Photos

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Maps

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Memories

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Childhood In Withyham

We moved to 2 Bower Cotts Balls Green about 1950. My dad was employed by the owner of Duckings, the farm situated opposite the entrance to station road. Nos. 1 and2 Bower Cotts were up on the bank almost opposite the school which ...Read more

A memory of Withyham by iobs

The Beatty And Us

Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie were ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1987 by Peter Van Vroonhoven

Ashtead Resident Finds Herself In 1925 Caterham Bus Photo

The above photo is the pond which is close to Dorothy Connor's current home in Glebe Road, Ashtead. This area has not changed so very much since the time the Frith photo was taken in ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead by Elisabeth Connor

A Long Way From St Pauls Road

Hi, my name is Susan Thompson, formerly Hawkins and I'm 54, I was born in the above address and lived there for 18 years although my parents lived there for over 40 years. I went to Brook St. school finally ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1967 by Susan Thompson

Family History

I have recently found out that my Great Grandmother Emma Frost (nee Lake) had a baby girl in 1864 called Annie Frost and she was born in Buckhurst Hill. I suppose Emma must have known someone in the Town. It was legal, she was ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1860 by Mollie Elliott

Happy Days.

Looking at the photos brought back so many happy memories, I lived at Homefield Gardens across the Heath & went to the Methodist School from 1956 to 1963. Miss Fletcher was the headmistress & I think Miss Watts was my teacher & ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Chris Silverthorne

Swimming In The Thames At Sunbury

We often went to the 'Beach' on the banks of the Thames, near to the swimming pool in the 1950's. My Aunt DeDe , My Mam and Cousins, Billy & Keith Taylor' ,they lived in The Avenue' and my siblings would spend the ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury

Pandora’s Box

I’ve just found this website, I had already spoken to Thomsons after finding out about case and seeing it in the daily record. I had a terrible abusive childhood and I was sent to Fornethy several times from 1971 - 1976 ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Sandra Arnott

Family Connections.

My late husband's father and uncle owned the grocery shop known as Hook Brothers. This shop was forced to close when Barclays Bank took over the building in the early 1960s. The closure meant that links were severed with noted local residents such as the Mountbatten family at Broadlands.

A memory of Romsey in 1955 by Claire Allen

Golden Memories Of Childhood Days

Central Hall I believe used to house the big Saturday market!, Tooting was a Saturday trip out as a boy from Mitcham, I can vaguely remember many special days, going to the pictures, and the joke shop on the Mitcham ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 793 to 816.

Caption For Lilbourne, The Church C1955

The church, noted for its low battlemented 15th-century tower, dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

Caption For Cambridge, Market Place 1938

The Market Square has a tradition going back to the early Middle Ages, although the present Square replaces houses destroyed by a fire in 1849.

Caption For Moseley, St Mary's Church C1955

Part of the church dates back to around 1400, though there have been a great many later additions.

Caption For Tewkesbury, Church Street 1907

In 1907, a room at the Hop Pole cost 4s a night, and dinner would set you back 3s 6d.

Caption For Kimbolton, High Street C1955

We are looking back towards the castle, now Kimbolton School.

Caption For London, Horse Guards Arch C1880

The doors at the back of the sentry boxes have already been opened, and the new guard is in the yard.

Caption For Theale, High Street C1955

Traffic levels are almost back to those of the 1950s.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Ornamental Grounds 1901

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1912

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

Caption For Hastings, East Cliff 1890

Ecclesbourne Glen 1890 Here the photographer looks back towards Hastings, whose pier can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Bishopstoke, Fair Oak Road C1960

We are on the Fair Oak Road, but here looking back towards Eastleigh.

Caption For Castleton, Market Place 1909

It was here that Henry II and Malcolm of Scotland reached an agreement to hand Peveril back to the English crown, whereupon Henry had the fortress rebuilt and added a keep.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Parish Church 1892

It contains Tudor murals and painted texts on its walls, and its parish registers go back to the same period.

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street 1913

Looking back into Bridge Street with Burden's Corner now well established, the London County & Westminster Bank opposite retained its authentic late Victorian frontage.

Caption For Acton Bridge, The River Weaver Near Acton Swing Bridge C1955

If this is the case, then the name could perhaps date back to the period of Roman occupation in Britain.

Caption For Manchester, St Ann's Square, The Cab Rank 1885

He now stands by the church, having stepped back to make room for the city's war memorial.

Caption For Downham Market, The Town Hall C1955

It was a busy port, and its ancient market goes back to Edward the Confessor - it was celebrated for its Butter Market.

Caption For Crondall, The Feathers 1906

One of the oldest pubs in this corner of Hampshire, the Feathers is a sturdy, oak-beamed building dating back to the 14th century.

Caption For Beulah, The Bridge C1935

The trees in the centre have been cut back for safety and to allow some light into the two houses.

Caption For Bath, From Grosvenor Hotel 1935

Looking back to the former Empire Hotel, opened in 1901 and a poor counterweight to the Abbey, we see the houses of Terrace Walk on the left, now with ground-floor shops, which faced the Greek temple-style

Caption For Lincoln, Castle Gates C1955

Inside the Castle, the photographer looks back to the gatehouse, which is basically 14th-century over a Norman archway, although the drum towers on this side are early 19th-century.

Caption For Wainfleet, Main Road C1955

In this view we look back towards the Market Place along High Street with the Angel and the Red Lion in the middle distance on the left.

Caption For Bolsover, The Castle 1902

One such three-day visit by the king in 1634 is said to have set the duke back £15,000, a phenomenal amount of money in 17th-century England.

Caption For Cadgwith, The Village 1911

These thatched granite cottages have turned their backs to the weather and the comfortless winds off the open sea.