Maps

789 maps found.

1920, Baker's Wood Ref. POP630608
1919, Beaulieu Wood Ref. POP635927
1919, Chessetts Wood Ref. POP667483
1925, Bolton Woods Ref. POP645681
1921, Bromley Wood Ref. POP651649
1924, Burnley Wood Ref. POP656473
1921, Yardley Wood Ref. POP875593
1923, Young Wood Ref. POP876294
1921, Walsall Wood Ref. POP860083
1921, Warley Woods Ref. POP860802
1945, Beaulieu Wood Ref. NPO635927
1946, Binley Woods Ref. NPO640248
1921, Wood Eaton Ref. POP872437
1924, Wood End Ref. POP872445
1921, Wood End Ref. POP872454
1920, Wood End Ref. POP872456
1919, Wood End Ref. POP872457
1919, Wood End Ref. POP872461
1919, Wood End Ref. POP872463
1923, Wood Enderby Ref. POP872484

Books

4 books found. Showing results 265 to 4.

Memories

2,407 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.

Odeon Welling

My step-father, Dennis Wood, was the Manager of the Odeon Welling until it's closure in 1962. I remember racing around the empty cinema and getting the projectionist, Ken, to put on my Cliff Richard records and going and sitting in ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1960 by Sue Wood

Happy Days In St Albans Road, Late 40's And 50's.

I lived at 90 East Hill just by the corner of St Albans. In St Albans lived all my little pals; Robert Ball, David Shaw, Peter Richardson, Frankie Taylor and Graham Wilson. We played in the street ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1948 by David Large

Eastern Electricity Board Apprentice Training School

I attended the 'boards' training school based at Harold Hill, along with 79 other apprentices during 1960/61... I shared lodgings at Collier Row for the first year of the apprentice training ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1960 by Colin Crane

The Rec

The "Rec" was the place to be in the 1970's when you lived on the Cedar Rd Estate. We lived just round the corner on Elmdale Rd and had a garden which backed on the Rec. This was a good short cut into the Rec. Lived there as a young ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton by Andrew Christon

High Cannons School.

I came from Lowestoft in Suffolk to live with an aunt and uncle in Glenhaven Ave, while my mother was ill. I remember being taken by coach with my sister Jacky to High Cannons. We were not happy at first. It was very ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1953 by Diane Bryan

Happy Youth

I first found out about when I moved to Great Horton in Bradford about 1952. I met a boy called Philip Tempest who lived in a house near by, we became life long friends. His parent took me on holiday with them to a cottage they owned ...Read more

A memory of Nesfield in 1950 by Donald Rumbold

Davidson Road Secondary School

I remember the school very well, I left in 1953. Does anyone recall some of the teachers names such as Mr Bonner, Headmaster, Mr Burrows, Science Teacher, Mr Chambers, PT and Geography. The school captain was Phil ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Mike Worthington

Happy Little Boy

Hi, I have been looking for a site like this so I could look back at Pinehurst. I was the longest serving boy at the home - went in at 8 and came out at 16. 1979 was when I started a good life there. I have so many great ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1979 by Bruce Ingles

Hill House Sizewell

I remember Fred and Jack Fryer, and a son if I remember correctly who went in the navy. I would often wait on the beach at night beside their lantern which would guide them back to shore after an evenings fishing. Did Jack ...Read more

A memory of Sizewell in 1954 by Andrew Kersey

Mayoral Treats...

When my father, Cllr John Wood, was Mayor of Ealing in 1976 I enjoyed the treats that I got! Every weekend in the summer we would go to fetes, fayres etc and dad would open the events and my sister and I would be given some cash ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Dave Wood

Captions

663 captions found. Showing results 265 to 288.

Caption For Barry, Romilly Park 1931

The large wooded area behind the Grove (to the right in photograph 62549) is gradually getting smaller.

Caption For Bulphan, Fen Lane C1955

The second element of Bulphan's name is the word 'fen'.

Caption For Brockenhurst, The Village 1949

The name Brockenhurst means 'the badger's wood'.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Cross C1955

It is an octagonal structure made of wood with an unusual three-tiered dome. The town took the cross over and installed a chimney clock in 1899.

Caption For Cranborne, Castle Street 1954

Castle Street is named for a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork on the wooded hill above the village. The Fleur-de-Lis hotel stands to the right.

Caption For Selworthy, Car Park And View C1960

The car park in front of Selworthy's whitewashed church looks across the Vale of Porlock to the wooded Horner valley and Ley Hill.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For South Pool, Creek From Gullet 1922

The wooded banks of this stretch of water are best explored by boat at high tide, though even at low tide the extensive mud flats are home to a huge variety of birdlife.

Caption For Windermere, 1887

The lady in her long black dress and the gentleman wait for the ferryman to take them across to the western side of the lake, where the wooded Claife Heights stretch away to the right.

Caption For Corringham, One Tree Hill C1955

In 1926, a mineral well was discovered in Martinhole Wood, just below the hill.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For Bursledon, The Bridge C1955

Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

Caption For Bursledon, The Bridge C1955

Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Seafront 1892

The seafront terraces and hills behind remain much the same today, and boating has grown ever more popular in the Dyfi estuary, which is fringed by wooded banks.

Caption For Ilkley, Chalybeate Spring 1921

On the western fringe of the town, a very pleasant walk leads up the wooded valley to Panorama rocks. Just below the moors is this rustic old well in Heber's Ghyll.

Caption For Avebury, The Cove 1899

Notice the various building materials used, from flint and stone on the right to thatching and wood panelling beneath the half-hip gable of the barn on the left.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1955

The building on the corner of Broadway with the stylish curved frontage (right) housed Woods the tobacconist's and Porter's Wallpapers, both familiar names to Accringtonians over many

Caption For Whitewell, The Hotel 1921

The Whitewell Hotel in the Hodder Valley has long been famed for its hospitality and proximity to good fishing. Another view of brooding Pendle Hill can be had from Whitewell.

Caption For Bath, Milsom Street C1965

This famous shopping street started in the 1760s as a row of elegant houses designed by the architect John Wood.

Caption For Rochdale, Healey Dell Viaduct 1895

This once thickly-wooded dell on both sides of the River Spodden had been thinned out somewhat by the 1890s.

Caption For Styal, The Cotton Mill 1897

Samuel Greg's Quarry Bank Mill stands on the banks of the Bollin where it flows through a wooded glen. Originally water-powered, the mill remains intact, and is now in the care of the National Trust.

Caption For Eynsford, The Church 1905

St Martin's Church, with its wood-shingled spire, has a tower clock surrounded by a quotation from the poet Robert Browning - 'Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.'

Caption For Saundersfoot, The Glen 1934

Rhode Wood, accessible from the Glen, offers many pleasant sylvan walks.

Caption For Bath, York House Hotel 1907

Moving north to the end of Milsom Street, we see George Street, another good street laid out around 1761.