Places

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Photos

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Maps

12 maps found.

Books

15 books found. Showing results 817 to 15.

Memories

7,548 memories found. Showing results 341 to 350.

Cherished Memories

Finding this site has brought many wonderful memories back to me. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Croydon. My maiden name was Chappell. I lived in Purley Road, South Croydon not far from the Red Deer until 1957. Every Saturday I ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1953 by Linda Crossley

The Gorse Br Staff Association Club

My mother and father (Charles and Lilian) ran the Club from 1954-1957 approx. We lived in just one part with a large living room, a kitchen which led to the back area of stables and grass and 4 bedrooms. ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Halse in 1954 by Jacquie Demirdjian

Seaton In The 1950s And 60s

I lived in Seaton from the very early 1950s to the very early 1970s. My happy memories are: going down to the River Welland in Harringworth and fishing, going down to Seaton railway station and watching the ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1950 by Roger Bixley

A Glance Backwards

I came to live in Stadhampton in 1954 from Henley on Thames. My father was the village Policeman. I found that even for 1954 life in Stadhampton was comparatively primitive compared with what I was used to! But it was a very ...Read more

A memory of Stadhampton in 1954 by John Harker

Holidays In Laugharne

I and my family stayed at the Ferry House, next to the Boat House from 1965 to 1973. The house was then owned by the wife of my dad's boss and we used to be able to go for a fortnight each summer. We used to park our car, with ...Read more

A memory of Laugharne in 1965 by Julia Hammonds

Lawshall Shop

In the 1930s my grandparents had a small general store/shop at the crossroads in Lawshall. It has long since converted back to a cottage and has an extension where the shop used to be we think. They left there before the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Lawshall by Bob Shepherd

River Row

My family lived in the end cottage in River Row,our garden backed on to the river and railway line beyond.My brother and I were aged 3 and 4 years old and I can remember waving to my father as he went to work in the pits, the train was a ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1951 by Patricia Greenacre

Memories Of Sneinton

Betty and I were brought up in Davidson Street, Sneinton just before the Second World War. It was a small back-to-back terraced house with an outside toilet. One of my first recollections was being bathed in the small kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Sneinton in 1930 by Fred Pearson

Please Help!

Hi! I have recently been researching into my family history, and I came across a photograph dated to around the early 1870s in my home. On the back it read Wm Hughes photographer and oil painter in Llangefni and Amlwch on Sundays ...Read more

A memory of Llangefni by Rachel Williams

Happy Days

Born in the Dibden Perlieu nursing home in 1943, I then lived in both Blackfield and Fawley. Growing up was a challenge in those days, but we survived. I attended school at both Fawley and Hardley. Summers were spent on the raft at Lepe, ...Read more

A memory of Fawley in 1958 by Jeremy Garle

Captions

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Caption For Uttoxeter, High Street C1965

In the middle distance on the left are Bagshaws, estate agents in the town since 1871.

Caption For Sambourne, The Green Dragon C1965

The village lies south of Redditch, with Studley and Astwood Bank encroaching from east and west.

Caption For Calne, High Street C1960

This view looks down the High Street towards the Strand.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, The River C1960

This is a famous view of the Ouse as it bends towards the parish church. The photograph is taken from the slipway near the green.

Caption For Haverhill, High Street C1965

We are looking north towards the church. On the right, we can see the carriage entrance of the Red Lion next to Carter's the jeweller's; further on is Barclays Bank, which was re-fronted in 1822.

Caption For Mapledurham, The Lock 1890

Further down the Thames, Mapledurham Lock by-passes another weir.

Caption For Cuckfield, Broad Street C1960

At this road junction is the Cuckfield branch of J W Upton (the Haywards Heath furniture store), next to Lloyds Bank (right).

Caption For Weybridge, The River Thames C1955

Although still labelled Dunton's, the ferry and boat-building business now belongs to the Davy family.

Caption For Sherborne, Cheap Street 1903

In Cheap Street is the Conduit, originally situated in the cloisters of Sherborne Abbey and used as a washing house, or lavatorium.

Caption For Cobham, Mill 1919

Children pose on the reedy banks of the River Mole below the impressive double wheeled mill.

Caption For Hambleton, The Creek C1960

Here at Wardley's Creek, a crew waits patiently as the rising tide approaches its peak to float their yacht from its resting-place, cut from the muddy banks of the inlet.

Caption For Alton, Lenten Street 1928

The white house in the distance has had several names - Rose Cottage, Rose Bank and now (2004) The Old House. It was occupied by the family of Jane Austen's brogher, Frank, between 1808 and 1811.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

On the right, the imposing 18th-century brick frontage of Lloyd's Bank, with its stone pediment and columned entrance, faces the small shops across the road.

Caption For Ashburton, The Bullring 1913

The slate-hung building (second left) was once a gaming house, and is still known as the Card House. The frontage has the suits of a pack of cards carved into the slates.

Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street 1922

The London, City & Midland Bank can be seen on the corner of busy Cornmarket Street and Carfax. Note the signs attached to the lamp standard, pointing to London and Gloucester.

Caption For Kirkby Lonsdale, Market Square 1908

Local tradesmen pose for the cameraman in front of the ornate octagonal open Market Cross in the Market Place, centrepiece of this lovely little town which many people believe to be the most beautiful

Caption For Cowes, The Parade C1871

The two Cowes, situated on the west and east banks of the River Medina, are famous throughout the world as a centre for yachting and as the home port of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Caption For Fowey, From Bodinnick Village 1888

This tiny village straddles a steep slope above the east bank of the Fowey River. Down the slipway beyond the historic Ferry Inn, car ferries ply to and fro across the waters of the Fowey.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Seafront 1892

In this view of the seafront just west of the harbour, a lone wagon stands on the siding from the Aberdovey Harbour branch line.

Caption For Richmond, From West 1908

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Oxford, View On The Cherwell 1906

Hemmed in by a circle of hills and built on a gravel bank between the Thames Isis and the River Cherwell, Oxford creates the impression of sitting on an island.

Caption For Bourne End, The Marina And Boatyard 1899

An assortment of people are enjoying this wide open stretch of the river. The boat yard on the far bank - now under different ownership - offers 'Launches and Boats Built to Order'.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Picknalls School C1965

The Staffordshire Education Authority acquired the Hall on Dove Bank in 1919 and named it Uttoxeter Girls' High School.

Caption For South Pool, Creek From Gullet 1922

A timeless scene in one of the many creeks of the long estuary that runs between Salcombe and Kingsbridge.