Photos

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Maps

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1897, Malpas Ref. RNE772666
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Books

19 books found. Showing results 1,177 to 19.

Memories

2,049 memories found. Showing results 491 to 500.

Life In The Vicarage At Raughton Head Early 1900s

Ernest Dueck was the Vicar at Raughton Church in the early 1900s. My mother went to live with there with him and his wife (who was her Aunt Sophie). They lived in a beautiful Vicarage which I ...Read more

A memory of Raughton Head in 1910 by Rose Marie Caza

Constructing Mayflower Ii

When I was young we would holiday in a caravan at a site near to Hollicombe in between Torquay and Brixham. As we lived in Walsall in the West Midlands this journey, by coach, was not to be undertaken lightly and a day was ...Read more

A memory of Brixham in 1956 by Michele Alberto

Childhood In Sutton

My memories of Manor Park were that on a Saturday morning we used to go to the Granada cinema for Saturday morning pictures. The cinema was right next to the park and we used to go in the park on our way home. I lived in Carshalton ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1950 by Ann Jaramillo

What We Ate

Eeh! Remember potted meat? You could eat it as it was or put it on bread for a sandwich, where is it now? Then there was dripping which was quite solid and spread like margarine on your bread for sandwiches. I worked in Leeds on the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1950 by Jimmy Burrows

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

Good Memories

I moved to Medomsley from Blackhill when I was 6. We were lucky to get a brand new build council house in North Magdalane, we lived there for 10 years. I have the best memories ever. I went to the Bishop Ian Ramsey School, my best ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley in 1972 by Deborah Hardy

School Holidays In Wartime Shutford Nr Banbury Oxon

My earliest memories of Shutford date back to around 1944, when as an eleven year old schoolboy I spent summer holidays with my grandfather Fred Turner (son of plush weaver Amos Turner), ...Read more

A memory of Shutford in 1944 by Brian Grainge

As A Child I Lived In The Estate Office

As a child I lived in the estate office in the square, my father was estate bailiff for W J Brymer for all of the war years. I remember many of the troops were billeted with us in the house, at one time we ...Read more

A memory of Puddletown in 1940 by Richard Gaunt

My Family Used To Own This!

A photo very similar to this hangs in my bedroom, I am a West and spent many a happy summers here. My family used to own the tearooms, my mother and her brother were caught in the fire in 1966 which resulted in the top ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Natalie West

Horndean War Memorial

I am seeking help in identifying two soldiers recorded on the Horndean War Memorial. I have found the details of all of the others. I intend to publish the results of my research. The two men are recorded as follows Turner ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1910 by David Goble

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,177 to 1,200.

Caption For Warnham, Friday Street 1921

Warnham parish lies mainly on Wealden clay about 2 miles north-west of Horsham.

Caption For Kingston Upon Thames, The Yacht Basin 1906

The river upstream from Kingston Bridge was largely free from commercial traffic, and consequently safer for yachtsmen.

Caption For Littlehampton, Promenade 1903

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

Caption For Littlehampton, Harbour 1903

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, War Memorial 1922

The Queen Anne house, built in 1702 and presented to the National Trust in 1943, became known as Angel Corner in 1956.

Caption For Broadwindsor, The Village 1902

This sizeable village nestles in a valley close to two notable landmarks: Lewesdon Hill (894 feet) and Pilsdon Pen, at 909 feet, the highest hill in Dorset.

Caption For Bridport, West Road 1909

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

Caption For Chobham, High Street C1955

As we head north-west, we should find Chobham village to be a relief after the rather drear urban townscape of Woking; but the traffic levels in Chobham prevent a true village atmosphere prevailing

Caption For Looe, The Harbour 1906

Boys stand guard over fishing nets at West Looe.

Caption For Brackley, Town Hall C1955

The largest town in south-west Northamptonshire, Brackley had a market charter since before 1217, its wealth having come from wool.

Caption For London, Blackfriars Bridge C1880

Blackfriars Bridge was completed in 1869, but it was widened to its present width by extending the west side in 1910.

Caption For Llandaff, Cathedral West Front C1874

The main burden of contemporary criticism lay with the Cathedral's West Front.

Caption For Plymouth, The Pier From Below 1889

The club subsequently moved to West Hoe and, in the 1980s, to Queen Anne's Battery.

Caption For Bath, From Rainbow Woods 1929

Looking west from Bathampton Down, past the villas of Bathwick across the northern half of the city, we can see how the formality of the ramrod-straight Great Pulteney Street to the left contrasts with

Caption For Brighton, The Chain Pier 1870

A superb view of the Chain Pier from the west, showing clearly the pier head, which was designed primarily as a landing-stage for cross-channel traffic; it opened in 1823.

Caption For Donington, Market Place C1955

This view looks west from the Market Place into Station Street.

Caption For Edenbridge, High Street 1906

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex.

Caption For Southerndown, Dunraven Castle, Palm Court From Stairs C1955

Five miles south-west of Bridgend, this crenellated mansion was built on the site of a former medieval fortress for Thomas Wyndham MP between 1802 and 1806.

Caption For Leeds, The Post Office And Revenue Office 1897

Leeds was the industrial power house of the old West Riding.

Caption For York, The Multiangular Tower C1885

The lower part of this strange structure is Roman; it was the west corner of the Roman fort.

Caption For Godmersham, 1909

Stour, two miles south-west of Chilham.

Caption For Ibstock, Crown Inn C1965

The road rises up from the south, past the parish church, to enter Ibstock, gateway to industrial north-west Leicestershire.

Caption For York, The Multiangular Tower C1885

The lower part of this strange structure is Roman; it was the west corner of the Roman fort.