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Places
31 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Combe Martin, Devon
- Castle Combe, Wiltshire
- Combe Down, Avon
- Milton Combe, Devon
- Combe St Nicholas, Somerset
- Monkton Combe, Avon
- Burrington Combe, Avon
- Combs, Derbyshire
- Combe Raleigh, Devon
- Combe, Sussex
- Combe, Oxfordshire
- Combe, Berkshire
- Combs, Yorkshire
- Combs, Suffolk
- Combe, Hereford & Worcester
- Combe, Devon (near Blackpool)
- Combe, Devon (near Salcombe)
- Combe, Devon (near Buckfastleigh)
- Combe, Somerset (near Somerton)
- Combe Almer, Dorset
- Combe Fishacre, Devon
- Combe Florey, Somerset
- Combe Hay, Avon
- Combe Common, Surrey
- Combe Pafford, Devon
- Combe Throop, Somerset
- East Combe, Somerset
- Combs Ford, Suffolk
- Abbas Combe, Somerset
- St Combs, Grampian
- Combe Moor, Hereford & Worcester
Photos
705 photos found. Showing results 181 to 200.
Maps
161 maps found.
Books
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Memories
1,241 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.
Wartime Evacuee 1939 1940
In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more
A memory of Caton in 1930 by
During The Second World War
This story is a memory during the Second World War. My father Samuel Fredrick Richardson was the air-raid warden. There was a brick shelter, built on the village green. Most of the village used to use it. One night ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green in 1940 by
Fab Times
I always remember our Mum and Dad taking my brother Jimmy and myself to St Combs, staying with Mrs Buchan and No 3. High Street. She was the nicest lady in the world, but deaf unfortunately. We would go for walks along the beach, then ...Read more
A memory of St Combs in 1870 by
Childhood In The 1950s In Caerau
I was born at 87 Victoria Street in 1945. My father was a miner and worked all his life in Caerau colliery. My mother came from London with her brothers and sisters, they were evacuated to Caerau after their house in ...Read more
A memory of Caerau in 1953 by
Mendleson Wrote His Spring Song In The House.
With Denmark Hill and about level with the Old Henly's garage behind you was a house within the ruins with a metal sign. It stated that during his stay here, Mendleson wrote his 'Spring Song' here. ...Read more
A memory of Camberwell by
Memories Of War Years 1939 45 Newport
Memories of War years 1939 -1945. By John Beal. Little did I realise that I would be involved in the army when war broke out in 1939. I was attending Hatherleigh Central School in Newport at the time and as a ...Read more
A memory of Newport in 1940 by
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Lingfield
Jean Chambers mentioned the bomb dropping on the school in 1943 - my parents shop (John Banks Outfitters) was almost opposite the school and I was born at the end of 1943 being given my second name of "Heather" after Heather Lumsden who ...Read more
A memory of Lingfield by
History Of Netherthong
I am currently researching and writing a history of Netherthong and I have well over 200 photos and other ephemera. I have started numerous chapters relating to such subjects as schools, parish council, churches, sport, ...Read more
A memory of Netherthong in 2010 by
I Used To Come To Comerfords!
I bought my first motorbike from Comerfords in Thames Ditton (would have been at top right of this picture) in October 1973 - a Yamaha FS1e moped in 'Blackcurrant' metallic. But for up to two years earlier I would ...Read more
A memory of Long Ditton in 1972 by
Captions
232 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.
Large, German hydrogen-filled airships were making bombing raids on England but Loughborough was thought to be out of range. New acetylene lights were shining out on Leicester Road.
It was badly bombed in 1941 and was rebuilt behind the original Grecian frontage.
It was badly damaged by bombing in the Second World War. Originally a simple Norman construction, it was enlarged many times and given a neo-Gothic interior after the War, with broad aisles.
There had been a No 1 grain elevator on Trafford Wharf, but this had been hit by an incendiary bomb during the Second World War, and after months of burning and smouldering because it was full of grain
It was bombed in the Second World War and has now been added to, and modernised out of all recognition.
The pair of houses on the east side of the building were so badly wrecked in the bombing that they had to be demolished. The former Wesleyan Chapel is now the Skegness Methodist Church.
The Lady Chapel is behind the high altar; unfortunately, all the lovely stained glass seen here was blown out in December 1940 when the cathedral was bombed.
On 30 October 1940 German bombs fell on the village post office and cottages.
We will visit buildings that have been swept away by bombs, storms, and changes of fashion, and buildings that stand as firm today as they did 100 years ago.
Apsley Mills came under the technical control of the Ministry of Munitions and Nash Mills made mortar bombs and small shells.
The Lady Chapel is behind the high altar; unfortunately, all the lovely stained glass seen here was blown out in December 1940 when the cathedral was bombed.
In September 1941 a landmine landed in the park, and was examined by the Royal Navy bomb disposal team.
Also scheduled for redevelopment was the remaining old part of the town between Church Street and the river, which had suffered bomb damage in the war.
There was even a bomb plot! The Chartists held meetings behind the Unicorn Hotel and on one occasion a crude explosive device was found there.
The 1946 New Towns Act, designed to alleviate a huge housing problem in the bomb-damaged capital, offered a lifeline.
Later, this became the administrative block for the Manor Hospital and, although damaged by a flying bomb in the Second World War, the building is still largely intact, and has recently been converted
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