Maps

476 maps found.

1899, Broad, The Ref. RNE650827
1880, Broad Heath Ref. HOSM38991
1903, Broad Oak Ref. HOSM38997
1920, Broad Green Ref. POP650687
1920, Broad Green Ref. POP650688
1924, Broad Oak Ref. POP650766
1919, Broad Oak Ref. POP650768
1921, Broad Street Ref. POP650818
1921, Broad Street Ref. POP650819
1921, Broad Street Ref. POP650820
1902-1903, Broad Green Ref. RNC650682
1898-1901, Broad Green Ref. RNC650687
1897-1902, Broad Green Ref. RNC650693
1902, Broad Heath Ref. RNC650708
1902, Broad Oak Ref. RNC650769
1897-1898, Broad Oak Ref. RNC650777
1947, Broad Green Ref. NPO650684
1947, Broad Green Ref. NPO650685
1946, Broad Green Ref. NPO650686
1947, Broad Heath Ref. NPO650709

Books

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Memories

11,058 memories found. Showing results 161 to 170.

School Days

As far back that I can remember, it was the summer of 1934 when I first started school at St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Calcutta Road. I sat next to a friend that I had made (John Toole) Who later in life emigrated to Canada and was ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by John Ryan

Life In Full Circle

The little house next to Mary Newman`s Cottage is where I live now...but I first walked past it with my mother at about the time this photo was taken. We got off the steam train at the station just up the hill, to walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1955 by Steve Fuller

Barrel Organ

The island in the middle of Market Place had a unique feature. Between the two zebra crossings on the island each Saturday was a man with a barrel organ. The music could be heard all over the town centre. You had to walk past it when you ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1969 by Janet Hagger

Trolley Buses

I remember there used to be trolley buses through the high street, this would have been in the 1940s or 50s, and there was a lending library on the high street that you paid to take a book out. Also a grocers called Williams Brothers , ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet by Linda Smith

Back In 1963

I was moved to Wickford with my family in December 1963, a hard winter, removal van had trouble getting up the unmade road. Coming from London, it was a bit of a sleepy village for me and especially for my teenage siblings. Had to wait ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1963 by Val Ramsden

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. It ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1967 by Martin Jones

The Old School

I remember the old school on Wigan Road, it was called Ormskirk Cross Hall High School. It has now been demolished and replaced with a newer building.

A memory of Ormskirk in 1979 by Jean Ellison

Tottenham Royal

Barry Watkinson I remember the Royal. I was born in Tewkesbury Rd. When I was 10/11 we moved to Tottenham Hale. We visited the Royal regularly - there was a young teens on a Saturday afternoon. We had some old friends from Tewko ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham

Memories Of Baby Burial At Dilston Maternity Hospital

by Mr Alex Hillary (April 6th 2007) - as reported to Susan Hedworth, Community Care Assistant No, we don’t get the snow like we used to! Like it was in 1941, I mean. I was a taxi driver at ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge by Susan Hedworth

Croglin 1958

When my husband and I married in March 1958, he bought the cottage nearest the camera on the left; no electricity, no bathroom......it cost the  princely sum of £300! The building at the end of the street is the pub, and behind the trees ...Read more

A memory of Croglin by Kate Walker

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Captions

5,036 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Coniston, The Fells 1912

A horse and cart wends its way up a gated minor road through the Coniston Fells.

Caption For Adderbury, Oxford Road C1955

Situated on the main Oxford Road, it became a coaching inn, and today it is a hotel. It still has its original oak beams and large stone fireplaces.

Caption For Beckington, Bath Road 1952

Bath Road is an extension of the village, which grew with the wool trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. Until a by-pass came in 1990, it carried both the A36 and A361.

Caption For Whyteleafe, Tabernacle And Coffee Tavern 1907

This extensive building on the corner of Godstone Road and Station Road was demolished in 1966 and the site is now a car park for local shoppers and commuters.

Caption For Collier Row, Church Of The Ascension 1908

The open countryside and woodland beyond the church is now where Carter Drive leads into road after road of neat suburban houses.

Caption For Witham, Newland Street C1955

A wide variety of building styles can be seen in the row on the right of the road. Apart from a change in function of many of the shops, this road has altered little over the years.

Caption For Bonsall, Via Gellia, Tufa Cottage 1886

Tufa Cottage, on the Via Gellia road from Cromford to Bonsall, was constructed entirely from blocks of tufa, the stone deposited by lime-rich water in this limestone country.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford. The pub seen here—the Bull—is displaying a 'Sundays: No Coaches' sign.

Caption For Landkey, Village C1955

Before the link road between the M5 and Barnstaple was built, Landkey was on the main road out of North Devon. Its long, straggly nature is clear from this photograph.

Caption For Chelmsford, Duke Street 1906

Although it had decamped to Broomfield Road by the time this picture was taken, the Grammar School had formerly stood here - the entrance to the old buildings being just to the left of

Caption For Whittington, The Village C1955

The road sign indicates the directions to Shrewsbury and Oswestry. Since this photograph was taken, the route of the road at this point has been altered, so that it now goes through the trees.

Caption For Camberley, London Road C1955

This is London Road, showing the Duke of York Hotel, now minus its covered porch, at the junction with the Frimley Road.

Caption For Rochdale, The Esplanade 1892

Looking towards the town centre from Manchester Road. The magnificent Town Hall comes into view beyond Broadfield Park slopes, created from 1870 onwards.

Caption For Romford, Laurie Square C1965

The old library was on the other side of the road and had once been the Charity School.

Caption For Portskewett, The Village Green 1931

This view of Portskewett is still recognisable today, although there are now pavements rather than grass verges, and the patch of grass with the road sign to Crick in the middle is

Caption For Gidea Park, Main Road C1960

Shops extended along Main Road to serve the residents of the garden suburb and the residential developments which grew up between Main Road and the railway.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road C1955

The number 84 bus seems to have a clear run; it need not be too concerned about the sole road marking, `No Parking`, at the Haywards Road junction.

Caption For Portskewett, The Village 1931

This view has not changed much in the intervening years, but note the absense of road markings.

Caption For Belfast, Antrim Road 1897

This photograph was taken to capture the early days of the Antrim Road as a superior residential area of Belfast.

Caption For Wokingham, Nine Mile Ride Post Office 1909

Close to the junction of Nine Mile Ride, New Wokingham Road and Honey Hill, we can see Chappell's Store, clearly the local retailer for Salmon's Teas but also providing the facility of

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, Market Place C1955

At this point, the Market Place adjoins Blackpool Old Road.

Caption For Hampstead, North End 1898

The road at the foot of the hill still curves past the pub, but the houses adjacent to Sandy Close, to the left, have been rebuilt. The road is wider and most of the trees have gone.

Caption For Sandy, St Swithun's Church C1955

The Church of England School dates back to Victorian times, and occupied a site at the top of St Neots Road until 1987, when it was transferred to its present location in Ivel Road.

Caption For Kendal, Noble's Yard, 96, Off Stricklandgate 1914

This is an old name which means 'the road leading to the stirk (cattle) land' and refers to the use of the road to drive cattle into market from the north.