Places

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Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 541 to 550.

Treorchy/Ynyswen/Trebert

My own memories date from 1956 when I went on a family holiday to stay with my mother's carer where she was evacuated in WW2. My mum was there from 1939 to 1943 at least, and she stayed with a Mrs Tancock, a widow, who ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1940 by Susan Coleman

Kenwood

What a wonderful art deco outdoor pool; it was a real crime to remove it. Kenwwod was the first place I ever went swimming. I'm trying to pinpont the date which I think must have been the late 50's or early 60's.

A memory of Knighton by Mary Middelton

National Service

I spent my national service 1955/1956 in nearby RAF BOULMER and though many years have passed since i still recall very happy memories of days and nights in Alnwick and of the people there who were some of the nicest friendly people i ...Read more

A memory of Alnwick by Terry Croft

Derby Pool

I have lived in The Village for 75 years. I used to play out with the Uptons and I lived in Lycett Road. I would like some info on my uncle, Mr Leslie Popham, who was killed when he dived into the Derby pool - I think that it would have ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey by Sheila Golborne

Yateley

Yateley, from my researches,was a very quiet village, yet being close to Sandhurst Military Acadamy & not that far from Aldershot, was a bolt hole for the military top brass, hence some large elegant houses. One, Glebe House, in Vicarage ...Read more

A memory of Eversley by Janet Mains

The Queens Head

The Queens Head is where my Mum and Dad had their first date, after meeting on Burley Street, and went on to live in Burley and have six of their seven children, before moving to Surrey.

A memory of Burley in 1948

Swanley Born And Bred

My parents were Gerald and Phyllis Smith, we lived in Goldsel Road from about 1939/40, having moved from 'Crescent Gardens'. My father worked at Philip Ladds Nurseries, which was owned and run by his uncle Philip. My father ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1940 by Gerald Smith

Cheshunt St. Mary''s Mission

I was born in Barnet but brought up for my first 20 years in Cheshunt. Does anyone remember the St. Mary's Mission which was halfway down Windmill Lane where Roundmoor Drive is now. Long since demolished I would imagine. ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt by Susan Morris

My Childhood Bramley West Yorkshire Leeds England

I must have around 7 years old when my mother used to take me along Bramley Town Street, where in those times it was back to back houses and shops. I was taken regularly to the ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1958 by Sam Hamblett

I Lived In Those Cottages!1948 1957 Ish

In 1946 my late father, Ron Goodliffe, got a job as a tractor driver for the vast Pemberton estate, and we moved into one of their tied-cottages in Swans Yard, that used to be off the High Street.  Then, in ...Read more

A memory of Trumpington by Brian Goodliffe

Captions

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Caption For Rousdon, The Landslip And Whitlands Cottages 1900

The crags and chasm to the north date from December 1839.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb C1955

These date from before 1723.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Perrymount Road C1950

This is a typical example of the local style of architecture dating from the 1870s.

Caption For Worksop, Gateford Road C1965

To the left the Shopping Centre occupied the Victoria Palace Theatre; this was mainly used as a cinema, and by the date of this photograph had been stripped of its ornate stucco facings.

Caption For St Helens, Church Street 1952

The first known reference to the chapel was found in a document of 1552, though the original structure probably dated back to the 14th century.

Caption For Stanford On Avon, Stanford Hall And The Lake C1965

Pevsner rightly refers to the house (extreme left) as the finest of its date in the county, designed by William Smith of Warwick in 1697 for Sir Roger Cave.

Caption For Corby, High Street C1955

It is a curious contrast of building styles, ranging from the fine thatched stone house dated 1609 in the distance to the mundane brick of John Manners Ltd, now an engineering supplies store.

Caption For Holbeach, High Street C1960

Then comes the HSBC bank followed by a building dated 1789 which now houses Calthop, solicitors.

Caption For Teffont, St Edward's Church C1960

It is mostly late 13th-century, and has Saxon origins.

Caption For Odiham, High Street C1950

Removal of the ivy enables us to admire the late 18th-century house (with a painter in action, left) and next door, a Georgian façade conceals a timber-framed house dated to 1454-55.

Caption For Swanage, The High Street 1904

Behind is the Town Hall, built by Weymouth architect George Crickmay for George Burt in 1882, which incorporates the 1670- dated facade of Mercers' Hall.

Caption For Chorley, Astley Hall C1960

The hall, parts of which date from 1550, has been re-built and added to over the years.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Market Place C1965

No parking restrictions were in place at this date, and the Market Place served as the bus station.

Caption For Penrith, Lowther Lodge 1893

This castellated building dating from 1877 was designed for Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale to guard the entrance to the drive up to Lowther Castle.

Caption For Kegworth, St Andrew's Church C1965

The church is built of a grey sandstone; the scraping of the interior has left it somewhat dull, but relieved by the royal arms dated 1684 above the chancel arch.

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

The other houses date from the late 19th century.

Caption For Wolverton, Stratford Road 2005

This view, taken from about the same point as ZZZ05124, below, shows the surviving facade of the LNWR's fire station (now a music shop).When it opened in 1911, it was 'very well-equipped and up-to-date

Caption For Aspley Guise, The Square C1955

The checkerboard finish on many of the buildings fronting the square is traditional and, in this case, dates back to the 18th century.

Caption For Odiham, Old Houses 1903

He was employed during a restoration of the church in 1851, continuing a family business dating from the mid 17th century.

Caption For Lytham, Windmill And Lifeboat House 1924

Of all Windmill Land's windmills, the one in Lytham is arguably the most well known, but not the oldest—it dates from 1805.

Caption For Hoddesdon, The Tower Centre C1968

The exterior, which appears attractive, modern and bright in 1965, is now looking out of date and tired.

Caption For Tenby, Harbour C1925

The town walls date from the 13th century, and Tenby's tight, sheltered harbour and truly golden beach wears a crown of coloured Georgian buildings.

Caption For Patrington, North Side C1955

The Manor House, far right, dates from 1743; the original owner was Elenor Ellis.

Caption For Hoghton, The Tower Courtyard 1895

Hoghton Tower, set on a hill and visible for miles, dates from 1565.