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Places

5 places found.

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Photos

18 photos found. Showing results 521 to 18.

Maps

573 maps found.

1895, Chelwood Gate Ref. RNE667302
1899, Banners Gate Ref. RNE632680
1898, Bay Gate Ref. RNE634959
1898, Childerley Gate Ref. RNE667820
1899, Cock Gate Ref. RNE672850
1895, Codnor Gate Ref. RNE673226
1896, Bryn Gates Ref. RNE653724
1946, Whiteheath Gate Ref. NPO868673
1895, Park Gate Ref. RNE800924
1898, Portfield Gate Ref. RNE809631
1895, Marsh Gate Ref. RNE775050
1897, Ryecroft Gate Ref. RNE823262
1898, Sandy Gate Ref. RNE825301
1898, Roch Gate Ref. RNE818996
1947, Fernhill Gate Ref. NPO704603
1946, Folly Gate Ref. NPO707412
1946, Roch Gate Ref. NPO818996
1946, Sandy Gate Ref. NPO825301
1945, Marsh Gate Ref. NPO775050
1896, Shotley Gate Ref. RNE830722

Books

1 books found. Showing results 625 to 1.

Memories

679 memories found. Showing results 261 to 270.

Shenstone Training College

Bromsgrove Teacher Training College's proper name was Shenstone Teacher Training College and was under the aegis of Birmingham University. Shenstone was originally situated on the old prisoner of war camp outside ...Read more

A memory of Bromsgrove in 1963 by Jenny Dean

Convent Of The Visitation Bridport Dorset

CHAPTER TWO School Years - Convent of the Visitation 1939-1945 One’s school years leave an indelible impression on one for good or bad. My views over these years in this regard, have modified considerably. ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

Childhood Days

My name is Peter Warner. I spent many holidays at Upper Dean in the 1930s. My uncle was a farmer at Top Farm. I was also evacuated to Dean during the Second World War and attended Dean school. It remains to this day my favourite ...Read more

A memory of Upper Cuts in 1930 by Peter Warner

Mitchelmores Gardens Duddleston Road Black Lion Lane

I have noticed one or two comments with regard to 'Mitchelmores Gardens' in Duddleston Road/Black Lion Lane. I think that the writers  are perhaps a little confused. Mr Mitchelmore was an ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Kathleen Green

Growing Up In Dovercourt

I have been trying to remember the exact dates when we lived in Dovercourt but I think it was something like 1953-57, while my father worked for the railway at Parkeston Quay. We first rented a place in Shaftesbury Avenue ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1955 by Robert Dingwall

Moss Hall, Gresford

I am just remembering Moss Hall and Mr and Mrs Yaylor and their son Stan who lived in a cottage near the copse, and how at a night time you would stand outside and listen to badgers crying, it was really such an amazing place, the ...Read more

A memory of Gresford in 1965 by Philip Kersey Smith

Life In A Kent Village During World War Two

Benenden was my home for the first 5 years of my life. We lived in Greenwood, a lovely white Kentish weather-boarded house on the Cranbrook Road, sadly knocked down and modernised a couple of years ago. I ...Read more

A memory of Benenden in 1940 by Anthony Doran

Ballagh Cottage Was A Haire Dowager House

Ballagh cottage, part of the Haire family Armagh Manor estate, was a Dowager House - where Florence (Florries) Haire resided after the death of her more elderly in years husband, Major Haire. During ...Read more

A memory of Ballaghennie by Joan Haire Major

Postcard Of This View Sent In 1904

l have a postcard of this view which is dated Oct 11th 1904. ln which the sender write's about just moving into a house that is facing one of the houses on the left which had just been recently built and so does ...Read more

A memory of Scunthorpe by Dean Balderston

Date Of Photo

The car with the 'L' plates is the car my sister learnt to drive, and so the photo must have been taken in a few months from late January 1966.  Athough the PO has closed, the Newburys have lived here from at least as far back as 1853 to date.

A memory of Sarisbury by Julie Newbury

Captions

1,440 captions found. Showing results 625 to 648.

Caption For Reading, St Mary's Church C1955

Inside, the south arcade of the nave dates from about 1200, but the rest is from Edward VI's reign. Until its restoration in the 1860s there were dormer windows in the aisle roof.

Caption For Southport, The Pier 1891

At this date Southport had the longest pier in the country.

Caption For Bitteswell, C1960

On the extreme right is St Mary's Church of 13th-century date with its stumpy recessed steeple.

Caption For Willesborough, The Windmill 1909

Dated 1869, it worked to 1938. It is now restored to full working order and is open to visitors.

Caption For Raglan, High Street 1914

There is documentary evi- dence that the Ship Inn on the left dates from at least 1600, and its cobbled court- yard remains today thanks to a preservation order.

Caption For Greystoke, The Church 1893

Greystoke Church dates from the 13th century. Chantries were added to the original structure by the 14th Baron Greystoke, who built the first Greystoke Castle.

Caption For Milton Malsor, Post Office C1960

Most of Milton Malsor's buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries. Opposite the post office is a classic Morris estate car, a familiar sight in the 1950s and 60s.

Caption For New Brighton, The Beach 1887

Though the photographers' stalls were harmless enough, the beach by this date had acquired a reputation for cheap and tacky sideshows, gambling, brawling and drunkenness.

Caption For London, The Embankment From Temple Pier 1890

The Embankment, with its dolphin lampposts dated 1870, is by Bazalgette; in fact it hides the great sewers he built to collect London's effluent and take it further east to rid the city of its appalling

Caption For Belford, St Mary's Church C1955

Though St Mary's contains a Norman chancel arch, much of the building dates from John Dobson's restoration of 1828-29.

Caption For Felton, The Old Bridge C1955

The bridge, complete with pedestrian refuges, is thought to be 15th-century: some of the houses facing the bridge date from the early 17th to early 19th centuries.

Caption For Billericay, Chantry Café C1955

The building—with the date 1510 on its gable—is reputedly where four local Puritans met before sailing to the New World aboard the Mayflower.

Caption For Conisbrough, The Church 1895

Though St Peter's dates from Saxon times, it is believed that Hamelin Plantaganet might have also have rebuilt the church, as much of the stonework is 12th-century.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate 1951

On the left is Leeds' oldest shop, which dates from 1613 and is receiving a face lift. Further along the street on the right stands the Empire Theatre.

Caption For Eastleigh, North Stoneham Church C1955

Much of the town dates from between 1890 and 1939, and many of its residents were employed by the railway.

Caption For Wanborough, The Harrow Inn, High Street C1965

The Harrow is the oldest public house in Wanborough, dating back to at least the 18th century.

Caption For Pembrey, Llando Terrace C1955

From the partial billboard on the gable end, it was obviously a retailer of the News of the World, which at this date, it may be interesting to recall, was a working class but quite serious broadsheet,

Caption For Britford, St Peter's Church 1906

on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.The parish church is extremely old and surprisingly large, with parts dating

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Caption For Westham, C1965

It has the oldest dated bell in Sussex, 1369, which is of Dutch origin.A young girl waits patiently in the field for photographer to finish.

Caption For Abingdon, The Market Place C1955

The origins of St Nicholas' Church date back to the 12th century. It was built by Abingdon Abbey to cater for their lay servants, their tenants and passing pilgrims.

Caption For Souldern, The Village C1960

Jack Callow moved to Bates Lane in 1929, and here he opened a shop, which became known as Callow's Stores. We can see it in this photograph, down near the high wall, centre right.

Caption For East Harling, The Square C1965

Shops and private houses of all dates surround the large Market Square.

Caption For Seaton Carew, The Green C1955

An old Ford Prefect and a motor scooter help to date the view.

Caption For Kettering, Montagu Street C1950

The building and its tower, distinguished by its tracery and four gables, date back to 1892. The first three shops on the right have all changed hands over the years.