Photos

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Maps

524 maps found.

1923, Bridgend Ref. POP650104
1919, Bridgend Ref. POP650107
1901, Bridgend Ref. RNC650104
1900, Bridgend Ref. RNC650106
1946, Bridgend Ref. NPO650106
1947, Bridgend Ref. NPO650113
1913 - 1914, Bridgend Ref. HOSM34213
1897, Bridgend Ref. RNE650113
1907-1908, Bridgend Ref. RNC650086
1906-1907, Bridgend Ref. RNC650094
1922, Bridgend Ref. POP650113
1946, Bridgend Ref. NPO650105
1908-1910, Bridgend Ref. RNC650072
1904-1905, Bridgend Ref. RNC650099
1904-1906, Bridgend Ref. RNC650100
1899-1900, Bridgend Ref. RNC650107
1881, Bridgend Ref. HOSM52634
1919, Bridgend Ref. POP650106
1882, Bridgend Ref. HOSM38895
1882, Bridgend Ref. HOSM52620

Books

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Memories

1,914 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

The Pyramid Roof Has Gone!

This is the view from near the iron railway bridge (built c1859) looking back towards the town. The pyramid shaped roof was in place up until the end of WWII. Between then and now it has been removed but I do not know why! ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by M

Sun, Sea & Sandhills At Gronant

I remember going on our holiday in dad's car to Nan & Grandad's holiday bungalows, driving over the railway bridge and on to what I always knew as Gronant (The Warren). The first thing we would see would be the ...Read more

A memory of Gronant in 1966 by M Stubbings

Island Cottage

My nanna and grandad Noden lived at Island Cottage. Grandad was a bridgekeeper along with Jack Powell and Syd Bebbington at Acton swing bridge from 1945-1960. There was an enormous flood in 1946 when my grandparents were the ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1955 by Christine Ruskin

Doon The Brae In 1950

When my family moved here I was only 7 and there was only a cottage on the left at bottom of Brae and a row of four terraced houses on the left, they were holiday homes for my grandmother and her sisters. We lived there with ...Read more

A memory of Mid Calder by Doreen Knox

Fair And Lake Wandle Park, Croydon

A travelling fair each summer here was both a delight and a way to earn a few shillings when the fair ended. I would help dismantle the rides and stalls, working hard from morning to evening for about five ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1947 by Philip Harfleet

My Memories Teresa Shackell/ Torrington.

I'm Teresa Shackell/Torrington I remember very well my nana used to work washing the dishes and I used to go regularly over to the three salmons hotel and help her she was in her 90s then she never gave up her ...Read more

A memory of Usk by teresashackell

Hornchurch, Wingletye Lane, Photograph C.1950

I lived in Glanville Drive, a residential road off Upminster Road about 100 yards to the west of Wingletye Lane, for the first part of my life from 1947 so I knew the area well. The building on the ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by John Fricker

Woodhall Parade, Wingletye Lane, Hornchurch

I lived in Glanville Drive for the first part of my life from 1947. Out nearest post office was in Woodhall Parade, just over the railway bridge in Wingletye Lane, One thing that sticks in my mind is that ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by John Fricker

Bailey Bridge Pontoon Canal Cruisers.

I built the boat shown on the right hand side of the photograph.   Bailey Bridge pontoon MKVI N0.19053 was manufactured by Gee Walker & Slater Ltd, Uttoxeter Road, Derby and sent to Engineers Stores, US ...Read more

A memory of Great Haywood in 0 by Claire Allen

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Northampton, Gold Street C1955

At the junction of Gold Street and Bridge Street, with The Drapery to the right, this view looks west from the end of Mercers Row.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Gun Cliff And Cobb Gate From Back Beach 1890

This view looks south-westwards from Broad Ledge to Long Ledge (foreground) below Gun Cliff to the Guildhall (top right), the Fossil Depot beside Buddle Bridge and the Assembly Rooms (centre), with the

Caption For Bath, Municipal Buildings And Abbey 1896

In this view the northern wing, which turns the corner into Bridge Street, is still virtually brand new.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Square 1903

The Square lies at the north end of the Long Bridge.

Caption For Lerryn, Bridge 1893

It stands at the end of a narrow muddy creek, the haunt of the heron and kingfisher, that winds a course between luxuriant woodland.

Caption For Amberley, The Church 1899

Amberley church lies between the castle and the village at the western end of a ridge of high ground, which is about one mile north of Houghton Bridge.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Caption For Carnforth, Canal 1918

Its rugged stone bridges and its proximity to the Pennines make it a most picturesque line.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1965

Just behind the camera at the north end of the town lies Yarm Bridge, reminding us that for centuries the River Tees was navigable; Yarm operated as an important port, until it was superseded later by

Caption For Barnstaple, The Square 1903

The Square lies at the north end of the Long Bridge.

Caption For Ware, Amwell End 1925

Ware is packed full of interesting buildings and streets, but nothing it has to offer surpasses Amwell End.

Caption For Clydebank, Kilbowie Road 1900

By 1900 the tenements appear; their gable-ends were obviously a popular advertising site.

Caption For London, Lambeth Palace And The Church Of St Mary At Lambeth C1955

This renowned thoroughfare, a continuation of Oxford Street, links the West End with the City.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Pier From Pier Hill C1962

The Exel Bowling Lanes replaced it and live entertainment moved to the end of the pier.

Caption For St Ives, Bridge Street C1955

After a serious fire in 1975, the 18th-century building with the black cross facing us at the end of Bridge Street, formerly the Crown Inn, was demolished; this caused a major outcry.

Caption For Plymouth, George Street 1889

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Caption For Leeds, Duncan Street C1955

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange.

Caption For Leeds, Duncan Street C1955

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange.

Caption For Ironbridge, Tontine Hill C1955

The road is named after the Tontine Hotel, which was built in 1783 to accommodate visitors coming to see the new bridge.

Caption For Leeds, Duncan Street C1955

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange.

Caption For Totnes, The Weir 1905

The weir, a mile up the river from Totnes Bridge, was built in 1581 to provide water for the town mills, and marks the end of the freshwater Dart - below here the river is tidal.

Caption For Plymouth, George Street 1889

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Caption For Plymouth, George Street 1889

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Caption For London, St Paul's Cathedral C1950

Five years after the end of the Second World War, there was still much evidence of the severe bombing around the cathedral.