Places

5 places found.

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Photos

9 photos found. Showing results 21 to 9.

Maps

28 maps found.

1909, Southwood Ref. HOSM59818
1899-1902, Southwood Ref. RNC835866
1901-1902, Southwood Ref. RNC835872
1921, Southwold Ref. POP835858
1946, Southwold Ref. NPO835858
1898, Southwold Ref. RNE835858
1901-1902, Southwold Ref. RNC835858
1903, Southwold Ref. HOSM35214

Books

1 books found. Showing results 25 to 1.

Memories

192 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Going To The Shops...

As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Peter Taylor

School Days

I am surprised that no one has added any memories to this page. When I was a child the village was small and everyone knew everyone else, now it has changed out of all recognition, apart perhaps from the very centre ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1947 by Gloria Knight

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Combpyne Village Reservoir

I am a little bit unsure whether it was 1948 when my late  father, the Revd Peter N Longridge, moved from Sticklpath in Barnstaple down to Combpyne. Or maybe a year or two later. The list of Rectors in the church will ...Read more

A memory of Combpyne in 1948 by Richard Longridge

Oh Happy Days!

Spent many happy hours paddling away in the little boats during the summer months when we lived in Southwold!

A memory of Southwold by Ann Keelan Tenthy

Evacuation

I was 6 years old in 1941 and a native of Glasgow. During the worst of the German bombing at that time, my mother, brother and I moved to Auchnahyle Farm, which was farmed by my father's uncle and aunts, Bob, Mag and Jess Jamieson. My ...Read more

A memory of Pitlochry in 1941 by Robert Jamieson

Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s

Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway.  Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Danny Robinson

Netherthong In The First World War Part 2

Throughout the course of the First World War many local organizations raised money to send parcels to local soldiers. This was particularly relevant at Christmas and the presents included shirts, ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong by Michael Meitiner

Summer Trips To Martin"S

My sister Pauline and I used to come here with our mother, and sometimes father, on hot summer days, around 1948 to 1952 (age 6 to 10). We commuted three stops from Reading South in electric trains. I basically learned ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham in 1950 by Peter George

St Albans Summer Holidays In The 1950s

A child from Thanet taking annual last week of August holidays with an adored great aunt at Chiswell Green, travelling by train to Victoria Station, London, taking the Greenline to ...Read more

A memory of Frogmore in 1953 by Sandra Dudley

Captions

98 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Storrington, The Weald C1955

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.

Caption For Richmond, From West 1908

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Swithland, Reservoir C1965

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

Caption For Richmond, View From Castle Walk 1913

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Swithland, Reservoir C1965

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

Caption For Newton Abbot, From Decoy 1906

Another open area of Newton Abbot is Decoy, to the south of town. With playing fields, a recreation area, a lake and woodlands, it is very popular with the local townspeople.

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

We are looking south from Lower Gatesgarth. The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head Inn C1955

The north wing, which is jettied on a moulded wood bressumer, remains half-timbered; the south wing was rebuilt in the 19th century to house the parish hall.

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

We are looking south from Lower Gatesgarth. The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head Inn C1955

The north wing, which is jettied on a moulded wood bressumer, remains half-timbered; the south wing was rebuilt in the 19th century to house the parish hall.

Caption For Devizes, St Mary's Church, Interior 1898

The wood sculpture of a pelican over the south door could have been a roof corbel.

Caption For Ribchester, The New Bridge C1955

The photograph looks to the south bank, where a footpath follows the river downstream through Marles Wood to Salesbury Hall.

Caption For Bramerton, The Village Street 1953

This small south Norfolk village runs along a single street. The high pitch of the roof on the house to the right suggests that it may originally have been of thatch.

Caption For Limpley Stoke, The Village C1955

This Wiltshire village grew up on three roughly parallel terraces on the steep and well-wooded Avon valley side, with the parish church at the south end.

Caption For Doncaster, Sprotborough Hall 1900

By the 1650s Lionel Copley had become one of the leading ironmasters in South Yorkshire, thanks to a leasing arrangement with the Earl of Shrewsbury which gave him access to Shrewsbury charcoal woods

Caption For Doncaster, Sprotborough Hall 1900

By the 1650s Lionel Copley had become one of the leading ironmasters in South Yorkshire, thanks to a leasing arrangement with the Earl of Shrewsbury which gave him access to Shrewsbury charcoal woods and

Caption For Hawthornden, 1897

Located nine miles south of Edinburgh, Hawthornden stands high above the river North Esk amid a densely wooded estate.

Caption For Mytholmroyd, View From Scout Road C1955

Prominent in this view from Scout Road, which leads up through Hathershelf Scout Wood, south east of the village, is the Moderna Blanket Factory.

Caption For North Holmwood, Village 1906

In the 19th century, this area south of Dorking was a wild and dangerous part of Surrey, where highwaymen pursued their villainous trade and smugglers transported their contraband goods at night along

Caption For Stanion, The Village C1960

This view from the fields south-east of Stanion shows the small Northamptonshire village centred on the medieval church, with its fine 15th-century tower with broach spire.

Caption For Taxal, The Church C1955

Taxal is a small village south of Whaley Bridge, lying in a cul-de-sac overlooking the lovely Goyt Valley.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

After the Exhibition, it was moved to wooded parkland at Sydenham in south-east London.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

After the Exhibition, it was moved to wooded parkland at Sydenham in south-east London.

Caption For Cawsand, The Bay 1904

We are on the south-east coast at Cawsand Bay; the twin villages perched above the beach, where fishing boats are drawn up. The fields and woods of the Mount Edgcumbe estate reach down to the water.