Places

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Maps

4 maps found.

1898-1899, The Beeches Ref. RNC846296
1896, The Beeches Ref. RNE846296
1947, The Beeches Ref. NPO846296
1919, The Beeches Ref. POP846296

Books

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Memories

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Wrong Place

This is not St Peters Church ....It is the Path to the beach from St Wilfrids Chapel, Church Norton

A memory of Selsey by royweyman

Wonderful Days

We spent all our warm summer holidays at Westgate. We lived in South London. My Grandmother lived in Quex Road and we had a caravan on St Crispens caravan site. I loved getting fish heads from the fish monger to go crabbing. I ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by grahamleeper1

Way Back Then.

lived in margate from approx. 1945 to 1952. There was a pier with a life boat station halfway up.Took a trip on the lifeboat, public once year, and was really seasick. There was also the Pavilion, close by was a 'pillbox' a wartime concrete ...Read more

A memory of Margate

War Time Evacuees

in 1944 we were taken to St Agnes, me, my two sisters and my mum. I was only 5 years old. They put us in the hotel Driftwood Spars, St Agnes. I went to school there, I can't remember the name of it. My mum worked in the pub in the ...Read more

A memory of St Agnes by Marie Sparkes

Update Of Those Memories Of The 60,S.

And so i became a full teenage worker, ha ha , off to earn all that fabulous money, to buy all i wanted and roll around every where in style, be like the grown ups , drink beer down the pub or up the pub in my ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1966 by Nicolas Fumarola

Tynemouth Beach

I remember this beach well, especially the open air swimming pool which is also on a photograph here in this collection , I remember going on a school swimming session weekly ( Preston High school ) now john spence and dreading ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth in 1966 by Neil Critchlow

Tyn Y By The Sea

First stayed there in 1951. My dad rented the chalet opposite the green corrugated Chapel aside of the sandy path which lead to the beach. Apart from the shop and chippy there was a Welcoast ice cream kiosk on the corner that closed a ...Read more

A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by ukip.lowe29

Treco Bay

We stayed in a small caravan the first holiday we had in Porthcawl during the miners fortnight holiday in June many years ago. Other wise it would be day or afternoon trips to Porthcawl and other seaside resorts along the South Wales coast . ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

Theatre

I think it was around this time when we got very excited as a whale had been washed up on the beach, which brought a few people to look at it. Also there was a small theatre there called the Cozy Nook which we changed to the Nozy Cook, I wonder if it is still there and going?

A memory of Newquay in 1954 by Nicholas Howell

The Starlight Sudbury

Hi my name was christine smith and I lived in oldfield road NW10. I remember the great times we all had at the starlight in sudbury I remember in particular Georgie fame. The mods and rockers on Brighton beach - great fun, ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by derekharris608

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Captions

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Caption For Rodborough, Common, The Bear Hotel 1925

Taken from a position a little further along the hillside from No 62683, this photograph shows the Bear Inn soon after its extension was completed.

Caption For Sutton, The Ridgway 1913

Over the parish boundary in Carshalton in what was named Carshalton Beeches, lavender fields were developed in the years after after 1905.

Caption For Walcott, The Beach Bough Hotel C1965

Hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation make up a key element in the tourist economy of Norfolk, especially in Yarmouth and the other resorts of the east coast.

Caption For Andover, Town Station 1908

Lord Beeching closed this branch line in 1964. Its 22-mile length became a track known as the Test Way, which can now be walked from Andover all the way to Southampton Water.

Caption For Badbury Rings, The Avenue Of Trees 1936

The long avenue of beech trees which lines the road beyond Wimborne, towards the ancient hillfort of Badbury Rings, is one of the finest sights in England.

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Caption For Langdon Hills, Entrance And Keepers Cottage C1950

The County Council had been buying parcels of land in this area since the 1930s, in an attempt to preserve the native trees. Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.

Caption For Cranham, 1907

A horse-drawn carriage takes a journey into the extensive woodlands of Cranham, Brockworth and Buckholt. A century later this is still one of the most beautiful stretches of countryside in England.

Caption For Eastbourne, Paradise 1910

The road climbs here along the chalk amid the beech woods of the Paradise Plantation. It picturesquely linked the old town with Meads, and was a popular stroll for visitors.

Caption For Staverton, Manor Road C1955

We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.

Caption For Cirencester, Tetbury Road C1955

The photographer who took this picture was positioned at the entrance to Cirencester railway station.

Caption For Boston, Witham Bank And Boston Stump C1955

The bridge, built in 1848, carried the Great Northern Railway main line from Grimsby to London King's Cross (via Peterborough), but since the Beeching cuts it now only carries the Skegness to Nottingham

Caption For Barnston, Beech Farm C1955

Situated at the top of a steepish hill on the road from Heswall, the entrance to Beech Farm is on the right in our picture.

Caption For Cleethorpes, Wonderland C1955

Wonderland was conveniently situated next to the railway station, and when railway excursions to the seaside were at their height, it was ideal for the day tripper.

Caption For Cleethorpes, Wonderland C1955

Wonderland was conveniently situated next to the railway station, and when railway excursions to the seaside were at their height, it was ideal for the day tripper.

Caption For Clydach, Lower Fall 1893

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is also well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

Caption For Stone, High Street 1900

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Caption For Stockbridge, The Old Andover Road C1955

To the right, Winchester Road rises to leave town; to the left it enters town.

Caption For Tetbury, Chipping Steps C1965

This picturesque quarter of Tetbury leads from the north-east corner of the Chipping to a triangular green with a splendid copper beech tree.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1904

This is the view south down the High Street from outside Beech Hurst, which is off to the left.

Caption For Somersham, Bank Houses C1960

We are looking down the Chatteris road, where very little has changed in the past 40 years.

Caption For Bakewell, Lathkill Dale 1914

Of all the varied attractions of the Peak District, this one is up towards the top of the list.

Caption For Rudgwick, The King's Head C1955

The King's Head c1955. The village of Rudgwick stands hard by the Surrey border, its church literally just a few yards from the county boundary.

Caption For Goring, The Village 1896

This sprawling riverside village lies between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.