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High Spring Tide Lyme Regis Cobb 10th March 2008

I stood at the end of the Cobb on the day of the worst storm this winter and both saw and felt the sea spray as the waves hit the top of the sea wall. It was just as exciting as shown in this ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

The Slate Islands Easdale

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

Lawrence And Peggy Berg

My uncle Lawrence married Peggy Smurthwaite in about 1935 and took over the Hinchley Wood Hotel. It was already well-known to him and his brother, Ellis, because he was a partner in the building firm E & L Berg ...Read more

A memory of Hinchley Wood in 1930 by Ellis Berg

Favourite Outing

My family and I often walked to the River Usk, going down Pentre Road and crossing the Brecon Road. We used to have picnics on the side nearest St. Mary's church in Llanwenarth, and look in the water for tiny fish and insects. ...Read more

A memory of Abergavenny in 1949 by Diana Dioszeghy

Growing Up In Chis

welcome to u all from brisbane australia.I have lived here for 38 years,am very happy but chiseldon will always be in my heart.Confirmed ,married and our 4 girls were baptised in chiseldon church.We injoyed the washpool and ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1950 by Dawn Downey

I Am A Beach Boy

I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by Robin Stockham

Playground Apparatuses

How wonderful to have my memory jogged by the lovely pictures of Clapham Common. After school, most days we (my brother Lance) and my mother would have such fun. We would play spot the park keeper, (always nicely ...Read more

A memory of Clapham in 1962 by Margaret Beil

Meeting Street

I have a copy of the Meeting Street photo as the girl standing in the road (with the black sleeve) is my Grandmother SARAH POWE (nee Lesley). The family house was at 29 Meeting Street just out of view. Grandmother also ran the BELL ...Read more

A memory of Appledore by Michael Ewings

O To Be A Boy Again

I remember Pickmere Lake (pond) where I and my buddies use to bike to with home made fishing rods tied to the crossbar, you could hire a row boat and get the real feel of lake fishing LOL!!  Our Mums packed us off  with ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1958 by Chris Walker

War Days In Chingford 1939 46

up to the age of seven from 1939- 46 i lived in middleton close i to remeber the war years , walking across sopers farm to feed the pigs on acorns , catching newts in the little pond , which is now ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield by Roger Walker

Captions

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Caption For Llangrannog, General View C1960

There were several warehouses here; they stored domestic items brought by boat, including one called Y Storws Llestri (the Earthenware Warehouse), that contained ceramics from the Buckley potteries in

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Miniature Railway And Cliff C1955

In the foreground a proud father and his children enjoy the boating lake.

Caption For Kettering, Wicksteed Park C1955

The lakeside railway makes a circuit of the boating lake and the paddling pool. Most of the park was devoted to children's amusements, but there was one backwater for swans.

Caption For Bradford, Lister Park Bandstand 1923

The park is named after Cunliffe Lister, Lord Masham, and includes a boating lake, a scented garden for the blind and the Cartwright Memorial Hall, which was opened in 1904.

Caption For Bradford, Lister Park Bandstand 1923

The park is named after Cunliffe Lister, Lord Masham, and includes a boating lake, a scented garden for the blind and the Cartwright Memorial Hall, which was opened in 1904.

Caption For Norwich, Riverside Road And River Wensum 1901

This view also shows the old towpath, with moored barges, prior to the improvements for pleasure boating.

Caption For Acle, The Windmill C1929

The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

Caption For Chester, Queens Park Bridge 1923

On the far bank is one of the stages for excursion steamers, and a station for the hire of rowing boats.

Caption For Pangbourne, The Bridge And The Old George 1899

A late 19th-century advertisment for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or anglers

Caption For Eton, Romney Lock 1909

A funnelled pleasure boat is seen leaving Romney Lock. Its passengers appear to be mainly women. A small sailing dinghy is patiently waiting to enter the lock.

Caption For Lymington, The Ferry 'farringford' C1955

It was, unusually, a diesel-electric paddle-boat, with a capacity of 32 cars (current ferries on this route carry twice that amount).

Caption For Killarney, Macgillycuddy's Reeks 1897

A rowing boat is drawn up in the foreground, and a group of people linger by the edge of the lake.

Caption For Exmouth, The Pier 1896

Exmouth is still a busy little port, though merchant vessels are now outnumbered by sailing boats. A ferry crosses the Exe from here to the village of Starcross on the opposite bank.

Caption For Bantham, 1926

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

Caption For Maidstone, River Medway, Old Palace And All Saints' Church C1955

The recreational river: this view shows the bustling Undercliff Walk, with rowing boats for hire. A trip on the river was particularly popular at this time.

Caption For Connemara, Barnaderg Bay C1955

A rather beautiful boat is drawn up on the rocky foreshore.

Caption For Blakeney, Excursion Trip To See The Seals C1955

A ferry boat departing from Blakeney Quay.

Caption For Bingley, Five Rise Locks, The Leeds & Liverpool Canal 1894

The locks lifted boats and barges a full 60 ft, and is one of the most impressive groups of locks on the canal. The canal was a vital link for Bingley's manufacturers with the port of Liverpool.

Caption For Arnside, From The Beach 1894

Here a little Victorian girl poses among the rowing boats laid up on the beach at Arnside.

Caption For Hastings, The Beach 1890

The sands are replete with bathing machines, boats, children and ladies with parasols: Victorian seaside gentility. Note the perambulators in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Sandgate, Radnor Cliff 1906

Radnor Cliff was where many of the town's wealthy residents lived; here their houses overlook the beach, where a naval man appears to be getting his boat ready for sailing.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1908

Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach. Horses and carts were still the best way of loading and off-loading in a tidal harbour.

Caption For Barry, Knap Boating Lake C1960

Knap is located in the quieter area of Barry, and here we see a very genteel-looking boating lake. Barry was to become one of the busiest of resorts on the south coast of post-war Wales.

Caption For Burnley, Thompson Park C1960

An idyllic scene: flowers in the foreground, the lake and the boat house against a setting of trees and shrubs — but the chimney of Bank Hall Colliery is a reminder that we are in Burnley.