Photos

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Maps

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1920, Maida Vale Ref. POP771936
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1921, Little Chester Ref. POP757045
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Books

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Memories

29,054 memories found. Showing results 6,141 to 6,150.

Greengate And Irwell Rubber

Hi Mate. You wrote under Greengate and Irwell banner. During the late 1940s, I worked at The Salford Electrial Instrument works in Silk Street. Many a day I walked to Victoria Rail Station via Greengate on my way home to ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Donald Isherwood

Bbc Documentary About Harold Hill

The BBC is looking at the day that Margaret Thatcher introduced the 'Right to Buy' scheme, allowing people in council houses to buy their own homes. The film will look at the benefits for several million people ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1979 by Real Life Media

Drayton Family Of Odcombe

My family the Draytons lived in Montacute for most of the 1800's. The lived quite a lot of their life in Bishopstone St. If anyone has any more information about what Montacute was like in those times, or about Townsend Poor House Cottages, I'd love to hear from you. Elissa

A memory of Montacute by Elissa Aldous Hughes

Beautiful Quiet Abercych.

I was born in Abercych in 1930 but went to Swansea in 1934. When I qualified as a pharmacist in 1952 I went abroad to work, in Central Africa (N. Rhodesia and then Nyasaland) then the Gilbert & Ellice Islads in the ...Read more

A memory of Parrog in 1930 by Thomas Davies

My Ancestors Lived In Borth Y Gest

My Great Great Grandfather had a shipyard in Borth-y-Gest. I believe there were four shipbuilders there and he was one of these. His name was William Griffith and he lived in Glyn Terrace, Borth y Gest. That ...Read more

A memory of Borth-y-Gest in 1860 by Barbara Smith

The Odeon, Hounslow West 1940

I remember going to the Odeon every Saturday morning, it cost 6d (about 2 new pence). We used to go to the 'pictures', as it was called then, as a family most weeks, and I well remember coming out at the end of the film ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1940 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

Mc Larens Of Waterlooville

My great uncle Bob (Robert McLaren) had a corn-chandler's shop in London Road. Great grandfather Donald McLaren (Bob's brother) was Head Gardener at The Grange, Havant, where he lived with my grandmother Violet Pearl ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1940 by Jean Sylvia Williams

Singleborough Memory

My paternal grandparents built their retirement home in the early 1950s. They were true cockneys & fulfilled a dream to retire to the country. I visited twice from NZ in 1962 & 1966 with my new husband. His abiding ...Read more

A memory of Singleborough in 1966

Old Times At Portland

When old farmer used to have fields down bottom of Pound Piece he used to make hut out of hay bundles of hay. Now they have built houses on it, and when the farmer used to have cows in the field next to Park estate road now ...Read more

A memory of Portland in 1958 by Tpb Hall

Mucky Duck And The Bugle Horn

I used to pedal my service-issue bike from RAF Swinderby to the village to meet friends I made there at the Bugle Horn for a couple of hours every month, and have a few with my service colleagues from the flight line ...Read more

A memory of Bassingham in 1962 by Keith Bell

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 14,737 to 14,760.

Caption For Great Ellingham, The Mill C1960

The tower of the corn windmill dominates the picture despite having lost its sails and cap.

Caption For Horning, The Ferry Inn C1960

Horning is one of the prettiest villages in Broadland: almost all the houses along the river have waterways and boathouses of their own.

Caption For Moorsholm, The Church C1960

A substantial stone building of pleasing proportions, with a matching boundary wall, St Mary's Church was built in 1892 and stands on the High Street.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1906

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

Caption For Newport, High Street 1892

Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.

Caption For Woolacombe, The Bay 1911

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.

Caption For Lowestoft, The South Pier Reading Room 1896

Lowestoft's Claremont pier was not built until 1903 - prior to that, the southern breakwater of the harbour built by Samuel Morton Peto was adapted as a pier, giving visitors the contrast of fishing harbour

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Promenade 1923

Here, in another view of the Promenade, we see the large five- storey houses, built in distinctive white 'Pease' brick, many of which operated as small private hotels or boarding houses

Caption For Scarborough, The Beach C1960

In the shadow of the Lord Nelson Hotel and the lifeboat house, a century on from the first day-trippers, some of the surroundings have altered, fashions have changed and deckchairs are in abundance, but

Caption For Lytham, 'the Minstrels' 1914

A photograph like this would be impossible to take in the 21st century, but this band of troupers provided many happy hours of innocent enjoyment for residents and visitors alike.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church And War Memorial 1931

A view of St Marys church in 1931, with the War Memorial in the foreground. In 1752, the Rewd William Cole wrote that the tower was `one of the most clumsy and heavy ones I ever saw`.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The River Thurne C1955

This general view of the river near Potter Heigham bridge clearly illustrates the flat and treeless banks of the river.

Caption For Oxford, On The Cherwell 1912

Hemmed in by a circle of hills and built on a gravel bank between the Thames Isis and the River Cherwell, Oxford creates the impression of sitting on an island.

Caption For Hull, Market Place 1903

To the right is the Cross Keys Hotel, but the most famous of all is Ye Old White Harte Inn, where the Governor and other leading citizens of Hull took the decision not to let King Charles I enter the city

Caption For Hull, Market Place 1903

To the right is the Cross Keys Hotel, but the most famous of all is Ye Old White Harte Inn, where the Governor and other leading citizens of Hull took the decision not to let King Charles I enter the city

Caption For Canterbury, St John's Hospital Gateway 1898

Here we see the half-timbered gatehouse of the Hospital of St John, founded by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1084 and the second oldest medieval almshouse in England, which stands in Northgate Street, outside

Caption For Willesborough, Village 1909

East of Ashford, and now subsumed by it, the little village of Willesborough possesses two landmark structures.

Caption For Culmstock, C1960

In fairness, Culmstock is not one of England's natural tourist attractions. But there are better corners than can be seen from this view.

Caption For Belfast, The Botanic Gardens 1897

A splendid view of the gardens, taken when they were already seventy years old. The gardens, near Queen's University, are still a restful oasis to the south of the city.

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk 1890

A carriage with top-hatted coachman waits patiently outside one of Cheyne Walk's many grand Georgian brick houses. Graceful plane trees screen residents from the more boisterous life on the water.

Caption For Puddletown, High Street 1956

Puddletown is the 'Weatherbury' of Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd'. This area is rich in Hardy associations.

Caption For Mevagissey, Inner Harbour 1890

Because of the town's pervading odour of fish it was known familiarly as 'Fishygissey'.

Caption For Ampthill, Bedford Street C1955

The Zonita Cinema has followed 'Adventures of Quentin Durward' into obscurity, but the pub across the road still provides a service for thirsty residents and travellers.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street 1923

By 1923 the number of cars in Chester was increasing; no doubt there were already complaints about the volume of traffic.