Places
36 places found.
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- Cardiff, South Glamorgan
- Barry, South Glamorgan
- Penarth, South Glamorgan
- Rhoose, South Glamorgan
- St Athan, South Glamorgan
- Cowbridge, South Glamorgan
- South Molton, Devon
- Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan
- Chipping Sodbury, Avon
- South Chingford, Greater London
- South Shields, Tyne and Wear
- Ayr, Strathclyde
- St Donat's, South Glamorgan
- Llanblethian, South Glamorgan
- Thornbury, Avon
- Llandough, South Glamorgan
- Fonmon, South Glamorgan
- St Nicholas, South Glamorgan
- Jarrow, Tyne and Wear
- Penmark, South Glamorgan
- Font-y-gary, South Glamorgan
- Maybole, Strathclyde
- Yate, Avon
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Torquay, Devon
- Newquay, Cornwall
- Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Bournemouth, Dorset
- St Ives, Cornwall
- Falmouth, Cornwall
- Guildford, Surrey
- Bath, Avon
- Looe, Cornwall
- Reigate, Surrey
- Minehead, Somerset
- Bude, Cornwall
Photos
5,607 photos found. Showing results 261 to 280.
Maps
2,499 maps found.
Books
23 books found. Showing results 313 to 23.
Memories
1,577 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.
Evacuation At The Time Of The V1 And V2 Attacks On The South East And London
I am adding to my brother's memory written today about our evacuation to North Wales in 1944. A fuller description has been written by myself on BBC North East Wales web ...Read more
A memory of Coedpoeth in 1944 by
Seeking Background Information
In 1839, a family that seemed to include parents and 3 sons, named Fergusson arrived in South Australia. Within a few years they had taken up land near Adelaide and were farming very successfully. One of the 3 sons had ...Read more
A memory of Monreith by
Wednesbury As A Lad
I have too many memories to many to go into - apprentice Elec; at Patent Shaft steelworks, left Wednesbury aged 20 for 2 years RAF National Service, lived in south Yorkshire since 1954 - think about standing with fire watchers ...Read more
A memory of Wednesbury by
Triggered A Few More Memories
Waterloo in the 1940s to 1950s My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and ...Read more
A memory of Waterloo by
Worthing Front Or Silverstone
In about 1935, when I was 5 years old, my Grandfather used to take us all on gentle rides into the South Downs from his home at 11 Gaisford Road in his circa 1930 Hillman Minx. The beloved Minx was not turbo-charged and ...Read more
A memory of Worthing in 1930 by
St Mary's Church At The Foot Of The Causeway
The church has been extended in recent years by a 'block' (blot?) on the nearest corner of this photo. Although a nice building in its own right it does not fit in with the style of the church. St Mary's C ...Read more
A memory of Horsham by
The 50s And 60s
I lived with my parents, Ralph and Joan, "Bindy" and sister Judy, on Birchway, off Ack Lane East, then we moved to 17 Atholl Road. There were several families with children who my sister and I spent a lot of time with - Johnny ...Read more
A memory of Bramhall by
Australians On The Cut 1975
Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat in ...Read more
A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by
Childhood
My father came to Townsend Farm as the tenant in Sept 1940. The farmhouse is shown on the left in the picture titled Townsend. At that time I was only 15 months. My earliest memories are of the later war years. We had evacuees from ...Read more
A memory of East Quantoxhead in 1940 by
Evac
I was evacuated to Balcombe in 1940 along with the Stanley Technical College pupils from south London. At first, 3 of us were billited at Monks, a large and beautiful home some 3 km out of the village. At that time the Johnston family owned the ...Read more
A memory of Balcombe in 1940 by
Captions
2,476 captions found. Showing results 313 to 336.
This row of delightful cottages is on South Church Street, the hill out of town. The gas street light on the left is now replaced by an electric one.
Stained glass in one of the south windows is by Kempe, 1892.
Samuel Pepys described this fine parish church as 'very fair and like a cathedral', mostly 14th- century with a 16th-century tower that dominates the townscape, its south side faces the
Not far from Evesham, South Littleton is a lovely old village of pretty cottages, a manor house built in 1721, though attached to an even more ancient building, and a church that originally dated back
The impressive Webb's Hotel is a well-known landmark on the south side of The Parade in Liskeard. Sad to say, it is no longer a hotel, and the garage on the right is now a food store.
In around 1910 the Public Rooms on the south of the bridge had been used as a roller skating rink and a few years later as a cinema.
A pair of loaded working boats head south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.
The impressive Webb's Hotel is a well-known landmark on the south side of The Parade in Liskeard. Sad to say, it is no longer a hotel, and the garage on the right is now a food store.
This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.
Chesterfield Road c1955 Eckington township is situated 6 miles north-east of Chesterfield and 7 miles south-east of Sheffield, and may be the place mentioned in the early 11th- century will of
A row of drifters settled on the South Beach. The sheer volume of boats of all shapes and sizes is staggering. Again, the east coast herring fishing boats are prominent.
The village takes its name from the well on the south side of the churchyard. It gained importance from the ferry which it operated over the Ouse to Fen Drayton.
An imitation Norman doorway in the porch entrance of the south-west tower may have been based on an original piece.
This photograph, taken in what is known as Above Bar, shows Bargate facing south. There were originally seven gates into Southampton's old walled town.
A view looking south round the sweep of the bay to the little harbour, once used by the mail boats to Portpatrick in Wigtownshire. Boats are drawn up on the pebbled beach, where girls are playing.
Once a common sight on the beaches of the south-west, they have long since disappeared. The distant headland is Godrevy Point, with Godrevy Island just visible to its left.
High Street runs south from the church and is still lined by attractive houses, some timber framed, others in Georgian red brick.
A twelve-mile section from south of the Ribble to near Wigan opened around 1780. In 1800, with the canal at north Preston, the company ran out of money.
Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, is an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.
Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, is an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.
This black weatherboarded smock windmill stands in a striking position on the South Downs, overlooking the coastline.
A view looking south along Queen's Road, the entrance to the pier is on the left. The church is a well-known landmark for those coming over in the ferry from Holyhead.
Just a few miles south of the industrial Midlands, Redditch became famous for the manufacture of needles, fishhooks and bicycles.
There is plenty of activity in the South Bay as fishing boats are prepared for sea.
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