Maps

55 maps found.

1895, Hightown Ref. RNE734706
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734702
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734705
1925, Hightown Ref. POP734703
1921, Hightown Ref. POP734704
1902, Hightown Ref. RNC734704
1897-1909, Hightown Ref. RNC734706
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734704
1940, Hightown Ref. NPO734706
1945, Hightown Ref. NPO734707
1923, Hightown Ref. POP734702
1903, Hightown Ref. RNC734703
1897, Hightown Ref. RNE734705
1923, Hightown Ref. POP734705
1919, Hightown Ref. POP734707
1896, Hightown Ref. RNE734702
1896, Hightown Ref. RNE734703
1892, Hightown Ref. HOSM48513
1919, Hightown Ref. POP734706
1947, Hightown Ref. NPO734703

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Memories

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Cwa Factory Or County Clothes, And Charlesworths Staff

My mother was Betty Brownell, nee Fleet. She started to work at the clothing factory when she was 12 and left to come to Australia in 1966. I remember going to the Christmas parties for the ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Pamela Fawcett, (Brownell)

Campsite

My father was building the Power Station at Shoreham in the fifties and we had a tent here for many Summer months. The lads use to dare me to go to the Wardens control tower and say I was lost! They used to humour me and broadcast my ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1950 by James Whitehead

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

Does Anyone Remember Greengate Irwell Irwell Works And Mark Addys Bridge

Does anyone remember Greengate & Irwell, Irwell Works, off Ordsall Lane? From 1957 to 1962 I worked there as one of the three telephone operaters. I have very happy ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1957 by Jean Rowland

Fond Memories Of My Childhood In Salford

I was born in 1946 at 66 Marlborough Road in the front parlour of my gran's house. We lived at that time at 7 Harrietta Street, Higher Broughton, Salford 8 which was then know as Hightown. The chip shop on ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jean Allcock

Goring By Sea

I was born in the war years in Broadwater, we moved to Goring when I was 2 years old. I grew up in open fields and smallholdings and nurseries. I remember going down to the beach and playing on what is now the Greensward, then it ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1947 by Pamela Richards

Happy Days Rememberd In Newburgh1959 1965

Hi, these are my memories of Newburgh. My mum used to work at Mug House Farm, which was farmed by the Webster family, as housekeeper to John Billy and also looked after Mary up to her final ...Read more

A memory of Newburgh in 1959 by Ken Levett

I Witness The Aftermath Of A Tragedy

Around 1957 I was walking around High Street, enjoying a meander from my route home to Bradbury Lines when I saw the wife of an officer from the Army Camp, Lt Richard Vincent, in great distress with some ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1957 by Dylan Rivis

Lower Broghton

I remember so well going on the No 73 bus home from a night out in Manchester to Warwick St in Higher Broughton. I went to Broughton High and my best friend was Gillian Guy whose family owned the newsagents on Lower Broughton Rd. I ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Irene Walton

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Captions

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Caption For Hereford, St Peter's Square C1950

Standing beyond the market area of High Town, near to the Shire Hall, St Peter's is the civic church of Hereford.

Caption For Hereford, St Peter's Square C1950

Standing beyond the market area of High Town, near to the Shire Hall, St Peter's is the civic church of Hereford.

Caption For Blundellsands, The Beach C1960

The local authority has formed the intention to create the Crosby Coastal Park stretching as far as the River Alt at Hightown.

Caption For Blundellsands, The Beach C1960

The local authority has formed the intention to create the Crosby Coastal Park stretching as far as the River Alt at Hightown.

Caption For Bridgnorth, Bridge 1898

Bridgnorth is really two towns, High Town at the top of a steep hill and Low Town at the bottom.

Caption For Maidenhead, Castle Hill 1904

On the right, the house dated 1882 still stands at the corner of East Road, part of the High Town developments of the 1870s onwards.

Caption For Rochdale, Town Hall Square 1892

The Square is dominated by the 190ft-high Town Hall tower.

Caption For Bridgnorth, Bridge 1898

Bridgnorth has always been divided in two: High Town on a defensive position on the hill, and Low Town for traders by the river.

Caption For Kilburn, The Village Centre C1965

This is a village in two halves, High Town and Low Town, a quarter mile apart.

Caption For Luton, C1955

Slum areas like Latimer Road, New Town and High Town were cleared as part of a major housing regeneration scheme.

Caption For Norwich, St Giles' Church 1891

This church, with its 120 ft high tower, occupies a large triangular churchyard.

Caption For Gloucester, From The River 1923

Built of Painswick stone, the 225 ft high tower was completed in 1450.

Caption For Margate, Pettman's Bathing Platform 1918

The 70 ft high tower was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, and was formally handed over to the corporation in 1889.

Caption For Mousehole, The Harbour 1927

The boat lying on the beach in the fore ground, in Hugh Town harbour, is vaguely reminiscent of an ex-ships' lifeboat, and shows the rugged clinker-built construction of this type of craft.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

Caption For Cirencester, The Park, Drive C1950

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

Caption For Beccles, New Market And Parish Church 1950

The church is unusual in that the 92 feet high tower is actually separate from the nave.

Caption For Beachy Head, From The Sands 1903

The foundations of this 153ft-high tower were sunk 18ft into the chalk, and about 3,600 tons of Cornish granite were used to build it.

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street And Church 1900

St Nicholas's Church (left) has a 90ft-high tower and turret with a cupola.

Caption For Rothesay, Castle 1897

The forework is a high tower which extends into the moat and dates from the remodelling of the castle by James IV and James V.

Caption For Cirencester, The Park, Drive C1950

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

Caption For Ferring, Church Lane C1960

The pebble and sandy beach provides views along the coast to Worthing pier; just a short distance inland are the grassy slopes of Highdown Hill, which has long been a popular recreational

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

Caption For Southampton, The Civic Centre C1955

The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower, visible from many parts of the city.