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Memories

8,147 memories found. Showing results 281 to 290.

Edgecoombe, Selsdon 1957 61

I remember Selsdon well as my family lived at 68 Edgecoombe, the long road on the opposite side of the wood at Selsdon not to be confused with Selsdon Woods. We had two ways to get to Selsdon shops. Through the woods ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Martin Brookes

Stubbington 1955 1960

I arrived accompanied by my father in 1955 not really knowing what to expect as I had been born and brought up in Jersey, which in those days was rather different to the mainland. My father, uncle and grandfather had all ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by paul.mercer01

The Blue Cap Hotel

My Grandparents Jack and Edna Williams ran The Blue Cap Hotel in Sandiway during my youth and my fondest memories are there, of Rooms 6 and 7, which would be allocated to my sister and I during our stays. There were garages out ...Read more

A memory of Sandiway in 1964 by Anita Healey

A Search For Ancestors

I’ve just visited Buttermere to look at the little church where my ancestors (Annetts and Cummins families) would have attended during the Victorian era. A quaint little church set in the valley down a bridle way. ...Read more

A memory of Buttermere by D Toovey

Sarc Florence Road And More

Woolston seems to have played quite a big part in the history of our family, so it's appropriate I guess that as an adult I have ended up living here with my Husband!! It started as far back as my great great great ...Read more

A memory of Woolston by Tracy Thurman

First Love

I met my husband, who was my first boyfriend, at Walsall and Staffs Technical College in 1970, we would often go into the George for a drink at lunchtimes. It holds special memories for us both, still together after 33 years of marriage, and we were horrified when they pulled it down.

A memory of Walsall in 1970 by Chris Hampton

Stranger In A Foreign Land

Hello, I am just a a visitor to Coseley I came in the late 1980’s and stayed here ever since. I went to the Coseley Secondary School during that time and loved every moment. Yeah, as always there were some disputes along the ...Read more

A memory of Coseley by Matthew Scriven

Plymstock Memories Late 1950s

Having moved out of Plymouth, and awaiting a new build house off Dunstone Road, I lived for a while at my grandparent's house on Dean Hill whilst attending Goosewell Infants. At that time Dean Hill was a tranquil leafy ...Read more

A memory of Plymstock

High Wycombe 1956 On

I was born in the Shrubbery Nursing home in 1956. I grew up in Lane End, about 5 miles away. I have photos of me looking awful in baggy knickers on the Rye (the park in Wycombe town) as a toddler. There was a play area on ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Vicky Searle

Hatch End Shops In The 1960''s

I lived in Hatch End from 1956 until I went up to Manchester in 1966, so I got to know my local shops both as a helpful schoolboy running errands for my mum to MacPhails the greengrocer and later as a teenager buying ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1960 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

2,242 captions found. Showing results 673 to 696.

Caption For White Colne, From The Green C1955

This road makes its way down to a bridge over the River Colne, from which this village also takes its name.

Caption For Shrewsbury, Butcher Row 1924

The timbers in the Abbot's House, as this building is known, have recently been dated - the trees were cut down in 1457.

Caption For Appletreewick, Main Street C1955

We are looking down the Main Street of the charmingly-named hamlet of Appletreewick in Wharfedale, with the prominent 1,550ft fell of Simon's Seat in the background.

Caption For Liskeard, Dean Terrace 1890

This smart terrace of houses stands just down the hill from picture No 32349, on the western approach to the town.

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas Hill 1906

We are looking down this attractive street to the St Thomas and Newport part of Launceston, where the old church tower is just visible.

Caption For Horndean, The Windmill C1965

Chalton Down Mill was a brick tower windmill located on a remote hill top overlooking the main London to Portsmouth road. It was powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail.

Caption For Cranford, The Berkeley Arms C1965

Their great house was pulled down in the 1930s, and only a few tombs in the parish church are there to remind us of how powerful this local family once were.

Caption For Barnstaple, St Mary's Church 1919

With numbers of worshippers falling dramatically, and the prospect of the inner relief road being built, it was knocked down in 1980: a sadly short life for such a wonderful building, as this interior

Caption For Croyde, Bay And Baggy Point 1936

This view is taken from Saunton Down over the popular holiday beach at Croyde. In the field below, the wheat is harvested and placed in stooks to dry. This was before combine harvesters were used.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, 1892

This expansive view down the valley of Great Langdale shows Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) and Gimmer Crag prominent on the skyline.

Caption For Coltishall, 1902

Since the 18th century, substantial houses have been built with gardens leading down to the river, alongside the main road which runs parallel to but out of sight of the river.

Caption For Camberley, Station 1908

We are in Heathcote Road, looking down the High Street, with the grounds of the Staff College visible in the background.

Caption For Rhayader, The River Wye C1935

The Wye frames the town centre, running in a loop around the western and southern sides.

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, The Memorial C1955

Poulton Laundry has gone, and the Methodist church (far right) has been pulled down—the new church is on Queensway.

Caption For Chailey Green, The Village C1965

The Old Etchingham Arms in the centre of the photograph had to be rebuilt in the 1900s after its predecessor burnt down.

Caption For Eastbourne, Western Lawns 1910

The town climbs increasingly steeply away from the sea to the west of the Wish Tower, with an expansive green- sward, known as the Western Lawns, between the much lower promenade and the buildings fronting

Caption For Sawston, High Street C1965

The Co-op (left) now houses a fish and chip shop, and the small garage (right) just down from the Fox pub has gone, to be replaced by modern shops.

Caption For Leyburn, High Street C1955

A little further down is F Ward the boot maker's shop.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, Looking South C1960

Looking down the steep Main Street of Robin Hood's Bay, across the pantiled roofs of the picturesque village to the sweeping curve of the bay and the headland of Old Peak or South Cheek in the background

Caption For Goodwood, The Racecourse 1904

High on the South Downs, an enthusiastic crowd, many of whom have cycled up the steep hill to the Trundle, enjoy the atmosphere of 'Glorious Goodwood', a week of racing that still begins on the last Tuesday

Caption For Reeth, The Village C1960

Another view of Reeth, looking down across the gritstone-slabbed roofs of the cottages of the village, which was another important lead mining centre during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Barnstaple, Trinity Church And River 1935

Billy Moore's Boat Station - across the water - was built on a raft which floated up and down with the tide.

Caption For Liskeard, St Keyne's Well 1906

This carefully-posed photograph shows the site of this historic well, which is situated a little way down a lane from St Keyne village in the East Looe valley.

Caption For Tadcaster, High Street C1955

It is a quiet day in Tadcaster's High Street as a cyclist pedals unconcernedly down the middle of the road.