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Stayed At The Beach Hotel

I very much enjoyed a short holiday at The Beach Hotel on Worthing seafront in 1976, it was very grand back then, marvellous food and excellent service and a short walk from the wonderful Roberts Wine Lodge and the pier. Sadly this hotel has now been demolished and replaced with a Premier Inn

A memory of Worthing by David Marshall

The Bungalow, Widmer End

I am writing in the hope that someone can shed some light on my maternal grandmother, Ethel Mary Wright. Ethel was admitted to St Peter's Home, Kilburn in January 1926. The admissions register when being admitted to St ...Read more

A memory of Widmer End by malcp

Now We Are Five!

Ah well here goes! The old Grand Theatre plays a very large part in my early years (you will find I go on a bit about the place!). My dad owned the Grand and my first recollection of it was at pantomime time. Dad's ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by David Hinge

The Norfolk Family Living In Adel And Harewood

Just look at this truly MAGNIFICENT arch over the church doorway. My own interest in this parish is because my family name is Norfolk and so many of my family were farmers, millers and general agicultural ...Read more

A memory of Adel by John Howard Norfolk

Kennards Waddon

Hi On finding your memories pages I simply had to add my own contribution as my memories of Croydon and area are so dear to me. My grandparents lived in Waddon, just off the Purley Way, and I visited regularly on holiday, when my ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Liz Griffin

Dad Evacuated To Cholsey Ww2

I recently found your site and was excited to show it to Dad. He was evacuated out of central London during WW2. He was sent to live with the Bumpass Family from Cholsey. Andrew and Mary were their names and they had ...Read more

A memory of Cholsey by Donna Mc Kenzie

School

Vague recollections of my first days, being taken in my little blue coat and cap by the girls next door. I seemed to cling to them for ages. (Was this a sign of things to come?) Finally graduated to playing with the boys, sliding in ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

The Flats Bearmans Lyons Cafe And Pie Mash

I often think how lucky we post-war Leytonstone kids were to be born in the East End of London, yet have the whole of Wanstead park, the flats and what we called the forest at the end of our street, ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by Ray Murray

Re Hilly Fields, Enfield C1950

I also have good memories of "dag jumping" and catching tadpoles in the brook at Hilly Fields and Fourteen Arches. The wonderful smell of of the grass as we played "roly poly" down the hills and over the bumps. Games ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Rita Thompson Marston

Chelmsford, The Can Viaduct 1895

In the foreground can be seen the lake which is situated alongside the railway line, with the viaduct in the distance with its spans and arches. The lake itself was actually created when extra soil had to be ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Captions

1,233 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Staithes, Captain Cook's Cottage 1950

The call of the sea must have been too much for him, for within a year he had left to go to Whitby and embark on what became a famous career.

Caption For Kettering, Grammar School And High School 1922

This building, next door to the gallery and library, is much the same today as it was in the early 1920s.

Caption For Burton On Trent, C1960

The 32-arch, 470-yard-long bridge of character was built in 1864 to replace a medieval crossing of the Trent's flood plain, which featured in the Civil War during 1643.

Caption For Canvey Island, The Beach House Restaurant C1955

This photograph clearly illustrates the flatness of much of the reclaimed land that forms the island and which the sea attempted to reclaim in the devastating floods of 1953.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall 1894

When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.

Caption For Colchester, Scheregate

Much has changed hereabouts, and the dual-carriage- way southern bypass, Southway, is a mere 50 yards to the south.

Caption For Eaton, The Hall 1914

Much of the hall and the railway has been demolished.

Caption For Abingdon, Market Place 1890

This is very much an archive photograph, for only the bank on the left survives from 1890: Queen Victoria's statue, commemorating her Golden Jubilee of 1887, was moved to the abbey park in 1946, while

Caption For Staines, The River 1907

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

Caption For Ash, New Street C1955

This scene has not changed much since the picture was taken; we may be thankful that a bypass routes most traffic past the village.

Caption For Levens, Hall, The Gardens 1891

Beaumont trained at Versailles and was in much demand, but spent the last 40 years of his life working for James Bellingham at Levens Hall.

Caption For Powerstock, Eggardon Hill 1906

The view is north-eastwards from Spyway Road over Chaffins Copse (centre), and seems to have been taken as much for the neatly thatched haystack as for the general view.

Caption For Henllan, Llys Meirchion 1936

This much later building is the principal house in Henllan; here we see it standing rather sombrely waiting for some social occasion to bring it to life.

Caption For Runcorn, Weston Road 1923

Much of the stone from the quarries used to be taken to Weston along linking tunnels which pass beneath Weston Road. These were later to be used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War.

Caption For Yetminster, View From Tarks Hill C1960

In recent times the village gave a name to the much-loved Dorset folk-singing group the Yetties.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, The Shambles C1955

The 15th-century arched doorway (centre left), once entrance to the town jail, is worth a look.

Caption For Long Eaton, High Street C1950

The Empire Cinema dominates to the right of the picture, next door to the arched entrance to the Telford Library.

Caption For Old Bursledon, The Church C1965

The church stands halfway up a hill overlooking the village rooftops and contains a large and impressive Norman font.The chancel arch is 13th-century, and the church contains several memorials to

Caption For Castle Bromwich, The Village C1965

In those days it was still very much a village.To the north of the church were the remains of a motte, the village was served by the early Georgian church of St Mary and St Margaret, and nearby

Caption For Reading, St Lawrence's Church 1896

It has some Norman work, an east end with lancet windows of about 1200 and much other medieval fabric.

Caption For Cardiff, The Infirmary 1893

Replacing much smaller and increasingly inadequate local facilities dating back to the 1830s, the requisite funds came in from across the social spectrum.

Caption For Old Swinford, Hagley Road C1960

This photograph shows a similar view to O51014, but much has changed in the intervening five years.

Caption For Stourbridge, The Mitre Inn C1950

The 'new' Mitre Inn looks much the same today as it did in 1955. It is worth a close look to appreciate the carvings on the beams and the grapevine design on the square drainpipes.

Caption For Ludlow, Feathers Hotel 1892

It is generally agreed by those outside the profession that lawyers charge too much. Here is the evidence. This house was built by a lawyer in the early 1600s.