Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- North Walsham, Norfolk
- North Berwick, Lothian
- North Chingford, Greater London
- Harrogate, Yorkshire
- Whitby, Yorkshire
- Filey, Yorkshire
- Knaresborough, Yorkshire
- Scarborough, Yorkshire
- Clevedon, Avon
- Weston-super-Mare, Avon
- Selby, Yorkshire
- Richmond, Yorkshire
- Ripon, Yorkshire
- Scunthorpe, Humberside
- Pickering, Yorkshire
- Settle, Yorkshire
- Skipton, Yorkshire
- Saltburn-By-The-Sea, Cleveland
- Norton-on-Derwent, Yorkshire
- Rhyl, Clwyd
- Chester, Cheshire
- Llandudno, Clwyd
- Grimsby, Humberside
- Durham, Durham
- Nailsea, Avon
- Southport, Merseyside
- Brigg, Humberside
- Colwyn Bay, Clwyd
- Redcar, Cleveland
- Bath, Avon
- Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria
- Cleethorpes, Humberside
- Sedbergh, Cumbria
- Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
- Barmouth, Gwynedd
- Dolgellau, Gwynedd
Photos
2,952 photos found. Showing results 621 to 640.
Maps
9,439 maps found.
Books
39 books found. Showing results 745 to 768.
Memories
1,548 memories found. Showing results 311 to 320.
My Childhood In Hornchurch
My parents bought our house in Mansfield Gardens in 1934 for £500. It had no garage but nobody in the road had a car anyway. My name was Jenifer Shearring. I went to North Street Primary School, infants and juniors from1950 ...Read more
A memory of Hornchurch by
Jack's Shop
My grandparents lived in the school house in New Micklefield. I can remember Jack's shop across the road (Great North Road), which was a wooden structure that you climbed up to by steep steps. This was just to the side of the ...Read more
A memory of Micklefield by
Kings Holiday Camp
It would have been mid August 1970 when I had my first holiday here, together with my parents, aunt, and our two dogs. I was 8 years old. It was 50 years ago this month. We rented a chalet for two weeks. There was a duck pond in ...Read more
A memory of Canvey Island by
My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's
I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more
A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by
Southern Family
My father was born in North Kyme Farmhouse in 1897. He showed me the farm about 40 years ago. I searched for it recently and could find no trace. I wonder if the RAF bought the land. I would be so happy to have any information as I am ...Read more
A memory of Coningsby by
Pavenham 1945 1970
This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more
A memory of Pavenham by
Mitcham
I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more
A memory of Norbury
1966 69 Happiest Year Of My Childhood
Reading all the memories, mostly happy, and recollections from both staff and pupils at Warnham Court has opened the floodgates to my own happy, carefree school days. Gosh, so many people and ...Read more
A memory of Warnham Court School by
Woolwich Town Centre
I lived in Little Heath opp the Woodman Pub and spent most of the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies in either Charlton, Woolwich and North Woolwich. I remember Powis St and Hare St very well, Great Shopping etc. miss the variety of shops.
A memory of Woolwich by
Wentworth County Primary School
As far as I can see, no-one has left a memory of my old primary school. So, let me start this off (if I may?): Living in nearby North Road, I attended this school from 1962-68. When I started at the Infants' School, my ...Read more
A memory of Dartford by
Captions
2,676 captions found. Showing results 745 to 768.
This view looks north along King's Parade, with the Senate House in the distance, and the front of King's somewhat obscured on the left.
There are fine views from the summit over the industrial areas of Teesside to the north.
A deserted seat stands invitingly under the spreading chestnut tree on the village green at Cropton, four miles from Pickering on the southern edge of the North York Moors.
A view north up Church Street with Surrey Street Market to the right.
It was the library for years, and today it is home to the North Devon Museum.
Lying three miles north east of the Trent, the Minster was founded by the Archbishop of York in the early 12th century and is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Norman buildings in England.
The chimney at the summit is that of the Cape Cornwall mine, whose workings ran far out under the sea to the north-west.
The sandhills to the north of Perranporth are constantly shifting; they are held in check by marram grass, reputed to have been introduced by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Now known as the 'Gateway to the Moors', Pickering is a small market town still served by the steam trains of the North York Moors Railway.
The castle was built by the newly-arrived Norman invaders to control the only landward entrance into the town, from the north.
A view along the north basin of the lake, including the islands of Belle Isle, Crow Holme, Maiden Holme and the two 'Lilies of the Valley'.
Princetown is an unlikely spot for a town—1400 feet above sea level, on an exposed col between North Hessary Tor (top left, without the TV mast that adorns it today) and South Hessary Tor, and with
These are the first houses we see as we enter the town from the north; they have been described as 'an outstanding group of mostly 15th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings'.
Pickering Castle lies to the north of the town and was founded by William the Conqueror, though the earliest ruins date from the 12th century.
New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.
Nearest the camera is the north-west tower, hexagonal in design, and to its right is the postern gate.
Now on the main road to the North Sea seaside resorts from Canterbury, Sturry was, along with Canterbury itself, bombed heavily during the Second World War. Much rebuilding has occurred since.
It sits alongside the Surrey boundary, two miles north of Edenbridge. Octavia Hill, one of the pioneering founders of the National?Trust, is buried in the churchyard.
This area of the North Devon coast has acres of sandhills. These, at Saunton, were riddled with tiny beach chalets. Many survived until relatively recent times.
A small village to the north of Cuckfield, Whiteman's Green was once on several bus routes - a single-decker bus is just visible at the bottom of the hill. A village sign is on grass verge.
It is cruciform in plan and consists of a nave of five bays with transepts to the north and south.
The scene is unchanged today except for the Mercat Cross on the north side of the square; this was presented to the town in 1902 by Sir James Colquhoun (descendent of the founder) to mark the centenary
Far left is the silhouette of the North Euston Hotel at Fleetwood.
Taken from the abbey roof, this photograph shows the 15th-century market cross in the centre, situated at the north end of the High Street.
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