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View Down Onto Umberleigh Bridge, Showing Village Square

It is with great interest we see your picture of the village square, showing what is now the Post Office and largest post code sorting office in England. It also shows the Regency Gables Tea ...Read more

A memory of Umberleigh by Frank Adey

The Cadena Cafe

This shot of the High Street presents the signage for the Cadena Cafe, a chain of national cafes (in the 'Lyon's' mould) where shoppers met for coffee and light meals. I have fond memories of visiting the cafe with family and friends, ...Read more

A memory of Worcester by Chris Hardwick

The Town Hall Steps

When I was very young I can remember that my mother used to let me run up and down the town hall steps.

A memory of Llantwit Major in 1975 by Ceri Bosley

Wonderful Times Spent With My Grandparents

My mother and her family are from Stiffkey. I was christened in the Stiffkey church in September of 1965. My grandparents lived at Camping Hill and I was always visiting them. I have lovely memories of their ...Read more

A memory of Stiffkey in 1965 by Sarah Brooks

1970's And 1980's East Ham Memories

I left East Ham behind around 1983 for Essex, my mother and father told me we were moving because East Ham was changing, becoming dirty and run down, I was devastated. Recently I have met up with old class mates ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1983

Early Childhood

After retiring from the RAF, my father was with Air Ministry Constabulary and we moved to Stanwix in 1938 when my father was posted to 4 MU. We lived in Knowe Park Avenue and I attended Stanwix School. My sister attended the Margaret ...Read more

A memory of Stanwix in 1930 by Lorna Jennings

Living In Chilton

My family moved to Chilton Foliat and took over the "Old Post Office". I was still young then and went to the old school run by Mr & Mrs Hassall who lived next door to the school. Two classrooms and very fond memories. At ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1964 by Steve Elliott

My Memories Of Burnt House Farm Alfriston Circa 1938

I remember being taken down to Alfriston in the 1930s before the Second World War. My great-aunt and great-uncle, Polly and Arthur Newell, had a smallholding on the downs, about half a mile from ...Read more

A memory of Alfriston by Margaret Mosley

Bungay And Woodton

Early years - Nurse Britton was a friend as she was to most I believe. I was too young to be exact with memories but my gran lived opposite Whitemans shop which got hit by a bomb in the Second World War. I remember the garage which ...Read more

A memory of Bungay in 1951 by Gerald Wase

Fond Memories

I think it was around this time (1993) that I attended St Clots! I was sent there as I had been enjoying, to date, my time at bording school in Berkshire. My mother and my auntie had spent many many happy years here when my ...Read more

A memory of Lechlade on Thames in 1993 by Kate Norris

Captions

2,242 captions found. Showing results 1,273 to 1,296.

Caption For Crewe, Market Street 1956

This shot was taken at the southern end of Market Street, which leads to that area of town that was traditionally the main shopping centre.

Caption For Havant, East Street C1960

Today the varied selection of shops down this street includes a ski shop. Havant Arts Centre and Havant Museum are also to be found here.

Caption For Slad, Steanbridge Lane 1910

Down the lane which passes behind it and leads to the right is the pond in which, in Cider with Rosie, the body of the unfortunate Miss Flynn was discovered floating.

Caption For Abergavenny, From Near The Station 1893

The stone half way down the other side of the road marked the entry to Mill Lane which led to Mill Street, the main entry road to the town for many centuries.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

Its position above London Bridge - the successful docks were all in broader reaches down-river - led to its inevitable decline.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Lodge 1906

Down the lane to the left, on the other side of the castle green, is Northgate and Doomsdale, the prison which included among its inmates the Catholic martyr St Cuthbert Mayne, the Quaker George Fox, and

Caption For Dublin, St. Patricks Cathedral, Nave East 1897

A view taken from the west entrance, looking straight down the nave to the east window. St Patrick's is the largest church in Ireland, and this picture demonstrates its spacious proportions.

Caption For London, Regent Street C1890

creation was compromised by poor building work, but all agreed that Nash conjured for this region of the West End a genteel and polished atmosphere that has considerably added to its prosperity down

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

Its position above London Bridge - the successful docks were all in broader reaches down-river - led to its inevitable decline.

Caption For Holywell, High Street 1959

Much of the prosperity of the town derived from the nearby Greenfield Valley.

Caption For Sudbury, The Mill 1904

The tall silo above the granary fed grain down the chute and over the road into the mill. The chimney, silo and granary hoist have all gone.

Caption For Llangennith, General Stores And Church C1965

According to legend St Kennith was sent down the river Loughor in a coracle, landed on Worm's Head and founded a monastery at Llangennith.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Holy Trinity Church 1914

This was rescued during renovation work in the 1860s - it had been used, face down, to repair paving.

Caption For Langham, Well Street C1950

Can you see the sign of the Noel Arms further down on the left, and the Wheatsheaf on the right? Dulcie Ellingworth was headmistress here.

Caption For Skinningrove, The Jetty C1955

A railway line ran directly from the works down an incline and along the jetty to make the transfer of material into the ships an easy operation.

Caption For Alton, Ashdell 1928

By 1928, the Rustic Bridge seen in photo 40743 had been taken down. The two houses on the left were owned by Spicer Brothers, who owned the paper mill, and were called Orps Mill Cottages.

Caption For Newquay, Towan Beach 1901

Towan Beach is the closest to the town centre; here, wheeled bathing machines have been drawn down to the edge of the sea, while a few beach tents and deckchairs are also provided for visitors

Caption For Seathwaite, Stockley Bridge 1889

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

Stickle Ghyll, which flows down from Stickle Tarn, passes under the bridge in this view, which looks towards the 2,403 ft summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the pikes.

Caption For Conwy, High Street And Castle Hotel C1955

As the High Street runs down toward the medieval town wall gate and through to the harbour, the influence of Robert Wynn's Plas Mawr can be seen in the transomed stone mullions of the Castle

Caption For Bardsea, The Beach 1895

Formerly, it was a sea mill: the tide entered the pool, now ornamental, above it and then drained back down again. The building is now much altered in appearance.

Caption For London, National Gallery C1960

Since 2003 traffic has been banned from the front, and wide steps now lead down into the square.

Caption For Sonning, Village 1904

This view looks east down Pearson Street, with the High Street off to the left just past the cart..

Caption For Luccombe, The Village 1901

Down in this very picturesque village, the cottage beyond the lych gate has the village hall attached at the far end, all beneath a continuous thatched roof.