Maps

241 maps found.

1947, Swiss Valley Ref. NPO844021
1899, Lledr Valley Ref. RNE1190913
1899, Wye Valley Ref. RNE875123
1921, Dovey Valley Ref. POP692458
1895, Anna Valley Ref. RNE625763
1946, Valley, The Ref. NPO858568
1946, Valley Truckle Ref. NPO858570
1947, Woodgate Valley Ref. NPO873190
1899, Chad Valley Ref. RNE665993
1896, Golden Valley Ref. RNE717283
1897, Swiss Valley Ref. RNE844021
1898, Team Valley Ref. RNE845599
1897, The Valley Ref. RNE846555
1895, The Valley Ref. RNE846557
1920, Buckland Valley Ref. POP654774
1919, Bourne Valley Ref. POP646917
1899, Llyfnant Valley Ref. RNE759793
1896, Gosforth Valley Ref. RNE718042
1897, Primrose Valley Ref. RNE810963
1946, The Valley Ref. NPO846556

Books

7 books found. Showing results 49 to 7.

Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Good Times, Good Money, Good Friends.

I was sent frtom Leeds to Lower Bynamman in 1970 to work building up a huge 2400 Marion excavator for Sir Lindsey Parkinson at the GCG (Tyor Gwaith?) opencast coal site. I lodged at the Bryannam Hotel with Dez and ...Read more

A memory of Brynamman by Paul Leavett

Whetstone Hey Shops

I remember the triangle of shops at the top of Whetstone Hey in(1962), when I was about 7 years old. If you came up Whetstone Hey, from Valley Drive, on your left was Wartons Newsagents (what we called The Paper Shop). It was ...Read more

A memory of Great Sutton by John Harrison

Growing Up In Seaton Sluice In The 1960s

I moved from Blyth to Seaton Sluice into a newly built house in Cresswell Avenue in 1957. Life as a child in the village was exciting; most days we would either play on the beach and harbour or the new ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice by Stuart Mc Leod

All Uphill

Our Dad used to take us for a walk up to Mow Cop Castle on a sunny Sunday. We would set off from Talke with our bottle of pop and a jam butty and walk along the canal for a while then through the lanes in Scholar Green past the Three ...Read more

A memory of Kidsgrove in 1973 by Tina Stanyer

Birchinlee

I don't have memories of Derwent Reservoir but my Great Grandfather was a Navvy who worked on the building of the Howden and Derwent Reservoirs and Dams. He lived with his family in the purpose built village of Birchinlee in hut ...Read more

A memory of Derwent Reservoir in 1900 by Denise Fenton

My Memories Of Resolven.

The personal views of Resolven expressed in these pages reflect my own fond memories of Resolven, the Vale of Neath and its people. In 1953 I returned to the valley as a teenager, little did I know it was to become my home. I worked ...Read more

A memory of Resolven by Barry S Britzman

Buy My Lily Of The Valley.

On one day of the year, through the forties and probably the fifties, my grandmother Ethel Glazier, would pick all the lily of the valley she had, in a square bed about three foot square, in her back garden in Rowledge. She ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1941 by Raela Croft

My First Look

The first time my father took me under the Hengoed viaduct I remember looking up and said to my dad that one day I would like to walk across it and wondered how long it would take us. When I got a bit older and a bit more interested in the ...Read more

A memory of Hengoed in 1980 by Kristian Burrows

Down The Valley

I guess this photograph is looking down the valley with the photographer standing near The Square. I can't quite remember the name of the hill (Alexandra Road?) just out of shot on the front left of the photo. It had a pub halfway up on the left, and a doctor's clinic if I recall correctly. Paul

A memory of Pontycymer in 1955 by Paul John

Calstock Viaduct

When living in Bere Alston there were trains still running to Gunnislake over this beautiful viaduct. Made of concrete blocks which were made on site. It took four years to build and was opened in 1908. A wagon lift made of iron hauled ...Read more

A memory of Calstock by Sarah Cooper

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Stroud, Town Centre C1965

Stroud lies at the convergence of five valleys, so there is very little flat ground.

Caption For Chipstead, High Road C1965

The older parts of Chipstead village are on the chalk ridge above the dry valley some 150 feet below, along which Chipstead Valley Road runs.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Dysynni Valley 1895

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal-y-Llyn and Tywyn.

Caption For Little Sutton, Rivacre Baths C1935

Rivacre Valley Swimming Pool was one of the main attractions within the 45-acre site that comprised Rivacre Valley.

Caption For Chesham, General View 1897

Looking west from the chalk hills east of the town, undeveloped to this day, Chesham nestles in the deep-cut valley of the River Chess.

Caption For Amberley, Castle Courtyard 1896

It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Dysynni Valley 1895

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal y Llyn and Tywyn.

Caption For Caterham, Godstone Road 1948

Caterham is in two parts, up the hill where the medieval church is, and Caterham Valley to the east on the valley floor, which grew up when the railway arrived in 1856 - it was in fact a

Caption For Egton, The Bridge C1885

This is seemingly a quiet place on the Esk Valley that runs down to Whitby, but this bridge was swept away in a flood on 23 July 1930.

Caption For Tintern, The Abbey From The South West 1893

From the Racecourse to Tintern up the scenic Wye Valley

Caption For Amberley, The Gatehouse 1898

It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs.

Caption For Burnley, Manchester Road 1895

Burnley means 'the place by the river Brun'; the town snuggles in a valley between the rivers Calder and Brun.

Caption For Bakewell, C1955

The bosky slopes of the Wye valley are particularly clear in this view.

Caption For Bredenbury, Court, Swimming Pool C1960

It looks northwards over the Teme valley and into the neighbouring county of Shropshire.

Caption For Ilkley, White Wells C1955

This photograph captures the very essence of Ilkley - the moors, the town nestling in the valley and the gentle slopes of Middleton in the distance.

Caption For Monmouth, The Backstone 1893

This is a dramatic example of a stratified rock formation apparently teetering on the edge of a precipice and looking out over the valley beyond.

Caption For Caversham, From Caversham Heights 1908

Caversham Heights lies to the north of the Thames and began to expand up the valley slopes when Caversham became a fashionable suburb of Reading.

Caption For Bakewell, The Recreation Ground C1955

The slopes of the valley create a wonderful feeling of space.

Caption For Caversham, From Caversham Heights 1908

Caversham Heights lies to the north of the Thames and began to expand up the valley slopes when Caversham became a fashionable suburb of Reading.

Caption For Kidderminster, Peckett Rock, Habberley Valley C1960

Habberley Valley, on the outskirts of town, is popular with locals and tourists alike.

Caption For Bakewell, C1955

Here we see another view of the Wye valley.

Caption For Selborne, From The Hangar 1898

Gilbert White, in his poem 'The Invitation to Selborne', wrote: 'See Selborne spreads her boldest beauties round, The varied valley, and the mountain ground, Wildly majestic!'

Caption For Launceston, St Stephen's Holy Well 1911

The well stands in a tranquil spot on Gallows Hill overlooking the valley.

Caption For Bakewell, Dorothy Vernon's Bridge, Haddon Hall C1955

In this view, the lush nature of this wonderful valley is clearly illustrated.