Search Results

The young men by the bike outside seem to be in uniform, so they probably came from the airbase.

King Charles II came here September 23rd 1651.' The Town Hall (top left) was designed by William Tyler in 1785. An Austin 7 Tourer (left) is parked in front of the Morris Commercial delivery van.

Spring water in cans at 5 old pence was hawked about the streets by one enterprising native before piped water came.

It had an added fame in those years when the flight of steps provided an open-air dais for speakers on religion, politics and strike action.

The castle eventually passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.

The ancient ports of Wardleys and Skippool near Hambleton Creek handled slaves and ships from Russia. 19th-century visitors to the creek came for 'Hambleton hookings', large mussels which sometimes contained

The one on the left was built in 1904- 05, when electricity came to Surbiton, so it was given the name Electric Parade.

The one on the left was built in 1904- 05, when electricity came to Surbiton, so it was given the name Electric Parade.

The Westminster Bank and the Dixon Arms were both there to serve the farmers who came to the market.

It then moved to Silver Street, and finally came to rest here in 1904. The low brick building, with Ketton stone facings, cost £8,000.

Queen Elizabeth II came and re-opened the restored, re-designed Mechanics Institute on 12 November 1987.

They came up with 'bungalets', a concept that the planners preferred as an alternative to chalets, a building type from the 1930s whose image was unfashionable.

This massive increase came from those seeking work in the town's coal mines, both from other parts of Wales, industrial and rural, and from the west of England, particularly Somerset and the Forest of

This led to Sir Stafford Cripps demanding the nationalisation of the industry, which ultimately came in 1947. Gresford Colliery closed in 1973.

The grandiose scheme came to nothing as the First World War intervened, and the remains of the Old Fox lay rotting in Victoria Park.

Sir Joseph came from the nearby village of Revesby, and the plants he brought back from his journey with Captain Cook formed Kew Gardens.

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten. Here we see the main street.

One of Chirk's more unusual claims to fame is that it was once besieged by its owner.

Mayhem ensued when it came to paying the bill, for each party believed itself the guest of the other.

This village near Midhurst was built mainly to house employees of the Cowdray Estate, famed for the landscaped park and polo playing.

Steel work came from the US; it had been intended for a wartime GMC plant making B29 bombers. New block AA was among the largest steel frame structures of the day.

Tottington's unusual claim to fame is that it is one of the most northerly places to have suffered a hit from a German V1 flying bomb, or Doodlebug, during the Second World War.

The monument to the left of the church came from the 1851 Great Exhibition.

Eventually, having run out of food, she came out. All were dead except for just one man.