Maps

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Memories

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Tramway Hirwaun

I lived in the Tramway at the lower end probably No.2 with my parents and my great-grandparents. My Dadchu worked in the tower as a coal-miner and was a Deacon, and well thought of in Hirwaun, I am told. My parents, Gordon and ...Read more

A memory of Hirwaun in 1956 by Steve Gilvear

Corts Ltd Of Cheapside

I've put "1948" as the date as that's about the earliest I remember Corts Ltd, on the corner of Cheapside and Silver Street in this photo. The ironmongers and builders merchants business (formerly Cort & Paul until ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1948 by John Ling

Walking Around Collessie In Late Spring

We came to live in the centre of Collessie nearly three years ago, and it is a beautiful, quiet hamlet that is truly untouched by the modern world that surrounds it. The village is a peaceful haven with a ...Read more

A memory of Collessie in 2012 by Lin Walton

What Was The Name Of The Hotel?

Please can somebody tell me the name of the hotel that was by the clock tower? It is no longer, but I am told that it was where the Vodafone shop now stands? Thank you

A memory of Rugby by Trudie Mc Ginnis

Happy Memories

We used to live in the grounds of Riddings House in the cottage to the left of the main house. The two cottages used as accommodation for the head and assistant gardeners. I used to go with my dad up into the clock tower to wind up ...Read more

A memory of Riddings in 1954

The Towers

I often remember walking past here on the way to visit my Auntie & Uncle Liz & Wull Marshall, they were actually my Dad's Uncle & Auntie. We lived up at the Hallows in Gallatown. I was born in 1947 and we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Kirkcaldy in 1958 by Billy Allan

The Coward Bowls

I was caned regularly by Mr Bowls. My mother came to see once and saw the welt marks on the back of my legs and another lad called David Hyde, she went down to his house and tried dragging the matron out, the matron was screaming ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1959 by Tom Winstanley

Hogarth Close

I remember Hogarth Close going up - it seemed out of place as all the rest of Bower Way was bungalows or modest 2-storey houses but with good-sized gardens. This was different - small gardens and lots of 3-storey buildings. I seem to remember it was built on the site of 2 big houses?

A memory of Cippenham by Paul Noyce

Felkirk Church

Felkirk Church was about five miles from Ryhill and was built long before the birth of Oliver Cromwell. There he used one of the stable yards which was adjacent to the church. Anyway in the year 1959 I was become a bell-ringer at ...Read more

A memory of Ryhill by Roland Mitchell

Thicket Cottage Stables

I believe the Mini Van parked by the clock tower belonged to my auntie, Masie Hockaday, who owned the Thicket Cottage Riding Stables in Houghton. She bought one of the first Minis off the production line. It ...Read more

A memory of Houghton in 1960

Captions

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Caption For Ilminster, Silver Street C1950

St Mary's Church, which rises behind the Dolphin Hotel, is renowned for its lavishly-decorated tower and impressive tie beam roof, both of which date from its rebuilding in the 15th century.

Caption For Southport, From Water Chute 1908

The tower in the picture was at the end of an aerial ride that carried passengers over the lake; the ride was closed and dismantled at the end of the 1911 season.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Castle 1908

The hollow circular tower is open to the elements, and provides a good home for hundreds of pigeons. It is over 100ft high, and is divided into four storeys.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Town View 1890

The castle can be clearly seen on the right of the picture and the tower of St Mary's with one of its clock faces to the centre of the picture on the horizon.

Caption For Raunds, Market Square C1955

The best feature of the town is undoubtedly the parish church with its lofty 13th-century tower. To the right is the George and Dragon pub.

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

On the extreme left in this photograph the pinnacles of the church's 120-foot Perpendicular central tower can be seen rising above the buildings.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street C1955

On the left is London Square, where the obelisk of the war memorial towers above all else.

Caption For Basingstoke, Church Street 1904

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

Caption For Salisbury, Bridge Street C1955

The Clock Tower, across the bridge, was built by a Doctor Roberts in 1893 on the site of the old County Gaol.The much older Infirmary beyond has since been converted to flats.

Caption For Harborne, St Peter's Church C1965

The red sandstone tower dates from the 15th century, and may itself have been a rebuild on the base of an earlier structure.

Caption For Sudbury, Market 1904

Outside St Peter's Church tower a crowd concentrates on the Punch and Judy show. There is a group of carriages parked to the left.

Caption For Gloucester, The Cathedral 1892

The splendid Norman tower of the cathedral rises above the roofs of the county town, forming an important part of the city's skyline.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall 1889

The spire on the ridge of the main roof no longer exists, and the tower now has a plain copper roof.

Caption For Steeton, The Tower C1955

This view is of The Tower, a crenellated gateway to the 17th-century High Hall, the village manor house. There is also a Low Hall at Steeton.

Caption For Seaham, Church Street C1955

The aisleless nave dates from the late 7th century, and the chancel and west tower from the early 13th century.

Caption For Acle, The Village C1955

The church is dedicated to St Edmund: it has a thatched nave roof and an octagonal top to its round tower.

Caption For Bedale, North End C1960

Bedale was granted its market charter by Henry III, and this view of the North End of the cobbled Market Place shows the 14th-century market cross standing on its six stone steps, with the impressive tower

Caption For Bishop's Waltham, The Church Of St Peter C1955

With its modern tower and spire rising 140 feet above Twyford, the handsome church looks out across woods and meadows towards the bank of the Itchen.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

Caption For Oxford, Christ Church Tom Tower 1890

Tom Tower is one of the college's most treasured architectural features, as well as a famous landmark on the Oxford skyline.

Caption For Eastham, The Church And Church Lane C1955

Parts of the first tower remain integral with the present church, which dates from 1574. A yew tree in the churchyard has been certified by dendrologists to be over one thousand years old.

Caption For New Sawley, Marina C1967

In the background can be seen the cooling towers and chimneys of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power stations.

Caption For Tillington, All Hallows Church 1912

The coronet design on the tower of All Hallows Church is the only one of its kind in Sussex, and rarely found throughout the country.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head 1949

The village church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is Norman in origin and was partially rebuilt during the 13th century.Within a few decades the church was extended; the west tower with its octagonal spire