Maps

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Books

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Memories

1,393 memories found. Showing results 321 to 330.

Kilburn Lane

We moved to Kilburn from Chapter Road Willesden in 1947 and I lived there until I left home in 1965. I have clear memories of walking through the old market to St Mary's school in Granville Road and my favourite stall was ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1947 by Margaret White

Birkenhead In The 1950s

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it does’nt even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has changed – ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

Shop In Market Street

I worked at the co-op drapery, next door to Davys and Frisbys shoe shop at the other side in 1955 untill I married and left in 1960. The manager was Mr Shaw from Chesterfield. The other girls who worked with me were Gyneth ...Read more

A memory of Eckington by barbara.glossop

Shortmead Street School

I was born in Biggleswade in 1947 and left for Suffolk in 1957. I remember going to the infants school and then shortmead street. We did maypole dancing and got hit over the knuckles regularly by horrible teachers! Pretty ...Read more

A memory of Biggleswade

Lillah Street ( Off Cross Lane ),Salford...Lilian Bond,Joseph Burton & Hilda Hibbert

Hi everyone. My mum is Salford born and bred .Her name was LILIAN BOND born in 1947. She lived at 21 Lillah Street,next to the `corner`shop at 23, which was previously owned by ...Read more

A memory of Salford by lowe38.family

Market Place

I remember sitting on those steps with my Mother and sisters as we waited for the bus to take us to Dolgarrog to visit my Nain. That would have been the 1950 s. I still live in Llanrwst and have enjoyed seeing these photos.

A memory of Llanrwst by jon5rob

Bromley High Street

I remember the coffee smell as one wandered up the high street. Someone on this memory board has asked what was it called. It was called: Coffee Importers, because that was what they did. You could buy beans or have them ground there ...Read more

A memory of Bromley by Susan Tebby

Thanks For Jogging My Memories Of Wombwell

Came across this place by accident - glad I did. I spent the first 11 years of life down Hawson Street, before moving to Aldham House Estate. I can still remember the "old gas works" the other side of the ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell by lez_slack

Gainsborough

The Gainsborough today is not the Gainsborough of my youth. It was a busy market town with a very busy market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. A lot of farmers came into town on a Tuesday to take care of their business, a quick pint and ...Read more

A memory of Gainsborough by Richard Chantry

Growing Up

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell

Captions

2,318 captions found. Showing results 769 to 792.

Caption For Richmond, Millgate 1913

This photograph was taken from the top near the Market Place, with Castle Wynd up on the right.

Caption For Askrigg, The Village C1950

Three-storeyed 18th-century town houses, including the King's Arms Hotel in the middle distance, line the Market Place of Askrigg, a pleasant village in Upper Wensleydale.

Caption For Halsall, The Church 1900

Ainsdale was a failed attempt by Charles Webb to create an up- market residential area close to Birkdale.

Caption For Ainsdale, Station Road C1965

Ainsdale was a failed attempt by Charles Webb to create an up-market residential area close to Birkdale.

Caption For Sturminster Newton, Market Cross C1960

Today it is a pleasing old market town on the banks of the River Stour.

Caption For Huntingdon, High Street 1901

When this photograph was taken, there was not a lot more to Huntingdon than its long High Street, which leads off Market Hill in both directions, overlooked by the graceful spire of the now-lost Trnity

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

J Shipley Slipper, a dentist, held a surgery at Waldock's on the left, but only on alternate market days - a long wait if you'd just missed him.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

J Shipley Slipper, a dentist, held a surgery at Waldock's on the left, but only on alternate market days - a long wait if you'd just missed him.

Caption For Shifnal, Market Place 1898

Shifnal is thought to have been the model for P G Wodehouse's 'Market Blandings'.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Square C1955

Café, jeweller, dry cleaners and the regional newspaper office make strange bedfellows under the roof of the old Market House.

Caption For Askrigg, River Ure 1924

The town continued as the leading industrial and commercial centre for Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter. From then on, Askrigg went into decline.

Caption For Norwich, Guildhall And Market Place 1891

This beautiful 15th-century building overlooks the market place. From here the city has been governed since 1407.

Caption For Romsey, The Hundred 1911

The Hundred, which runs down to the Market Place, is lined with striking houses and cottages. The Sawyers Arms, now a private house, can be spotted on the right.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge And Pool Of London 1896

This view was probably taken from a moored ship near Billingsgate Market. The Tower of London is to the left.

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place 1929

Wisbech's elongated market place bustles with activity on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Caption For Banbury, Market Place 1960

The clock on the top of the Town Hall is visible, peeping above the rooftops in the town's Market Place.

Caption For Askrigg, The Parish Church C1950

The late-Perpendicular building is situated in a commanding position in the village, near the ancient market cross (left).

Caption For East Dereham, Market Place 1898

The market place was once a good deal bigger than this, but fire swept through the town in 1679, and subsequent rebuilding encroached on the site.

Caption For Crickhowell, Market Square And High Street 1951

The monument in Market Square is inscribed: 'In memory of Henry John Lucas M D. Born July 3rd 1804 Died December 29th 1873'.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Bakewell, From Station Road 1914

From the height of Castle Hill, close to the old railway line on the east side of the valley, Bakewell looks exactly what it is: a pretty and compact market town.

Caption For Newton Abbot, The Market 1925

Newton Abbot market has changed a great deal in both character and appearance since this photograph was taken in the 1920s.