Photos

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Maps

524 maps found.

1922, Litchard Ref. POP756765
1900-1901, Maesteg Ref. RNC771770
1900-1901, Merthyr Mawr Ref. RNC778451
1899-1900, Penprysg Ref. RNC803969
1899-1900, Pen-Yr-Heol Ref. RNC805036
1899-1900, Ogmore Valley Ref. RNC796101
1899-1900, Heol-Y-Cyw Ref. RNC731577
1900-1901, Newton Ref. RNC791705
1923, Caerau Ref. POP658760
1922, Coychurch Ref. POP679739
1922, Coytrahên Ref. POP679750
1922, Cwmfelin Ref. POP687043
1922, Cefn Cribwr Ref. POP665299
1922, Ffordd-Y-Gyfraith Ref. POP704881
1922, Garth Ref. POP711898
1922, Coity Ref. POP674784
1922, Colychurch Ref. POP675896
1922, Shwt Ref. POP831008
1922, North Cornelly Ref. POP793093
1922, Pen-Y-Cae Ref. POP804757

Books

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Memories

1,926 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.

Growing Up In Greenford 1957 1970s

Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? Sainsburys ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Gill Hewlett

Happy Memories Of The Harris Orphanage

I have happy memories of the Harris orphanage. My two brothers and I spent 18 months there. We livd in no 7 and our foster parents were Mr and Mrs Perkins, who was a first rate cook. The govenor was a retired ...Read more

A memory of Preston in 1952 by Frederick Porter

The Cafe School

We moved to Alton from Somerset in November 1958. The primary school was closed for refurbishment. Mr. and Mrs. Carnwell who owned the garage and cafe played host to the village school, it all seemed quite strange to this ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1958 by Elizabeth Green

Washington Brady Square

One of three children who lived at Hillthorn Terrace, just next to the railway lines. I can remember as if it was yesterday when the coal train used to travel from Washington "F" Pit down towards Brady Square, through the ...Read more

A memory of Washington by Jim Beresford

Sunny 1950''s Sunday Mornings

I have many memories about the old St Mary's Church. Until I started thinking of them I realised that I have not got one involving a rainy day apart from when my Grandad was buried in the churchyard. He was laid ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1954 by Ann Arthur

A History Lesson

I have lived nearby for 10 years and this place eluded me for a while. Tancreds Ford is still a ford but the bridge is the modern equivalent. The reason I am posting this is because it was on the old smugglers route! Contraband was ...Read more

A memory of Frensham by Mark Gardiner

Woolwich Ferry

There has been a ferry at Woolwich for many centuries but the people of Woolwich complained in the 1880s that West London had free access across the River Thames by bridges so why couldn't they have free travel? The river was too busy ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by First Name Last Name

Air Raids

These memories are as fresh in my mind as if they happened last week. Boston had its share of air raids, the first one was on a rainy Monday, it was July, the first day of our summer school holidays. It would be about 7.15 am when we heard a ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all that ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

The Sun

The building on the left is the Sun pub, which we used to visit when in the sixth form at Stanborough school in the 1970s . Our teachers used it too as it wasn't far from our school so we used to go there more on weekend evenings... We ...Read more

A memory of Lemsford

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 313 to 336.

Caption For Abingdon, The Bridges From The Church Tower C1945

Here we see the river bridges and Nag's Head island, which separates the main river on the right and the back water on its left.

Caption For Runcorn, Devonshire Place 1961

Our photographer is standing on Doctors Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal, and High Street runs left and right from the top of the square.

Caption For Winster, The Post Office C1960

The signs leave no doubt that in 1960 the inn was owned by Dutton's Brewery (of Blackburn), and that John Kirkby was the licensee.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge C1955

The present stone bridge replaced earlier ones (the first built in timber by the energetic Bishop Alexander in the 12th century); it dates from 1775, with footways and cast iron railings added in 1848

Caption For Sidmouth, Alma Bridge 1895

Alma Bridge spans the Sid at the point just before the river tumbles across a pebbled ridge into the sea.

Caption For Warwick, The Old Bridge 1922

Constant repairs were needed to the medieval Great Bridge. In c1790 the Earl of Warwick offered to pay most of the cost of a new bridge, which was to be erected upstream.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, High Level Bridge 1895

The High Level Bridge spans part of the dock area; it links Barrow Island, which was a separate island, with the mainland.

Caption For Lancaster, From The Bridge 1891

The River Lune and the town of Lancaster are viewed from the New Bridge, or the Skerton Bridge as it is now called.

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Bridge C1955

The old bridge over the River Aire was rebuilt in 1765 and survived 32 years before its demolition in 1797.

Caption For Thornton Cleveleys, Lawsons Road C1955

In the 17th century the wooden bridge became so dangerous that Lancaster Quarter Sessions ordered that 'the inhabitants of Thorneton of the east side of Thorneton bridge and the inhabitants of Stayno shall

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, Shard Bridge C1955

The two townships of Poulton-le-Fylde and Hambleton, linked by the bridge, were villages when the bridge was first built to serve agricultural communities.

Caption For Pangbourne, Whitchurch Bridge 1890

The Thames emerges from the Goring Gap at Pangbourne, and the valley widens out again. This view looks downstream from the riverside garden of Waterside House towards Whitchurch Bridge.

Caption For Lowestoft, The Bridge And The Harbour C1925

It is always a sight worth watching, as the bridge swings open to allow the passage of a paddle steamer. Note the tramlines visible on the roadway of the bridge.

Caption For Sharpness, The Severn Railway Bridge C1955

Constructed of wrought iron and completed in 1879, the Severn Bridge was the longest tied-arch, bowstring truss bridge on the British railway network.

Caption For Stirling, From Abbey Craig 1899

It was from the southern slope of Abbey Craig that Wallace launched his attack against the Earl of Surrey's troops as they attempted to cross the narrow wooden bridge over the Forth.

Caption For Launceston, Greystone Bridge C1875

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

Caption For Launceston, Greystone Bridge C1875

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

Caption For Wetherby, The Bridge 1909

The first bridge, built in 1235, was eleven feet wide. By 1773 the hump was lowered, and a second widening took place in 1826. All three stages can be seen from underneath the present bridge.

Caption For Milton Keynes, The M1 At Junction 14 C1965

Construction of the M1's first 55 miles (including Milton Keynes's section) took 586 days - a bridge every three days and a mile of road every ten.

Caption For Runcorn, The Railway Viaduct 1900

The Widnes-Runcorn railway bridge is seen from the West Bank Docks, Widnes.

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas' Bridge C1955

This beautiful old bridge still stands next to the ford, and although often called a packhorse bridge, it was probably built to allow the priors to travel between St Stephens and St Thomas; hence its more

Caption For Launceston, St Thomas' Bridge C1955

This beautiful old bridge still stands next to the ford, and although often called a packhorse bridge, it was probably built to allow the priors to travel between St Stephens and St Thomas; hence its more

Caption For Shillingford, Swan Hotel 1890

Now known as the Shillingford Bridge Hotel, and with a large and rather poor extension replacing the clapboarded building to the right, this Georgian inn is situated on the south bank by the elegant bridge

Caption For Southampton, The Floating Bridge 1908

Southampton's famous Floating Bridge enabled foot passengers and traffic to cross the Itchen between the city and the south-eastern suburb of Woolston.