Maps

35 maps found.

1923, Biggin Ref. POP639874
1920, Biggin Ref. POP639876
1897, Biggin Ref. RNE639874
1920, Biggin Hill Ref. POP639885
1925, Low Biggins Ref. POP767812
1897-1898, Biggin Ref. RNC639876
1921, Biggin Ref. POP639875
1898, Biggin Ref. RNE639873
1896, Biggin Ref. RNE639876
1947, Biggin Ref. NPO639873
1897, Biggin Ref. RNE639875
1880, Biggin Ref. HOSM37696
1947, Biggin Ref. NPO639874
1946, Biggin Ref. NPO639875
1946, Biggin Ref. NPO639876
1924, Biggin Ref. POP639873
1903, Biggin Ref. RNC639873
1902, Biggin Ref. RNC639875
1946, Biggin Hill Ref. NPO639885
1902-1903, Biggin Ref. RNC639874

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Memories

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Childrens Home

well going back my gran looked after my self and my brother but as she had to work there was no one to look after us so we was put into childrens home my brother went to another home as there was no room for both of us the name of it ...Read more

A memory of Belper in 1955 by Christina Backhouse

Wiggins Sankey

I used to work in the shop in the photo at about the time the photo was taken. That company also had a depot in Junction road next to the pub and the railway crossing, and I also worked in that depot. I have very happy memories of ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1964 by John Starley

Unanswered Questions

I used to drink in The Woodman on occasion as I lived on the Clock House Farm Estate between 1957 and 1962 when I was married just across the road in St Peters.Question,what happened to the board with the pilots names on it ...Read more

A memory of Woodmansterne by Tony Arkell

Tommy Wiggins

Tommy Wiggins was a small-built man, he had round John Lennon NHS glasses, and had the Corner Farm in Fencott. He was a great friend of my grandfather, Charlie Hayes, and once every 2 weeks my grandfather peddled all the way from ...Read more

A memory of Fencott in 1966 by Rosemary Hopkins

Tilly Biggins

The previous writer mentionedTilly Biggins who was my uncles stepmother. I stayed with her many times when I was very young. She was born in Victorian times and still dressed in lace up boots, long skirts and big hats. No running water in ...Read more

A memory of Gristhorpe by terrybroadhead003

This Is My Grandma's House

The house on the left with the four attics was my Grandma's house.  I have lots of fond memories of this house. I even had my own bedroom! Mine was the second attic from the left and it enjoyed a beautiful view of ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1960 by Susan Kemble Jones

The Pecking Order

I was fourteen in this year and I had been at Walbottle School about a year. I had teamed up with two mates, one was Tony Grey from Lemington who dressed like me and we were into the same music. One of the sayings at that time was ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1957 by Jimmy Burrows

The Lodge Falinge 1901

My husband Brian Biggins' maternal grandfather Thomas Wolfenden was 42 and lived in the Lodge Falinge Park. He was a dyer in a cotton mill and had formerly been a farmer's helper. Has anyone got any ideas about how we can find information about why he would be living there?

A memory of Rochdale in 1900 by Barbara Biggins

The House Beautiful

Does anybody remember the big house on the corner of Derby Road, it was at the junction of a main road, the name of which I cannot remember now. We used to call it 'The House Beautiful' whether that was the proper name for it I ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1930 by Ted Benzoni

The Gloucester West Croydon

I was born in 1949 in Northcote Road just across the road from the Gloucester. My uncle, Eddie Clements, lived there up until January 2012. He has just recently passed away. I have fond memories of the area. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Keith Gooderson

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Captions

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Caption For Hitchin, The Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903

At about this date, 18 needy women occupied the Biggin, receiving about 10s each.

Caption For Hitchin, The Biggin 1903

The Biggin was originally built in 1361 by Sir Edward de Kendale as a Gilbertine priory.

Caption For Hitchin, The Inner Courtyard, The Biggin 1903

At about this date, 18 needy women occupied the Biggin, receiving about 10s each.

Caption For Hitchin, The Biggin 1903

This photograph of the Biggin was taken from the south in 1903.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.

Caption For Hitchin, The River 1931

The cottages in the background face onto Biggin Lane; they have all been demolished.

Caption For Brasted, High Street C1955

During the Second World War, the fighter pilots based at Biggin Hill used to congregate at the Victorian White Hart pub further down the street.