Maps

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Books

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Memories

4,713 memories found. Showing results 781 to 790.

1958

I lived in this house for a year in 1958 when my father was stationed at RAF Wethersfield. We spent a good deal of time in the kitchen as the warmest room in the house. When spring came it was lovely in the back garden with snowdrops and ...Read more

A memory of Great Easton

Uncle Trevor

My mum was taken in during WW II as a young girl to move her out of London. She lived with Trevor Gawler and his wife until the refugee kids were sent back to the big city. My mum loved it in the countryside and didn’t want to ...Read more

A memory of Hazelbury Bryan by wymanmichelle111

My Childhood In Burton In The 50's And 60's

I was born in the village in 1949, in an end terrace No.1 Woodview. It was down a small road in the centre of the village and at the top, I believe at one time there was a timber yard/sawmill. The ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by ian.blundell

Brimscombe Corner & Burleigh 1910 62690

This photo is taken 100 yards up Brimscombe lane, looking back across the Golden Valley. The lane itself leads back up to Thrupp Lane & Dark lane, which is on its way to Quarhouse and the Lypiatt Manor, (the ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

Happy Times

Hello Christine, I have only just seen your memory and I couldn't believe it. I remember playing with you at my house on Rykneld Street. We had a lot of fun in the village like you say, especially down by the canal. I also remember you ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas by elaine.moore36

Life On Kingwood Common

I think it must have been 1952 or 3 when I went to live on Kingwood Common with my parents in the old nissen huts left by the German POWs, and afterwards by Polish refugees. We knew the place as Kingdom Camp, or just 'The ...Read more

A memory of Kingwood Common by richardhayes516

Ashley Drive, Penn

I lived in Penn, at 39 Ashley Drive between 1957 and 1959; between the ages of 6 and 8. Lovely memories of the area. Ashley drive was part of a new development and building work was still in progress at that time. My mother would send me ...Read more

A memory of Penn by Aidan Pathy

Evacuated To Hele....

I am guessing the year would have been 1944.... I would have been 6 and my brother would have been 5. I dont know how we were evacuated exactly...because we didnt go through the School system, we went with our Mother and our Grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Hele by Maurene Kauter

3 Beach House Turnchapel..

My name is Susan my family were the Dungey’s living in Turnchapel.My grandmother (Maud) lived at house 3 Beach view until she died in the late fifties. Bringing up a large family including my Mother who was the youngest ...Read more

A memory of Turnchapel by Susan Hartley

Pavenham 1945 1970

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

Captions

5,033 captions found. Showing results 1,873 to 1,896.

Caption For Cuddesdon, High Street C1955

The village, on the eastern side of Garsington Hill, to the east of Oxford, boasts many stone-built houses and picturesque cottages.

Caption For Eastham, Chester New Road C1955

The village of Eastham is about one mile inland from the River Mersey, but one of its claims to fame is that it has the largest canal locks in the country - these give entry to the Manchester Ship Canal

Caption For Thurmaston, The By Pass C1965

The road alleviated a bottle-neck in the nearby village, allowing traffic an easier route to Nottingham, Newark, Melton and the east coast.

Caption For Bardsea, The Beach 1895

The buildings by the road into the village on the right are much altered.

Caption For Llanvetherine, The Village C1950

On the right is Waterloo Cottage, which until the mid 1970s was the post office and village shop.

Caption For Morcombelake, The Village 1904

The village itself is unjustly ignored by most travellers, who would do well to halt awhile to explore its buildings and the delightful countryside nearby.

Caption For Bourton On The Water, The Footbridge 1948

This stretch of the pretty little River Windrush, the collection of low stone bridges, and a fine village of Cotswold stone, all combine to make a memorable day out.

Caption For Noss Mayo, River Yealm 1901

Noss Mayo's church, seen in the middle distance, was built on the orders of Lord Revelstoke in 1882 in a beautiful setting above both the village and river.

Caption For Sandsend, Meadow Fields And Kettleness Nab 1925

Sandsend is about three miles from Whitby, situated at the mouth of Sandsend Wyke; the village is almost hidden from view because of the mighty cliffs and Mulgrave Wood nearby.

Caption For Runswick, The Bay 1936

No lives were lost, as the village was evacuated in time. Another landslide in 1858 demolished an iron smelting works.

Caption For Kettering, The Church C1960

This village-like landscape is a reminder of the old centre of Kettering, which clustered around the Manor House and the church. There are now only a few gravestones left in the re-organised area.

Caption For Kibworth, The Cricket Ground C1955

The cricket field is a focal point of village life, where summer upon summer old rivalries are played out.

Caption For Chartham, Village 1903

Here we see the River Stour flowing through the village. The river has at various times proved indispensable to local industry.

Caption For Litlington, The Village C1960

This leafy flint village is situated in the Cuckmere valley near Alfriston. Nearby is one of the smallest Neolithic long barrows in Sussex.

Caption For Stratton, 1910

A corner of the village near the church with Ching and Sons' wine merchants, general shop and post office.

Caption For Portland, Street 1894

When this photograph was taken, they were three discreet villages, overlooking the great naval base in one direction and being overlooked by the convict prison from the other.

Caption For Aldbrough St John, The Green C1955

This large village, just off the ancient Roman Road of Dere Street, later the Great North Road and the A1, lies near the Durham border west of Darlington.

Caption For Steeton, The Tower C1955

This view is of The Tower, a crenellated gateway to the 17th-century High Hall, the village manor house. There is also a Low Hall at Steeton.

Caption For Aughton, Town Green C1950

Stone sets pave Town Green, as it leads through the village towards the railway bridge and station.

Caption For Aldborough, The Black Boys C1955

The 'Black Boys', with its multi-paned windows and pantiled roof, is a classic village inn, small and intimate.

Caption For Westleton, The Village C1950

Old England can still be found in villages like these, and even today Westleton is a delight to explore, with church and green and very particular ducks on the pond.

Caption For Camber, Holiday Cottages C1955

The sprawling seaside bungalowdom of Camber - the holiday village, camp and caravan site with associated amuse- ment arcades that have grown from the glorious expanse of Camber sands, where the tide

Caption For Compton Bassett, General View C1960

A E W Marsh describes the village as 'the prettiest for miles around'. This view shows the main street with the Old School, centre, which closed in 1964.

Caption For Westbourne, Herbert Home 1892

Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.