Maps

714 maps found.

1919, Nettlestone Ref. POP789176
1919, Foreland Fields Ref. POP707802
1945, Chale Green Ref. NPO666093
1945, Binstead Ref. NPO640323
1945, Bonchurch Ref. NPO645746
1919, Lowtherville Ref. POP770172
1919, Sandown Ref. POP825137
1919, Gunville Ref. POP723643
1919, Gurnard Ref. POP723661
1919, Parkhurst Ref. POP801522
1919, Newchurch Ref. POP790788
1919, Ningwood Ref. POP792340
1919, Niton Ref. POP792385
1919, Quarr Hill Ref. POP812055
1945, Luccombe Village Ref. NPO770282
1945, Lake Ref. NPO751437
1945, Newchurch Ref. NPO790788
1945, Ningwood Ref. NPO792340
1945, Merstone Ref. NPO778437
1945, Porchfield Ref. NPO809092

Books

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Memories

452 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.

Born At Spencerbeck Farm

I was born on the 06/08/1947, a home birth in the same bed as my great grandfather died in. His name was John Thomas Hare. My mother was Betty Hare and my father was Arther Buttle. My mother's father was David Hare who owned ...Read more

A memory of Ormesby in 1947 by David Buttle

Kilner Family In Hepworth

Hepworth was my home for 50 years, I was born there and my family have been there for eight generations. We were so priveliged to live in such a beautiful country area where we played in the woods and fields. ...Read more

A memory of Hepworth by Edie Kilner

Growing Up

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell

Fulham Girl

I lived in Burlington Road, at No.1 - it was called Jubilee Terrace, and was built to commemorate one of Queen Victoria's Jubilees. There was a pottery at the New Kings Rd end of Burlington Road which was built way back in the reign of ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1955 by Caroline Schurmer/Brewster

The N.H.S. Early Years To Retirement

The Transport Department at Southmead Hospital when I joined them consisted of an officer, foreman, and four porter drivers, with two buses, three vans, and two cars. We were responsible for supplying ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1960 by Arthur Cottrell

Joe Wyche

I remember Joe Wyche very, very well; a very progressive man, and to be frank I owe my success to him. At age thirteen he hauled me into his office to inform me I was lazy and he was going to make me work. In consequence I did work for ...Read more

A memory of Poynton in 1956 by Rodney Trippier

Living At No 4 1947 1965

We moved to No 4 Barrington Court Cottages (the first cottage right of centre) in 1947. My father arrived as head gardener in April and mum arrived in July when I was three weeks old. Mum was disappointed to find she was a ...Read more

A memory of Barrington in 1947 by Richard Burton

Hillside Standon

My parents (Harold and Peggy Warden) bought Hillside (which was the miller's house, the mill fell down after the First World War) and moved my sister (Rosemary) and I from Surrey in April 1951, I was then 7 years old. Later that ...Read more

A memory of Standon in 1951 by Richard Warden

My Old Gran, 1950s

My name is Peter Smith. I have some wonderful memories of Ryde. The flying boats in East Cowes is one of them. The trams that ran through Ryde, before the underground stock was bought in from London. I remember being severly told off ...Read more

A memory of Ryde in 1957 by Peter Smith

Countryside Memories Holidays In The 1950s

The journey from our home in North Essex to my grandparents’ home in North Derbyshire took almost a full day back in the 1950s, allowing of course for periodic stops along the way. The first, usually at ...Read more

A memory of Glossop in 1955 by Mrs H. L Sharpe

Captions

333 captions found. Showing results 265 to 288.

Caption For Duston, Squirrels Inn C1955

In front is a weird Morris Eight, with timber framed shooting brake character, a veteran of the 1930s.

Caption For Leeds Castle, C1955

Over three centuries it was the dower home of eight medieval queens in succession.

Caption For Sudbury, Thomas Gainsborough R A Statue 1934

The statue is eight-and-a-half feet high on a Portland stone plinth. It was unveiled by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, on 10 June 1913.

Caption For Kelsale, The Village C1955

The Eight Bells (left) closed in the 1980s and is now Peal House. Many other houses have a bell connection. The Post Office Stores on the corner closed in 1991.

Caption For Bilsborrow, The Vicarage C1960

Its peal of eight bells is well-known to campanologists. Money was left for the building of the stone church and tower in the will of Jane Salisbury, tragically killed on the railway in 1922.

Caption For Warrington, Town Hall And Fountain 1901

Higher still on the upper basin were eight sea urchins blowing their horns, and finally the pinnacle was composed of four entwined dolphins.

Caption For Norton, The Village C1950

St Nicholas' is particularly proud of its peal of eight bells, which includes one cast in the 1500s and another, recast in 1946, in memory of the travelling evangelist, Gypsy Smith.

Caption For Liverpool, Hms Bellisle 1890

With ten guns on board, she was heavier-armed than the 'Hercules', but she could only manage a top speed of eight knots even in good conditions.

Caption For Ripley, The Cross 1923

Around the base are eight niches in which to kneel and repent.

Caption For Ripley, The Cross 1923

Around the base are eight niches in which to kneel and repent.

Caption For Bridport, Almshouses 1903

At the time of the photograph it was for "eight deserving women" but this was reduced to four to ease overcrowding.

Caption For Maidstone, Allington Castle 1898

The buildings were to undergo further extensive restoration at the hands of the mountaineer Lord Martin Conway eight years after this picture was taken.

Caption For Maidstone, Allington Castle 1898

The buildings were to undergo further extensive restoration at the hands of the mountaineer Lord Martin Conway eight years after this picture was taken.

Caption For Porthcawl, Coney Beach 1938

The first ride was a figure-of-eight ride, housed in two First World War hangers. There was a bandstand on the green, an outdoor and indoor skating rink, three cinemas and a stage for pierrots.

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Power Station C1955

Eight massive cooling towers dominate the site today, and look out over the old graveyard of St Andrew's Church.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Cottage Hospital 1906

This photograph shows the view north-westwards up Church Street from beside the Old Monmouth Hotel, with the churchyard railings on the right.

Caption For Rickmansworth, High Street 1897

The next three views give us a novel opportunity to stroll along the High Street over a period of sixty-eight years, and witness some of the numerous changes which took place before its eventual

Caption For Davenham, The Village C1965

In 1965, according to a sign in the window of Price's electrical shop in the centre of the village, it was possible to rent a television at a cost of eight shillings a week.

Caption For Heckington, High Street C1955

Here we look along the High Street, where most of the houses and cottages survive on the left but only No 62, then an antique shop, on the right.

Caption For Conwy, The Castle And The Bridges 1906

It hangs on eight chains in two sets over two piers, with adjustment at one end into the rock under the castle, and at the other end into solid rock.

Caption For Bridport, Almshouses 1903

At the time of the photograph it was for "eight deserving women" but this was reduced to four to ease overcrowding.

Caption For Nottingham, Upper Parliament Street C1950

This end of Upper Parliament Street, with the Theatre Royal halfway along and out of sight on the left, has seen many changes since the 1950s.

Caption For Calne, The Old Alms Houses (1682) C1955

Originally built as eight houses in 'limewashed limestone rubble with ashlar ridge stone mullioned windows', in what Pevsner refers to as 'the local vernacular style', they were later

Caption For Gresford, The Plough C1960

The inquiry into the disaster led to three disagreeing reports in 1937 on the causes of the disaster and the owner William Bonsall was convicted on eight counts of breaking mining safety laws, yet he was