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Memories

3,638 memories found. Showing results 461 to 470.

Old Times

Does anyone remember going to the pictures in the “Memo” run by Mr Jones? He always stood in the foyer. After queuing outside, up the slope, through the glass doors and straight in front was the shop, 3d for some “woodies” ...Read more

A memory of Newbridge on Usk in 1962 by Leigh Jones

Floods Of '53

Was 7, lived at 'Ocean View' opposite Ostend Road, the sea never reached our house. I remember seeing the total devastation the following day. My adopted mother, Doris Bean, worked at the Stores for Chippy and Bill Murphy, and after the ...Read more

A memory of Walcott by Roger Bean

Evacuee 1943 To 1957

Yes, me and my brother were evacuees. We came from London by steam train to Carmarthen cattle market in 1943. We were met by a crowd of local people offering to let us stay with them, it was very frighenting, we did not know any ...Read more

A memory of Meidrim in 1943 by Albert Morton

Argent Street Grays

I too, was born in Argent Street, No 85, next door to Potters Shop. Only the alleyway divided our house from them, and two doors away from The Castle. I have fond memories of growing up in the early sixties, and my adventures ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1958 by Mike Walker

Good Old Stan

I was to live in Blackpool for a short while and would work on a farm; I lived with my sister and brother in law in Delphine Avenue. Lawrence my brother in law leant me his Honda fifty motorbike, I pulled into a petrol station some ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1970 by Roland Mitchell

Exciting And Interesting Times

Not sure if anyone reads their comments later in life, but in response to one, it was Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. Cliff lived in Long Lane, next door to where I lived when I was 3 or 4. We lived in the flats ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1968 by Nick Brown

Abbotts Hall Chase Army Huts From 1946 1948

I was four years old when our family moved from Liverpool to squat in one of the army huts. I remember it very well, and the German prisoners of war who made such a fuss of us children. We had no ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1946 by Irene Lewsey

Rising Sun / Usa Family Decendents

My memory is from my father Douglas Willcocks, he would speek of his grandfather in Gunnislake. He said, that he owned a pub called the Rising Sun. I am trying to locate relatives that might have info. His ...Read more

A memory of Burraton in 1940 by Christine Jackson

Trenchers Restaraunt

On Saturday evening, I set off for Whitby on the bus and arrived there for 6;30 pm. On arriving, I thought of asking the bus driver what was the last bus back to Middlsbro, but then thought there was not much point as I was only ...Read more

A memory of Whitby in 2012 by Roland Mitchell

Cottage Grill

The whole Swiss Cottage area has changed beyond recognition. There seem to be few photos of how it was till the late 1960s, when the Cottage Grill, my father's restaurant, was demolished. This building gave it's name to the whole ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage by Tony Papard

Captions

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Caption For Aberdeen, The Market Cross 1892

The very grand cross is still where it was in this view. The railings and lamps have gone, but similar lamps have recently been installed along the Castlegate.

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Hall 1906

Townley Hall was first opened to the people of Burnley on 20 May 1903. The opening ceremony was performed by the Earl of Roseberry.

Caption For Ironbridge, C1960

Believe it or not, the decision was even made to pull the bridge down.

Caption For Epsom, Sculpture, Evocation Of Speed 2005

The library is housed on the first floor of the new centre, leaving the ground floor for retailers.

Caption For Luton, The Technical School C1950

Luton had experienced modernization in local government, with the Board of Health taking over key responsibilities involving water supply, care of the poor and the establishment of a regular

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Box Moor 2005

The charters of Henry VIII allowed a fair to be held at the feast of Corpus Christi.

Caption For St Neots, Poppyfields 2005

Some of the most notable developments of the new millennium have taken place at the Eynesbury end of the town.

Caption For Wisborough Green, The Church, Village And Windmill 1896

A Roman settlement on Stane Street and the navigable River Arun. The village encompasses riverside and hillside, and has a main line railway station.The 15th-century church is on the hillside.

Caption For Pulborough, St Mary's Church 1939

A Roman settlement on Stane Street and the navigable River Arun. The

Caption For Rugby, Old Houses, North Street 1922

For the majority, bathnight was held in a zinc tub in front of the kitchen fire, and two or three people might share the same water—though not at the same time.

Caption For Rugby, Old Houses, North Street 1922

For the majority, bathnight was held in a zinc tub in front of the kitchen fire, and two or three people might share the same water - though not at the same time.

Caption For Arlington, The Cuckmere C1955

Two miles south-west of Michelham Priory, further downstream along the Cuckmere River, we reach Arlington, another scattered village of farmsteads bisected by the meandering river.

Caption For Pulborough, Swans Corner 1921

The town-village grew up where the Roman Stane Street crossed the River Arun. The

Caption For Pulborough, St Mary's Church 1939

A Roman settlement on Stane Street and the navigable River Arun. The village encompasses riverside and hillside, and has a main line railway station. The 15th-century church is on the hillside.

Caption For Burnley, Manchester Road 1895

Burnley means 'the place by the river Brun'; the town snuggles in a valley between the rivers Calder and Brun.

Caption For Bury, Church From The River 1898

We are on the navigable and tidal River Arun. The church of St John the Evangelist has a shingled broach spire; flint and stone are used for walling and buildings.

Caption For Amberley, The Village C1960

We are in a marshy area - Amberley Wild Brooks, beside the tidal and navigable River Arun. The

Caption For Pulborough, Clements Bridge 1906

Along the southern boundary of Pulborough lies the River Arun, popular with Edwardian fishermen and boating enthusiasts.

Caption For Amberley, The Gatehouse 1898

The tour moves west to a remarkable building.

Caption For Amberley, Castle Courtyard 1896

The Castle Gatehouse 1898 The tour moves west to a remarkable building.

Caption For Godalming, Boating On The River Wey 1908

A tranquil scene from a vanished summer: ladies are punting on the meadow-fringed river.

Caption For Storrington, The Weald C1955

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.

Caption For Fittleworth, Lower Fittleworth Mill 1898

Just south-east of Stopham Bridge is the confluence of the Arun and its most important tributary, the Western Rother, previously known as the Turning Stream or Westwater, which extended to Fittleworth,

Caption For Arundel, Castle And River 1923

Markets and ports were an important part of the trading network during the Middle Ages. Indeed, by Domesday Arundel was already an important river port.