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The Bank Of England
The "Bank" has occupied this site since the late seventeenth century. Although you cannot see from either this view or indeed from the street, there is an exquisite garden and lawn in the centre! The Bank underwent an extensive ...Read more
A memory of London in 1963 by
Dunwich Monastery Gateway
My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in ...Read more
A memory of Dunwich in 1965 by
Yank Worked At Harbour Inn 1965
As an 18 year old boy from Atlanta, Georgia (USA), I worked at the Harbour Inn during the summer of 1965. That's among my fondest memories, and one of the most enjoyable times in my life. I have fond memories of ...Read more
A memory of Axmouth in 1965 by
A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s
It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr ...Read more
A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by
Falling Off The Harbour Wall Onto The Deck Of A Fishing Boat
A favourite family story is how my father took charge of us children for the morning and brought us to Seahouses from our cottage in Beadnell. On this occasion, age 5 or so, while ...Read more
A memory of Seahouses in 1966 by
Visiting The Isle Of Man Railway
Two of my friends i(Bob and Tony) n our Manchester University Hall of Residence were both train buffs and motorcyclists so one early summer weekend in 1967 we rode our bikes on a Friday evening down the "East Lancs ...Read more
A memory of Douglas in 1967 by
Fishing At Craufurdland Lake.
I was born in Armour Street in Kilmarnock in 1959. Around 1963 we moved to Onthank. I went to Onthank School. My friend Bryce Herbert and I from about the age of 10 onwards used to go to Craufurdland Lake to fish ...Read more
A memory of Kilmarnock in 1969 by
The Fleetwood I Left Behind
I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then ...Read more
A memory of Fleetwood in 1970 by
Whitby Harbour And Captain Cooks Museum
I remember going to Captain Cooks Museum that year. I don't quite remember the walk up the hill. We went through the quaint little museum. Its at that point, I guess when my father and mother lingered to see ...Read more
A memory of Whitby in 1973 by
Houseboats In The Picture Of Bursledon Bridge
In the photo are several houseboats and yachts moored up to the bank on the LHS of the picture, which was 'Deacon's Boat Yard' (no relation to me!). I lived on the large white motor torpedo boat (when ...Read more
A memory of Bursledon in 1974 by
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In 1457 the French launched a raid against Fowey Harbour, and as a result a boom defence was added.
This was one of the many narrow alleyways leading down to the harbour area. From here children could play safely, and the fishermen could prepare their nets and their boats.
We are looking from the eastern arm of the harbour. Ramsgate seafront was to see many developments over the coming years.
Swain Street runs south from the harbour; it is narrow and mixed architecturally, as can be seen in this Edwardian view.
The Mersey Docks & Harbour Company also had their offices in the building at the time of our photograph.
The little harbour of Burry Port was in times past a busy export terminal for tin and fine anthracite coal. Those days are over; the small port now serves as a pleasant boat marina.
The ancient harbour of Tenterden, this was once a shipbuilding centre and was visited by Henry VIII in 1538.
If the railway viaduct carrying the LNER from Teeside to Scarborough is a memorial to its bricklayers, then how much more should the two piers at the harbour mouth be a tribute to those men of stone
During the early years of the 18th century, facilities were improved with the construction of a harbour and quays.
The Bude Canal was opened in 1826 from this harbour basin, with a sea lock just visible in the distance.
In 1836, a narrow gauge railway nine miles long opened to connect the quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog with Portmadoc harbour.
Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval
Gorleston stands at the gateway of Yarmouth's harbour overlooking the River Yare and the sea. It had long been an old seafaring port but burgeoned into a sizeable town in the 19th century.
With the money raised by these taxes, the townsfolk should maintain the walls of the town and build a pier to defend the harbour, and it is thought that Tenby had the earliest pier in Wales.
This view is looking across a crowded beach towards the harbour, the stone pier and the lighthouse.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) steamers seen alongside the harbour have now been replaced by the Irish ferries operating from Goodwick. Warehouses can be seen centre and on the right.
A red light on the steps warns vessels if they are approaching harbour on an unsafe bearing. Hobble skirts, although the height of fashion, were not designed for climbing steps.
A screw tug prepares to assist a steamer to its berth in the Floating Harbour. Bristol developed to become a major centre for the importation of timber for use throughout the west of England.
In 1854 the ageing 74- gun warship HMS 'Illustrious' was given a new lease of life when she was commissioned as a harbour training ship for young seamen.
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