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Memories

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Mum's Shop

The shop behind where the car is parked used to belong to my mother, Freda Davies who still lives in Worksop. She took over from the Wards and the Hopkinsons took over from us. I lived at this shop for several years whilst I ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in Lindrick in 1958 by Andy Davies

The Bucks Head And London Road

Opposite the Majestic Cinema, you can just see the Tudor brickwork of the Bucks Head Inn, on the London Road corner. It was very rare that my Dad would go in, but we would be sent there at certain times of the year. ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by Carole Baldwin

The Memories Are Endless

Good morning from Waterloo, Canada. I was absolutely thrilled with your site and stumbled on it quite by chance. I was born in 1943 at my grandparents house at Yew Tree Terrace just off Station Rd. I grew up in Shepley, ...Read more

A memory of Shepley in 1957 by Marilyn Haywood

Open Air Swimming Pool Colchester

Many a happy day was spent at the open air swimming pool in the late 1950s - early 1960s. The changing rooms, under the road bridge, were not nice and always covered in water. I had swimming lessons with Mr ...Read more

A memory of Colchester in 1957

The River

The River Avon dominated most of the kids' lives in the village! I remember swimming 'down the mill' and at Gunville where my Great Grandmother (Sarah Marks) lived. We used to scrounge used inner tyre tubes from Mr Stansfield (who ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean in 1957 by Denise Hope Nee Morgan

Armagh 1957 Onwards

I get a lovely glow when I think of my dear Armagh in the 1950s. Life seemed so good and simple then. I would spend my days roaming free letting my imagination grow as children do. I played down in the river by the Legar ...Read more

A memory of Armagh in 1957 by Aine Nicart

My Years At Woodford Bridge

I lived in Canfield Road, Woodford the very last house on the left hand side, right next to the cricket field. I went to the little mission (The Bridge) run alongside the tie factory. I remember Grants the shoe ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1957 by Valerie Sims

My First Visit To Penmark

I know this as Kenson Cottage as my mother lived there and went to school in Penmark. I have a photo which was taken when we all went on holiday of us all on the bridge. I still have family living in the area and enjoy ...Read more

A memory of Penmark in 1957 by Sandra Malyan

The Old Step Bridge Woking

This memory is very clear to me. As a resident of Horsell I would often walk down Brewery Road to Goldsworth School and over the step bridge, with its iron railings painted green in those days. My brother would take me ...Read more

A memory of Woking in 1957 by Shirley Hamilton

Acton Bridge Cruising Club

My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by Laurie Hatchard

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 1,057 to 1,080.

Caption For Linton, The White Swan C1955

Across the river bridge is the White Swan, recorded as an inn in the early 17th century.

Caption For Henley On Thames, The River C1955

William Hayward built the five-arched Henley Bridge in 1786 to replace an earlier wooden structure that had been swept away by floods. The cost was estimated to be about £10,000.

Caption For Crickhowell, The Bridge 1893

We are standing on the northern shore of the wide and shallow Usk, looking at the grand bridge. It is 17th-century in origin with 13 arches in total, but only 12 are visible from the west.

Caption For Constantine, Lower Fore Street C1955

Constantine's fine terraces are built with granite dug from one of the many quarries nearby, which also furnished the stone for Waterloo Bridge.

Caption For Llangollen, From The Bridge 1901

Forever associated with its famous International Eisteddfod, Llangollen stands on the River Dee, seen here from the four-arched town bridge.

Caption For Wilmslow, Carrs Bridge C1955

Pownall Bridge over the River Bollin carries the public footpath that runs from Wilmslow along the river bank to Styal.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Promenade 1890

This is The South Walk, on the town side of the river, with mother and children posing for the camera. Note the fashionable outfits they are wearing.

Caption For Maldon, Market Hill 1909

Another fine period piece, with onlookers watching the Frith photographer, who has set up his camera where Market Hill turns sharply to descend to Fullbridge Flow Mill and a bridge over the

Caption For Chepstow, Castle From Bridge 1893

This prospect of the castle from the Gloucestershire side of the bridge clearly illustrates how commanding the Great Tower appears, and why the young J M W Turner was so inspired to paint

Caption For Mildenhall, The Old Bridge 1952

The old stone bridge straddles the river Kennet, fringed by meadows and trees. The village is in a Conservation area, with plenty of brick-built thatched houses in its centre.

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College From The Bridge 1938

The tower, marking the eastern entrance to the High Street, dates back to 1492 and took seventeen years to complete. The delay was probably caused by lengthy financial problems.

Caption For Welford, Welford Reservoir C1965

Welford Reservoir was constructed in 1837 to store and supply water to the Welford Arm which then fed the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union Canal.

Caption For Ibsley, The Old Beams C1955

Thatch and timber buildings such as the one in this photograph are not an uncommon sight in Ibsley. There is a small brick church here, as well as a stone bridge over the river to Harbridge.

Caption For Houghton, Vinsons Tea Lawns C1960

We are near the long stone road bridge to Houghton, built in 1875 and crossing the tidal River Arun. Vinson's was a popular riverside tea rooms and garden. There is still a tea garden on the site.

Caption For Braunston, The Canal C1965

In the distance beyond the bridge is a pub. At the time of this view, it would have been called the Rose and Castle.

Caption For Horstead, Mill And Pond C1955

Cross the humped bridge over the river from Coltishall, and the village becomes Horstead.

Caption For Worcester, The Foregate C1960

The Foregate and Foregate Street continue the line of High Street northwards and developed as a suburb many centuries ago.

Caption For Chilbolton, The Seven Stars, Testcombe C1960

Before reaching Chilbolton village, here is the Seven Stars public house and the beautiful River Test, viewed from the bridge. Across the water was once the railway.

Caption For London, The Kings Head 1875

This old inn, just over the river from London Bridge, was called by Stow 'one of the fair inns' of Southwark.

Caption For Chertsey, The Lock 1890

We are looking up river towards the lock gates, with the site of the former abbey and its grounds on the right.

Caption For Fordingbridge, Bridge Street C1955

Situated on the north-western edge of the New Forest, Fordingbridge was once famous for the manufacture of canvas and sail cloth.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, 1893

The pony and trap seen here was a versatile form of transport.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Platform 1914

The locomotive comes tender first into Newby Bridge station, where it is awaited by the station-master.

Caption For Finedon, The Independent Wesleyan Chapel C1955

In the centre of the village, on Affleck Bridge, is the Independent Wesleyan Chapel built in 1874 to serve the Nonconformist industrial workers of the boot and shoe factories.