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Places
14 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Coates, Lancashire
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Coates, Lincolnshire
- Coat, Somerset
- Coates, Gloucestershire
- Coates, Nottinghamshire
- Coates, Cambridgeshire
- Coates, Sussex
- Coates, Lothian (near Penicuik)
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Devizes)
- Great Coates, Humberside
- Salt Coates, Cumbria
- Little Coates, Humberside
- North Coates Airfield, Lincolnshire
Photos
49 photos found. Showing results 1,361 to 49.
Maps
88 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 1,633 to 1.
Memories
1,490 memories found. Showing results 681 to 690.
Hounslow Born 1946 L Eft Approx 1965
I have many memories from Hounslow and I have enjoyed reading the ones here on this Frith website. My name was Rita Pilbrow and I lived with my mum and dad and 2 older sisters, Claudette and June, in Lampton ...Read more
A memory of Hounslow by
Working In Warsash In The 1960s
My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old ...Read more
A memory of Warsash in 1960 by
The Happiest Days Of My Life
My maternal grandfather, Archie Greatorex, was the licensee of the Anchor Inn from 1957 until his death in September 1974. Most of my family holidays, until the age of 10, were spent with him. My parents used to pack ...Read more
A memory of Wingham by
Motor Boats
I loved these little motor boats, I can still remember the smell of the exhaust fumes and hear their engines. The late 50's/early 60's were great in Southend, until the developers came! Anyone have any memories of St Erkenwalds?
A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1960 by
The River At Hoo
In the late 1950s my parents had a small boat on the river here. My dad built it in the side garden of our house on the outskirts of the village. He painted it blue and named it 'Jeannie', after my mother. It had a small outboard ...Read more
A memory of Hoo in 1958 by
How Well I Remember The Buses On The Cornhill
I was born in 1956 and used to go to the town with my mum on the buses to town. She called them trolley buses but I can remember them stopping on the Cornhill ready to take us home again before they ...Read more
A memory of Ipswich in 1960 by
My Fathers Connection As A Photographer In Margate
I came down to Margate to live in Westbrook with my family when I was about 18 months old, probably around mid 1943. My dad was a local photographer then. He had a photographic studio in New ...Read more
A memory of Margate in 1940 by
Remembering Mr. And Mrs. Simmons' Shop
First class clothing was always available at Simmons - my parents and I moved to Halstead in Oct-Nov 1939 as my dad, Stan Page, was evacuated with the London staff of Courtaulds to their Braintree/Bocking ...Read more
A memory of Halstead in 1940 by
My First Memories Of Harpurhey
Let me amend my memories of Harpurhey, after looking at some old photos of Manchester I can now remember and recollect other things, like for example holding on to the rails outside St Edmund's Junior School on the ...Read more
A memory of Harpurhey in 1951
Captions
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(James Mackay) The Chinese community celebrate the Lunar New Year with a dragon boat race on the Clyde.
This is a spectacular view from the top of Portland, with the expanse of the Chesil Bank on the left, stretching 16 miles along the Dorset coast to Barton Cliff, and the broad expanse of Portland Harbour
Three of the famous Liverpool ferry boats are leaving the landing stage.
Both Western National and Blue Motors continued to start journeys here long after the pier was removed and the harbour ceased to be used by boat passengers.
Charles Wesley preached here in 1735 when his boat was delayed in the Cowes Roads on his way to Georgia.
The cost of the land was £251,177 for 375 acres, but some of that was set aside for housing.
It was frequently known as 'Tickle Belly Park' and its many and varied attractions included a lake with boats shaped like swans, an alpine railway and a shooting range.
The local population in the Middle Ages made a living from agriculture, fishing, boat-building, and ferrying traffic up and down the river.
To the left of the sign-post between the buildings can be seen a lovely view of the harbour and the boats of the Yacht Haven.
Later in the war, more Boston fishing boats were Prisoners of War During the First World War (1914-18) Britain and Germany agreed to exchange prisoners of war who were incapable of military
Fishermen came from elsewhere around the coast, and soon Brixham trawlers became a common sight in the harbour.
But boats still set out on fishing expeditions, and the old ferry bumbles across the Exe estuary to Starcross.
Officially it is designated Her Majesty's Submarine Torpedo Boat No 1. Many at the Admiralty still considered the new- fangled machine a shameful and un-British device.
Both were iron-hulled cargo boats of less than 300 grt, built in the early 1870s by J & W Dudgeon, Cubitts Town, London, for the LC&DR to operate a six-days-a-week service between Dover and Calais.
For a short time Fleetwood was in effect the northern terminus of the L&NWR line from Euston, and the connecting stop for steamer services to and from Belfast, Ardrossan and various west coast ports
Between these working boats sprawled on the shingle, bathing huts were appearing; and as the Frith photographs show, the two trades lived peacefully together.
By 1848 the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway were keen to promote Brighton as a cross-channel port; they funded the Brighton & Continental Steam Packet Co, though it was soon found that Newhaven
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