Places
26 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Blackpool, Lancashire
- Blackpool, Devon (near Dartmouth)
- Bispham, Lancashire
- Newton, Lancashire (near Blackpool)
- Little Bispham, Lancashire
- Queenstown, Lancashire
- Marton Moss Side, Lancashire
- Blackpool, Devon (near Newton Abbot)
- Blackpool, Dyfed
- Blackpool, Devon (near Ivybridge)
- Little Layton, Lancashire
- Layton, Lancashire
- Blackpool Corner, Devon
- Little Marton, Lancashire
- Norbreck, Lancashire
- Warbreck, Lancashire
- Mereside, Lancashire
- Hoohill, Lancashire
- Little Carleton, Lancashire
- Whiteholme, Lancashire (near Thornton)
- South Shore, Lancashire
- Squires Gate, Lancashire
- Combe, Devon (near Blackpool)
- North Shore, Lancashire
- Hawes Side, Lancashire
- Great Marton, Lancashire
Photos
285 photos found. Showing results 61 to 80.
Maps
119 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 73 to 2.
Memories
234 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.
My Youth
I was born on the Haworth Road estate and in my childhood roamed all over the district. Chellow Dene was a particular favourite especially in winter when it froze over! Sandy Lane park was another place we visited to go on the swings and ...Read more
A memory of Bradford in 1951 by
I Was Born In Milford
I was born in Milford in 1945 and lived at Stafford Lodge, Milford until in my early twenties. My maiden name was Susan Evans. The lodge was, and still is, the entrance to Shugborough Hall. My childhood was a very ...Read more
A memory of Milford in 1945 by
Park, Fields And The Ivy House
I was born in 1947 - youngest of five (4 girls and a boy) lived on Seaforth Avenue. Motspur Park was a great place to grow up, we had such a wonderful childhood. As well as "The Park" at the end of Marina Avenue - ...Read more
A memory of Motspur Park
Kathleens Hospital Stay
I was in Holbrook Gaskell ward twice about 1956 &1958 I had rheumatic fever. I thought I would never go home, it seemed such a long way from Liverpool and my mum could only visit once a week and I could only see my sister ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1956 by
My Mum's Start In Life 1926
My mum had the misfortune to be born illegitimate her mum had to go to the workhouse because of the situation,and that's where mum was born! From there she was taken in by her aunties family not knowing the truth,and the sad ...Read more
A memory of Nelson by
A Month Not In This World, An Inmate Of Parkside Hospital Macclesfield
It was early summer in 1967 when suffering from a 'mental breakdown' I was admitted into Macc in the middle of the night, horror upon horror me and my mates had often talked about ...Read more
A memory of Macclesfield
Day Tripper
I was raised in Manchester 1943-1967 when I emigrated to the US. I remember special Excursion Trains, that left from Victoria Train station to Blackpool usually on Bank Holidays. We packed jam butties and tea in a thermos and our ...Read more
A memory of Blackpool by
Kingsbury In The 1950's
I'm 70 now and still have great memories of Kingsbury where i lived from 1950 until 1960 with my parents Dick & Joyce and brother & sister Steve and Lynda. We lived in a Prefab just 5 doors down from Kingsbury swimming ...Read more
A memory of Kingsbury by
St Mary's On Parrots Rd. 1951
Hello...my name is Joe Farrugia and, along with my younger brother Godfrey, lived at St Mary's from1951 to 1957. I recall very well the times with Fr Baker (think we nicknamed him Fr Backi) with his small black car which I ...Read more
A memory of Gravesend by
Mitcham County Grammar School For Boys
Mitcham County Grammar School for Boys Remembered Memory is a selective thing, the best is easy, but the mind glosses over the worst. Some things recollected as certainties turn out to be not quite so. These are ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham by
Captions
85 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.
Preston was the centre of a wheel of railway transport: spokes went off to Blackpool, Lancaster, Blackburn, Manchester, London, Liverpool and Southport.As we can see, the river was used for pleasure
One of the gondolas from the big wheel at Blackpool ended its life as a cafe here, and stood just to the right of our picture.
The Blackpool, St Anne's & Lytham Tramways Company Ltd, who laid track from Squire's Gate to Lytham Square, had opened up the coast further, but the first trams, driven by gas engines, were noisy, smelly
Just like Blackpool today, our tower building contained a theatre (later a cinema), a ballroom and gardens.
To the right behind the Blackpool sign is the old Floral Hall, which was demolished in 1904.
In the 1920s Southport, along with Blackpool, Skegness and Porthcawl, held speed events for sports cars along the sands or the promenade, and it was possible to tax and equip high-powered cars such as
In the 1920s Southport, along with Blackpool, Skegness and Porthcawl, held speed events for sports cars along the sands or the promenade, and it was possible to tax and equip high-powered cars such
This is a good close-up view of the main exhibition building that backed onto Talbot Road, which got its name when Sir Humphry Trafford married Lady Annette Talbot in 1823.
We are close to Blackpool and Garstang. The old road curved through Little and Great Eccleston, but the by-pass of 1940 split these two villages.
, until it was replaced by an acetylene gaslight that had a range of 13 miles, The new electric light fitted in 1953 is 30 times more powerful with a range of 18 miles, and can be seen as far away as Blackpool
By the time the railway arrived in Blackpool in 1846, the town was already a resort attracting several thousand visitors a year. Baileys Hotel, later the Metropole, had opened in 1776.
Dreamland soon became the Londoner's equivalent of Blackpool's pleasure beach.
The railway reached Fleetwood in July 1840, six years before Blackpool. The line was single-track and ran from Preston via Kirkham, Poulton and Thornton.
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