Books

49 books found. Showing results 577 to 600.

Memories

8,155 memories found. Showing results 241 to 250.

Innocent Happiness

I was born just after the Second World War and like many people came from a fairly poor working class background. I was, however, blessed in many areas of my life and one of them was having an aunt who lived at 8 Hamilon ...Read more

A memory of New Brighton by Rachel Weatherall

Growing Up In Earl Shilton

I have fond memories of Earl Shilton around the 1950s. My first school was in Wood Street where I lived in a little old cottage, now knocked down. I remember celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at the school, ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton in 1950 by Maureen Burdett

Carefree

When I was a child I lived in foster care in Hartest and one of my fondest memories is of riding my bike down Harvest Hill. Many years have gone by since my carefree, days of feeling the joy of rideing that bike and the fun I had going down ...Read more

A memory of Hartest in 1968 by Sharon Arnold

School Canteen

The building on the left used to be the school canteen. I remember the crocodile of children, me included, walking down from the school for our dinner.

A memory of Boughton Hill

Margaret

Margaret lived at 20 West View in 1951 and came regularly to Gateshead. She had a friend who lived near Saltwell Park. When I was called up to do my National Service on 4/10/1951 we were pen friends but she stopped writing after a good ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1951 by Les May

Little Oakley The Dolly Houses

Just before I left school in July 1948 I with my mother, cousin Isabel, and aunt Hannah travelled down from Gateshead to visit my aunt Susie and uncle Don who lived in the dolly houses in Little Oakley. I recall there ...Read more

A memory of Harwich in 1948 by Les May

1970's And 1980's East Ham Memories

I left East Ham behind around 1983 for Essex, my mother and father told me we were moving because East Ham was changing, becoming dirty and run down, I was devastated. Recently I have met up with old class mates ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1983

Early Childhood

After retiring from the RAF, my father was with Air Ministry Constabulary and we moved to Stanwix in 1938 when my father was posted to 4 MU. We lived in Knowe Park Avenue and I attended Stanwix School. My sister attended the Margaret ...Read more

A memory of Stanwix in 1930 by Lorna Jennings

Living In Chilton

My family moved to Chilton Foliat and took over the "Old Post Office". I was still young then and went to the old school run by Mr & Mrs Hassall who lived next door to the school. Two classrooms and very fond memories. At ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1964 by Steve Elliott

My Memories Of Burnt House Farm Alfriston Circa 1938

I remember being taken down to Alfriston in the 1930s before the Second World War. My great-aunt and great-uncle, Polly and Arthur Newell, had a smallholding on the downs, about half a mile from ...Read more

A memory of Alfriston by Margaret Mosley

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 577 to 600.

Caption For Hitchin, Bancroft C1955

Two buildings further down is the Brotherhood House. Next to Blindell's is the Croft.

Caption For Eype, The Village C1955

This view was taken from below the New Inn, looking down into lower Eype from Mount Lane. The 1860-dated plaque is on Eype School (far left).

Caption For Fenstanton, Church Lane C1955

There is a somewhat run-down look in this view.

Caption For Malmesbury, Looking Towards The High Street C1955

The unsurfaced roads and thickly wooded banks climb down the steep slopes at the end of the Vale of Pewsey.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1898

Taken from the junction of Market Street and Upper Market Street looking down towards the High Street. The arched building on the left is presently a building site.

Caption For Worthing, The Beach 1903

The gap in the buildings marks the south side of the green, down the middle of The Steyne, laid out in 1807; it copied that in Brighton and borrowed its name.

Caption For Midhurst, King Edward's Sanatorium 1907

Most rooms have the benefit of the views to the South Downs.

Caption For Bakewell, The Gardens, Haddon C1955

The gardens of Haddon Hall are simple a delight, falling in a series of terraces from the house down to the river.

Caption For Watlington, Town Hall C1955

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.

Caption For Emery Down, 1904

Cattle graze on Emery Down's green in the early years of the last century, a more familiar sight then than now.

Caption For Devizes, Hartmoor 1899

The unsurfaced roads and thickly wooded banks climb down the steep slopes at the end of the Vale of Pewsey.

Caption For Melbury Osmond, Post Office C1955

Dorchester Road 1906 Maiden Newton makes a good centre for exploring the Dorset downs. Many visitors walk up to the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon.

Caption For Nelson, Centre C1953

We are looking down Manchester Road, the A56; the road looks quiet and almost asleep. The Lord Nelson Hotel is on the right.

Caption For Gweek, Bridge Shop C1950

Just down the river is the internationally famous seal sanctuary, founded in the 1950s by midlander Ken Jones to take care of sick, injured or orphaned seals.

Caption For Barnstaple, Haymaking 1890

This fine view shows the River Taw meandering down to the Long Bridge (just left of centre), and behind the bridge the dark wooded mound of the castle, built in the 10th century.

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 Lechlade, Burford Street C1955

Grotesque gargoyles (like those at Winchcombe church) look down from the church into the Market Square. Some of the town's fine Georgian buildings can be seen here.

Caption For Minster, Scrapsgate Bay C1955

The children seem less happy, one lying down and the other trying to keep the wind out. Note the beach huts on the right-hand side.

Caption For Bradwell, The Village C1955

This is the view down Smithy Lane, Bradwell, looking towards the green escarpment of Bradwell Edge in the background. Note the non-conformist chapel on the extreme right.

Caption For Derwent Water, Ashness Bridge 1893

Cat Gill is the stream which plunges under the bridge on its way down to meet Derwent Water.

Caption For Bruton, High Street C1965

Bruton's High Street prospered from medieval times with the woollen industry, which grew along the Brue - gardens behind the houses ran down to the river.

Caption For Northrepps, The Cottage And Country Club C1965

Anna Gurney, the translator of the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle', lived here for many years: she was paralysed and had to be carried down to the nearby beach that she loved.

Caption For Ramsey, The Great Whyte C1955

Up until just over a hundred years ago, a watercourse, or lode, ran down the centre of this street.

Caption For Lyndhurst, Donkeys C1955

Feeding the animals in the Forest is now strictly forbidden, as a number of animals have been run down by cars after having been lured to the roadside.