Places

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Photos

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Maps

29 maps found.

1947, Brick Houses Ref. NPO649679
1920, Brick Hill Ref. POP649656
1946, Brick House End Ref. NPO649670
1923, Brick-Kiln End Ref. POP649744
1896, Brick House End Ref. RNE649670
1919, Brick House End Ref. POP649670
1902-1903, Brick-Kiln End Ref. RNC649744
1947, Brick-Kiln End Ref. NPO649744
1899, Brick-Kiln End Ref. RNE649744

Books

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Memories

666 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Breaking And Entering

My brothers and I lived in Osborne Road in the mid 60s - 72 and we used to climb in to the nursery in Beulah Crescent just to look at the pond! I believe it was in an old horse water trough but I might be wrong. We were ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Claire Ringham

Fetherstone School Dances.

Did any of you guys go to the weekly dances at featherstone Rd School? The regular band were called "Jeff & The Dreamers" I was in a band who played regularly in their break, we were called"The Avengers". (I think it was ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Roy. Pryer.

Breaking Through The Channel Tunnel

I cannot remember the date, but my husband's cousin was the first man to break through to France when building the channel tunnel. My husband's family have lived and worked in Folkestone all their lives and were ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Frances Fagg

Harold Hill Memories

Hi people, Just wanted to share a few memories of living in Harold Hill. My family moved from Bow to Hilldene Ave in 1962, I was 7 so I went to Bosworth junior school which was only across the road from where I lived. I was ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Vanessa Jefferson

Andrew Duncan Home For Boys

At the age of 13 I suffered a nervous breakdown due to problems at home. It was decided by my doctor to send me away from home to give me a break. My mother took me to a mainline station in London where I was handed over ...Read more

A memory of Shiplake by Wi Taylor

Oakhanger, Hampshire

Grew up in Oakhanger and enjoyed the freedom of exploring the common in the centre of the village. Some good times were had sledging down a hill on the common in the snow. Also, finding and catching tadpoles in the pond ...Read more

A memory of Oakhanger

Clements Hall

I must have been about six when I stayed at Clements Hall with my brothers Edwin and Terry in the 1950s. Christine story brought back memories. I also remember the geese, the matron often made me sit on the step to shell the peas. The ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1956 by Gillian Mower

The Breaks

The Breaks youth club with Skip Salmon.... There was motorbike club and canoe building.Great place to meet people I enjoyed my time at Burleigh. Most boys had a crush on Ms Johns geography teacher. But I really liked Mrs Coop math's teacher. ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield by Terence Thoburn

Our Life At Llangwstenin Hall 1983 1986

When we moved here in the summer of ‘83, we were so enchanted with the hall and grounds that even included a gaggle of geese in the adjoining field. They were great ‘guard dogs’ so to speak, as we never ...Read more

A memory of Llangwstenin Hall by Jamie Cuthbert

Higher Lux St Coronation Party

I lived in Higher Lux Street, attended Liskeard Secondary modern school and was a choir boy at St Martins parish church. Mr Andrews was not only the Headmaster but also the "choir master". When my voice started to ...Read more

A memory of Liskeard in 1953 by Tony Davey

Captions

388 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Branscombe, The Village 1898

Branscombe runs down a beautiful little valley ('Brannoc's combe') to a break in the cliffs with a tiny beach.

Caption For The Broads, Fleet Dyke C1934

A break in the storm cloud allows the evening sun to cast shadows on the rippling water, a sight not uncommon on the Broads. This photograph shows two yachts moored for the night.

Caption For Walberswick, The Beach 1896

The mast of a sailing barge breaks an even horizon, whilst the falling tide exposes mooring chains.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Pier 1898

Extensions were opened eight years later which took its length to a record-breaking 7080 feet. An electric railway took people to the pierhead.

Caption For Osmington, Post Office Stores C1955

A fascinating epitaph within reminds us that 'Man is a glass: Life is as water that's weakly walled about: Sinne brings Death: Death breaks the glass: So runs the water out. Finis'.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Castle Rock C1955

These girls look as if they are taking a break in their lunch hour, perhaps from the newly established ICI pharmaceutical laboratories in Alderley Park.

Caption For Accrington, Market And Bus Station 2004

The break in the middle allows the skylight of the central passageway of the new building to reflect the shape of the decoration on the Market Hall.

Caption For Camberwell, The Town C1950

A break in the traffic gives a clear view of the shops on the south side of Denmark Hill.

Caption For South Harting, Church Of St Mary And St Gabriel 1906

Large horse chestnuts now break the roof line but the cottages still lie tranquil within the church's reach.

Caption For Sidmouth, Beach And Esplanade Looking West C1955

It remains a popular holiday destination in this new century for tourists enjoying short break holidays and day trips, and it has become a fashionable shopping centre.

Caption For Weymouth, Waterside Camp, Bowleaze Cove C1955

Caravan breaks provided an opportunity for cheaper holidays in Dorset; it was a far cry from the exclusive days of King George III.

Caption For Bispham, Palm Court Methodist Holiday Home C1955

lies just a little to the north of Blackpool's bright lights and seemingly non- stop amusements, and its sea-front hotels and guesthouses attracted holidaymakers seeking a more relaxing break

Caption For Great Meols, The Dinghy Slipway C1965

Cars are neatly parked in driveways; visitors' vehicles are kept firmly on the other side of the municipal green and flower beds; and their owners are enjoying a quiet kick-about to break

Caption For Carnforth, Canal 1918

Here we see typical barge propulsion, with the animals taking a break as the photographer creates his picture.

Caption For Heysham, Half Moon Bay C1965

Many of the people enjoying the sands below Heysham Head would be staying at the nearby holiday camp, which offered an 'all-in' break, with meals and nightly dancing or variety shows included.

Caption For Hawthornden, Courtyard 1897

He later told Drummond that they took some breaking in and left his feet sore and blistered for several days.

Caption For Cavendish, The Green C1965

The brick house on the left belonged to the blacksmith, with the forge behind. A house has since been built in the yard. To the right is the Grape Vine of c1520, with 20th-century pargetting.

Caption For Ynyshir, The Pit C1965

The ubiquitous St Catherine breaks through what would have been the skyline.

Caption For Caversham, From Caversham Heights 1908

The skyline today is radically different: here a few factory chimneys break the skyline, but now large offices and shopping malls dominate the middle distance.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse C1955

In the late 1980s it was sold, refurbished and subsequently marketed as a quirky site for honeymooners and those enjoying esoteric weekend breaks.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

The Frogmore Café (left) offered busy shoppers a break until 1969, when it was taken over by Sketchleys the cleaners.

Caption For Stroud, Bank Gardens C1960

behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner where shop workers could enjoy a lunch break

Caption For Clydach, The Wells 1893

Perhaps they are enjoying a well-earned break from the rigours of whatever profession they are engaged in.

Caption For Bakewell, From Station Road 1914

The spire of All Saints parish church on its hilltop site breaks the horizon, while to the right in the middle distance is the medieval bridge over the River Wye.