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Memories

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Barbers

I had many a dodgy haircut, and a few good ones, at De Sallas (?) In Darkes Lane. And my father and mother used to love the Embassy Club. My father used to take me wrestling at the Ritz. I saw Mick McManus, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Kendo ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar by Stephen Walker

Hubert Terrace

I often wondered who Hubert was. Other road names around were obvious. Bank Street was on a bank; School street had a school at the end of it. But Hubert Terrace? One side of my street was brick and the other was stone; something else ...Read more

A memory of Bensham in 1964 by Susan Green

Born On The Graig

"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, had ...Read more

A memory of Graig in 1940 by Colin Gronow

Benson Street

I lived at no 5, neighbours were George Sharples, Peter Humphries, Charlie Chedell. I went to Winsor Road School. We used to play on the railway sidings, and donkey bridge. In the winters we would go over to Peel Park and slide down the ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1954 by Peter Brennan

Childhood Holidays

My grandparents lived in a cottage fronting the River Humber where the Humber Bridge is now. My grandfather worked in the whitening mill near what was then called LITTLE SWITZERLAND. It is now, I believe, a country park. Their name ...Read more

A memory of Hessle in 1940 by John Holt

The War Years In Consett

I was born in Consett at 11 Newmarket Street in June 1933, though my parents were living in Norfolk and later on in Middlesex. I was sent back to live with aunts when the Blitz really got going. I went to the CofE Primary ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1940 by Malcolm Hutton

Glendale Avenue

I lived at 2 Glendale Avenue with my mam and dad, Martin and Peggy, and my two sisters, Margaret and Maureen, and my brother Martin. My grandparents lived at number 10 Glendale. My earliest memories revolve around playing in the ...Read more

A memory of Bebside in 1962 by John Gaughan

Lynmouth Flood

My wife and I were staying in Middleham Cottages that night and escaped to the schoolhouse with other survivers. We escaped the village the next day, after a terrifying night, through the Lynmouth Hotel to the bridge by ladder across ...Read more

A memory of Lynmouth in 1952 by Ray Little

My School Days

I remember my early schooldays very well. I started at Bush Corner Open Air school in 1953. I was born in Ealing Road Brentford in 1947 and first went to school at Ealing Road school. When I was 6 I went to Bush Corner Open air ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1953 by Olive Fairchild

Family From Wickham

Hi, I have pictures of the cottages in Bridge Street ,I think it is 9 BS, where my father's grandmother Emily Pratt lived, she was born in 1856 and died 1914. We have a lot of family ties to this area as most of my father's side ...Read more

A memory of Wickham in 1953 by Marsha Leathley

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Chester, Bear And Billet Inn 1895

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664; until 1867 it was the town house of the earls of Shrewsbury.

Caption For Lulworth, The Steamship 1925

In days gone by, steamers from the resorts of Swanage, Weymouth and Bournemouth would call in at Lulworth Cove, landing passengers either by a plank bridge - as seen here - or by rowing boat, depending

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle Bridge 1914

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

Caption For Stockbridge, The White Hart C1955

Today's roundabout leaves no trace of the railway and bridge from which this bird's eye view was taken. The inn has since prospered and the garden has expanded.

Caption For Great Haywood, The Canal C1955

Looking along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal towards the T-junction with the Trent & Mersey, an attractive bridge carries the latter's towpath across the former on a slender brick arch with

Caption For Bangor Is Coed, The River And The Bridge C1955

Boys stand in their boats and paddle near the rapids, while others fish around on the bank without a concern in the world, as boys have probably done here for centuries.

Caption For Crawley, Church 1907

This peaceful and idyllic rural scene, with the horse and cart behind a small girl pushing a pram outside the church of St John the Baptist, belies Crawley's mid 19th-century expansion into a railway town

Caption For South Luffenham, The Village C1955

Once this was a water splash, then a footbridge and now a modern bridge has been built with a wider road and footpath. The stone houses beyond cluster together as the lane goes uphill.

Caption For Penryn, Street 1890

This ancient borough and market town is most famous for its fine-grained granite, which was used in the construction of Waterloo Bridge.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle Bridge 1914

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge Restaurant And Tea Gardens C1950

There was always a flurry of excitement and activity at the Bridge Restaurant and Tea Gardens on Nags Head Island when the pleasure boats arrived, especially during the summer.

Caption For Newark, Appleton Gate 1906

This view was taken from near Bridge Street. The big tree in St Mary's churchyard has gone, and the wall has been rebuilt further back from the pavement.

Caption For Lincoln, High Bridge 1890

In 1890 the timber-framed buildings on the west side of High Bridge were in a highly decayed state, as seen in this 1890 view.

Caption For Halesworth, Thoroughfare C1955

Like Bridge Street, this is now pedestrianised. Rodwell's the solicitor's, on the left, has been lowered to two storeys.

Caption For Truro, Calenick Village 1912

The clock tower on the far side of the bridge belonged to an important tin smelting works which operated throughout most of the 18th and 19th centuries before closing in 1891.

Caption For Lincoln, High Bridge C1955

In 1890 the timber-framed buildings on the west side of High Bridge were in a highly decayed state, as seen in this 1890 view.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The River Cleddau C1960

Looking down towards the Old Bridge this is barely recognisable today.

Caption For Usk, The Riverside C1960

We can also see the old railway bridge crossing the river in the centre of the photograph in the distance; and it is still to be found here, albeit disused.

Caption For Lechlade, St John's Lock C1955

Lechlade is the highest lock on the River Thames; it is seen here from St John's bridge.

Caption For Bakewell, River Wye And Bridge C1955

The triangular cutwaters were shaped thus so that at road level they created a pedestrian refuge in which people could stand as horses crossed the bridge.

Caption For Staines, Boating 1907

Guiding a punt - and its 'fair inhabitants' - towards the graceful arches of Staines Bridge.

Caption For Rothesay, Castle 1897

An earlier castle on this site was captured in 1263 by the Norse and was subsequently demolished, allegedly on the orders of Robert the Bruce. A new, stronger fortress was then built in its place.

Caption For Menai Bridge, Suspension Bridge 1891

The elegant suspension bridge, built over the Menai Strait by Thomas Telford as part of his Holyhead Road, gave its name to the little town on the northern side of the narrow strait, between the island

Caption For Dawlish, Badlake Hill 1906

Teignmouth has been a busy port for centuries, shipping the local clay and also the granite that built the original London Bridge from Swell Tor quarries.