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Photos

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Maps

12 maps found.

Books

15 books found. Showing results 889 to 15.

Memories

7,548 memories found. Showing results 371 to 380.

A Day At The Seaside Littlehampton C 1955

I cannot remember how old I was when we started going to the south coast of England for a Sunday trip, but it was when my father sold his Norton motorbike and bought a Golden Flash with a sidecar ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1955 by Carole Baldwin

Mobby

I live in South Alloa and my mother did too, and she still does. My mother told me about a whale that came up the Forth near South Alloa, many people came to see this whale and many came to help move it back into the sea. After they ...Read more

A memory of South Alloa

Dancing Lessons

It was 1952 and the NAAFI Club held dancing lessons. Now, trying to learn to dance in hobnailed Army boots was impossible, but I did chat up a NAAFI girl and arranged to meet her after her work, which I did. She had, to me, an ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by Graham Vahey

Kilmaurs

My husband and I are Australians and went to Britain on a driving holiday in 2007. We stayed in some marvellous B&Bs but one that will always be memorable for us was at Anna Steel's farm 'Laigh Langmuir'. What a welcome we had - ...Read more

A memory of Kilmaurs in 2007 by Kay Armstrong

Langstone Memories

I grew up in Langstone, living at 'Longleat' on Catsash Road from 1961-1973. I attended Langstone Primary School from 1964-1969 and then Caerleon Comprehensive from 1969-1973. 'Longleat' was one of the four ...Read more

A memory of Langstone in 1961 by Michael Davies

The Shoe Box

Wow. The pictures bring back so many memories. I was born and bred in Woking and my family owned The Shoe Box in Knaphill. Originally my grandfather Albert Cook gifted the shop to his friend Phyl (my siblings and I affectionately ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1982 by Rebecca Francis

Longton Judo Club, Dave Small (Sentinel Group Photograph)

In my mind I'm thinking back in the year 2004. Where I had a sentinel picture of me wearing a white judo suit with an orange belt. In a group photograph with friends - I'm very young ...Read more

A memory of Stoke-on-Trent in 2004

Rotherham Clifton Park Childrens Paddling Pool C1955

I lived at Ecclesfield and I remember being taken to Cliton Park as a yearly treat aged 7. It must have been a Bank Holiday because the pool was full of kids and lots of parents sat around the ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1953 by Megan Ward

The Old Days

Hi, I am Linda Atkinson, nee Halford, I was brought up on the Gypsy Lane estate, attending Woodhouse Junior school and remember the carnivals/parades held on the village green. My best friends were Nancy and Maria Churms, and ...Read more

A memory of Normanton by Linda Atkinson

Brentford Memories From Grandparents Stories..

I was born and bred in Brentford and can remember it well from the 1970's onwards. Both of my grandparents and their families were also old Brentonians all of their lives. I have many stories from my ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1950

Captions

2,501 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For Henfield, High Street C1960

Henfield is a long, straggling village a mile or so to the east of the River Adur.

Caption For Horley, On The Mole 1906

The River Mole forms the county boundary here, south-west of the church, so the right bank in the view is in Sussex. This is Long Bridge, seen from Church Meadow, now a more manicured space.

Caption For Dolgellau, Market Square 1930

The town's arcaded Market House of 1870 stands in the Square. The local dark building stone has given Dolgellau much of its character.

Caption For Truro, Boscawen Street 1923

Cornwall's cathedral city is at the centre of a mining district and sits comfortably in a broad valley, at the junction of the rivers Kenwyn and Allen.

Caption For Lincoln, Guildhall 1890

Through Stone Bow we look back across the setts to its rear, with the High Street stretching away into the distance through the archway.

Caption For Falmouth, Church Street C1950

Always bustling with shoppers, Falmouth's main thoroughfare turns to the right here at the church to continue along Arwenack Street.

Caption For Charmouth, The River Char C1960

The pebble beach beside Lyme Bay acts as a dam at Charmouth, and prevents the River Char from having a conventional estuary.

Caption For Bathampton, The Weir And Hotel C1960

The mill is actially on the Bathampton or south bank of the Avon, beyond the toll bridge. In this view it has been converted into the Weir Tea Garden Hotel, and the meadow turned into a tea lawn.

Caption For Astwood Bank, Western Hill Close C1965

A wide range of architectural periods is represented in Astwood Bank, though Victorian buildings are particularly numerous. The 1960s brought a number of new developments, of which this is typical.

Caption For Norwich, Westlegate 1890

All Saints' Church in the distance survived bombing and post-war clearance, along with a thatched pub, the quaintly-named Barking Dickey, which later became a greengrocer and then a bank.

Caption For Norwich, Westlegate 1890

All Saints' Church in the distance survived bombing and post-war clearance, along with a thatched pub, the quaintly-named Barking Dickey, which later became a greengrocer and then a bank.

Caption For Sleaford, Northgate C1950

At the end of South Gate is the Market Place, which has on its east side one of Lincolnshire's finest churches.

Caption For Haslingden, Deardengate C1955

Now a busy road through the town, in the days before mass car ownership Deardengate was almost empty except for pedestrians.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street C1960

It was taken over by Boots, whose shop on the right displays a flag advertising the Booklovers' Library.

Caption For Bungay, Earsham Street C1960

To the right is the red brick gabled London and Provincial Bank, and nearer to us is Mrs Carter's ladies' hairdresser's. Beyond the car was R Charlish, motor engineer and cycle agent.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, 'Newton and Noss' to all locals, line the opposite banks of the Yealm estuary.

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1923

Less than 20 years have passed since No 52472 was taken, but motor vehicles in the High Street and The Square now outnumber horse-drawn ones by nine to one.

Caption For Chard, Fore Street C1955

Right of the Westminster Bank stands Manor Court, which was built as a merchant's house in 1550; in the upper rooms, some ceilings still retain their fine plasterwork decoration.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Beach 1929

The extensive sandy beach is protected by a bank of sand which has a natural windbreak of high fir trees.

Caption For Skegness, Walsh's Holiday Camp C1955

Caravan camps have become much more sophisticated since the 1950s, but they also had lots of fun in those days, you can be sure of that!

Caption For Matlock Moor, 1892

This view from the west shows John Smedley's massive Hydro on the opposite side of the valley, which brought spa town prosperity to the town after its erection in 1853.

Caption For Ellesmere, Ellesmere House C1960

Ellesmere House is beautifully sited just above the main road and overlooking the Mere. The building is now used as a residential home.

Caption For Melksham, The Hospital C1950

This hospital was built as a replacement for the cottage hospital in Bank Street. Mrs Ludlow Bruges of Seend was the benefactor who gave the hospital to the town.

Caption For Youlgrave, River Bradford C1960

The plateau-top village of Youlgreave stands between the valleys of the Bradford and the Lathkill; it is a prosperous settlement based on lead mining and farming.