Maps

476 maps found.

1920, Broad Street Ref. POP650822
1946, Broad Green Ref. NPO650687
1946, Broad Green Ref. NPO650689
1946, Broad Green Ref. NPO650691
1946, Broad Heath Ref. NPO650708
1940, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650776
1899-1902, Broad Green Ref. RNC650684
1898-1901, Broad Green Ref. RNC650686
1898-1899, Broad Street Ref. RNC650816
1896, Broad Green Ref. RNE650687
1899, Broad Oak Ref. RNE650769
1895, Broad Oak Ref. RNE650777
1895, Broad Street Ref. RNE650821
1947, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650762
1947, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650768
1946, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650769
1945, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650772
1940, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650773
1940, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650775
1940, Broad Oak Ref. NPO650777

Books

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Memories

11,058 memories found. Showing results 181 to 190.

Ryders Folklore

These cottages are now known as Ryders, but it appears that in Edwardian times the place (or maybe this corner) may also have been known as "Seven Trees Well": I have a postcard with this picture on it sent on 7th May 1906 to ...Read more

A memory of Okewood Hill in 1900 by Gary Crouch

The Rec!

Ah yes, The Rec!  Scene of many a battle and many a cup final, in later years there was romance!  You could get through the hedge and down onto the railway line to put halfpennies on the line that got flattened by trains as they ran ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Stephen Owen

My Home Town

My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

Wartime In Ickburgh Fields

I was evacuated with my mother to a back to back semi-detached flint cottage situated in a clearing in the pine forests. There was no sanitation or running water or electricity. There was a tiny kitchen with a black ...Read more

A memory of Ickburgh Fields by Marion Mac Donald

Looking For People Who Might Remember Olive Alice Daniels, Lived Balham Park Road 1960s, Died 1964

Hello, I'm looking for anyone who might remember Olive Alice Daniels – she was a widow who lived with her brother, Thomas Oram Durst, at 118 Balham Park ...Read more

A memory of Balham by Moya Lothian Mc Lean

So Many Memories

My family arrived in Wargrave just after the war. We moved into a flat above the Post Office/ Telephone Exchange. Dad was a caretaker operator. Things I remember about the village were of course the nearby river, the houses so ...Read more

A memory of Wargrave by M Ichael Aldridge

Happy Weekends

For some time back in the late '70's/early '80's I used to ride my motorbike from Worcester to visit my then girlfriend, Judith, at Sawtry. She had a post as a teacher at the nearby school. Used to love the ride on a sunny, summer ...Read more

A memory of Sawtry by bru.enzer

Born In Battersea

I was born in Seldon House , my grans flat in 1947. (My father was born in Sheepcote Lane and my mum in Southolme Street.) From there we moved to Burke House in Maysoule Road then onto Stroudley House on the Patmore Estate. I ...Read more

A memory of Battersea

My Days In Northwich

I was born in Northwich in 1966, however I moved here to Lancashire in 1980 but I still consider time in Northwich as being the best days of my life. I moved here when I was 14, I lived in Greenhall Road and my best friend ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1970 by Vicky Wood

Memory Of Soudley

Steam to Stratford, in the early 20's James Joiner (a contractor from Soudley) assembled his convoy of Traction Engines en Route to Stratford Upon Avon to start the new Sewer Contract which was awarded to Joiners for £57,000. ...Read more

A memory of Upper Soudley in 1920 by James Bevan

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Captions

5,036 captions found. Showing results 433 to 456.

Caption For Whyteleafe, Station Road C1955

A tree-lined Station Road draws the eye towards Upper Warlingham Station, which arrived in Whyteleafe in 1884.

Caption For Dagenham, Civic Centre, Becontree Heath C1950

Situated on an open site between Rainham Road North and Rush Green Road, the Dagenham Civic Centre is a superb example of late-1930s civic architecture.

Caption For Borough Green, Western Road 1903

I would love to know what these children were doing along this quiet residential road. Were the eight boys reluctantly looking after the toddler for a busy mum?

Caption For Halstead, Bridge Street C1955

This road takes its name from the bridge over the River Colne, visible in the foreground of the picture.

Caption For Castleton, The Winnats 1909

This road was the ancient way into the town from the west from Chapel en le Frith, but plans to close it to traffic in the 1970s were thwarted when the alternative road under Mam Tor finally collapsed.

Caption For Callington, Launceston Road 1908

This is a picturesque view of the approach to the town along Launceston Road. The pony and trap has time to pose across the road without hindering other traffic.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Grange Fell Road 1921

Highfield Road crosses to the right below the field. The trees behind St Paul's Church have gone today.

Caption For Petersfield, The Red Lion C1955

This impractical arrangement came to an end, and the parishes then became responsible for the upkeep of roads within their boundaries.

Caption For Faygate, The Village 1929

A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest.

Caption For Boreham Street, White Friars Hotel C1955

Wartling is another parish like Herstmonceux, with its parish church and part of the village over a mile south of the main road and on the edge of the Pevensey Levels.

Caption For Glentham, Moncks Arms Hotel, Caenby Corner 1953

A sign of the times is here in the form of the AA box (right) with two AA patrol men going across the road for a quick one!

Caption For Clitheroe, Church Street C1960

The old road wound through Pimlico, but the 1826 turnpike road was straight, passing Clitheroe Hospital, once the workhouse.

Caption For Liverpool, Garston, Holmefield Road From Booker Avenue C1955

Located in the suburb of Allerton, this junction provides access to West Allerton train station and to the B5180 and A562 arterial roads.

Caption For Glentham, Moncks Arms Hotel, Caenby Corner 1953

A sign of the times is here in the form of the AA box (right) with two AA patrol men going across the road for a quick one!

Caption For Port Sunlight, Bridge Inn C1965

The Bridge Inn is named after Victoria Bridge, built to span a tidal creek that ran across the line of Bolton Road; the bridge thus linked Bolton Road to the New Chester Road (the creek was eventually

Caption For Surbiton, St Raphael's Church, Portsmouth Road 1893

The estate was sold off after Alexander's death, and by 1855 a number of cottages and houses had been built in what are now Westfield Road, St Leonard's Road, and Cadogan Road.

Caption For Llanberis, Top Of Llanberis Pass C1955

This open-topped car laden with tourists has just crawled up the narrow, zig-zag road to the top of the pass.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Hiltingbury/Kingsway Crossroads C1955

Historians are of the opinion that when the forester Purkiss took the body of William Rufus to Winchester, he must have travelled through or near Chandler's Ford, and roads here have been given the names

Caption For Bethersden, Village C1955

Before modern road surfaces spread to the countryside, Bethersden had the reputation of having the worst, most boggy roads in Kent.

Caption For Abergavenny, From Near The Station 1893

The stone half way down the other side of the road marked the entry to Mill Lane which led to Mill Street, the main entry road to the town for many centuries.

Caption For Sudbury, St Leonard's Hospital 1900

The medieval leper hospital of St Leonard's was in Melford Road, where Colneys Close is named after John Colneys, who founded the hospital in 1372.

Caption For Aberdare, 1937

On the far right, the road continues over the top to Maerdy.

Caption For Great Dunmow, Braintree Road C1955

Once called Stratford (the `street ford`), this was where the Roman road crossed the River Chelmer.

Caption For Eccles, Church Street C1955

Many of these buildings have been demolished to make way for retail development and road alterations, whilst the Broadway Cinema out-lived its silver screen only to end its days as a supermarket.