Places

Sorry, no places were found that related to your search.

Photos

5 photos found. Showing results 81 to 5.

Maps

83 maps found.

1947, Netherton Ref. NPO789049
1896, Netherton Ref. RNE789049
1899-1900, Netherton Ref. RNC789049

Books

Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.

Memories

1,127 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

A Wartime Symbol Of Defiance A Giant Meat Pie!

One of Bradford’s famous literary sons was the author and playwright J B Priestley, who was born in Mannheim Road, Bradford, on 13 September 1894. J B Priestley provided Britain with a rather strange ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1940 by Julia Skinner

A Week To Remember

It was always a sense of adventure searching for new place to visit on our holidays - and certainly we found an idyllic spot just a mile or so outside the town of Cemaes Bay. Mother had been staying with my younger sister ...Read more

A memory of Cemaes Bay in 1976 by Margaret Mosley

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

A Childhood At Sutton Flats, Pendleton

I was born in 192 Sutton Flats and Christened at St. Thomas's. My older brother Johnny and I were very happy there and both attended Halton Bank School. Our auntie, uncle and cousins lived close by in another ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Lynette Riley

A Childhood Holiday

My family spent a very happy holiday as guests of the Barnaby famly who owned the castle. About 6 years old, I recall being transported from the station in a Trojan estate car - a most innovative design at the time with its ...Read more

A memory of Bromyard in 1950 by Bob Perkins

A Day Out To Woolwich

During the early years after the Second World War my mother would take me to Woolwich as a special treat. I was about 8 year old then. We would catch the 696 trolleybus from Dartford market and arrive at the Woolwich Arsenal ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1952 by Alfred Ward

A Great Place To Work

I had a part-time job at this Petrol Station in 1969 when I secured a job in Canada and left England, never to permanently return. I was working full-time in Portsmouth Dockyard at the time, but this station provided much needed ...Read more

A memory of Purbrook by jb

A Local Landmark

This granite archway (just off the Digey) once marked the entranceway to an old Manor House belonging to the Hicks family. The area beyond the arch is still known as Hicks Court.

A memory of St Ives by malcolm.osman

A Long Time Ago !

I have fond memories of Mardyke. I remember Mr Childs (Headmaster) who sadly died before I left in 1961. We had 48 kids in my class. I used to get in the queue at the beginning of a lesson for help and I never got to see ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1959 by Sally Christopher

A Proposal In The Churchyard...

My paternal grandfather, Ernest Charles Chamberlain, proposed to my grandmother Annie Brooks, in the churchyard here. He brought her in his pony and trap, in about 1907. He had an agricultural business, ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1900 by Rachel Duerden

Captions

1,233 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Winchester, Westgate Museum 1911

For well over a century the room above Westgate's arch has functioned as a small museum.

Caption For Thorp Arch, Church 1893

Much of the woodwork was commissioned in 1938 from Robert Thompson from Kilburn, and his mouse trademark can be found on the pews and pulpit. The building to the right is the old hearse house.

Caption For Bramber, C1955

The Tea Gardens have long closed, but peeping over the roof is the squat battlemented tower of de Braose's Norman church, brutally treated subsequently, but notable for the 1070s tower arch capitals: wonderfully

Caption For Monsal Dale, The Viaduct 1914

This stately five-arched structure now carries the Monsal Trail; and despite John Ruskins outbursts when it was built, it is now a protected structure.

Caption For Launceston, Coronation Park C1950

The entrance arch, with its green gates, was demolished in the 1980s to allow access for lorries building the new leisure centre.

Caption For Lulworth, Durdle Door 1894

The great natural arch of Durdle Door braves the sea just a little way from the more famous Lulworth Cove.

Caption For Lulworth, Durdle Door 1894

The great natural arch of Durdle Door braves the sea just a little way from the more famous Lulworth Cove.

Caption For Chester, Dee Bridge 1923

The old bridge with its seven irregular arches dates from the late 13th century and was partially rebuilt during the mid-14th century.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Bridge C1965

There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground.

Caption For Ingatestone, The Hall, Gateway And Courtyard C1955

Above this arch there is an impressive clock tower.

Caption For Newtown, Long Bridge 1959

The River Severn is wide here on the approach to the town, so that a lengthy twin-arched bridge was needed to make the crossing. In typical Welsh tradition it was given a simple descriptive name.

Caption For Glynneath, The Railway Viaduct C1955

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

Caption For Norwich, Cathedral, St Saviour's Chapel 1932

The twin arches, with the quatrefoil over, are all that remain of the 13th-century Lady Chapel.

Caption For Grays, The Lightship C1955

Grays is a much re-developed town, but it has a fine Norman church.

Caption For Eling, St Mary's Church C1955

Above the altar hangs an impressive picture of the Last Supper.The chancel arch is a striking feature of the church, as is the 15th-century tower.

Caption For Chepstow, The Museum 2004

Since then it has been a school and a hospital; it is now Chepstow museum, which was originally housed above the Town Arch.

Caption For Norwich, St John The Baptist Church 1896

A temporary wall separates it from the crossing tower and the dust from the building works beyond the west tower arch.

Caption For Gloucester, Infirmary Arches 1891

The last two arches are showing signs of some form of reconstruction as the century closes.

Ref. 56076
Caption For Bude, 1906

The missing stone arch of Nanny Moore's Bridge marks the site of a mill.

Caption For Amesbury, St Mary And St Melor's Church C1955

St Mary and St Melore's is basically Norman, large and built mainly of flint; its large squat Early English tower rests on triple chamfered arches and has three wide-spaced single bell openings.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1898

The arched building on the left is presently a building site. The bay windows on the right are still in existence.

Caption For Newby Bridge, The Swan Hotel 1914

In the background is the 16th-century five-arched bridge which gave the village its name.

Caption For Ribbesford, The Lido Café C1965

The Lido Café was a much frequented leisure stop along the way.

Caption For Eastbourne, 1925

The central bays of the promenade building survive, but the arched bays on each side were rebuilt in the 1950s.