Photos

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Maps

524 maps found.

1902-1903, Bridge End Ref. RNC649830
1898-1899, Bridge End Ref. RNC649842
1884 - 1905, Bridge End Ref. HOSM38855
1898, West End Ref. RNE864036
1925, West End Ref. POP864036
1947, West End Ref. NPO864036
1903-1904, West End Ref. RNC864036
1900, Bridgend Ref. RNC650113
1898-1900, Bridgend Ref. RNC650105
1946, Bridgend Ref. NPO650107
1897, Bridgend Ref. RNE650105
1925, Bridgend Ref. POP650103
1919, Bridgend Ref. POP650105
1947, Bridgend Ref. NPO650103
1947, Bridgend Ref. NPO650104
1897, Bridgend Ref. RNE650103
1898, Bridgend Ref. RNE650104
1895, Bridgend Ref. RNE650106
1897, Bridgend Ref. RNE650107
1908, Bridgend Ref. RNC650088

Books

2 books found. Showing results 73 to 2.

Memories

1,914 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

My Late Parents

I have on my wall a photograph featuring my late parents, Rex and Barbara Grimmer just after they were married standing on the bridge with the Japanese style building still standing. This was in the early 50’s, and I can recall it from my youth.

A memory of Lowestoft by Colin Grimmer

The Kennet

The river is the Kennet and this view shows the junction of the Kennet river (from low level bridge on the right) and the Kennet and Avon Canal (towards the locks straight ahead). The tributary to the left is towards the West Mills flour mill (water powered). The view is upstream (West).

A memory of Newbury by Claire Allen

A Small Boys Paradise

Moving from Lewisham in London to Three Bridges in 1953 was wonderful. I was only 9 and we were, I believe, the first family in the Birches. We had the river mole with rainbow trout, horses, rabbits, all manner of wildlife and ...Read more

A memory of Crawley by John Brian

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

Fishing

During the school holidays the canal and it's towpath became a playground for many of the village children. Several of us caught the fishing bug and used the canal many times throughout the holiday. We always looked out for a barge ...Read more

A memory of Wheaton Aston in 1956 by Roy Downton

Waterworks Cottages Purley

I spent my childhood living in one of these cottages on the waterworks gated property in Purley. I walked to school under the railway bridge that crossed the road to the left as I walked out the gate. We called them "The ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Mary Porter

Summer Memories Of Picktree Village

In the late 1950’s and as a young boy around 8 or 9 living in the west end of Newcastle, I used to visit my Auntie Bella and Uncle Ted regularly. They lived at Number 3 Picktree Cottages, a short row of picturesque ...Read more

A memory of Picktree by Ben Haddon

Daily Chats

I remember when I was a van salesman with Sunblest in Aberdeen - my round was Royal Deeside. My morning started at 02.30hrs in Northfield in Aberdeen. Loaded, I would head for Deeside. I enjoyed my round but more so when I ...Read more

A memory of Bridge of Gairn in 1983 by Ron Ewing

Oxlow Lane....Eastbrook School

I was Carole Eadie Eldest child of 7 Happy memories Swinging on our garden gate Dancing at the Ilford Palais Pondfield Park paddling pool Standing on bridge near park and been covered in smoke from steam trains on ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Carole Eadie

Southall Memories

My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Sandya Narayanswami

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

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Caption For Newby Bridge, Nickle Landing Stage 1914

The location is the Nickle Landing Stage, near Newby Bridge, at the southern end of the lake, where it narrows to enter the River Leven.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Broads C1926

Here we see sailing boats and dinghies alongside the River Thurne, with G Applegate's boatbuilding sheds on the west bank.

Caption For Wakefield, Kirkgate C1955

Many of Wakefield's 118 pubs and hotels were along this central road through the city.

Caption For Newby Bridge, Nickle Landing Stage 1914

The location is the Nickle Landing Stage, near Newby Bridge, at the southern end of the lake, where it narrows to enter the River Leven.

Caption For Cawood, The Bridge C1955

The ferry across the Ouse played an important part in village life until the bridge in the foreground was built at the end of the 19th century.

Caption For Bedford, View From Town Bridge C1955

Looking up-river - B51032 - and down-river - B51040 on the Great Ouse, we see scenes far more tranquil than when Danish raiders or Norman soldiery played out their roles.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Walney Bridge 1912

Shipbuilders swarm across the Walney bridge from the dockyards at the end of a wortking day.

Caption For Coniston, Waterhead 1912

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, From The Pier 1913

A lovely view taken from the end of the pier, looking back towards Saltburn and showing the buildings of the Marine Parade and the cliff lift leading up to them.

Caption For Newby Bridge, River Leven 1914

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

Caption For Bideford, Bridge 1899

The 15th-century bridge had not been widened when this view was taken.

Caption For Runcorn, Railway Viaduct 1900

The towers at each end of the viaduct can just be distinguished behind the bridge in photograph R67051.

Caption For Oakengates, Market Street C1955

Only the traffic and styles of dress seem to have changed.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Walney Bridge 1912

Shipbuilders swarm across the Walney bridge from the dockyards at the end of a wortking day.

Caption For Dulverton, The River Barle 1934

The River Barle appears here little more than a placid stream, but in 1953 a devastating flood swept through Dulverton from the hills above, inundating the bridge and destroying the cottages at the far

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

Here we see the river bank of the Ribble just west of the main railway bridge at the end of South Meadows.

Caption For Blawith, Composite C1955

Blawith (pronounced Blarth) is part of the civil parish of Blawith and Subberthwaite.

Caption For Oxford, Eights 1906

This view, taken from Folly Bridge at the south end of St Aldate's Street, is of an earlier Eights Week with the Christchurch Meadow bank lined with the College Barges.

Caption For Burford, Bridge C1955

This attractive medieval bridge carries the A361 over the River Windrush, seen here flowing gently below.

Caption For Pendleton, The Village C1955

An ancient village recorded in the Domesday Book as Penictune, it has a stream flowing through it like Downham has, and it also lies at the foot of Pendle Hill.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1960

The High Street runs down from the A40 to Burford Bridge and the River Windrush.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Caption For Barnstaple, North Walk 1890

North Walk was destroyed when the Lynton and Barnstaple railway came through in 1898.

Caption For Marlow, The Fisherman's Retreat 1890

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.