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Maps

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Memories

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Joan & Fritz

I have many happy memories of visiting my cousin Joan at the Bridge House when I was young. I would go to play with Susanne & Erica when I was at my Aunty May's house (The Machine House) up the hill in Bersham. We would have some fun ...Read more

A memory of Bersham in 1960 by Janet Ready

Dances At The Welfare Hall

I remember going to the dances at the Welfare Hall with my friends Dorothy Bridges and Margaret Wood, we all livedf at theMiners houses at 'North' it was called because all the streets began with an A. I ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1960 by Anne Dexter

A Country Holiday

During the early 1960s my Aunt Bella and Uncle Alf lived down Ridway lane in a bungerlow called Fernleigh. It was detached, I suspect that it was part of field as the property had a five bar farm gate. Looking out of the ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1960 by Doreen Stockton

The Bell

Several of the local lads and I took the bell from the chapel on the bridge and for a laugh we hung it over the bridge. When large trucks passed underneath, it rang so loud it could be heard all over the village!

A memory of Handcross in 1960 by Michael Feist

Nevilles

Stoops Bridge ! Ah! what fun we had here. My dad bought us canoes - we used an old pram chassis to haul the canoe up "Conquer Lane or Arch" or carried it out the back of Winern Glebe, thro the Allotments and into the field seen, just the ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1960 by Chevvy Eaton

Cornerways/Wine Tasting At The Queen's Head/Pinner Fair

We used to go as a family to the Tea Room which, if memory serves, was called 'Cornerways' for Sunday lunch, as a special treat in the fifties. My father took me to a wine tasting held in the ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1960 by Pamela Johns

Childhood In Woodford Bridge

I grew up in Woodford Bridge with my twin sister Jean, friends Norma Overton, Pat Ancona, Lyn, Norma, Gillian and Gloria Jenkinson, and Richard Cutmore. Happy memories of buying hot bread from Rackhams, taking a ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1960 by Janice Mckenzie

Vancouver Rd/ Bacon Lane

I was born in 1957 in my nan and granddad's house (May & Fred Gloster). I went to Buckingham Road nursery school, then Edgware infants & juniors. I remember the head had a black and white dog and I would give it ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by Christine Isherwood

My 1st Job

In the mid 50s my grandparents moved from Bedwas S Wales on retiring from the local colliery. He chose Arlesey and moved in next door to his sister, Olwen, on Station Rd no 21. I also had another great aunt, Beatrice, she lived over ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1960 by Rhys Jenkins

Hardboard Holiday Home.

You'll all go "Oh yes", when I jog your memory that Seaview was formerly named 'Kite Farm Camp'. It changed its name to Seaview around '61/62 when Arthur Fitt the garage owner on the other side of the station bought it ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1960

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 817 to 840.

Caption For Ivybridge, The Bridge C1960

The river Erme tumbles down and makes its way through the village. Ivybridge was a popular destination for day trips for the workers of Plymouth.

Caption For The Broads, The Pool, Wayford Bridge C1945

This bridge is owned by the Drainage Commissioners, and has been rebuilt to give the river two feet more room.

Caption For Kennington, The Mill 1901

WYE, Bridge Street 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe.

Caption For Bridgwater, The Bridge 1903

Although the Town Bridge was the limit for fixed-masted vessels, barges and similar vessels could – and did – trade up-river as far as Langport.

Caption For Staithes, C1885

This view and view No 79002 show how Staithes nestles in the shadow of the two mighty cliffs.

Caption For Market Harborough, Canal Bridge 1922

Designed and constructed as a working tool, canals have become some of the most attractive and restful waterways in Britain.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Bridge C1965

There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground

Caption For Truro, Boscawen Park 1912

A rustic bridge spans an ornamental lake in this picturesque park.

Caption For Armitage, The River Trent C1960

Turning to face downstream, the Trent's washlands are seen from High Bridge.

Caption For Bristol, City Centre 1950

St Augustine's Bridge looks pretty much the same as it did at the beginning of the 20th century, though the trees have grown, the trams have gone, and there is neither a horse nor a pile of

Caption For Drayton Bassett, The Canal And Swing Bridge C1965

Immediately beyond is a swing bridge. The 15-acre Drayton Manor park and zoo is close by; the village of Drayton Bassett is to the southwest.

Caption For Chippenham, The Maud Heath Causeway C1955

This is the bridge over the River Avon. The limestone monument, dated 1698 (right), records Maud Heath's bequest to the local community.

Caption For Perth, Bridge And Monument 1899

Built of rose-red sandstone, Perth Bridge was completed in 1771. The city then had a population of nearly 8,000.

Caption For Wareham, The River Frome C1960

Wareham is seen here from South Bridge, looking westwards to the banks of the Anglo-Saxon Town Walls and Castle Close (centre right), built by Edward Seymer Clark on the footings of a Norman fortress

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, The Thames C1955

A Girl Guide troop is enjoying the sunshine on the riverbank upstream of the bridge.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street 1955

Woodhouse's store has recently opened in what was previously Singleton's; the shop received a new frontage and complete refit.

Caption For Brewood, The Canal C1965

The builder, Thomas Telford, believed in cutting through hills and bridging valleys. The boats to the left are early examples of leisure boating.

Caption For Burnham Market, Everetts Mill Bridge C1955

The mill and bridge were built in 1790, with warehouses being added to the right of the main building in the 19th century.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, The Park C1955

The elegant, five-arched ashlar bridge of around 1830 is named after the Countess of Wilton, whose husband - a well-known figure in the hunting world - bought Egerton Lodge and entertained the rich and

Caption For Glasgow, The Broomielaw 1897

This overhead view of the Broomielaw area of the city shows the George V bridge in the foreground.

Caption For Odiham, View From Canal Bridge 1924

The winding hole (where boats are turned) lies to the east of and adjacent to the Great Wharf. Odiham Common is on the northern bank.

Caption For Chester, Old Mansions On Bridge Street 1895

Bridge Street, Eastgate Street and Watergate Street have Rows on either side. The only other place in Europe with a similar type of arrangement is Thun, in Switzerland.

Caption For Durham, Prebends Bridge 1892

Built between 1772 and 1778, the three-arched Prebend's Bridge replaced a mid 16th-century footbridge that had been washed away during the floods of 1771.

Caption For Upper Clatford, Sackville Court Farm C1955

The view here from the old railway bridge has greatly been changed from 1955. The farmyard is now expansive lawn and garden. Trees now almost entirely hide the house from view.