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Maps

2,499 maps found.

1904-1906, Wallacetown Ref. RNC859876
1904-1905, Wandel Dyke Ref. RNC860328
1899, Watley's End Ref. RNC862029
1899, Westend Ref. RNC865403
1901-1903, Westoe Ref. RNC866248
1919, Almondsbury Ref. POP624457
1898-1899, Yate Ref. RNC875679
1904-1905, Whitehill Ref. RNC868695
1899, Whiteshill Ref. RNC869118
1899, Wick Ref. RNC869734
1904-1905, Wilsontown Ref. RNC870791
1904-1905, The Murray Ref. RNC846471
1898-1899, The Rocks Ref. RNC846513
1905, Turnberry Ref. RNC854488
1898-1899, Tormarton Ref. RNC850356
1919, Yate Ref. POP875679
1919, Westerleigh Hill Ref. POP865771
1925, Whiteleas Ref. POP868945
1946, Avening Green Ref. NPO629157
1919, Tytherington Ref. POP856233

Books

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Memories

1,580 memories found. Showing results 651 to 660.

Roller Skating At South Park

Christine, I also used to skate at South Park. I was a member of a roller skating club, along with Tim Tong, the Chinese man you mention in your post. A lovely man, who I bet is STILL skating. I still have my ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1969 by Linda Greaves

Working In Pelham Rd South

In 1955 I worked in Brands bakery as a shop assistant. We were allowed to eat any cakes that were damaged. Gee an awful lot got damaged! I then moved along the road to a paper shop/tobacconists for 2/6d more. From there ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1955 by Katie Butcher (Nee Mc Carthy)

Osterley Park

In 1930 I was born at Northumberland Avenue, Isleworth: parallel to the Great West Road and behind St Francis Church. As Osterley Park was so near I used to play, with my chums, frequently in the grounds of the park. We had many happy ...Read more

A memory of Osterley in 1945 by John Rose

The Co Op In Conway Street Corner Of Cathcart Street

My first job when I left school (St Hughes, Park Road South) at 15 was in this shop. I was there for 3 years, until I left for bigger money at Levers. The manager was Jack Francis, a decent man ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1961 by Tony Duffy

1932 1973

I feel a bit of a gatecrasher here, as I've been living in Suffolk since 1973!  Basically though, even though I'm a wrinkly/pensioner, I'm a South Suburban Surrey Boy, through and through! Born 1932 in 144 Garendon Road, our postal address ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Bill Mallion

Scackleton C Of E School

Mine is not so much my memory as an account of the doings/correspondance relating to Scackleton School from Sept 17th 1928 to the early 1930s. I picked up this school log book in a junk shop 30 years ago and it's just ...Read more

A memory of Scackleton

Memories And The Tunnel

I remember the loyalty to family and friends who worked at the pit. My grandfathers (Frickley) did, my father was a fitter and turner there at South Kirkby colliery. I miss the place. I remember digging a hole with my ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1969 by Leslie Baddeley

Schooldays And Teens

Lowfield Heath School. 21 pupils. Head Teacher, Miss Ryde, and assistant Miss Ivy Walder. Miss Walder later married Bob Riley. Where are some other pupils now? I remember Margaret Dudman, David Slaughter, Barbara Banks, ...Read more

A memory of Lowfield Heath in 1946 by Tony Tester

Tracing Any Descendents Of Sarah And David Davies

I've just recently started to build my family tree and my family on my maternal side comes from Garnant, South Wales. My mother's name was Olive Nora Dicks, she was born in Garnant in 1924, she had ...Read more

A memory of Garnant by Deborah Pepper

Parc Slip Explosion And My Memories Of Aberkenfig

Parc Slip Exposion – 26th August 1892 and-My memories of home life and school On the morning of Friday the 26th August 1892 an explosion occurred at Parc Slip Colliery, The Fountain, ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig in 1890 by Catherine Delahay

Captions

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Caption For Blackpool, St John's Church Interior 1890

The Roman Catholic church was designed by the famous architect Welby Pugin, and other places of worship were Holy Trinity at South Shore and Christ Church.

Caption For Chertsey, Guildford Street 1908

A young boy pushes a handcart towards the camera on this street running south towards the church of St Peter, as two elegantly hatted ladies drive their pony and trap past a sunbathing dog on the pavement

Caption For Salfords, The General Napier 1911

South of Redhill, east of the A23 Brighton Road and west of the M23 motorway, Salfords has avoided much of the development that has affected less isolated parts of this area.

Caption For Worksop, Bridge Street 1967

Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.

Caption For Desborough, War Memorial And Church C1955

We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.

Caption For Clun, View From The Mowdens C1960

In medieval times, the Mowdens and the surrounding district were all part of Clun Forest, and subject to Forest Law in much the same way as the New Forest in the south of England.

Caption For Rugby, Junction Of High Street And Sheep Street 1922

Nowadays, new estates or developments have streets named according to some irrelevant theme - anything from Cumbrian lakes to South American countries.

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

St Mary's Church is to the south of the village, and the stained glass in the north chapel was added in the 1970s.

Caption For New Milton, C1965

The town centre is in the distance; there are some Edwardian and many modern buildings here.To the north is a pond, and south of the railway line is a water tower resembling a castle.

Caption For Thornaby, Mandale Road And Five Lamps 1957

At an earlier date Thornaby was known as South Stockton, and was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Caption For Lowestoft, Children's Corner C1945

Punch and Judy (centre right) first arrived in Lowestoft in 1886, but they moved to the south side of the pier in 1902.

Caption For Harrow, Speech Room, Grove Hill C1960

From The Grove the camera looks south to a view dominated by William Burges's Speech Room with its polychrome brickwork; the tower, by the local architect Charles Nicholson, was not added until 1919.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 2004

As retailers of pianos, organs and gramophones they faced stiff competition from their rivals Thompson & Shackell whose two Cardiff branches underpinned their dominance of the South Wales

Caption For Westford, Cloth Mills 1907

There is still plenty of stone, although not the wonderful golden oolitic limestones from Ham Hill and the far south of the county; here we have the Blue Lias, a thin limestone which can only

Caption For Wellington, Fore Street 1912

The Town Hall, also built as a corn market, was opened by the Duke of Wellington in 1833; a 173 feet obelisk monument to the Duke is on Wellington Hill to the south of the town.

Caption For Penrith, Devonshire Street C1955

This photograph shows the view south across Devonshire Street into King Street. Half hidden by the Musgrave monument is Graham's grocers, established in 1793.

Caption For Penruddock, The Village C1955

The slightly raised location affords fine views of the Lake District hills to the west and south. The view is of the east end of the village, looking towards Saddleback.

Caption For Leek, Market Place C1955

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.

Caption For Kingston, The Church 1899

St James' Church at Kingston, in effect the Scott family chapel of the Earls of Eldon from Encombe House, viewed looking southwards from cottages in South Street.

Caption For Drummond, Drummond Castle 1899

Situated three miles south-west of Crieff, Drummond Castle was originally built by John, the first Lord Drummond in 1491.

Caption For Iona, The Beach And The Village 1903

Iona lies just off the extreme south-west shores of Mull. In 1203, the Benedictines founded a monastery on the island that lasted until the Reformation.

Caption For Guisborough, Market Place 1907

In May 1822, a spring was discovered about one mile to the south west, and Guisborough climbed aboard the spa town bandwagon.

Caption For Godalming, Boarden Bridge 1906

Looking south across the River Wey, with a group of children posing for the photographer in front of the wooden Boarden Bridge, the centuries-old crossing point.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1904

This is the view south down the High Street from outside Beech Hurst, which is off to the left.