was knocked down many years ago. ...Read more
A memory of Hyde in 1963 by
W & C French Contractors
This is a Memory Without Evidence. In 1984 I visited my childhood home, "Ivy Cottage" no 58 Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. The cottage, in poor condition, was still being lived in. The contractors yard was ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1984 by
Playing In Salford
I was born in Salford in 1954, except for a brief spell of 4 years in Newton Heath in the late fifties, I have lived there ever since. When I was 11 years old my friend and I were playing digging on the old nursery croft on ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1964 by
51 Hempstead Street
I was born in Dover, but my mum was Welsh and we moved back to her home town when I was small. However, every year we would visit my dad's relatives in Kent (mainly Ashford). My Auntie Nell ran a flower shop here and I remember ...Read more
A memory of Ashford in 1955
Dochgarroch
I started my schooling at Dochgarroch in 1952. There were two teachers, Miss Melville who taught the 5 to 8 year olds and the Headmistress who taught from 8 years old until we left to go to Secondary School. The Headmistress was ...Read more
A memory of Dochgarroch in 1952 by
Tarentella Coffee Bar Happy Memories
I met my husband of 41 years back in the 60's, I lived in Shirley, a very new housing estate then, called Shrublands. We used to ride around Croydon and Norbury on his scooter and often visited the Tarentella ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1963 by
Greenford Gardens
We moved to 1 Greenford Gardens in 1936 from Northolt; it was a great place to grow up. Spent most of the time in Ravenor Park playing football/cricket, went to Bethams then Costons Junior with Mr Blount the Headmaster who ...Read more
A memory of Greenford in 1940 by
Patricroft, Liverpool Road.
Just over the bridge at approx 112 Liverpool Rd use to be a grocers shop which Joseph Schofield ran. He was Mayor of Eccles in 1904-06 approx and is my Great Uncle. Also attended the Whit Walks where we walked from ...Read more
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Captions
29,158 captions found. Showing results 3,553 to 3,576.
This photograph, looking west from the altar, gives a good impression of one of the glories of Nantwich's church – the wonderful carving detail in the choir.
The rocky knoll of Biskey Howe, rising abruptly above the built-up area of Bowness, has long been a favourite viewpoint – from here a large proportion of the lake is visible.
It stands on the north side of what is now the main A591, opposite the railway station.
Towards the west end of Fore Street, a gilded glass sign advertises Hepworths the tailors beyond Reuben Rogers` grocery stores (right).
The name of this small settlement on the slopes of Wansfell Pike between Windermere and the Kirkstone Pass means exactly what it says - 'the trout stream' - and it stands above a stream with the same name
The Troutbeck valley is one of the quietest in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district
The chamber of the House of Lords is prepared for Edward VII's first state opening of Parliament. The throne on the right is for Queen Alexandra.
Note the traditional checkerboard brickwork on the cottages to the right, which also appear to have been the subject of some infill building since the 18th century.
This rural scene, about a mile east of the city centre along Monks Road, is now much changed.
This is the interior of the 1881 addition to St Charles Borromeo church; the pictures on the walls show the stations of the cross.
Bolckow Road was the busy commercial centre of the Grangetown community, as we can see here from the wide selection of local shops and the parish church of St Matthew in the centre.
Councillor Frederick Monks of the Monks Hall Iron Foundry presented the Town Hall Gates to Warrington on Walking Day, 28 June 1895.
Warston Pictures proudly presents 'My Six Convicts' at its Cameo Cinema on the corner of Springfield Street, opposite Bank House (right.)
The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with
Continue east along London Road to Beaufort Buildings West and East, long gently curving terraces of 1791 to 1815.
Further downhill, at Fiveways, the road on the right is Fosse Lane. Here the Roman Fosse Way climbs out of the Avon valley to cross Banner Down on its way to Cirencester, the Roman town of Corinium.
Ramsey attained early importance with the foundation of its abbey in 969. It survived for around five hundred years until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century.
The Troutbeck valley is one of the quietest in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district can
The last of the Champneys family, Sir Thomas Mostyn, made many alterations to the park including the creation of the lake and a moat around the church.
A view of one of the beaches which look out over Galway Bay to County Clare and the limestone landscape of the Burren.
OPENED in 1904, Caldecott Park was designed by Mr Edward Thomas of Aughton, Lancashire, who won £20 for his plan (a triangular park with a large clump of trees in the centre) in a newspaper competition
The industrial and commercial parts of the town co-existed in a very confined space. The mill chimneys were an ever-present reminder of the source of the family's wagepacket.
The death of Henry I in 1135 saw England torn apart by civil war.
Here we have a splendidly detailed view of Godalming's High Street towards the end of the Victorian era.
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