Maps

1,622 maps found.

1903, Pippin Street Ref. RNC806517
1899, Plot Street Ref. RNC807623
1899-1901, Rye Street Ref. RNC823240
1898-1899, Saddle Street Ref. RNC823446
1899-1901, Shimpling Street Ref. RNC830207
1898-1899, Monk Street Ref. RNC782534
1898, Hole Street Ref. RNC737838
1919, Belchalwell Street Ref. POP637597
1921, Black Street Ref. POP642131
1921, Chestnut Street Ref. POP667599
1919, Churchgate Street Ref. POP668638
1920, Cop Street Ref. POP677130
1921, Boughton Street Ref. POP646774
1919, Bread Street Ref. POP649152
1921, Bridge Street Ref. POP650000
1920, Elder Street Ref. POP700333
1921, Eyhorne Street Ref. POP702491
1921, Dane Street Ref. POP688464
1920, David Street Ref. POP688913
1920, Donkey Street Ref. POP692018

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 421 to 430.

Happy Days

I lived in Cobden Road behind the fire station and went to school first at Mayville Road and my first teacher's name was Mrs Frith? Then I was transfered to Davies Lane because I lived on the wrong side of the high street. Finally ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by Keith Matthews

Wartime Evacuee 1939 1940

In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more

A memory of Caton in 1930 by James Maurice Blackford

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

Somewhere In Buckland

Round about 1840 my widowed great, great grandmother Hannah, and her son Joseph were brewers in Buckland. But unless any Buckland resident knows of the history of the village I shall never know where exactly. The ...Read more

A memory of Buckland by Barry W J Chandler

Fab Times

I always remember our Mum and Dad taking my brother Jimmy and myself to St Combs, staying with Mrs Buchan and No 3. High Street. She was the nicest lady in the world, but deaf unfortunately. We would go for walks along the beach, ...Read more

A memory of St Combs in 1870 by Ann Craib

Jtbells

This is the year I started on the building sites in 1963, I got a job on J. T. Bell's site in Whickam, the site hadn't been running long then as it was in the first stage. All the lads were mainly from Newburn, Lemington, and Throckley. If ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1963 by Jimmy Burrows

Brian Tutt

This should be of interest, I hope. I attended Roper Street C of E Primary School from 1944 to1947, Head teacher, Mr Hatt and class teacher Miss Sexton. Brian Tutt was in this class. Sadly he contracted Polio in 1947 and was kept alive ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1940 by Dorothy Brooks

Penrhiwceiber Road

Looking on the left, just below 'Ceiber Hall' was a grocery shop, I think where the white blind is down, caled 'the Meadow Stores'. My brother Desmond James started work there as an errand boy delivering goods to the ...Read more

A memory of Penrhiwceiber in 1955 by Brian James

Pound Street

My first main job on leaving school (Shaw House) was as a tea boy-dogsbody at H C James timber and builders merchants in Pound Street. For quite a while I cycled daily from Highclere Castle, approx 4 miles, it took me just over half ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1956 by Percival Mills

How Times Have Changed

Looking back at old photographs Harwich & Dovercourt has certainly changed, the Phoenix Hotel is no longer, it has been replaced by luxury flats, the train ferry service has closed, the High Street seems like a ghost ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt by Steve Delves

Captions

5,381 captions found. Showing results 1,009 to 1,032.

Caption For Newcastle Upon Tyne, Approach To Tyne Bridge C1955

This is a classic view of Neville Street, with the entrance to the Central Station on the left and St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in the background.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Church Street 1952

Church Street leads down to St. Mary-le-Gill church.

Caption For Weybridge, The View From Monument Green C1965

Street lighting has been improved, and there are seats from which to enjoy the scene.

Caption For Herstmonceux, Gardner Street C1965

Round the bend, past the old garage, the A271 continues as Gardner Street, the main shopping street of the village.

Caption For Leatherhead, Bridge Street C1955

We are looking up Bridge Street past the North Street junction.

Caption For Dartford, High Street 1902

Dartford is an ancient market-town which grew into a busy industrial centre on the River Darent, at the point where it was crossed by the Roman Watling Street, parts of which lie buried four feet beneath

Caption For Rye, Watchbell Street 1901

This delightful street is named after the watch bell which hung here and was rung to warn inhabitants of approach- ing French raids.

Caption For London, St Paul's Cathedral From Fleet Street C1950

Here Fleet Street runs gently downhill towards Ludgate Circus in the River Fleet valley. Ludgate Hill starts under the railway bridge.

Caption For Redbourn, High Street C1955

It was along this street that the men of the town swarmed in 1381 towards St Albans. They demanded and received a charter protecting their right of pasture, fisheries and so on.

Caption For Dartford, High Street 1902

Dartford is an ancient market-town which grew into a busy industrial centre on the River Darent, at the point where it was crossed by the Roman Watling Street, parts of which lie buried four feet beneath

Caption For Wellingborough, Market Street C1955

Market Street is now pedestrianised. The Lloyds Bank building on the right has been renovated, though the exterior is similar. The Crown to the right of it is now a building society.

Caption For Gloucester, Eastgate Street C1960

He is facing Westgate Street. Dorothy Perkins store is immediately behind him. Hardy's store is prominent; it was a well-known business retailing furniture.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Long Street 1903

Six years after picture No 39384 was taken, the most notable change to the view lies in the resurfacing and repair of the pavements and guttering on both sides of the street.

Caption For Wonersh, The Village C1955

South-east of Shalford, Wonersh has an old core with some fine timber-framed houses, including the 16th-century Grantley Arms pub; there are more old houses along the winding The Street, which starts

Caption For Calne, Newcroft Road C1960

According to the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, about 50 private houses were built in Bryans Close Road in the angle of North Street and Oxford Road in 1930.

Caption For Chard, Fore Street 1907

At the bottom end of Fore Street, on the right, is another Elizabethan building: the old Grammar School of 1583, with its tall porch bay, now part of Chard School.

Caption For Hoo, The Village C1955

In this picture, the camera is looking down Church Street from High Street (renamed Stoke Road in 1959).

Caption For Sunderland, Fawcett Street 1890

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Square 1903

The other exit - left of centre - is Lichdon Street. Note that electric street lighting is already in place, only a few months after the Barnstaple Corporation Electricity Works was opened.

Caption For Farnham, The Spinning Wheel 1913

In the main street of The Borough, and facing on to Castle Street as it runs up to the south side of the castle, this early 17th-century, half-timbered building with its complex pattern of quatrefoils

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1912

This picture was taken eastwards from the north side of East Street, from Mrs Alice E Gale's musical instrument emporium and fancy repository on the corner with Barrack Street (left).

Caption For Dorking, High Street C1955

Dorking's High Street is a most attractive one, but nowadays it is considerably more traffic-choked than it was in the 1950s.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street C1885

Originally a narrow street of shops, houses and workshops, the redevelopment and widening of Market Street took place between 1822 and 1834 at a cost in excess of £250,000.

Caption For Gravesend, King Street 1902

Caddell's Printing Office at number 1, King Street, just visible on the extreme left and next door to the Jackson Brothers' drapery store, was founded by John Samuel Caddell, a stationer, bookbinder,