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Places
21 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Anstruther Wester, Fife
- Fowlis Wester, Tayside
- Wester Deloraine, Borders
- Wester Eggie, Tayside
- Wester Foffarty, Tayside
- Wester Meathie, Tayside
- Wester Broomhouse, Lothian
- Wester Essenside, Borders
- Wester Gruinards, Highlands
- Wester Kershope, Borders
- Wester Arboll, Highlands
- Wester Auchinloch, Strathclyde
- Wester Hailes, Lothian
- Wester Housebyres, Borders
- Wester Balgedie, Tayside
- Wester Essendy, Tayside
- Wester Aberchalder, Highlands
- Wester Dechmont, Lothian
- Wester Skeld, Shetland Islands
- Wester Quarff, Shetland Islands
- Wester Parkgate, Dumfries and Galloway
Photos
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Maps
50 maps found.
Books
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Memories
35 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
New Addington Memories
I remember as a young boy Fairchildes school , we lived in Castle Hill Crescent and walked in all weathers to school. I remember Mr. Hedges, Mr. Breed, Mr. Watson, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Rutter Mr. Morgan, Mr. Best, Mr. Trinder, ...Read more
A memory of New Addington by
Caterham Hill
CATERHAM HILL - High Street and Chaldon Road I lived in 20 Chaldon Road and 5-7 High Street, Caterham Hill as a young child from about 9 years old. I went to the Infant school in Chaldon Road. On Friday mornings a Siren was used to ...Read more
A memory of Caterham by
Eskdale Cumbria And Another Hectic Break
My son Matthew provided the opportunity to once again retrace our well worn steps around this beautiful county and in particular The Lake District. As is our norm it was non-stop driving and walking, although ...Read more
A memory of Ambleside by
The Jester
I remember the Jester Cafe. I used to deliver milk to this cafe. But I liked the ice cream parlour - Meciasers? It was better. We were Rockers, not Mods.
A memory of Hyde by
The Hatch End Bus Stop
In the middle of this picture is a bus stop where the London Transport red double-deckers on routes 98B and 209 stop. Both routes ran to Pinner in a westerly direction and I would stand at this stop many hundreds of times ...Read more
A memory of Hatch End in 1960 by
Thomas Henry Atkinson The Rookery
I am trying to find anything about my family the Atkinsons who once lived at The Rookery Middleton Tyas. Thomas Henry Atkinson was married to Jane Hall Wester and they had two children that i know of ...Read more
A memory of Middleton Tyas in 1900 by
The Howard Family At Hammersmith And Barnes
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations ...Read more
A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by
Johnston Of Wester Milton
I am in possession of my Great (great?) Grandfather, James Johnston, who wrote a family tree and called it ‘The Johnston’s of Wester Milton. We also use the crest of the winged spur and the the family motto of Nun Quam ...Read more
A memory of Wester Milton
New Park Road/ Gleneagel Stables
So many memories i don't know where to begin! I remember learning to ride at New Park Road Stables. The wooden stairs going up to the office above the stalls to book in. Vodka and Gin the greys, Cossack, Cherry ...Read more
A memory of Streatham by
Where The Name Heelands Orginated
I was told a tale by Mrs Lester of Bradwell Village that one day the lord of Bradwell Manor had visitors from Scotland staying, and early one morning as they looked out of their bedroom window and looked across ...Read more
A memory of Heelands in 1890 by
Captions
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New Quay became an important ship-building settlement from the late 18th century (244 ships were built here between 1779 and 1882), and since it was well protected from south-westerly gales, it was one
That Meryl Streep moment, as it became after 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' had been filmed here in 1980, with the Outer Breakwater of the Cobb awash in a bursting south-westerly wave.
The sudden inward rush of water up the Severn is at its best when backed by a south-westerly wind; then the bore is like the one pictured here.
This wild and rocky landscape in Wester Ross is typical of the Highlands. The looming quartzite peaks of Beinn Eighe are in the background.
'King Orry IV' drifted from her moorings in a fierce north-westerly storm in January 1976. She had been sold for breaking-up to R Taylor of Bury.
This is the westerly end of Lydstep Cavern Beach; here we see the aptly named Saddle Back and Saddle Point, with the cave and fissures worn into the vertical strata of limestone.
The statues are badly worn by the strong westerly winds (which give the name of 'kill canon corner' to the north-west corner); they were also damaged by the 17th-century iconoclasts, who
The dancers include a maid (Maid Marian), a jester, a man on a hobby-horse, a boy with a bow and arrow and six men wearing antlers.
His name was Samuel 'Maggoty' Johnson, and he was the last professional jester in England. He died in 1773, and there is a lane nearby bearing his name where his grave can be found.
The town centre was redeveloped from the late 1950s by Elder Lester & Partners; the Forum opened in 1967.
Incidentally, it was in the castle that Dickie Pearce, England's last court jester, died while midway through a performance.
