Maps

181,045 maps found.

1899-1909, Middleton Ref. RNC779492
1897-1909, Paddington Ref. RNC799375
1899, Knowle Ref. RNC750506
1899-1909, Newbridge Ref. RNC790685
1899-1909, Newtown Ref. RNC792106
1902-1903, Normanton Ref. RNC792771
1922, Eastfield Ref. POP698538
1919, Coxford Ref. POP679685
1919, Cranmore Ref. POP681395
1919, Crownhill Ref. POP685007
1922, Etton Ref. POP702077
1919, Downend Ref. POP692670
1921, Clifton Ref. POP670659
1919, Colwell Ref. POP675872
1920, Brompton Ref. POP651655
1920, Soho Ref. POP833929
1921, Portobello Ref. POP809878
1921, Radford Ref. POP812712
1922, Newborough Ref. POP790650
1919, Newbridge Ref. POP790685

Books

7 books found. Showing results 937 to 7.

Memories

29,016 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

The Seagull

Back in the seventies I drove to Staines to visit my long lost Uncle Basil who I hadn’t seen since I was eight. I drove into Staines from London and asked a newsagent how to find his address. Upon arrival, I parked and knocked on the ...Read more

A memory of Staines by John Hardie

My First Saturday Job In Bhs, Hounslow

I had my very first ‘Saturday job’ working at BHS in Hounslow High Street in 1956. My wage packet at the end of the day was fourteen shillings and eight pence! We used to stand inside a counter in those days, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Carol Gaches

The Oriel, Racecourse And The Later 60 S

The racecourse was pretty much my home all my life, Kempton Avenue. Sorry, a bit of a personal ramble here mixed with my remeniscing about me to put into context; I was born in Ealing in 53 of Welsh family (5 older ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Nick Parr,

Schooldays In Dearne

It's incredible how one can recall memories from a remarkably long time ago. In fact, I still remember that on my fourth birthday, I received two identical birthday cards from different people. I can even remember the ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Dennis Ford

Childhood Memories

Just a few memories from when I lived in Althorne. We moved there from a very different way of living and were told we would find it hard to Fit in. Well in the summer holidays of September 77 we all turned up Mum Ann, Dad Brian, ...Read more

A memory of Althorne by Richard Day

My Memory Of Lyons Holiday Camp As A Child.

I was born in 1949 and lived next door to the camp on the council estate. Loved the summer times best as we would wander into the camp and often make friends with the other visiting children from all over the UK., So many happy memories of a wonderful childhood brought up in a holiday town.

A memory of Rhyl by John Roberts

Rosary Priory 1958 Ish To 1961ish

I was at Rosary Priory in the late 50 from age 5 until I was 9, I think. We lived in Elstree and were picked up in a double-decker each day. I remember Sr Dympna in the ‘kindergarten’ class and the boxes of grey ...Read more

A memory of Bushey Heath by Clare North

1970's Two Dales

Born and raised in Darley Dale, schooled at County primary on Greenaway Lane, where I met my best friend for life who lived on sydnope hill Two Dales, I fondly remember my Mum sending me on my pony to Mrs Wagstaff the local ...Read more

A memory of Two Dales

Childhood Memories Kessingland Late 80’s 90’s

So as a young child I would always go on holidays with my Nan and Grandad. We started going to Kessingland we had a small caravan {touring caravan} so I was very excited to go to a new place. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Kessingland by Cheryl Agius

Moree Way. A Different Life

Born in 1955, I'm told my first bed was in a chest of drawers. 2 rooms in Gilpin Cresc. With mum, dad and grandparents. Moved to Moree Way when Gilpin Cresc was due for slum clearance. Moree Way was built on the old Alcazar ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by Lynne Naylor

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Captions

29,161 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Belfast, Corn Market 1897

This street-name reminds us of Belfast the market town: the view looks from Arthur Square (another Chichester name).

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

The workaday appearance of the street shows how it had been overtaken by the success of the resort.

Caption For Ambleside, Windermere From Loughrigg 1912

This classic view of England's largest lake was taken from the south end of Loughrigg. Ambleside town is round the corner to the left.

Caption For Wisbech, The Clarkson Memorial 1901

The ladies on the left are perusing the windows of the Borough Studio, the photographic and picture framing business of J L Brown.

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 Burgh Le Marsh, The Church C1965

The church of St Peter and St Paul, another of the marshland churches, is located by the side of the A158 main road to Skegness - during the summer this is a very busy road indeed.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

Caption For Groby, Leicester Road C1960

The A50 bypass now divides the village from its castle, of which only the motte survives; the remainder was demolished in the later 12th century.

Caption For Winster, The Post Office C1960

One of the focal points of the scattered village of Winster, the Brown Horse is a well-known local hostelry.

Caption For Ranmore Common, The Post Office C1955

West of Dorking up on the chalk and just inboard of the North Downs escarpment, and west of the valley cut by the River Mole, is Ranmore Common.

Caption For Abingdon, Park Road 1925

The main east-west axis of the Albert Park estate is a tree-lined avenue, Park Road.

Caption For Normanton, High Street C1955

This is the main shopping area of the town; the architecture matches the period of rapid development after the railway arrived.

Caption For Southampton, The Royal Pier Pavilion 1908

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Caption For Guisborough, The Hall C1955

By the 1950s the south front of Gisborough Hall was covered in Boston ivy; it still is today, and looks stunning in the autumn.

Caption For Pontefract, Castle Entrance 1964

Pontefract Castle has played more than its fair share in some of the murkier episodes in England's history.

Caption For Edgehill, The Castle Inn 1922

As early as January 1643 a pamphlet had been published titled 'Apparitions and Prodigious Noyses of War and Battels seen on Edge Hill near Keinton in Warwickshire'.

Caption For Penrith, St Andrew's Church, The Giant's Grave 1893

The 'Giant's Grave' in St Andrew's churchyard is a collection of two badly-weathered 10th-century cross-shafts and four Norse 'hogback' tombstones.

Caption For East Molesey, Steamboats In The Lock 1896

The enormous popularity of messing about on the River Thames during the Victorian era is demonstrated in this scene of the crowded lock at Molesey, just upstream from Hampton Court; it had been linked

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Convalescent Home 1899

This rare photograph shows the interior of the convalescent home at the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, The Sands 1906

In this view of Marske beach, with the distinctive cliffs of Huntcliffe in the distance, there appears to be some form of camp being held on the sands with a row of distinctive wigwam-like

Caption For Exmouth, The Miniature Railway C1960

All of this area of the sea front is now part of the Exmouth Fun Park, a modest theme park for the young and not so young who want a break from the miles of sandy beaches.

Caption For Larne, Main Street 1900

An excellent view of Boyd's souvenir shop, situated in Larne's Main Street. A wide range of knick-knacks of all descriptions are waiting for customers.

Caption For Barry, Knap Boating Lake C1960

Knap is located in the quieter area of Barry, and here we see a very genteel-looking boating lake. Barry was to become one of the busiest of resorts on the south coast of post-war Wales.

Caption For Winchester, Church Of St Cross 1919

A great deal of money was spent on the buildings of this charitable foundation.