Maps

575 maps found.

1895, Tilehurst Ref. RNE848367
1895, Whiteknights Ref. RNE868907
1895, Whitley Ref. RNE869358
1919, Reading Ref. POP814032
1898 - 1910, Tilehurst Ref. HOSM61969
1919, Caversham Ref. POP664945
1919, Churchend Ref. POP668622
1945, Tilehurst Ref. NPO848367
1919, Emmer Green Ref. POP701256
1919, The Mount Ref. POP846469
1919, Whiteknights Ref. POP868907
1940, Whitley Ref. NPO869358
1895, Caversham Ref. RNE664945
1895, Horncastle Ref. RNE740413
1895, Lower Caversham Ref. RNE768892
1898, Heale Ref. RNE729898
1946, Heale Ref. NPO729899
1895, New Town Ref. RNE790401
1897-1909, Reading Ref. RNC814032
1897-1900, Tilehurst Ref. RNC848367

Books

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Memories

2,508 memories found. Showing results 261 to 270.

My Memories Of Addlestone

Fashion shows with a cup of tea and a biscuit in the Copop on a Saturday. When I was younger the Co-op ran a sports day and we all got a goody box with cream cakes cakes and a suprise of fruit. We shopped at Parrs at the ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by Sue Mackender

Westhill Schoolww Ii

Miss Wade was the head mistress of the infants and the girls school. Miss Snell and Miss Jolly were the infant teachers, both out of retirement. In the boys juior school the teachers were Miss James, a new teacher she made the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1940 by Ramon Lane

Visiting Graves Of Grandparents And Great Grandparents

My grandparents Mary (Westbrook) Howard and John Howard rest in the Hanwell cemetery, along with Mary's parents, buried in the row ahead. It took me one and a half hours to find them, as ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 2005 by Andrea Stanley

Happy Days In Latimer

It was only two years or so, from 1959-61, aged 6-8, but it still seems as if the happiest period of my childhood in Latimer was one long, endless, glorious summer. My dad was in the army, in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1959 by John Sayer

The Happiest Days Of Your Life

Brambletye school, well set between the beautiful Ashdown Forest and thriving town of East Grinstead on the Sussex/Surrey border was a paradise on Earth for any schoolboy with an aesthetically romantic (!) ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1959 by Giles Daubney

Great Memories Of This Area

Really it was 1961-66. I worked as a Geologist for the United Steel Companies based in Rotherham. I visited Haile Moor and Beckermet Mines every two or three weeks for 5 years and came to love the area and its people ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1961 by Geoff Potts

Dereham Norfolk

I was born in Dereham, Muriel Secker, and lived in Cowper Road. I went to the Infants School, near Bishop Bonners Cott, 1928-1932/3, then National School and finally was Head Girl at Crown Road School. 1939 I worked in Hobbies ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunham in 1930 by Muriel Cunningham

Sentimental Journey April2011

I finally fullfilled a lifetime dream to visit Raughton Head, in particular the church where I was baptised in in September 1944 ie All Saints' Church. During the blitz of the Second World War my father decided ...Read more

A memory of Raughton Head in 1944 by Graham Gaylard

Whitfield During World Wat Ii

My father was the Head Gardener and also commander of the local Home Guard. We lived in the servants quarters of the Manor House which was otherwise unoccupied at the time. Later on ...Read more

A memory of Whitfield in 1940 by David Hill

Time Spent At Eden Hall Special School

I remember arriving at the school not knowing anybody and being told I was on holiday. It turned out to be a long holiday, 6 years. I remember some of the people by their first names, not their surname, and the ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1969 by John Hayden

Captions

1,136 captions found. Showing results 625 to 648.

Caption For Burton Joyce, The Poplar Walk C1965

Beyond the still- functioning railway station, the lane reverts to its pre-railway name of Stoke Lane, and heads for the Trent between an avenue of fine Lombardy poplars.

Caption For Berwick, Drusilla's Park, The Shops C1965

From peaceful Arlington our route passes Arlington Reservoir before heading south to cross the A27 to Drusilla's Park, one of Sussex's major tourist attractions.

Caption For Chipstead, Fair Dene School C1965

The school moved to the above buildings from Coulsdon in 1948, when two head teachers acquired Pirbright from Sir Walter and Lady Moberly.

Caption For Bruton, King Alfred's Tower C1955

The last tour heads west from the Wiltshire border to Devonshire; we are never far from Dorset to the south. We start close to Stourhead, at King Alfred's Tower.

Caption For Abingdon, The River C1960

The horse chestnuts (left) belong to the Rookery woods, while on the right is Nag's Head Island with A W H Halford's premises, the long shed-like structure, offering boats for hire.

Caption For Ludford, Post Office C1955

Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.

Caption For Haddon Hall, The Stables C1870

The stable block is now used as a restaurant and tea room, and the topiary of a Manners peacock and a Vernon boar's head in the garden at the front has now grown much larger.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, South Foreland Lowerlight 1898

It was built in 1843; for a further ninety years after this photograph was taken, it offered both a warning and guidance for ships passing north along the white cliffs, and for those heading

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

The length of the boat is fairly substantial compared to the head of the jetty, so she requires delicate and careful manoeuvring if she is to be handled safely.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

The length of the boat is fairly substantial compared to the head of the jetty, so she requires delicate and careful manoeuvring if she is to be handled safely.

Caption For Kirkbymoorside, High Market Place 1951

The ivy-clad King's Head public house, on the right, is a popular local hostelry, although the gallows-type pub sign out in the street has long gone.

Caption For Eastbourne, Convalescent Home 1891

The western slopes up towards Beachy Head were much favoured for convalescent homes, for they were considered very healthy.

Caption For St Buryan, Cross 1908

This ancient cross head bearing a crude carving of a crucifix must pre-date the church by many centuries. The texture of the coarse granite of the district can be seen in the steps.

Caption For Shirley, Stanway Road C1965

It was originally a fordrough (a rough unmade track) across the fields of Shirley Farm, which used to be opposite the Saracen's Head.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Pier 1921

The pier is seen here in its heyday, complete with its Mikado Concert Hall erected at its head in 1912.

Caption For Blaenavon, The Eastern Valley C1955

Standing at the head of the Eastern Valley, in an industrially ravaged landscape, Blaenavon was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000.

Caption For Littleborough, Hollingworth Lake C1960

The temperature is rising and on a hot day in the early 1960s it seems as if all of Rochdale has headed for the lake.

Caption For Gillingham, High Street C1960

The bus stop outside the Britannia public house is for bus numbers 26, 26A, 39 and 40; opposite, a No 26 bus heads for Gravesend.

Caption For Empingham, Post Office Corner C1955

This is Loves Lane leading off the Main Street and heading for Horn Mill. There is a mixture of housing from thatched and tiled to prefabricated postwar styles.

Caption For Thaxted, Clarence House C1960

The house was built in 1715 - or that, at least, is the date on the rainwater heads.

Caption For Clayton Le Moors, All Saints Church Interior 1897

Shown here is the font, carried on the heads of four angels, who each bear a medallion; the one on the left depicting ears of wheat.

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 Wellow, Manor House And High Street C1955

Climbing out of Limpley Stoke, head west through Hinton Charterhouse with its fascinating remains of the 13th-century Carthusian priory, Hinton Priory, to the village of Wellow, four miles south of Bath