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)
- Blackpool Corner, Devon
- Layton, Lancashire
- Little Layton, Lancashire
- Little Marton, Lancashire
- Warbreck, Lancashire
- Norbreck, Lancashire
- Hoohill, Lancashire
- Mereside, Lancashire
- Little Carleton, Lancashire
- South Shore, Lancashire
- Squires Gate, Lancashire
- Whiteholme, Lancashire (near Thornton)
- Hawes Side, Lancashire
- Great Marton, Lancashire
- North Shore, Lancashire
- Combe, Devon (near Blackpool)
Photos
286 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 Memories Of Blackpool
I remember my parents taking us children to see the Blackpool illuminations as a birthday treat, where we would see all kinds of animations along the prominade and all the trams where also lit up, that was some 48yrs ago. I don't know if this still happens, enjoy.
A memory of Blackpool in 1960 by
Balloon Woods Wollatton
Balloon Woods. Most people says it was a hell hole. Yes some parts of it was. But to a child it was good. There were more quite a few blocks. Some had four floors, these were called Tansley Walk, Bealey Walk, Hartington Walk ...Read more
A memory of Wollaton in 1971 by
Return Of A Native
Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more
A memory of Camberley in 1988 by
I Am A Beach Boy
I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more
A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by
My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's
I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more
A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by
My Time Living In Old Langho.
I moved to Old Langho in I think in 1954, I was an orphan I went to live with Mr and Mrs Pye. We lived at number 42 Larkhill, Mr and Mrs Pye where nurses at Brockhall hospital. There is a bit of a field between the two ...Read more
A memory of Old Langho by
Six Weeks In Pontypool
I was evacuated with my school to Pontypool on 1st September 1939. I was taken in with my friend Jim Baker, by a retired miner and his wife, and spent six weeks in what was alleged to be the smallest house in Pontypool. I ...Read more
A memory of Pontypool in 1930
The Pool
I was 10 years old and had cycled to the pool from my home in Hesters Way. Old bike, black with a basket on the front for my jam sandwiches and pop, towel and swimsuit in. With friends we would spend all day there, not really able to swim ...Read more
A memory of Cheltenham in 1958 by
Coming Into Halifax Via North Bridge
As a child we used to return in the car down the hill towards North Bridge and the game was to be the first to spot Wainhouse Tower amongst all the other mill chimneys there were at that time (late 50s/early sixties). ...Read more
A memory of Halifax by
School Days And Beyond
Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more
A memory of Fenham by
Captions
85 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.
This was undeniably a healthy situation and quieter than neighbouring Blackpool. Some famous personalities have retired here, including Violet Carson and Marisa Robles, the harpist.
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
Just like Blackpool today, our tower building contained a theatre (later a cinema), a ballroom and gardens.
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
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
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
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.
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.
, 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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