Maps

181,006 maps found.

1892, Lydiate Ref. HOSM52950
1907, Seaforth Ref. HOSM58762
1892, Liversedge Ref. HOSM51708
1886, Tafolwern Ref. HOSM61159
1885, Llandeilo Ref. HOSM34806
1885, Manordeilo Ref. HOSM53086
1899, Llandudno Ref. HOSM34810
1899, Esgyryn Ref. HOSM58798
1904, Brynhoffnant Ref. HOSM39321
1887, Horeb Ref. HOSM48920
1904, Pontgarreg Ref. HOSM56943
1888, Felindre Ref. HOSM71196
1905, Penceiliogi Ref. HOSM56285
1887, Bachau Ref. HOSM41429
1887, Tryfil Ref. HOSM51800
1899, Newborough Ref. HOSM70790
1900, Llanfechain Ref. HOSM51842
1904, Star Ref. HOSM60365
1887, Bodffordd Ref. HOSM38193
1909, Llwynmawr Ref. HOSM52160

Books

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Memories

29,054 memories found. Showing results 2,351 to 2,360.

A Wartime Child

I was born in 1935 at 25 Cambridge Road, maiden name Lee. There were six of us, parents, 2 older sisters, Beryl and Gwen, and grandmother. I remember many of the shops from the late 30's to the early 50's when we moved to Surrey. ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1930 by Margaret Waddingham

Mr Laidlaw

I read a post from STEVEN LAIDLAW asking if I/we remember his grandfather who owned a building company. Yes, Steven, I remember it well and I believe the entrance to his yard is still there in St. Albans Road, but I'm not sure. Mr ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet by Roland Wood

Pontrhydyrun Avondale Road

I am Roger Davies of 11 Avondale Road, DOB 19.09.43.  Went to Sebastopol Infants school 1948 and then to Griffithstown Junior Mixed - Bryn Jones prior to 11+ !  West Mon 1954. - Harrison, Garnet, et al.  Recall ...Read more

A memory of Pontrhydyrun in 1948 by Roger Davies

The Roxy

Saturday mornings at The Roxy, Barkerend Road, Bradford were a magical event in the lives of 8 year olds plus in the 1950's. The film breaking down which it did every week to the sounds of a hundred kids stamping and yelling and booing. ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1953 by Diane Leytham

Grocers Shop In Middleham

I used to stay with a friend in the 1950's in Middleham. Her parents had a grocers shop in the square and her father also had a mobile shop which he went round rural areas with. They also had a few hens and cows. Her ...Read more

A memory of Middleham in 1956 by Alma Blackburn

Binstead In The Big Freeze 1962 63

I was born in Newnham Road Binstead in 1955 and have happy memories of the freedom of living there. Being able to walk to Binstead school and walking alone to my godmother's farm (Newnham Farm) looking for bird's ...Read more

A memory of Binstead in 1963 by Robert Hall

Shops

I suspect this is a little earlier than 1960 (but after 1956) the first building on the right was the offices of "Waugh Brummell and Barron" later Waugh & Co Solicitors and still going strong. The original Waughs were prominent in the ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath

Buses

I cannot recall this single-decker Leyland bus on the 29 Route from Lewes. It is worth noting that up to the 1950s most of the local bus routes were serviced by single and double decker laylands (with even a few pre-war 'Gilfords') but the ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath

Bus Station

It could be an AEC double decker that is running into the bus station in this picture. I think it could be a little later than 1950 because of the 'embryo' roundabout, but not much because of the single decker leyland on the station ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath

Narrow Boat 'bellatrix'.

This is a photograph of me as a young man operating my passenger carrying narrow boat 'Bellatrix', trading as Midland Navigation Packet Boat Service. 'Bellatrix' is a traditional narrow boat built in 1935 at Yarwoods of Northwich.

A memory of Kinver by Claire Allen

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 5,641 to 5,664.

Caption For Boxford, Swan Street C1955

The Victorian stepped gables, porch and Tudor-style windows of Old Castle House beyond mask a timber building of c1600. The adjoining Victoria Cottage with round-topped windows is dated 1839.

Caption For Hampton Court, Guard Chamber 1890

The King's Guard Chamber contains one of the world's greatest displays of weaponry.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Perrymount Road C1965

The street lighting has been upgraded, though the gradient of the road still forced the cyclist to dismount to push his bike.

Caption For Thorpe Arnold, St Mary's Church C1955

This small elevated village lies about a mile to the north-east of Melton Mowbray on the A607 Grantham road.

Caption For Par, Beach Huts 1938

The huts are arranged just above the high tide mark along the length of Par Beach. Much of the sand has been derived from waste entering the bay from mines and china clay works inland.

Caption For Marlow, The Lock 1890

The pound lock replaced the hazardous flash locks in the middle of the weir in 1773.

Caption For Cockfosters, The Underground Station, Cockfosters Road C1965

Simply elegant, this is the last of a superb series of 1930s underground stations extending along the northern section of the Piccadilly Line, including Arnos Grove, Southgate and Oakwood, all designed

Caption For Buntingford, The Causeway 1923

The Causeway leads from the town of Buntingford to the original, and now derelict, parish church of St Bartholomew, Layston.

Caption For Worsley, The Delph 1896

This view looks towards one of the entrances to the series of underground canals that extended to the Duke's pits at Walkden.

Caption For Halesworth, Market Place C1955

Just north of the village is Brewery House, home of Sir William Hooker and his son Joseph.

Caption For Ramsgate, Parade And New Road 1901

Part of Ramsgate's famous fleet of fishing smacks are moored in the inner harbour.

Caption For Quorn, C1965

A swan cruises on the river as it curves into the east side of the village, running by a municipalised garden of finely-mown grass, and a statutory wooden seat carefully placed under the only tree of consequence

Caption For Torquay, Abbey Crescent 1896

The elegant Abbey Crescent was built in 1858 in anticipation of the opening of the nearby railway station the following year.

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral 1897

Christchurch is the mother cathedral of the Church of Ireland. It is situated a short distance west of Trinity College.

Caption For Watlington, Town Hall C1955

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.

Caption For Penally, Giltar Point And Sands C1955

Giltar Point is an expanse of limestone projecting out into the sea at the end of Tenby's South Beach.

Caption For Abergavenny, 1898

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

Caption For Bushley, Post Office C1960

Almost in Gloucestershire, Bushley lies but a couple of miles from Tewkesbury.

Caption For Staveley, The Village C1955

The township of Staveley-in- Cartmel is part of a civil parish of the same name. The name 'Staveley' means 'a woodland clearing where staves were to be found'.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

Chideock, usually pronounced without the 'e', stands rooted in history along the line of an old stagecoach route.

Caption For Emery Down, 1904

Cattle graze on Emery Down's green in the early years of the last century, a more familiar sight then than now.

Caption For Penistone, The Shopping Centre C1960

Here we see the changing face of the Co-op.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace 1897

The Palace is situated upon the south shore of Linlithgow Loch. King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

Under the Griffin Hotel signboard, and in the midst of the dominating chain stores and offices, Jackson's barber's shop still shows a traditional striped pole.