Maps

304 maps found.

1946, Pipers Pool Ref. NPO806501
1947, Pool Hey Ref. NPO808779
1947, Poole Keynes Ref. NPO808827
1898, Frog Pool Ref. RNE709641
1922, Lenten Pool Ref. POP755043
1920, Goose Pool Ref. POP717586
1924, Bromborough Pool Ref. POP651595
1919, Poole Keynes Ref. POP808827
1882, Pipers Pool Ref. HOSM56683
1905, South Pool Ref. HOSM59827
1905, South Pool Ref. HOSM70153
1901-1902, Walton Pool Ref. RNC860250
1902-1903, Pool Quay Ref. RNC808797
1899-1901, Four Pools Ref. RNC708567
1902-1903, Lenten Pool Ref. RNC755043
1908-1910, Pool Crofts Ref. RNC808749
1899-1901, Pool Head Ref. RNC808777
1899-1902, Frog Pool Ref. RNC709641
1900-1901, Goose Pool Ref. RNC717586
1902-1903, Bromborough Pool Ref. RNC651595

Books

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Memories

1,640 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.

Swimming Lessons ?

Coedpenmaen primary school used the pool for swimming lessons. We changed under the canopy and duly walked into the water ready for the lesson. Fine if it was June /July, this was mid March ! Still, the walk back to school eventually warmed us up.

A memory of Pontypridd by Geraint Evans

Boyhood

I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided all ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

Back To Windsor

I've been here - to this very spot, with the precious women of my life - my Mom when I was a child, and with my children when they were women.  How can it be that it looks exactly the same in 1890, 1971 and 2001?  I can feel the cool ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 2001 by Kelly Mitchell

Holidays In Coldingham

Until we emigrated to the U.S. in 1948, my family spent our summer holidays in Coldingham with Cha Crowe & family, also, Johnny Walker, known as Walker the Butcher whose son Ian still has his butcher shop in Eyemouth. They ...Read more

A memory of Coldingham in 1940 by Derek Gilchrist

Memories Of Clifton Park

            I lived near Clifton Park for a number of years. My memories take me back to WW2. During the Summer months my friends and I used to play football,we put our coats down for the goals, we had a good game and ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1940 by Stanley Horton

Fish & Chips In Brightlingsea

During the late 40's and 50's we all travelled to Jaywick Sands for our summer and bank holidays and on the weekends made regular excursions to the nearby seaside resorts of Frinton and Walton-on-the Nase but my ...Read more

A memory of Brightlingsea by ducatee

Collingwood School Wallington

I attended Collingwood boys between 1963 to 1965. I have read many memories , and would like to share mine. It was a highly disciplined school, ruled by John Richardson. He was backed up by his father, who was known as ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by Chris Jones

Swimming Lessons At Reedham

From 1959 to 1963 I went to school at Whyteleafe County Primary, Maple Road, whence the older boys and girls were taken by (very old) coaches to Reedham's pool for swimming lessons. It was a bit odd, because we never saw any of ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Allen Williams

I Lived At 45 Warrington Ave

I was born in Taplow in 1957, my parents shared a house (a semi) with my grandparents. They lived downstairs and us obviously upstairs. I attended St Anthony’s Catholic School on the Farnham Rd and at that time they had ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Bob Gough

Great Childhood Memories

I remember living in Middleton on Sea when I was between the ages of eight and 11 in the early 60’s and I went to Edward Bryant school in Bognor. We lived in a road called North Avenue East and I just remember the roads ...Read more

A memory of Middleton-on-Sea by Lynne Bate

Captions

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Caption For Brecon, Lower Ffrwdgrech Waterfalls 1910

This view, taken on the private Ffrwdgrech estate, shows two parallel cascades plunging vertically into a secret pool.

Caption For Poole, Longfleet Church And Schools 1887

This view is taken from the allotments, now occupied by Poole's modern hospital.

Caption For Wimborne, From The River C1960

Supplies came by sea to Poole Harbour and then by road from Hamworthy to Wimborne.

Caption For St Annes, St Anne's Road West 1929

The free informality of the boating pool is repeated here, with almost everybody dressed in a more-or-less casual manner.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Beach 1896

Two boys are paddling in a pool left by the tide.

Caption For St Alban's Head, Bottom Valley 1899

Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.

Caption For Rodney Stoke, Bucklegrove Guest House C1955

This building is no longer operating as a guest house; the caravan and camping park is now the main business, and it has had an indoor swimming pool since about 1980.

Caption For Langold, The Children's Swimming Pool C1965

To the south of the lake the Coal Board built a children's swimming pool.

Caption For Swanage, The Globe 1894

weight.The Globe is positioned to represent the position of the earth in space, with nearby benches marking the points of the compass.The Isle of Purbeck, that great peninsula sprawling eastwards into Poole

Caption For Poole, High Street 1900

Poole developed along the banks of the finest natural harbour in England.

Caption For Wychbold, The Crown Hotel C1950

The sign at the far end of the car park tells us that in the 1950s the hotel had a swimming pool.

Caption For Glen Maye, From The Shore 1895

It is a great place for those who like to scramble over rocks and paddle in pools.

Caption For Alton, Eggar's Grammar School 1928

Then, there were 36 boys, including 8 boarders, and the Headmaster was G J Poole, MA.

Caption For Stroud, Stratford Park Swimming Pool 1938

Little changed today, the pool at Stratford Park was opened in 1937 and has always been popular, with youngsters in particular, during the summer months.

Caption For Walsall, Approach To The Aboretum 1967

Opened in 1874, on the site of a disused quarry on the edge of the town centre, the Arboretum is a surprisingly peaceful park where fat, contented ducks loaf around a pool.

Caption For Heysham, Half Moon Bay C1960

Children paddle in the shallow waters or investigate the rock pools, whilst others dig castles from the soft sand.

Caption For Plymouth, The Barbican 1890

This picturesque area of narrow streets sits alongside the ancient fishing quay of Sutton's Pool.

Caption For Hayle, Towans And The Paddling Pool 1925

A traditional seaside pastime for children is paddling about in pools left behind by the falling tide.

Caption For Gweek, The Village Green 1904

Imported logs were stored in a pool before being taken inland, often to the mines.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, The Blind House And Bridge C1950

The entrance to the public gardens and former swimming pool and baths is bottom left.

Caption For Loxwood, Combination Stores C1950

A woman waits patiently against the fence by the pond; she has just come from the swimming pool area.

Caption For Wimborne, East Brook 1908

The shops between Pottle's and Poole Corner were demolished to make way for the old post office and an ironmonger's.

Caption For Hayle, From Lelant 1928

Penpol Terrace is to its right, and in the middle distance is the Carnsew Pool, which was built with a sluice for flushing out the main channel.

Caption For Pegwell, Seafront 1907

Here we have a closer view of the wall and walk built from the cliff opposite, encompassing the ground later laid out as gardens, and earlier as a swimming pool, by the Pegwell Bay Reclamation