Places

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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The Old Primary School

My sister Roberta and I used to walk from Ellington Colliery to the school at Ellington Village. My Nanna would wrap our dinner money and savings money in a handkerchief and see us off from the top of the first row. In autumn ...Read more

A memory of Ellington in 1958 by Gerald Lamb

Ystalyfera 1940

I'm probably the oldest person writing on this site!! Just after the war started in 1939 I was sent down to live with my aunt in Ystalyfera because we lived in London which wasn't safe. My aunt was Dora Rees and she and my uncle ...Read more

A memory of Ystalyfera in 1940

Floods Of '53

Was 7, lived at 'Ocean View' opposite Ostend Road, the sea never reached our house. I remember seeing the total devastation the following day. My adopted mother, Doris Bean, worked at the Stores for Chippy and Bill Murphy, and after the ...Read more

A memory of Walcott by Roger Bean

Evacuee 1943 To 1957

Yes, me and my brother were evacuees. We came from London by steam train to Carmarthen cattle market in 1943. We were met by a crowd of local people offering to let us stay with them, it was very frighenting, we did not know any ...Read more

A memory of Meidrim in 1943 by Albert Morton

Collecting Parafin

I remember well having to walk from Greenway estate to collect parafin from the machine outside of the garage on the right. Every day we walked to school in the village and we would call into the shop and spend our pennies on sweets, ice pops on the way home if it was hot.

A memory of Bishops Lydeard in 1970 by Gary Giles

My First Home

I lived in the prefab you can see on the right of this photograph, 4 Windsor Crescent, and moved there when I was one years old. I loved living there and have many happy memories. Already the council houses were being built behind.. ...Read more

A memory of Ingoldmells by Sue Kirton

Astwood Bank Co Op......Remember It?

It was so interesting to find a few photos of old Astwood Bank on here. I moved to the village when my mother married my step father, Jesse Bradley, in 1964. We lived at 21 High Street and I got a job at the ...Read more

A memory of Astwood Bank in 1969 by Sue Ford

Raf Herscha Hill

I, along with two others at any one time, was posted to the RAF fixer station on Herscha Hill. We stayed with Miss Bella Scott at a house called Noranside, halfway up Kintore Street. I was there from 2 Feb 1954 to mid-November ...Read more

A memory of Auchenblae in 1954 by Michael Pollitt

Broadway Coaches

I was raised in Broadway from a baby until I married in 1970. My parents, Gordon and Joan Harrison owned and ran the Broadway Coaches Ltd at Yew Tree House, just above this photo. Behind the house we kept many coaches which took ...Read more

A memory of Broadway in 1960

Cotton Valley Farm

I lived at Cotton Valley Farm from 1955 until 1959 with my parents, Reg and Jenny Foster, and my five brothers, before we then moved to a small village called Hardmead end of February 1959; my mother is still living there. I was ...Read more

A memory of Willen in 1955 by Shirley Foster

Captions

5,016 captions found. Showing results 2,473 to 2,496.

Caption For Belaugh, The Church From The River C1930

A loop from the Coltishall to Wroxham road can take you down to the delightful small village of Belaugh.

Caption For Sabden, Whalley Road C1955

A steep road from Sabden leads to the well-known pass of Nick o' Pendle.

Caption For Langham, The School And School Lane C1950

There are two prominent buildings of quality in the village, firstly the 13th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, and Langham Old Hall with its date stone of 1665 built into the

Caption For Rockingham, Post Office C1965

The pretty ironstone village, once a market town, descends the lower slopes of the ridge along the Uppingham Road.

Caption For Bourne, Edenham Village C1955

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Caption For Ightham, Village 1901

This delightful rambling village acquired its name from the Saxon king Ehta, or Otha's settlement. But nearby Oldbury Hill has traces of Neanderthal hunters and an Iron Age fort on its slopes.

Caption For Sabden, Clitheroe Road C1960

On the left, Shell and Exide petrol pumps, a sign for Park Drive cigarettes, and new-style windows fitted into dwellings indicate progress.

Caption For Ightham, Village 1901

This delightful rambling village acquired its name from the Saxon king Ehta, or Otha's settlement. But nearby Oldbury Hill has traces of Neanderthal hunters and an Iron Age fort on its slopes.

Caption For Revesby, The Green C1955

Revesby is an estate village, and the Estate Office on is the nearby A153 main road. The village was laid out in the 1850s around a huge green.

Caption For Burton On The Wolds, The Post Office And Square C1960

Next to an 18th century house of some interest, the post office, along with the pub, was the focal point of village life.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Meadows C1960

Here Frith's photographer was looking from the east end of Scott's 1864 bridge towards the ridge descending to the flatter land of Burcott and Berinsfield; the east part of the village

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, The Bay Hotel 1927

The fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay lies just a few miles to the south of Whitby. Also known as Bay Town, the village became a favourite haunt for artists and holidaymakers alike.

Caption For Cottesmore, The Village C1955

The attractive stone built village stands on high undulating ground some four miles north-east of Oakham.

Caption For Hurstbourne Tarrant, Village C1955

To this day, Hurstbourne Tarrant remains the quintessential English village.

Caption For Exmoor, Webber's Post 1923

The Village 1923 Once back to the A39, continue east, and about a mile west of Minehead, turn left to descend into Bratton, a tucked- away village with an excellent 15th- century manor house,

Caption For Rudgwick, The King's Head C1965

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. At the top of the hill is the mainly 14th-century church of the Holy Trinity.

Caption For Wallasey, The Village 1895

This is a lovely rural photograph taken in the old village of Wallasey.

Caption For Patrington, North Side C1955

This large village was probably the first settlement in Holderness. The Manor House, far right, dates from 1743; the original owner was Elenor Ellis.

Caption For Beddgelert, The Bridge And Llewelyn Hotel 1889

The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.

Caption For Ashwell, High Street 1951

St Mary's church, most of which was built in the 14th century, demonstrates the wealth of the village.

Caption For Rusper, The Village 1909

A small village on minor roads near to the Surrey border. The church of St Mary Magdalene has two historic 14th-century brasses.

Caption For Bradpole, The Village 1897

Bradpole is Bridport's northern parish and suburb, and here we are looking along Middle Street towards the 1863-built spire of Holy Trinity Church (skyline, left of centre).

Caption For Cossington, The Village C1965

This is an oasis between industrial Syston and unlovely Sileby, where, apart from an increase in traffic, the scene has changed little.

Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

Sandsend was just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.