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Maps

1,622 maps found.

1946, Friday Street Ref. NPO709428
1946, Low Street Ref. NPO768545
1940, Nash Street Ref. NPO787947
1946, Hazel Street Ref. NPO729548
1898, Perry Street Ref. RNE805284
1895, North Street Ref. RNE793954
1895, Street End Ref. RNE841616
1895, Street End Ref. RNE841617
1895, Sole Street Ref. RNE833960
1946, West Street Ref. NPO865012
1946, West Street Ref. NPO865014
1946, Upper Street Ref. NPO857828
1946, Upgate Street Ref. NPO856880
1895, Cackle Street Ref. RNE658338
1895, Broad Street Ref. RNE650822
1898, Fen Street Ref. RNE704342
1895, Dunn Street Ref. RNE695588
1898, East Street Ref. RNE697902
1898, East Street Ref. RNE697903
1946, Horn Street Ref. NPO740385

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 561 to 570.

Kathryn Trevelyan Nee Bennett.

I remember the houses opposite St.Theodore's as my cousin Veronica (Non) lived in one and the "Turners" (Pat, Shirley, Roy and others) lived next door. These houses had front doors in Higher Church St, while the ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer in 1964 by Charles Trevelyan

Mossband Camp

My father was a serving soldier, serving at the RAOC camp until 1948. We lived in the YMCA building in the camp itself and it had a large functions hall attached where one of our officers once entertained the children at Christmas ...Read more

A memory of Mossband Ho in 1947 by Eileen Buckley Knowles

Drake Street

I was born in Rochdale in 1934. I attended Champness Hall Sunday School, 1940 -52, which was situated just below the Rochdale Observer offices (on the left of the photo). It was a large Methodist Central Hall with offices used by ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1952 by stanley.rudman

My Birth Place

I was born in Templecombe Hospital on 13 April 1943, my mother was Lilian Game (nee Atkins) and was staying with her widowed father, Ernest Atkins of Silver Street, Wincanton, after leaving London because of the bombing during the war. My brother was also born there in September 1944.

A memory of Templecombe in 1943 by Pamela White

Penzance Market Jew Street

As a boy I must have walked up and down Market Jew Street hundreds of times. In particular I along with friends would visit the local Woolworth's where we liked to partake of various flavoured "Milk Shakes" Later during ...Read more

A memory of Penzance in 1940 by Herbert Cain

Mobo Horses

We moved to Prestatyn in 1948. I loved the Mobo horses that the little ones could ride at the Bastion Road beach. My little school was Pendre, up the hill Fforddlas I think. Also going to St Chad's School annual fair and sale. Always ...Read more

A memory of Prestatyn in 1950 by Mo Edwards

Slag Heaps

I was born in  Birks Road, Cleator Moor in 1954. I was from a large family called Sheldrake. We lived over the railway bridge towards the brewery. The neighbours that I know of are: the Watsons, the Moors, the Wrights, the ...Read more

A memory of Cleator Moor in 1954 by Susan Sumpton

Re Tony Bros Ice Cream

I remember Tony Bros ice cream parlour off Acton High Street. On some Sundays my father would take me for a treat for a cornet or wafer scooped out of the big drum on the counter, it was always after giving our dog ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield by Frank Morrison

War Years

We lived first in Vinson Close, then in Glencorse in the High Street, next door to the Commodore. My friends included Eric Cox, who lived opposite in a flat over the undertaker's; Les Forrow, whose father was manager of a grocer's ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1940 by John Mc Culloch

Priory Road 1962 To 1988

My father, William J Smith (Bill) had a newsagent at 47 Priory Road between 1962 and 1988 which was opposite Ports the Bakers. I remember seeing queues of people coming out of the Bakers on a Saturday morning to get ...Read more

A memory of South Park in 1970 by Julia Boxall

Captions

5,435 captions found. Showing results 1,345 to 1,368.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate 1913

The view is flanked on the right by the Primitive Methodist church, built in 1907 at a cost of £4,000 to replace an earlier chapel in Chapel Street, off Chaloner Street.

Caption For Ilkley, The Grove 1911

The road to the right leads to the railway station, but directly along the leafy street is The Spa, a particularly popular hydro.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, High Street 1906

This picturesque view of the High Street is flanked by the Methodist chapel on the left-hand side, now converted into residential units.

Caption For Hinckley, Borough C1965

This broad street, with ample space for parking, displays contrasting architectural styles: the small 19th-century shops face mid 20th-century designs.

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

The name of the street harks back to the days of the medieval walled town. The gate itself was demolished in 1781.

Caption For Fakenham, Norwich Street C1955

Looking west along the High Street, we see buildings which are characteristic of North Norfolk: flints set in mortar, with brick facings.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1948

This view of the High Street shows many buildings that have either since disap- peared or have been radi- cally reworked.

Caption For Elstow, Bunyan's Cottage 1897

John Bunyan was born in Elstow, and lived in a cottage on Elstow High Street for four years after marrying his first wife.

Caption For St Ives, Church Place 1906

Note the deep gully in the street. This was for rainwater drainage, and would also have carried off waste water from fish cellars.

Caption For Cranbrook, High Street 1901

Note the broad width of the street where the market used to be held, and the pleasing variety of architecture and raised pavements.

Caption For St Ives, Old Sloop Inn 1906

Further right is the entrance to Fish Street.

Caption For Ilkley, The Grove 1911

The road to the right leads to the railway station, but directly along the leafy street is The Spa, a particularly popular hydro.

Caption For Salisbury, The Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1928

This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop.The County Hotel is in the background.

Caption For Salisbury, The Poultry Cross And Silver Street 1928

This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop.The County Hotel is in the background.

Caption For York, Hemmens's Shop 1909

Street gaslighting was introduced into the city in March 1824, replacing earlier oil lamps.

Caption For Teddington, Houses In The Grove 2005

Houses were built on most of the remaining available land - this was mainly between Park Road and Sandy Lane; to the north and south of the High Street; and along Fairfax Road.

Caption For Guisborough, Church Street 1913

D E Baker's department store (extreme left) flanks the entry to Church Street from the Market Place; the road was very much narrower than today, following the road widening scheme and demolition

Caption For Rugby, Market Place 1932

colourful, bustling scene, loud with the cries of the market-traders, the rumble of cartwheels over cobbles, the barking of dogs and the shouts and laughter of children chasing through the crowded streets

Caption For Standon, High Street And Church C1965

St Mary's church dominates the High Street skyline. Unique in Hertfordshire, Standon parish church has a detached bell tower and a porch at the west end rather than on the south wall.

Caption For Kenilworth, Castle Hill C1960

Apart from bus stops, street lamps and motor cars, little else seems to have changed for perhaps half a century or more.

Caption For York, Hemmens's Shop 1909

Street gaslighting was introduced into the city in March 1824, replacing earlier oil lamps.

Caption For Newmarket, High Street 1929

The High Street used to be the main Norwich to London road. Here is a foretaste of the traffic problems that were to come.

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street 1900

We are looking downhill to where the High Street divides; it continues on as the right-hand fork. The lack of traffic is quite remarkable.

Caption For Bristol, Park Street 1900

This is Park Street in the days before the top end was dominated by the Gothic tower of the university, designed by Sir George Oatley.