Places

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Maps

18 maps found.

1920, The Brook Ref. POP846310
1946, The Brook Ref. NPO846310
1898, The Brook Ref. RNE846310
1901, The Brook Ref. RNC846310
1920, Luddington In The Brook Ref. POP770362
1946, Luddington In The Brook Ref. NPO770362
1887 - 1899, Luddington In The Brook Ref. HOSM52755
1901, Luddington In The Brook Ref. RNC770362
1898, Luddington In The Brook Ref. RNE770362
1947, Tuebrook Ref. NPO854091
1902-1903, Tuebrook Ref. RNC854091
1923, Tuebrook Ref. POP854091
1906, Tuebrook Ref. HOSM62574
1896, Tuebrook Ref. RNE854091
1946, Back O'th' Brook Ref. NPO629645
1902, Back O'th' Brook Ref. RNC629645
1897, Back O'th' Brook Ref. RNE629645
1921, Back O'th' Brook Ref. POP629645

Books

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Memories

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Wartime Evacuation In 1944

I was placed in an orphanage on 13th October 1943 together with my elder brother Brian.  My father had died on the infamous Siam (Thailand) Railway as a forced labour navvy. He was a regular soldier and had already been ...Read more

A memory of Tairgwaith in 1944 by Michael Lowdon

Post Office

I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post ...Read more

A memory of King's Caple in 1960 by Andrew Hodges

Windsor Lanes And Garage

Uncle Phil managed this branch of Hartwells garage after managing the one on the Bath Road next to the White Horse. Before that it had been the site of Rogers (?) watermill, the millpond stretching behind up towards Haymill ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1960 by Dave Hill

Personal Reflections

I was born in Sandleaze, Worton in 1957. I was brought up at 1 Mill Road near the Marston boundary. I remember many things about the village especially the Rose and Crown Pub and the Mill. I remember with pride the war ...Read more

A memory of Worton by Teresa Lewis

Parkstone Girls' Grammar School

This was the entrance to Parkstone Girls' Grammar school where I went from 1956, with Miss Allen as headmistress, until we moved to the present site in Sopers Lane in, I think, 1960 or 61, when these buildings were taken ...Read more

A memory of Poole in 1956 by Marion Brown

The Fox And Goose Public House

Hello from Australia. I was hoping that someone looking through these "memories" might remember The Fox and Goose Public House on Penn Road. I think that this is the picture of it. My mom was the cleaner there ...Read more

A memory of Penn by Kathy Adams Nee Cook

Fair Oak As It Was

My first day of school was September 1965 at Fair Oak Infants. It wasn't too bad the first day as my Mum was allowed to stay at the back of the classroom, but after that I was left on my own. I became very ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1965 by Gary Houghton

Good Times

We came down from Scotland to Stoke in 1953 as my dad had got a job in the newly opened Pit Hem Heath. As children we used to stay at the house which is sitting in front of the pit . We used to go across the brook on the pipe what ran ...Read more

A memory of Hem Heath in 1960 by Pauline Thorley

Brookhouse

I used to live at Brookhouse with my parents, great aunt and maternal grand mother. Brookhouse was split into 3 houses at the time (131, 133, 135 Holcolme Road). My grandfather (Thomas Lomax) visited at Christmases and holidays. My ...Read more

A memory of Tottington in 1955 by Jol Martyn Clark

Hilly Fields

Situated at the top of our road, as young children Hilly Fields was something quite magical. During winter time we would trek our home made sledges over to toboggan hill and hurtle down to the brook at the bottom of the hill at breakneck ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Roger Davis

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Captions

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Caption For Rochdale, Simpson Clough 1895

Cheesden Brook passes under Ashworth Road, flowing to the right to join Naden Brook as it leaves Carr, Gelder and Bamford Woods.

Caption For Uttoxeter, The Hockley C1955

The Hockley brook was a haven for the local children, as there was no swimming pool in Uttoxeter.

Caption For Cosby, The Barn C1965

This view looks towards the brook from behind the chestnut tree we can see to the left in No C433010.

Caption For Batheaston, Main Road And River C1965

The Fosse Way runs down from the right of this picture to meet the Avon and follow it to Bath, three miles away.

Caption For Chatham, Town Hall Gardens C1960

The gardens are laid out on a site that slopes gently down towards Rope Walk and The Brook, offering a pleasant place in the centre of town in which to stroll or sit, and perhaps recover

Caption For Mobberley, Slade Lane C1960

This peaceful unassuming lane crossing the brook is typical of the quiet countryside that has now gone with the expansion of Manchester Airport.

Caption For Nunney, From Bridge 1907

The church lies behind a huddle of dilapidated cottages lining the Nunney Brook; here, wool was washed during the busy years of the cloth trade. Today the cottages are all restored.

Caption For Sheffield, Wire Mill Dam C1955

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

Caption For Soham, Brook Dam C1955

Soham is the largest parish outside the Isle of Ely, and is surrounded by fenland.

Caption For Manchester, Brooks Bank C1873

These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks. Chancery Lane is to the left of the building, and Brown Street runs away to the right.

Caption For Canford Magna, Village 1904

The rustic bridge parapets over the brook also look like John Hicks's work.

Caption For Canford Magna, Sanatorium And Main Street C1950

The rustic bridge parapets over the brook also look like John Hicks's work.

Caption For Linton, The Church C1955

In 1897 the vicar employed district visitors to serve the growing congregation, estimated at 1,200 people with 240 regular communicants. In 1959 the congregation had shrunk to around 11.

Caption For Kenilworth, Abbey Fields Swimming Pool C1965

Abbey Fields is dissected by Finham Brook and Inchford Brook. The canons developed a series of pools along Finham Brook to provide water power for their mills, as well as fish and fowl for food.

Caption For Ockley, The Green 1905

A herd of contented pigs rootle opposite the post office on the green which runs alongside a two-and-a-half mile stretch of the Romans' Stane Street.

Caption For Great Dunmow, Market Place C1965

This was an old-fashioned ironmonger`s that kept its nails and screws in small drawers behind the counter.

Caption For Abergavenny, Sugarloaf From The River 1898

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks. It was re-named by William Nevill, Marquess of Abergavenny, when he bought it in 1890.

Caption For Abergavenny, Sugarloaf From The River 1898

Below the Sugar Loaf on the western outskirts of Abergavenny stands Nevill Court, previously named The Brooks.

Caption For Cosby, The Brook C1965

The brook here somehow appears to be little cared for, with its chipped concrete posts arrayed along weedy banks.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

Caption For Blakeney, High Street C1950

Blakeney stands at the edge of the Forest of Dean at the point where Blackpool Brook and Soudley Brook meet.

Caption For Slaidburn, Town End C1955

Slaidburn nestles in a hollow with higher ground around it.As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962. A 14-storey block of 84 flats, it was named after Henry Brooke, the former Housing Minister.

Caption For Grantchester, The Rose And Crown C1965

The Rose and Crown, now the Rupert Brooke, has been extended at the front, losing the outside seating area.