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Maps

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1924, Broad Ings Ref. POP650725
1898, Broad Ings Ref. RNE650725
1947, Broad Ings Ref. NPO650725
1903, Broad Ings Ref. RNC650725
1919, Broad's Green Ref. POP651130
1940, Broad's Green Ref. NPO651129
1896, Broad's Green Ref. RNE651130
1898, Broad's Green Ref. RNE651129
1946, Broxted Ref. NPO653252
1895, Broxted Ref. RNE653252
1899, Broad's Green Ref. RNC651129
1898, Broad's Green Ref. RNC651130
1945, Broad's Green Ref. NPO651130
1919, Broad's Green Ref. POP651129
1919, Broxted Ref. POP653252
1925, Broad Carr Ref. POP650646
1919, Broad Chalke Ref. POP650647
1920, Broad Green Ref. POP650687
1920, Broad Green Ref. POP650688
1919, Broad Hinton Ref. POP650720

Books

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Memories

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Written While I Can Still Remember .

My name is Bernard Hagon I was born 1933 in city Road maternity home which had a direct hit during the war everybody killed . My parents had the British Empire in Barking Road Plaistow a Taylor Walker’s house just ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by bernard.hagon

143 Broad Hinton

Lived at 143 from 1956 until 1965 remember going to school there and ringing the bells at the Church,my Father worked at Norborne Farm,i left school and worked at Haskins Garage Wroughton.Nice to see 143 modernised and up for sale.

A memory of Broad Hinton by johnk263

16 In 1966 Croydon

In 1966 my first job was as an office junior for the Bought Leger Department at Findus for Nestle on the 18th floor. One of my jobs was to open the post and someone sent in their false teeth because they had bitten into a fish finger ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by triciariver50

1937 Onwards

I have fond memories of Winchmore Hill where I was born in 1937. We lived in Hadley Way till about 1949, then moved to Slades Hill in Enfield. I went to St Pauls School (Mr Gayler) then Minchenden. I well remember The Intimate ...Read more

A memory of Winchmore Hill

1960''s Kidderminster

My dear old hometown. I was 18 when this picture was taken. The Swan pub is on the left, and the Co-Op is where the blinds are. Just around the corner from The Swan was a broad flight of steps leading up into the market ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster by Malcolm Knowles

1960's Tunnel Memories

I clearly remember these Land Rover "Tunnel Patrol" vehicles although I was only 7 in 1965.  I thought that they were real Police vehicles (were they labelled "Tunnel Police" I wonder?) and I remember being puzzled by the ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1965 by Brian Jones

1970's Childhood

I too, remember Mr Foden (Church Coppenhall Juniors) along with Mrs Kruger, who used to scare me when she read 'The Hobbit'. Mrs Barker from Broad Street Infants and even before then I remember being at the nursery school next to St ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Carole Capper (Stretton)

A Day To Remember

Saturday the 8th June 1963 was predicted to be the hottest day of the year thus far. Setting off by coach from Cheltenham were members of a savings club, myself included, bound for Weymouth. Our first stop was for refreshments at the ...Read more

A memory of Warminster

A Great Pub

Truly a wonderful pub when managed by Gerald and Edith Leader, before they moved to the Blue Lion on Broad Lane.

A memory of Bracknell in 1955 by Melvyn Ball

A Life Of Cockney Wit And Humour

Hi Guys , Another piece of East End literature from Vic B , I was thinking back the other day of the things that made me laugh as a youngster growing up in the East End although it must have applied to the whole of ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

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Captions

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Caption For Hickling, The Staithe From The Pleasure Boat Inn C1950

It is the word used for all mooring places on the Broads, whether along the river or up an inlet.

Caption For Shanklin, From Lift Steps 1892

The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage.

Caption For Ormesby, Broads, Near Tea Rooms C1935

Unlike most broads, Ormesby is accessible by road rather than river, and preserves a quietness not usually found during holiday periods.

Caption For The Broads, Hickling Broad C1945

Away from the broad, along the staithe, the moored boats can bob gently in the calmer water.

Caption For Horning, The Old Wind Pump 1902

The classic Broads marshland scene with an open-trestle windpump.

Caption For Cowan Bridge, C1955

Cowan Bridge is a place of pilgrimage for the Bronte Society.

Caption For Ross On Wye, Broad Street C1960

The library was donated by the town's other benefactor, Thomas Blake, in 1873 – it is located towards the bottom of Broad Street.

Caption For The Broads, Hunsett Mill On River Ant At Stalham C1925

This placid scene depicts the Broads as every water traveller would wish to experience them.

Caption For The Broads, 1902

This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.

Caption For Horning, On The Broad 1934

This typical Broad scene shows sailing and fishing going on, with a wind-pump in the background.

Caption For Ballymoney, High Street C1900

This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town north of the Broads was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For The Broads, The 'silver Swallow' C1945

This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.

Caption For Coltishall, On The Banks Of The Bure 1902

The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages.

Caption For Loddon, Basin C1965

By 1965 most of the boats on the Broads were motorised.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600.

Caption For Hickling, The Pleasure Boat Inn C1955

A favourite pub for many years, the Pleasure Boat Inn these days is the starting point for a water trail which visits the reed beds which make this part of the Norfolk Broads an important wildlife habitat

Caption For Oulton, 1887

Oulton was another of the series of medieval broads stretching northward into Norfolk.

Caption For The Broads, Fleet Dyke C1934

The Fleet Dyke flows from the River Bure to South Walsham Broad.

Caption For Ottery St Mary, Broad Street 1938

Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.

Caption For Reading, Oxford Street 1913

As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.

Caption For Salhouse, The Broads And River Bure 1902

A small broad off the busy river Bure, Salhouse in 1902 displayed the tranquillity of the English countryside beloved by Victorian artists.

Caption For Ormesby, Broads, Near Tea Rooms C1935

The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.