Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
181,006 maps found.
Books
11 books found. Showing results 17,281 to 11.
Memories
29,022 memories found. Showing results 7,201 to 7,210.
National Oil Refinery
I started work at the laboratory in the Llandarcy Oil Refinery in 1942 for the great weekly wage of one pound, one shilling and ninepence, when I was 16. Mostly women worked in the lab but once the war was over the company only ...Read more
A memory of Llandarcy in 1942
Longtown High Street
My great-great grandfather was George 'Dood' McKie and he lived in a house about six doors beyond the Graham Arms Hotel which is shown in the Francis Frith photo number L203002. He was one of those Longtown characters who are ...Read more
A memory of Longtown in 1880 by
My Pop
My pop's father was the Percuil ferryman for the St Mawes Steam Ship Co. My pop was the youngest ferryman taking people from Percuil to the ferry. He was in the local paper in the early 1900s for being the youngest ferryman in Cornwall. There ...Read more
A memory of Percuil in 1910 by
My Childhood Home
My parents bought the nearest semi to the detached house in Grovemount when it had just been built, I believe they paid in the region of £2000 for it. I was born in 1966 and this was my home until 1987, my parents are still there ...Read more
A memory of Davenham by
White Horse Cottages
Just wondered if anyone could help me please. We live in Old Harlow and have recently been looking into the history of Harlow and where we live. We were wondering if anyone has any memories or photos, or just any information at all ...Read more
A memory of Harlow by
The Past
My aunt and uncle used to own the Langdales Hotel, Mr and Mrs Bob Smith, until 1957. The hotel is now called the Wainright. All holidays I stopped there with my mum and dad. There were busses called Mallinsons from Windermere ...Read more
A memory of Dungeon Ghyll Force in 1956 by
Evacuation
On July 12th 1944, the day after my 8th birthday, my sister Maureen and I were evacuated from London to St Breward to live with Arthur and Ethel Hawken of Lower Lank. They were wonderful to us and cared for us with love and affection. We ...Read more
A memory of St Breward in 1944 by
The Play Swings
I remember the swings being located in the park as shown in this picture when I was about four. I know they kept the big slide when they relocated them down to the bottom left hand side of the park as you look at this photograph ...Read more
A memory of West Hagley in 1967 by
Earliest Memories Of Guardbridge
All of my mother's family lived in and around Guardbridge. Her mother and father were Mr and Mrs George Martin. They had 5 girls, Catherine, Barbara, Alexandra, Esther and Isabella. My mother Catherine (known as ...Read more
A memory of Guardbridge in 1957 by
Born In Burnt Oak
I was born in Burnt Oak in July 1956 in North Road - the same house that my mother was born in. My grandparents lived in North Road for many years until North Road, South Road and East Road were compulsory purchased by Barnet ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak in 1956 by
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Captions
29,158 captions found. Showing results 17,281 to 17,304.
Look carefully at the unified appearance of this cul-de-sac as it backs onto Bush Hill Golf course.
This view depicts the bustle in West Steet, with children and cycles, and a flock of sheep being driven uphill (left of centre). Market stalls for animals can be seen between the trees.
The freedom of the road, when roadside parking was an inalienable right, can be seen in a view westwards to the Town Hall (centre) from opposite the Golden Road Cafe (far left).
The local garage is in on the Green Shield stamp craze; you were given so many stamps depending on the value of your purchase, which you then stuck in a booklet, each booklet holding a given number of
The obelisk on the bridge and most of the buildings have since been replaced. The church tower belongs to the church of St Peter At Arches, demolished in 1933.
The warehouses of Boston have suffered in recent years; the ones on the right on the opposite bank have been converted into flats, but the distant one has been, like so many of its companions, demolished
In this view, the photographer looks south-east back past the corner of High Street to St John's Street and St John's 15th-century west tower. To the left is St Mary's Church spire.
Built in 1849, it replaced four arches of a medieval one, while to the right is Lord Burghley's Hospital, built in 1597 on the site of an older hospital founded in the 1170s.
In the foreground are cottages, some thatched, while in the distance are some more urban later houses of two and three full storeys.
The road deviates to the right here, to tackle the climb of 150 feet up The Strait and Steep Hill.
In 1791 Bognor was re-named Hothamton after Sir Richard Hotham, whose intention was to change the village into 'a desirable sea-bathing resort' for those of the nobility and gentry wishing to avoid the
The Lickey Hills were declared a royal hunting forest in the 11th century, but they were sold by the Crown to the Earl of Plymouth in 1682.
As the highest town in Oxfordshire, Chipping Norton must have been reached only after a struggle in the days of horse-drawn travel.
This delightful group of contrasting buildings clusters along the river valley, with the church on higher ground to the north. The Eight Bells (left) closed in the 1980s and is now Peal House.
Nearby lies the churchyard; here we can find the grave of James Parker, who was brutally murdered outside the village in 1886.
A busy parade of shops with distinctive gables line the road at this point. Several prams can be seen outside, and a child rides happily on the pavement on a tricycle.
Development came to Burnt Oak in the early 1920s with the arrival of the Northern Line.
Moving further east along Main Street, we reach the junction with New Inn Lane on the right.
Further north along the High Street, the photographer looks past the junction with Vicarage Street past a jumble of piecemeal development, mostly late 19th-century small shops.
Five bridges step over the Windrush in Bourton before it flows on downstream to the village that bears its name, and then to Barrington, Burford and Witney to join the Thames.
The late Norman church of St Andrew was greatly altered in the 15th century. To stand in the nave is like being inside a lantern as light floods in through the large Perpendicular windows.
18th-century cottages in Main Street at West Lulworth, looking westwards from the wide triangle of highway and grass beside the Castle Inn.
The chalet bungalows lie between Stoborough Heath and the tidal estuary of the River Frome.
Alfriston's much-loved High Street and two of its famous hostelries is little changed today.
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