Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1947, No Mans Heath Ref. NPO792411
1947, Norcott Brook Ref. NPO792655
1947, Oscroft Ref. NPO798127
1923, Kelsall Ref. POP745891
1923, Kingsley Ref. POP748136
1923, Hebden Green Ref. POP730405
1923, Foxwist Green Ref. POP709006
1923, Gibb Hill Ref. POP713324
1924, Farndon Ref. POP703534
1923, Hoofield Ref. POP739897
1921, Horton Green Ref. POP740875
1924, Helsby Ref. POP730845
1947, Little Barrow Ref. NPO756871
1947, Little Heath Ref. NPO757396
1947, Hoole Bank Ref. NPO740015
1947, Hooton Ref. NPO740048
1947, Handbridge Ref. NPO726340
1947, Hatton Heath Ref. NPO728442
1947, Hebden Green Ref. NPO730405
1947, Helsby Ref. NPO730845

Books

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Memories

2,051 memories found. Showing results 641 to 650.

Living In And Near Heston In The Early Sixties

I spent most of my early life just on the borders of Heston and southall, as my father was a male nurse working for the ministry and our house came with his job, back in the fifties, I and my mum and dad ...Read more

A memory of Heston by janetsmith728

1970's 80's, Around The Arndale Centre

Moved into a council house near King George's Park in 1978. My grandparents lived in Santos Road. I used to play as a kid around the bandstand in the park. I remember the shire horses making their way through the ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth

The Duke Of Kent Northhumberland Heath

I was born and lived in Hengist Road opposite Collindale Ave near Brook Street and the Rec as we called it, I'm Tony Messum and I shared with my Brother Michael, and Sister Patricia and my buddies were ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath by thekentishman

Happy Memories Of Hayes

I was born in West Common Road in an old cottage next door to my grandfathers' shop in 1940,Sadly the shop was bombed in the war and was then moved to Hayes Lane. It was Hayes Stores, which my father took over when my granddad ...Read more

A memory of Hayes by gillian4026

Grays 1951 1969

I was born at the Orsett Hospital in March 1951. First home was in Palmerston Road South Stifford. My first School was Stifford Primary at the top of Mill Lane, the walk up the hill seems to be awfully long now for a 5 year old. I do ...Read more

A memory of Grays by clive

Flaxley Road

We moved up to Selby from Swindon in 1960 and I went to Flaxley Road. Apart from having to lose my west country accent in double quick time in order to survive, I was put in Miss Reid's class which was a big shock to the system. Boy, was she ...Read more

A memory of Selby by yorksbob

Maintenance At Westcliff Hall Hotel

In about 1961 my family moved from Langdown Rd in Hythe to live in The Lodge, West St Hythe. I was 18. My dad had a building maintenance business and was soon contracted to take over the maintenance of the ...Read more

A memory of Hythe

Dorking Halls Antiques Fair.

I run the Dorking Halls Antiques Fair which, this year, (2016), celebrates its '40th Anniversary'! As part of the celebrations I researched the fairs history, its relevance within the community, the venue it has inhabited ...Read more

A memory of Dorking by janealexander1

I Join The Railway.

I Join the Railway In the summer of 1953, my Aunt and Uncle were staying with us for their holiday. It must have been my Uncle who first spotted the advertisement in the Dartmouth Chronicle ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

The Sound Of Bells...

Working on my bungalow today in the ancient, beautiful Dorset town of Sherborne, I kept on hearing the tolling of the local Abbey bells. Not really unusual, except today, the sound seemed to 'resonate', and take me 'way back' to ...Read more

A memory of Acton by alangtaylor

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,537 to 1,560.

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1953

At the bottom of Maidstone High Street both the Queen's Head public house, on the left, and the Rose and Crown Hotel across the road have gone; the trolleybuses also went in 1966.

Caption For Brecon, Lower Ffrwdgrech Waterfalls 1910

As we have already seen, Breconshire is renowned for its many waterfalls and caves in the far south west.

Caption For Cardiff, The Docks 1893

Cardiff Docks were developed during the late 1830s by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, and were enlarged in the 1880s and again in the early 1900s.

Caption For High Wycombe, Queen Victoria Road Looking South C1955

Traffic on the London to Oxford Road was now becoming a serious problem, and the town got its first traffic lights in 1934 (at the Guildhall crossroads) and an urban speed limit in 1935.

Caption For Chesham, Stanley Avenue 1906

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Caption For Ware, Crib Street C1955

Redevelopment in the 1970s has swept away many of the buildings on the west side of Crib Street.

Caption For High Salvington, The Old Mill 1919

Worthing, like a tide of building, washed east, west and north before and after the Second World War.

Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

Caption For Newhaven, Fishermen's Cottages 1897

On the west coast of England, the old fishing communities tended to be housed in cottages with thatched roofs.

Caption For Offord Cluny, The Church 1906

The west tower was built in the 15th century as an addition to the 13th-century church.

Caption For Bristol, The City And The Cathedral 1900

To the right of the cathedral can be seen something of the warehouses and wharves of the city docks.

Caption For Bedford, De Parys Avenue 1897

Taken from the west edge of St Peter's Green, this view looks north up the long avenue towards Bedford Park.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Place C1955

Here the photographer looks west from the Town Hall, and we can see the extensive encroachment onto the market place.

Caption For Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel C1955

West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.

Caption For Welford, High Street C1965

The Leicester to Northampton road passes through Welford's High Street, parallel with the much more tranquil West Street.

Caption For Warburton, The Bridge 1897

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.

Caption For London, The Docks, Thames Wharf C1900

Besides the vast acreage of excavated docks, there were numerous riverside wharfs, from the grandeur of Hay's Wharf near London Bridge to this rather less grand one near the west entrance to the Royal

Caption For West Wittering, The Village Green 1953

West Wittering has some larger houses in residential areas that are ever expanding.

Caption For Edwinstowe, High Street C1955

This view looks north along the High Street past the now 'improved' junction with West Lane.

Caption For Winsford, Village 1930

Park Street 1892 North-west from Winsford we reach Exford, where the River Exe is but a stream.

Caption For Cheddar, Village And Gorge C1873

Cheddar Gorge is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in south-west England.The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Canal C1955

Once this lock on the Aire and Calder Navigation opened at 10am on 20 July 1826, trade boomed between the North Sea port of Hull and the West Yorkshire industrial heartland.

Caption For Ludlow, St Lawrence's Parish Church 1949

The tree on the right has since been replaced with cherry trees on either side of the west door.

Caption For Petworth, Lombard Street 1900

The high walls of Petworth House dominate the west side of the town.