Photos

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Maps

4,410 maps found.

1946, Tulse Hill Ref. NPO854251
1946, Turners Hill Ref. NPO854522
1947, Lark Hill Ref. NPO753075
1947, Lem Hill Ref. NPO754962
1945, Lynch Hill Ref. NPO771023
1946, South Hill Ref. NPO834877
1946, Stick Hill Ref. NPO839368
1946, Six Hills Ref. NPO831733
1945, Snails Hill Ref. NPO833517
1947, Snow Hill Ref. NPO833775
1946, Summer Hill Ref. NPO842621
1946, Sutton Hill Ref. NPO843211
1947, Swinton Hill Ref. NPO843996
1947, Tabley Hill Ref. NPO844290
1947, Tapton Hill Ref. NPO845123
1946, Noak Hill Ref. NPO792439
1946, Norris Hill Ref. NPO792824
1946, Ide Hill Ref. NPO743167
1946, Kerry Hill Ref. NPO746487
1945, Kit Hill Ref. NPO749390

Books

3 books found. Showing results 1,681 to 3.

Memories

3,572 memories found. Showing results 701 to 710.

Wroughton From 1954ish

My parents moved from East London to Swindon and then to Wroughton in 1954. My parents were Pat and Geoff Leach. I am Janet (Leach - now Ford) and my sister penny was born in the maternity hospital in Swindon in 1958. My ...Read more

A memory of Wroughton

Brief Memories Of My First School: Noak Hill

It was 1947, when my parents were told they would be able to move from their one room in a house to a Prefab in Harold Hill. My mother was pregnant. You didn't start school until you were 5. The closest ...Read more

A memory of Noak Hill by hilsidkay

Sharpenhoe Clappers & Sundon Hills Bedfordshire

In the post was years as families rebuilt their lives again Sundays really were special leisure days and those who were able bought a small car and enjoyed their afternoon going for rides on quiet country ...Read more

A memory of Tralee by ducatee

Epsom Army Cadets

We were part of the 3rd Cadet Batallion of the East Surrey Regiment. Our base was the wooden huts erected behind Snows cycle shop in East Street after a German bomb obliterated the infants school that was there. The Officer in charge ...Read more

A memory of Epsom by b.waterman

Life As A Youngster In 1960x Old Basing

I went to Old Basing school slightly later, in 1962,and I remember school dinners as being dreadful, the dinner ladies were so strict that you did not dare not to eat your meal, they even reported to my mother ...Read more

A memory of Old Basing by qualityincornwall

Mitcham Memories.

Hi. my name is Chris Everett. I was born in a nissen hut at Ivy Gardens, Wide way pollards hill Mitcham in 1947. I remember going to St Mark's school infants and later Sherwood park junior school. Saturday morning pictures at the ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by waylandwx

Anstey Born And Bred

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

My Early Years In Batley Carr

I LIVED IN 23 UPPER MOUNT STREET, MY NEIGHBOURS WERE KATHRINE HILL, PAUL AINSWORTH. BRIAN DUXBERRY MARGARET HALLAS THE STUBLEYS AND A FEW MORE. I WENT TO WARWICK ROAD SCHOOL UNTIL 1958. SOME OF MY TEACHERS WERE MR. ...Read more

A memory of Batley Carr by johntho3

Tulse Hill Tesco Esso Petrol Station Formerly Cheriton Court Garage

Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the 1960's ...Read more

A memory of Tulse Hill by Gemma Gemma

My Days In Drayton

How nice to read about Drayton. My parents moved here in 1953 and my father owned the chemists shop on the north side of Havant road opposite Lower Drayton lane. In the early 60s,I played in local groups (The ...Read more

A memory of Drayton by denloc142

Captions

1,749 captions found. Showing results 1,681 to 1,704.

Caption For Box Hill, Hotel And Garden 1931

This hotel nestles at the foot of Box Hill, alongside the rushing traffic of the main London to Dorking road.

Caption For Stacksteads, Piper Bank C1955

Piper Bank appears in the census returns of 1851 and on maps of Rossendale as a place name.

Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1965

On the left is the Swan Inn, on the right is Graball Row. as to make it easier to carry away stone from the castle.

Caption For Ulverston, Hoad Hill And Monument 1912

Locally named the Pepperpot, it was erected in 1850 on Hoad Hill to commemorate Ulverston-born Sir John Barrow, a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society.

Caption For Milton Keynes, The Pennyland Boat Basin 2005

Eight metres wide and elevated in towns - their 'High' Streets - it was the route that Queen Boudicca (or Boadicea) took in AD 60 to her final battle with the Roman Governor of Britain, Suetonius Paulinus

Caption For Dolphinholme, Corless Cottage C1950

James Derham owned Corless Mill in Nether Wyresdale, 6 miles from Lancaster, and in 1801 he manufactured gas to light the mill and his workers' cottages.

Caption For Accrington, Oak Hill Park 1899

Oak Hill Park was Accrington's second park, and the land was purchased bu the Corporation from Reginald Hargreaves for £12,000 in 1892.

Caption For Luton, Whipperley Ring Estate On Farley Hill 2002

His brother Michael joined in 1953, going to work on Whipperley Ring school at Farley Hill. Like their father, they had trained at Regent Street Polytechnic.

Caption For St Ives, The Broadway 1901

On the left is the North Hunts Constitutional Club, now the offices of Ewing Reeson, photographer.

Caption For Minehead, The Plume Of Feathers Hotel 1892

Today, all that remains of the Plume of Feathers is the stableyard, now used as garages, which can be seen from Tythings Court.

Caption For Margate, Hotel Metropole 1892

The impressive facade of the Hotel Metropole, with the Ship Hotel next door, faced the end of the Jetty to greet the thousands of holidaymakers who travelled down on the paddle steamers.

Caption For Market Bosworth, The Square C1960

Market Bosworth was granted the privilege of a Wednesday market in 1285, and the small town was one of 29 in the country to combine this with an annual fair.

Caption For Portchester, Yachting C1965

Prehistoric Cams Most people enjoying a round of golf on the Cams Hall Estate today are probably unaware of the existence of the 429 pieces of worked flint that were recovered during topsoil stripping

Caption For Watton At Stone, The Church Of St Andrew And St Mary C1960

Although much of the church is original 16th-century - the north chapel was built in 1570 - extensions and restorations were carried out in 1851 at a cost of £7,000.

Caption For Dorking, Denbies Mansion 1905

On the top of Ashcombe Hill (now Ranmore Hill) there was a farm; here, perhaps, John Denby lived, a one-time farmer who was referred to at a Court Baron held in 1555.

Caption For Prestbury, The Church 1898

Prestbury was the mother church of Macclesfield.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1903

This has been used in some of the older buildings around North Hill, including the tower of St Michael's church.

Caption For Alderley Edge, The Wizard Inn 1896

All the local farming families tried to get back to Alderley for Wakes week in the third week of August.

Caption For Pitsea, View From Church C1955

The cemetery reportedly has a gravestone dedicated to a lady described as 'a weak and sinful worm, the vilest of her race'!

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

In 1956 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone opened a Methodist church in Langdon Hills, and in the following year the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Kingswood Junior School, officially opened

Caption For Cowes, Birmingham Road C1965

At the top of the High Street on the right is the Cowes Advertiser office, but just before that is the NSPCC charity shop.

Caption For Epsom, Derby Day 1928

Up to 20 stables ran their horses on the gallops at Six Mile Hill.

Caption For Dorking, The Cemetery, Reigate Road 1906

Also here is Richard Burberry, a member of the famous Burberry raincoat family.

Caption For Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel C1960

By the mid 1950s much had changed, and the front of the Angel and Royal Hotel indicates the reason (see G43032 and G43099).