Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
181,031 maps found.
Books
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Memories
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'down Yer 'wey'.
Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more
A memory of Godalming in 1942 by
Peter Marshall 58 To 65
I'm as sure as I can be, that the little boy in the picture with the black coat is me. I would have been three to four years old (depending what time of year the picture was taken). I was the youngest at the home at that ...Read more
A memory of Glenfield in 1960 by
The Dukes Head
I remember having to pass The Duke's Head every day on my way to school in the 60's, but have never been inside. We lived on Snowhill Road at an old country stores and off license, which was called Fletcher's Stores - now a private ...Read more
A memory of Copthorne in 1964 by
Dagenham Heathway
I used to live in the Heathway, between Eastfield Road and Alibon Road. My grandparents moved there in about the 1920's, my mum was a toddler. There was a church round the corner in Osborne Road where my brother and I used to go to ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1950 by
Back In The 50s
In the late 50's I moved to Rochford Road, just a few hundred yards from the airport. My dad, had learned to fly in Canada during the war and was now back working as a booking clerk for British Rail at Prittlewell. As a ...Read more
A memory of Southend Airport in 1958 by
Horniman Walrus
I too, remember the Horniman Walrus. I heard somewhere that it was "overstuffed" and that Walruses' skin is supposed to be all wrinkly. The taxidermist probably didn't know this and filled up the skin to maximum capacity. It was ...Read more
A memory of Forest Hill by
William Jones Gladstone Road Seaforth
Hi, I am researching some family history and would be interested to hear from anyone who knows of a William Jones of 50 Gladstone Road, Seaforth. Any information greatly appreciated. Kind regards Patricia My email address is Directext@aol.com
A memory of Seaforth in 1963 by
Padnell Avenue Etc.
We were the first family to move into the newly built Padnell Avenue Council Estate, moving there in around 1947, our house was one of a pair on the corner of Winscombe Avenue. Where the Council flats are now situated was prefabs ...Read more
A memory of Cowplain by
The Queen And Pantos
I was going from Slough to our favorite pub (The Victoria Arms) on the bus in the 60's not knowing it was Ladies Day at Ascot. The bus ground to a halt at the bottom of Castle Hill, the clippie (young people will have to Google ...Read more
A memory of Windsor by
Memories Of Margaret Beavan Home
I was a poorly child and on two occasions spent time at the Margaret Beavan Home in Lower Heswall around 1956 and 1958. I remember the house being very large and grand, as it would would be to a small child of ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1956 by
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What eventually became of them is one of the city's enduring mysteries, though the stonework may have been used in the building of the parks rockery by Brunswick Place.
Calshot has long been popular with local people and holidaymakers for the views it affords of Southampton Water.This stretch of the Hampshire coastline is the perfect spot to watch all the comings
The old Town Hall is a dignified building of mellow brick with a clock beneath an elegant cupola.The building looks just the same now as it did in about 1960; nowadays, part of it is a dance and
This familiar parade of shops on the A4 was quite new when this photograph was taken. The scene is much busier today, with much more traffic and many more pedestrians.
There are now traffic islands in the middle of the road.
On the right, Mr Grover`s business of garden ornaments and fencing has now been replaced by lines of second-hand cars on the corner of Station Approach.
Standing at the head of the Eastern Valley, in an industrially ravaged landscape, Blaenavon was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000.
The Presbyterian church, whose towers are visible in the distance, was completed in 1869, although the building bears the date of 1863.
Within the last 25 years it had undergone remodelling under the supervision of Sir Arthur Blomfield.
Two miles south of Maidstone, this little secretive village perched on a hillside once had thirteen watermills within its boundaries, powered by the two main streams flowing into the River Medway.
Following its dissolution in the 16th century, Lilleshall Abbey has become a ruin - its stones were used for the building of many houses in the area.
So many of our churches around the country were rebuilt during Victorian times, and Henbury's church is no exception. St Thomas's dates from the 1840s, and was designed by Richard Lane.
The rowing boat in front of the lighthouse seems almost as fully laden as the motor launch 'Britannia' in the foreground!
The bathing stage at the lake's eastern edge reminds us of how popular swimming once was. Up to 35,000 bathers per season made use of the supervised facility.
The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.
This curious little extension to one of the town wall towers is even more interesting because of the modern and incongruous-looking brick wall that looks as if it has just been built.
The church of St Stephen is thought to date originally from the 7th century; it is certainly recorded in a taxation document of 1254 as the church of 'Bottewara'.
The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an underground cavern whose roof has collapsed, leaving soaring cliffs and crags of
As we look back up East Street, the focus of the view is the Market Hall.
This view of the Mill House, further north along the Buckinghamshire bank, captures wonderfully the curious formality of late Victorian leisure activity as the fishermen sit stiffly in
Beyond are workshops and outhouses, now all gone and replaced by 1970s blocks of three-storey flats.
Work on the construction of the viaduct began in 1894 and was completed in 1897, but owing to the collapse of one of its piers it was closed straight away.
The Twyn and its surrounding wall were built in the 1890s with money from the Barry Railway Company when they purchased a small piece of the common from the parish.
The 16th century timber-framed Plough and Fleece public house on the left of the road was just one of the three pubs in the village.
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