Photos

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Maps

494 maps found.

1902, Greenhill Bank Ref. RNC721524
1902-1903, Hale Bank Ref. RNC724848
1901-1904, Eighton Banks Ref. RNC699623
1902, Dawley Bank Ref. RNC688970
1903-1904, Dean Bank Ref. RNC689171
1897-1898, Broomhill Bank Ref. RNC652485
1899-1900, Bodenham Bank Ref. RNC644871
1902-1903, Booth Bank Ref. RNC646002
1902, Bowling Bank Ref. RNC647338
1903-1904, Carr Bank Ref. RNC662744
1902, Creamore Bank Ref. RNC682894
1903, Bank Fold Ref. RNC632322
1902, Alsagers Bank Ref. RNC624537
1902, Ketley Bank Ref. RNC746607
1947, Ure Bank Ref. NPO858203
1947, Wall Bank Ref. NPO859806
1947, Sodylt Bank Ref. NPO833913
1947, Sunny Bank Ref. NPO842885
1946, Woods Bank Ref. NPO873855
1898, Frith Bank Ref. RNE709511

Books

25 books found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Memories

9,938 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

Garvan Road

I lived at what I think was 74 or 73 Garvan Road in the late 1950s early 1960s. My dad owned the house and we had a family living upstairs and I recall their surname was Parsons. Next door was a friend of mine and his name was Jonny Douglas. ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by tandoh52

Mr George Jones Coalmerchant

I remember your grandad George Jones well. He was our coal merchant. He was always a welcome sight with his coal lorry, especially during the war when coal was short. I was born in 1938 and moved to Lawrence Avenue when I ...Read more

A memory of Heath Town by violet.sherratt

Brightlands

My grandfather worked as a chauffeur and then a gardener for a family called Edwards who lived at this house in the 1930s and 1940s. My grandfather had a cottage in the grounds. When we visited and the Edwards were not at home, we were allowed to play on the lawn at the back of the house.

A memory of Reigate by Sandy Norman

Chisholm Cottage

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

Happy Childhood Holidays

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has evoked ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

Penton Camp Club

The Penton Camp Club started in about 1903. Its members included the Manager of Martin's Bank, London, the manager of the Drury Lane Theatre and many other rich men. They would come by train to Staines, the old station at the ...Read more

A memory of Penton Hook in 1900 by Su Knight

Saving The Shipwrecked Sailors

Robert and Donald Mapleston and were excellent swimmers.  (Their sister, my Great Grandmother, Anne Mapleston Jackson, passed away in 1944.)  They lit bonfires to warn the ships, but when a ship wrecked they used a ...Read more

A memory of Land's End in 1870 by Susan Ramagli

A Brief Memory Of My School Days At Duncton

The first School I ever went to was Duncton Primary, I loved this school. Our Headmaster was Mr Salsbury who we nicknamed Mr Strawberry due to a strawberry shaped wort he had on the back of his head. He was an ...Read more

A memory of Duncton by Giles Mceachern King

Molly Gray's Memories Of Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey.

When we were children during WWII, my brothers Rob and Wilf and myself often visited Weston Green. At Weston Green there were two churches and two ponds called Marneys and Milburns. My ...Read more

A memory of Weston Green by Janet Moore

Living In Teddington 1950s To 1980s

We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had ...Read more

A memory of Teddington

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Goudhurst, Twissenden Manor 1904

This half- timbered Wealden Hall House has a late 16th- century sandstone facade at the back.

Caption For Neatishead, Backwater

Bundles of Norfolk reed are stacked on both banks of this shallow backwater.

Caption For Sherborne, The Village C1960

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Station Road 1904

Pallister Road is the impressive Bank Building built in 1899 to house the London & County Bank as well as a number of shops, including the Home and Colonial Stores.

Caption For Kibworth, The Grammar School C1955

The photograph shows the rear of the red brick master's house of c1725, which was originally of two stories until a third was added around 1835, backed by a neat garden and tennis courts.

Caption For Wallasey, Church And Tower 1895

The history of St Hilary's church spans the centuries since the Norman Conquest, and it may even go back to the earliest days of Christianity in Britain.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Reading Road And Duke Street C1955

The houses on the left-hand side had been rebuilt further back for road widening in 1870.

Caption For Avebury, The Circle C1955

The entire complex comprises an outer circular bank with an inner ditch.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1908

In the 1900s these included a tobacconist's, a bank, and two butchers.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier Pavilion 1899

Deal is an elegant town, and nowhere is this clearer than in this view, taken from the Pier pavilion looking back to the town.

Caption For Oxford, Addisons Walk, Magdalen College 1937

The tree-shaded Magdalen Walks along the bank of the Cherwell are truly delightful and a perfect way to study the changing seasons.

Caption For Chepstow, The Race Course 1938

Judging from the discarded betting slips, the punters had not backed Harry Wragg to get the better of Gordon Richards in the first race.

Caption For Wyre Piddle, The Anchor C1965

So many towns and villages in Worcestershire are beautifully set on the banks of the county's rivers - as Wyre Piddle is on the Avon.

Caption For Newchurch, All Saints' Church And The Pointer Inn C1955

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, though it contains additions from most historic periods.

Caption For Dovedale, Reynards Cave 1914

A family group prepare their picnic on the banks of the River Dove beneath the natural arch known as Reynard's Cave.

Caption For Ilkeston, Bath Street C1955

Another view of Bath Street, looking back towards the church.

Caption For Reading, St Mary's Butts 1912

The church dates back to Saxon times.

Caption For St Ives, Back Road East 1890

This view looks towards Back Road West.

Caption For Hilton, The Church C1955

Next to Hilton's lovely church is the village green, landscaped by Capability Brown, and surrounded by houses dating back to Tudor times.

Caption For Sudbury, The River 1895

Not far from here are some half-timbered houses dating back to the time when Sudbury was one of the most important weaving towns.

Caption For Avoncliff, The Aqueduct C1950

Although the infrastructure is essentially unchanged, much tidying up of both bank and water has taken place in recent years.

Caption For Devonport, Halfpenny Bridge 1904

Today, the whole area is unrecognizable, some of the creek has been filled in, the ramshackle huts demolished, and the banks are the home of leisure boat builders.

Caption For Broad Chalke, The Lych Gate C1955

It serves the large and ornate All Saints' church, which is ashlar-faced and dates back to two periods – late 13th century and 1360-70.

Caption For Bourton On The Water, The Footbridge 1948

Just off the Fosse Way, this village, once the site of a Roman settlement, clusters around the banks of the wide, shallow Windrush, which is crossed by a number of simple footbridges, some