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Maps

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Memories

1,485 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

The Masons Arms Later To Be The Anglo Saxon

Somebody going to the pub. well this is Bidford. Masons Arms on the left and The White Lion on the right. My parents, Alick and Iris, ran 'The Anglo' from 1969 to 1987. Too many memories to ...Read more

A memory of Bidford-on-Avon in 1969 by Paul Handy

St Johns Schhol And Church

Happy memories of Blackburn attended St Johns School 1930s lived in Garnett Street no longer there I was married at St Johns Church 1952 and lived on Queens Rd till 1975 when we moved to Sale Cheshire. My Father was a ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1946 by Margaret Hindle Nee Noblett

Happy Times At Holcombe Devon

My Gran and Grandpa  had a cottage in Holcombe Village "shrimp Cottage" at the top of the hill. This cottage was later left to me, but I sold it in the 60s during the slump!!! I have some wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Holcombe in 1958 by Jill Butcher

Hounslow Cinemas

Doreen Jewess, Pat Bezant, Pat Sharman, Rita Bolton and myself would often walk from Midsummer Avenue past the little park at the top, past the horse trough at the Wellington where the trolley buses turned round and carried on ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1950 by Linda Roberts (Nee Tallis)

The Kidd's Alright

THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT The daylight had faded away and dusk was now dim enough to coax the streetlights to pop on, their vague orange light slowly getting brighter as their bulbs warmed. Meanwhile inside the Hamblett ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1972 by Brian Hamblett

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 ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

Boating On This Lake Seemed Quite Dangerous....

I well remember the rowing boats on the lake in Beddington Park. One end of the lake seemed quite dark and sinister, whilst the other was open and safe. I remember creaky oar locks and wooden hulls, and ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by mandyinoz

Davyhulme Park And Around

Living on the Lostock Estate in a Council house on Radstock Road, I can remember being taken as a treat, to Davyhulme Park and the paddling pool/boating lake. What a big treat that was !! and then we used to, when older, go ...Read more

A memory of Stretford by bartonhillbum

Hyde Road

It seem a long time ago now but still very clear. I moved to Hyde Road in West Gorton from Dane Bank when I was 2 years old. My parents had the newsagents on the corner of Hyde Road and Sherwin street. I went to Thomas Street Primary ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by nezboyg

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 ...Read more

A memory of Bromley by Susan Tebby

Captions

1,648 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Fleetwood, The Ferry 1901

For years, the service was worked by two boats, the 'Progress' and the 'Wyresdale'.

Caption For Kingsbridge, The Bridge 1890

Notice the ghostly boat below the right-hand side of the bridge, evidence of the slow exposure of the photograph.

Caption For Christchurch, Wick Ferry, West Bank 1900

The rivers are very popular for boating and their banks are an ideal site for a picnic.

Caption For Stalham, The Staithe C1935

In front are two Norfolk wherries: the black sail that can be seen on the further boat is a characteristic of these broad-beamed, shallow-bottomed craft.

Caption For Bournemouth, East Cliff 1897

This view, with well-clad visitors strolling along the beach and sailing boats drawn up on the shore, shows a south coast beach before development and formalisation changed its character.

Caption For Folkestone, The Harbour, The Boulogne Boat Leaving 1906

The boat in the picture was no doubt carrying many Edwardian passengers on their first trip to Boulogne in Nord Pas de Calais - a mere twenty miles away.

Caption For St Osyth, The Ferry, Point Clear Bay C1955

Here we see a sailor about to launch his rowing boat. The town is built close to St Osyth's creek, and takes its name from the wife of a 7th-century Essex king.

Caption For St Ives, On The Beach 1890

Many Cornish boats had pointed sterns so that more could be packed like sardines into the tiny harbours west of the Lizard. The children are on a Sunday School outing.

Caption For Knaresborough, Ferry To Dropping Well 1911

The rowing boat in the foreground is in fact the ferry to the Dropping Well. On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

Caption For Wombourne, The Canal And Bridge C1965

It needed seventy pairs of narrow boats to work the trips carrying coal to Stourport power station.

Caption For Botley, Church Lane C1955

Off Church Lane it is possible to see Hamble Quay, a small area where boats using the River Hamble could moor after deliveries to the flour mill.

Caption For Stalham, The Staithe C1935

This view of the staithe from the old Excise House shows Southgates Boat Hire office, which is now Rivercraft Yachting Services.

Caption For Hythe, The Royal Military Canal 1918

It was (and is) also used for leisure pursuits: people hired boats to row on the canal, and fishermen cast from the banks.

Caption For Exmouth, Beach Bungalows 1906

By 1906 these industries were in decline, and leisure boats were taking the place of fishing trawlers.

Caption For Maldon, The Promenade 1909

It was a significant port, too, handling corn, coal, chalk and hay. The boat in the foreground looks distinctly like a pleasure-craft, though, to judge by that slatted seat.

Caption For Southport, The Lake 1926

For the energetic there were rowing-boats and small yachts; by this time, those wishing to take to the waters without exerting themselves could have a trip on a motorboat; it can be seen in this picture

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge Restaurant And Tea Gardens C1950

There was always a flurry of excitement and activity at the Bridge Restaurant and Tea Gardens on Nags Head Island when the pleasure boats arrived, especially during the summer.

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk 1890

Boats squat in the mud under the embankment.

Caption For Skegness, Boating Lake C1955

So successful was the boating lake, which opened in 1924, that six years later it was doubled in size by an extension south of the big bridge.

Caption For South Benfleet, The Parade C1955

In fact, a navigable creek once brought boats right up to where we are standing (near the entrance to the playing fields). What would the fishermen have made of shops such as Dressywear (left)?

Caption For Rye, The River Rother 1901

The letters RX preceding the number on the side of the foreground boat indicate that it is registered by the Board of Trade in the port of Rye, which is situated some two miles up river

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk 1890

Boats squat in the mud under the embankment.

Caption For Seahouses, The Harbour C1965

As well as fishing, boat trips to the Farne Islands start from here. In AD676 St Cuthbert chose to live in seclusion on Inner Farne and remained there for eight years until his elevation to bishop.

Caption For Worsley, Bridgewater Canal, The Packet House 1889

The Packet House was a scheduled stop for passenger boats plying the Bridgewater Canal.