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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Sparnham House, 36 West Street

I was living in Sparnham House in 1960, but don't recall the umber mine you mention, though my father (Brian Baker) did say there had been one, once. Outside Sparnham there used to be a tap which was supplied by a ...Read more

A memory of Ashburton in 1960 by Lerida Arnold

Stranger In A Foreign Land

Hello, I am just a a visitor to Coseley I came in the late 1980’s and stayed here ever since. I went to the Coseley Secondary School during that time and loved every moment. Yeah, as always there were some disputes along the ...Read more

A memory of Coseley by Matthew Scriven

Different Times

Chris Searle....many happy memories growing up in Houghton ..Ithink it was late 60s when we came here via kent /London...My first school here was Hillborough junior [GREAT PLACE] even with its outdoor pool bbbrrrrr...Would love to ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis by Chris Searle

High Wycombe 1956 On

I was born in the Shrubbery Nursing home in 1956. I grew up in Lane End, about 5 miles away. I have photos of me looking awful in baggy knickers on the Rye (the park in Wycombe town) as a toddler. There was a play area on the ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Vicky Searle

Pure Nostalgia

Hello to my fellow Fedsden inmates, whoever and wherever you are now! So nice to find things like this online these days ... I was a boarder at Parndon Hall between about 58 and 61 - stupid gangly blond kid, with my younger sister ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by Ross Paterson

Nostalgia

I have been reading many articles printed here & it got me & my wife thinking back to our childhood days (my wife was born in Llanelli, South Wales , & her childhood memories of the 1950's & were very much akin to mine ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by Alan Guy

Gold Cottages Government Road

my dad Walter James Harrison lived in 2 Gold Cottages, the Stubbs i think on government road its where the fishing lakes are now. his dad Albert Edward Harrison died there in 1936. just trying to find out more about the place back in the day

A memory of Ash Vale by peter.harrison49

Caravan Park Early 1950's

I was 5/6 years old and lived with my two sisters, older brother, baby brother and mum & dad in a cramped caravan that was given to us after the war. We were called 'gypsies' but my dad worked at the Woolwich 'arms factory' ...Read more

A memory of Datchet by John Wilkins

Pier Road

In 1952 I lived from a baby, below the record shop in Pier Road. When standing looking down towards the river, it was on the right hand side. The access was via a track that ran parallel to Pier Road, behind the shops. We had sleeper steps down ...Read more

A memory of Erith by Susan Morgan (Nee Davis)

Milk And Fish!

In the 1950s we spent several family holidays in the South Hams, staying at the Dairy in Stoke Fleming. We lived in south west London and travelled overnight on the A30 in my Dad's wet fish van, my brother and I sleepiing on a ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For Stubbington, Holy Rood Church C1965

The east window has stained glass dating back to the late 1940s.

Caption For Baildon, From The Bank C1960

The steep slopes of The Bank provide a grandstand view of Baildon, a typical Pennine town standing on the edge of Baildon Moor, famous for its enigmatic prehistoric 'cup and ring'-marked stones.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, 'Newton and Noss' to all locals, line the opposite banks of the Yealm estuary.

Caption For Eccleshall, High Street 1900

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.They were held on Midlent Thursday, Holy Thursday, 5

Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

Caption For Reading, On The River Thames 1904

An interesting view from the south bank of the Thames looking east, before Christchurch Meadows on the left were made into a riverside park, and, more significantly, before Reading Bridge was built

Caption For Manchester, Corporation Street C1885

Before it was cut and constructed in the 1870s, traffic from the north-west and higher Salford had to wend its way through small back streets to reach the market and central Manchester (the Shambles).

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Bridge From The Church C1960

On the south bank of the river is the Barley Mow, which is featured in Three Men in a Boat.

Caption For Witney, The Market Place C1950

The Angel Inn, on the left, advertising Clinches Witney Ales, dates back to the 17th century.

Caption For St Ives, Bridge Street 1914

The building with the jettied gables to the left dates back to the 17th century, on the face of it one of the oldest buildings in St Ives, although earlier buildings survive behind more modern facades.

Caption For Oxford, Hertford College 1906

Hertford College dates back to 1284 when it was founded as Hart Hall.

Caption For Bramerton, The Village Street 1953

There is a riverside inn at Bramerton called the Wood's End: its recorded history stretches back well over 300 years.

Caption For Kimbolton, East Street C1965

This narrow back street, running parallel to the High Street, has changed a little.

Caption For Roseberry Topping, C1885

To this day it continues to provide a much welcomed place of rest and refreshment following an expedition to the top of Roseberry Topping and back.

Caption For Sheet, Mill And Old Cottage 1898

A loaded cart has been backed up, with its load of corn for milling, and the millpond looks to be in good order.

Caption For Whitby, East Cliff 1913

Dating back to Roman times, this is the only natural harbour between the Humber and the Tees, and is an important shipping haven.

Caption For Trumpington, Grantchester Road C1960

Set back from the road edge is a substantial 17th-century farmhouse; we can just see its large chimney stack with grouped diagonal shafts.

Caption For Barking Tye, Brown's Farm 1934

The unidentified youth with the trilby hat is probably bringing the flock back to the confines of the farmyard for shearing.

Caption For Rottingdean, Tudor Close House C1955

They were con- verted into a hotel, as seen in this view, but shortly afterwards the building was reconverted back to twenty-nine flats.

Caption For Kingsbridge, The River 1920

An obliging servant stepped into the water offering to piggy-back the king across - hence Kingsbridge.

Caption For Great Haywood, Essex Bridge C1955

The original bridge consisted of 42 arches and stretched some way back from the river in order to clear wet ground.

Caption For Cromer, Jetty Street 1925

On a Sunday, it would be crammed full of parading fashionable ladies, who would be walking back after the service from the church to the Hotel de Paris.

Caption For Horning, The Ferry 1921

The horse-drawn ferry has a history going back to the 13th century.

Caption For High Salvington, The Old Mill 1919

One of the original 'post and socket' mills, suspended on a post and turned into the wind by means of a tailpole, High Salvington dates back to about 1700 and was the first mill in England to be insured