Maps

459 maps found.

1920, Waldron Down Ref. POP859673
1945, Andover Down Ref. NPO625633
1919, Tregurtha Downs Ref. POP852283
1946, Bedminster Down Ref. NPO636294
1946, Berkley Down Ref. NPO638887
1919, Woodhouse Down Ref. POP873413
1946, Kenneggy Downs Ref. NPO746152
1940, Emery Down Ref. NPO701236
1945, Charlton Down Ref. NPO666875
1947, Down Hall Ref. NPO692602
1947, Down Hatherley Ref. NPO692607
1940, Down Street Ref. NPO692630
1946, Down Thomas Ref. NPO692635
1899, Bromyard Downs Ref. RNE651685
1946, Winterbourne Down Ref. NPO871609
1898, Berkley Down Ref. RNE638887
1946, Western Downs Ref. NPO865788
1947, Horsey Down Ref. NPO740765
1946, Old Down Ref. NPO796403
1947, Lyne Down Ref. NPO771065

Books

47 books found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Memories

8,147 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Mersea Island Primary School 1950s

Born on Mersea island- what a haven we school children had to live and grow in. Endless poppy fields and bluebell woods, golden beaches and primrose banks flanked the leafy lanes. Greedy land grabbers have ...Read more

A memory of West Mersea in 1956 by Kay Quigley

Home

I have lived in the pretty village of Cartmel all my life and I love the quiet, calming atmosphere we have here. Once a friend and myself used to walk through the village with a nanny goat called Nancy and her 2 kids, we'd arrive in the square ...Read more

A memory of Cartmel in 1983 by Sharon Dance

Hawkinge, My Birthplace

I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield.  I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by David Pepin

Woodlea Drive

I used to come down and up this road from the bus stop every day to and from school. One of the boys who grew up in this street (a house on the right as I remember) started playing for a very influential rock band called the herd. ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1967 by Martin Jones

Best Four Years Of My Life As A Kid

We moved here in 1978/9 when I was 4 to 8 - St John’s Crescent, and was heartbroken when my parents split 5 years later and we had to move with my mother back to Knaresborough. Lots of lovely memories. The ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Monkton by Joanna Bentley

The Teachers.

The lovely talented and sophisticated Miss Bartlett took the youngest class. I think she may have been to art school cos she drew a Spanish Conquistador (complete with sailboat steel helmet) in coloured chalk on the blackboard, dressed ...Read more

A memory of Luton

Eastry Childrens Home

I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by John Boston

Woofy And The Bungalow.

I was in Founders house 1962 - 64. Mr Gentry (Duck Billed Platypus) was housemaster and Twiggy his wife (thin as a lathe she was). I decided to get into bricklaying and ended up with Mr Cliffe as our building teacher (Woofy) ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield by Philip Kellett

Beginnings

My parents moved from Pentire to Crantock when I was about 3 and Crantock is certainly ingrained in my memory as being my first home. My mother had taken a position as housekeeper to a Dr Nicholas and with it came Rose Cottage. My ...Read more

A memory of Crantock by Dianne Christopher

Fishing

This is the Fish Pond at Holden Corner, Southborough. This was one of the two accessible and popular places for boys to go fishing in Southborough - the other was the Great Bounds Lake, near Bidborough. As a boy in the 1940s and early ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1940 by Michael Willcocks

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Harwich, Harbour Road C1965

As we approach the town, it is possible to see cranes rising above the waterfront of this busy port. Harbour Road is close to the sea. Both the Angel and the next building are clad in weatherboard.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

This view was taken further down the hill and looking south.

Caption For Cambridge, Pembroke College C1955

This view looks south down Trumpington Street, with the Front Court of Pembroke College on the left with its distinctive classically designed Wren Chapel.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Harbour C1960

In the centre is the well-known harbour inn, The Tartar Frigate, while Bleak House looks down over the holiday scene.

Caption For Bournemouth, Durley Chine 1925

The natural scenery of the Bournemouth coastline dictated the way the new town developed.

Caption For Gloucester, Park, Robert Raikes Statue 1931

The people of Gloucester would call Robert Raikes 'Bobby Wildgoose' as he walked down the road - he always looked grand.

Caption For East Grinstead, Hermitage Lane 1904

Hermitage Lane cuts steeply down through the sandstone. This evocative view, wholly unchanged today, is barely 200 yards from the busy High Street.

Caption For Kendal, Highgate, Sandes Hospital Gatehouse 1914

This view looks down Branthwaite Brow towards the River Kent.

Caption For Kendal, Branthwaite Brow 1914

This view looks down Branthwaite Brow towards the River Kent.

Caption For Haddenham, High Street C1950

At the bus stop we can look down the High Street at the houses and shops.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, The River 1950

Empty barges waiting to be towed back down the river are tied up at the embankment alongside the Portsmouth Road where it becomes the High Street.

Caption For Emery Down, 1904

Emery Down stands on the frontier of some of the wildest scenery in the New Forest. Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.

Caption For Ilkley, White Wells And Moorland Inn 1921

The Wells House Hydro on the right of these views gives an idea of how compact the town is.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace 1897

The palace is thought to have been burnt down accidently in 1746 by General Hawley's troops.

Caption For Blakeney, The Village C1955

Flint and brick feature predominantly in traditional Norfolk buildings, particularly so in the pretty village of Blakeney, seen here looking down towards the marshes.

Caption For Romsey, The Hundred 1911

The Hundred, which runs down to the Market Place, is lined with striking houses and cottages. The Sawyers Arms, now a private house, can be spotted on the right.

Caption For Beckenham, Cottage Hospital 1899

The creeper has been removed, and the chimneys have been cut down, but behind a new low wall the building remains an important local landmark.

Caption For Ambleside, From The Gale 1886

We are looking down on the village centre from The Gate, facing the Rydal Fells.

Caption For Carmarthen, Guildhall Square 1925

Guildhall Square contains the Assize Court, the Town Council Chamber and the Magistrates' Clerk's Office.

Caption For Kingswear, Town And River 1925

Here we see one of the famed paddle steamers heading down the River Dart off Kingswear.

Caption For Bournemouth, Alum Chine 1925

Alum Chine, with its spectacular coastal scenery, became a popular walk down to the seashore for visitors staying in the family hotels of Westbourne.

Caption For Welshpool, View Showing Powis Castle Gardens C1960

They drop down from the castle in four huge stepped terraces, and there is an orangery and charmingly precise topiary. The latter looks as if it is shaved daily.

Caption For Sutton, Post Office And High Street C1955

The ridge of the island flattens out, and then dips down to the fen. A shop has been taken over for a county library (right) - this must be before the travelling library.

Caption For Epsom, Woodcote Park 1927

It is seen here in its former glory, for it was burned down in 1934; it has since been rebuilt in brick - a copy of the stone original.