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Photos
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Maps
18 maps found.
Books
13 books found. Showing results 769 to 13.
Memories
4,612 memories found. Showing results 321 to 330.
A Denham Childhood
I lived in Denham in the 1950s and lived at The Lea which was a children's home then. It was lovely there and I loved the village and my junior school. We used to go to Uxbridge to spend our pocket money either to buy sweets or go ...Read more
A memory of Denham in 1953 by
My Early Days
I was born in Abercych and lived there until I was 10 in 1947. I returned every year in the summer for over 20 years. My grandfather and his brother used to make coracles and did a lot of salmon fishing, and frequented the Nags Head ...Read more
A memory of Abercych in 1947
Laleham Abbey
My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more
A memory of Laleham in 1970 by
Swimming Above Stepping Stones Weir At Bothal
Our Mam being an Ashington lassie, we returned to her birthplace when Mam divorced my father who she met before the Second World War - that was when Mam was in London and working in 'service'. We were ...Read more
A memory of Bothal in 1949 by
Childhood Memories Great Bardfield 1969
My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in that ...Read more
A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by
Looking Back To The Early Days
I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more
A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by
The Smallfield Brickyard
I was born at 1 Kings Cottages in April 1931. I have two brothers, and as young boys we were close friends of the late Gerald Mitchel. Gerald's mum, nee Doris King, lived with her husband (Syd, who served with the RAF) in ...Read more
A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by
The Low Davidson Family
My sister and I are from Canada and came to Scotland this past month, August, 2009, to see where our mother, Kathleen Low, and her family were born and raised in their youth. After many years of hearing them describe their ...Read more
A memory of Johnshaven in 1900 by
Warm Sunny Days Long Gone
I remember warm sunny days when me and the gang would go down to the local river and meet many of the guys there from surrounding villages and have a whale of a time. The summers were hot, and we spent hours upon hours ...Read more
A memory of Steeple Aston in 1968 by
Tea Times At Beadnell
My name is Sean Sweet. I have many memories of Beadnell. My Grandparents owned a cottage near the harbour called Sandy Dell and later my parents had a static caravan on the links. Every summer seemed to be hot and sunny and we ...Read more
A memory of Beadnell by
Captions
5,016 captions found. Showing results 769 to 792.
Three-storied 18th-century town houses, including the bow-windowed front of the Sykes Temperance Hotel, line the Market Place of Askrigg, a pleasant village in Upper Wensleydale.
The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.
The late 19th-century industrial face of the village percolates through the photograph, providing a dramatic contrast to Church Lane, which runs almost picturesquely away to the right of the cross.
The village of Crowthorne takes its name from a group of thorn trees at nearby Brookers Corner. At one time the name 'Albertonville' was suggested in honour of the Prince Consort.
This scene is timeless, except for the lack of traffic!
Dersingham is on the ridge running north towards Hunstanton; many of the houses are built of local carstone.
Two of the village's attractions are the parish church, which is the only one in the country dedicated to St Benedict Biscop, and the cricket ground, which is one of the few walled-in grounds to survive
Aysgarth is a picturesque little village in central Wensleydale, its name giving away its Norse origins.
North-eastwards from Japonica Cottage, housing the Post Office (left), the photographer centres on the 1839-built Congregational Chapel.
Delightful dark brown granite cottages hug the narrow choked streets of Mousehole (pronounced Mouzel).
The Village 1914 Intentional or unnoticed? The photographer has managed to capture someone either entering or leaving his or her house.
Puddletown is the 'Weatherbury' of Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd'. This area is rich in Hardy associations.
North-eastwards from Japonica Cottage, housing the Post Office (left), the photographer centres on the 1839-built Congregational Chapel.
This chocolate box view has been carefully preserved by the beneficial presence of the local landowners, the Ongley and Shuttleworth families, for almost 200 years.
The church is a real oddity, for it is built a mile outside the village; it was probaby a great help to mariners seeking the safety of Plymouth Sound.
On the outlying slopes of Exmoor, the village today is charming and, superficially at least, little changed from this photograph.
A rustic seat adorns the entrance to this enticing green lane near the village of Hope.
Further into the centre we see the public buildings of the village.
The village was formerly known as Wyrardisbury, and in medieval times was part of the Crown Lands of Windsor. Magna Carta Island, where the famous charter was signed in 1215, is nearby.
A ferry crosses the Exe from here to the village of Starcross on the opposite bank.
This is another view of Stanifield Lane, but further out from the village. The pre-war houses stand neat and square on the lane. Farington is a parish in South Ribble Borough.
This photograph shows Bridge Street in the centre of Caversham, at the point where it crossed the Thames.
The poet Rupert Brooke died in the Dardanelles in 1915. In the years that followed, the village became a popular place to visit, with a number of places of refreshment springing up.
Near Broadhaven and amidst unwelcoming military ranges, the village of Bosherston caters for visitors who enjoy walking and touring.
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