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Places
26 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Nook, Cumbria (near Kirkby Lonsdale)
- Barrow Nook, Lancashire
- Moss Nook, Merseyside
- Heads Nook, Cumbria
- Agar Nook, Leicestershire
- Wornish Nook, Cheshire
- Pickering Nook, Durham
- Salendine Nook, Yorkshire
- Wall Nook, Durham
- Urlay Nook, Cleveland
- Sour Nook, Cumbria
- Acres Nook, Staffordshire
- Donna Nook, Lincolnshire
- Hale Nook, Lancashire
- Windy Nook, Tyne and Wear
- Daisy Nook, Greater Manchester
- Nimble Nook, Greater Manchester
- Pocket Nook, Greater Manchester
- Pudding Pie Nook, Lancashire
- Water's Nook, Greater Manchester
- Moss Nook, Greater Manchester
- Water Garth Nook, Cumbria
- Greetland Wall Nook, Yorkshire
- The Nook, Shropshire (near Prees)
- The Nook, Shropshire (near Childs Ercall)
- Bleak Hey Nook, Greater Manchester
Photos
40 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
247 maps found.
Memories
2,382 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
First Trip To Fathers Hometown
My father Leslie Edgar Simpson Smith was born in Askam-In-Furness at Greenscoe Cottages in 1902 and he passed away in Canada in 2003. My grandfather William Smith was also born in Askam in the Vulcan Hotel ...Read more
A memory of Askam in Furness by
East Terrace
I used to live in #1 when I was about 6 years old and have memories of climbing out of a window and sitting on the roof and looking out to sea. I also used to cycle off to school each day along this street. My father was ...Read more
A memory of Budleigh Salterton in 1948 by
Childhood Memories
My grandfather lived in the tied cottage on the Plas farm in Lower Machen. His name was Albert Thomas, known as Bert. I have many fond memories of him and his cottage and playing around the farmyard and watching him complete ...Read more
A memory of Lower Machen in 1977 by
Little Hills Pit Lane
Born 1937 Kiveton family. Remeber getting on the bikes with my friends, riding over what we called the little hills down the pit lane to the tunnel top. Carrying an old clothes horse and a blanket, that was our tent. ...Read more
A memory of Kiveton Park in 1940 by
Holiday In Carbost June 2008
My friend and I spent a very enjoyable holiday in Carbost this year - pity there are no old photos of the place. We stayed in the Old Inn, and later on in the Langal guesthouse, as the Old Inn was ...Read more
A memory of Carbost in 2008 by
Memories Of The Civic
My first memory of the Civic was that awesome ceiling, seen for the very first time at a do hosted by the then new Evening Post newspaper, for all the delivery boys & girls. Probably not long after the hall opened. The ...Read more
A memory of Dunstable by
The Waltham Abbey Choir And Other Memories
My family lived in Waltham Abbey from 1955 to 1961 and living there left a lasting impression on me. I attended Waltham Holy Cross County Primary School during this time and at the ripe old age of 8 ...Read more
A memory of Waltham Abbey in 1960 by
Daffodils In June
Just a short note: I am writing my first novel due to be published in December. While travelling through Devon recently, I was still stuck for the name of the central character of the book, now I have it, her name is Fenny Bridges Thank you for the inspiration. Dorset Burroughs
A memory of Fenny Bridges by
Summertime
When I was a girl we used to make dams in the river, and climb the mountain at the back of Duffryn Hotel at Coegnant colliery. It was a magic place to grow up in. I lived in Glanafon Terrace, and went to Tonna Road School. Horn was the ...Read more
A memory of Caerau in 1957 by
The Steel Houses
Having lived in Brymbo in a very damp two up two down house in 'The Green' my parents were 'over the moon' to be given a new three bedroomed house; 23, Bryn Hedd, Southsea, (which means peaceful hill) became their home for ...Read more
A memory of Southsea in 1950 by
Captions
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Once famed for bluebells, Nicky Nook remains a favourite part of the countryside, within easy reach of Garstang. The wooded ravine of Nicky Nook draws botanists and sketchers.
Nestling in the hillside below the Promenade, we see, to the right, The Cottage (or 'Teddy's Nook') and, to the left, The Spa.
This postcard shows the parish church of St Martin in the centre, and clockwise from the top left, the village centre; the `Roman` Baths in the Nook; Lover`s Leap; and the view down from the Bank.
Next to the front door on the left is a baking oven that projects outside the cottage from the ingle-nook fireplace.
is basically little changed, apart from the loss of the National Provincial Bank on the right (it was replaced by an archetypal building of the 1960s or early 1970s, larger but of lesser merit), the Nook
But the pond and the wooded nooks around Bonchurch are as great an attraction as they were for the Victorian visitor.
In this picture we see farmer Bob Metcalfe closing the door of Nook Cottage. His farmhand Bill Holderson tends the horse with its milk cart.
But the pond and the wooded nooks around Bonchurch are as great an attraction as they were for the Victorian visitor.
But the pond and the wooded nooks around Bonchurch are as great an attraction as they were for the Victorian visitor.
Taken from outside St Mary of the Angels, the village's Catholic church, this view looks along The Nook past 17th- and early 18th-century houses.
Just below Marine Parade can be seen a house known as The Cottage but also affectionately known in the town as Teddy's Nook, a reference to visits to Saltburn by Edward, Prince of Wales
In the shadow of the 13th-century church of St Mary, to the south of Petworth House, the two young girls and the driver of the horse and cart pose for the camera in one of the innumerable nooks and crannies
Two million bricks went into the New Victoria Theatre, which opened on 22 September 1930 with the film 'Rookery Nook'. It was the city's supercinema, complete with ballroom and café.
She recalled Pudding Pie Nook, thatched cottages knocked down and replaced by bungalows. In 1910 Mr Tod Hull was the oldest resident.
This photograph, looking towards The Nook, highlights the frustration of what could have been.
Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.
Shop fronts include those of the Tudor Cafe, Eastmans, and The Nook. The Royal Lion Hotel and New Inn are followed by Middle Row (centre).
The house was silent and no one seemed to be about … It was one of the loveliest mornings that ever dawned upon this world … The clear pure crisp air of the early morning blew fresh and exhilarating
Leander took part in the regatta from 1840 on, winning very frequently indeed; from 1890 it had an enclosure on Temple Island, at the Regatta start.
The house was designed by the eminent architect, Walter Brierley of York (who also designed Dyke Nook, the home of the Blake family on Whalley Road).
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for Harrison's
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for Harrison
The George and Dragon is first mentioned as a tavern in the court book of St Albans Abbey in 1279. The half-timbered building dates from the 17th century.
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