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Maps

1,622 maps found.

1895, Maxted Street Ref. RNE775756
1899, Salter Street Ref. RNE824581
1895, Oad Street Ref. RNE795156
1895, Romney Street Ref. RNE819578
1895, Monk Street Ref. RNE782534
1895, Shalmsford Street Ref. RNE828769
1895, Shimpling Street Ref. RNE830207
1897-1898, Round Street Ref. RNC820823
1898-1901, Rushmere Street Ref. RNC822932
1898-1899, Swan Street Ref. RNC843439
1897-1898, Swanton Street Ref. RNC843558
1898-1899, Takeley Street Ref. RNC844532
1897-1898, Teynham Street Ref. RNC846218
1897-1909, Thorncombe Street Ref. RNC847031
1901-1902, Withersdale Street Ref. RNC871936
1897-1900, Vernham Street Ref. RNC858862
1898-1900, Street Ash Ref. RNC841610
1901-1902, Street Ashton Ref. RNC841611
1899-1901, Streetly End Ref. RNC841674
1901-1902, Pottergate Street Ref. RNC810111

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.

Thomas Ledsham Wilkinson

My wife Joan's grandfather Thomas Ledsham Wilkinson owned various fish and poultry shops in Chester on and around Eastgate Street and Watergate Street.  We recently visited Chester to try and trace the one shop we thought he ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1890 by Derek Aynsley

The Old Cinema

We moved to Egham in about 1955.  My father had been born in Medlake Road in 1920.  We lived in Oak Avenue, Egham Hythe in a house built in the 1930s.  I attended Egham Hythe Infants and Primary and later Magna Carta (on both its sites - ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1960 by Crispin Lancaster

Visiting My Grandfather's Shop.

Although this photo pre dates my first memories of the High Street by about ten years, I still remember visiting my grandad's confectioners shop on the right side a little further up. Ever the businessman, he would ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1966 by Mike Amos

Ford Dealership

It's not really a memory I have of this picture, but my 1956 Ford Popular was supplied by the Ford Dealership, A & S White of 37 St. Mary Street, seen on the right in this picture.  Now apparently a Weatherspoons Pub.

A memory of Bridgwater in 2007 by Greg Pryce

My Early Years In Rothwell

I was born in Rothwell in 1949 and have lived there all my life and remember when it was a picturesque village where everyone knew each other.    What changes have taken place over the years.   I remember going to ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell in 1955 by June Holstead

Angela's Memory Of High Street

I worked at Market Square Cafe in 1949, fond memories of working for the Arpinos Family. Left in 1950 went to Margate to work and met my husband and I went by Rydam Boat to the USA (Mississippi) in 1955 and was married. ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1949 by Bobby Jones

Morris Dancing At Wimborne Folk Festival In 2007

Wimborne Folk Festival takes place every year in June - it is a glorious mixture of dancing, music and dressing up with visitors from all over England bringing their entertainment to the ...Read more

A memory of Wimborne Minster in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

The Bag Wash In Wednesfield Wton

There was an old bag wash where people could bring their dirty washing to be cleaned around New Street/North Street not far from the police station that was on the main Wolverhampton road.  The police station was ...Read more

A memory of Wednesfield in 1959 by David Aulton

Salford In The War

As a child I lived in Earl St Hanky Park then moved to Cottrill St off Ellor St.   I attended John St school in the Ellor St area. I never really knew my dad.  He went in the army when I was 4 years old in 1939 and returned in 1946 ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1930 by Albert Morris

The Watford To Rickmansworth Railway In The Second World War

Croxley Green station is now - in the 21st century - merely a shadow of its former busy life. My Auntie Dorrie (Doris Lacey) worked at this station throughout the Second World War and ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

5,435 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.

Caption For Worcester, Ye Old Deanery, Lich Street 1907

Lich Street linked High Street to Friar Street and Sidbury.

Caption For Salisbury, High Street C1955

This offers a closer view of the southern end of the High Street.

Caption For Chatham, High Street C1955

This part of the High Street is very different today, with The Sun Hotel gone from its Medway Street corner site.

Caption For Chesterfield, High Street 1896

We are looking along Chesterfield's High Street from the cobbled Market Place - a scene little changed today.

Caption For Newport, Commercial Street C1955

Commercial Street was pedestrianised in 1986, but here we can see it bustling with traffic and pedestrians.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street C1965

The towering and somewhat two-dimensional timbered front of Woolworths and the 1907 Perpendicular Gothic-style Mac Fisheries (a chain long departed from our high streets) were recently demolished to

Caption For Poole, The Town Cellars 1887

They were breached in about 1778 when Thames Street was cut through to the quay. They are now occupied be Poole Waterfront Museum. Salisbury Street has now become Sarum Street.

Caption For Spilsby, High Street C1955

The High Street runs parallel to Market Place and Market Street; it is terminated to the east by Aveland House, a dignified three-storey late Georgian town house.

Caption For Bath, Edgar Buildings 1935

The north side of George Street is raised above the roadway; at the left is part of Edgar Buildings, completed in 1762, whose centrally-pedimented houses close the vista up Milsom Street.

Caption For Solihull, Mill Lane C1966

Until 1964, Mill Lane was a picturesque street of brick and half-timbered cottages, some of them medieval.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

Church Street is much quieter, away from the A16 Stamford to Spalding road.

Caption For Wollaston, Bridgnorth Road 1968

The High Street branches left at the junction. It is unusual in being mainly residential, with commercial development centred on Bridgnorth Road.

Caption For Bath, York House Hotel 1907

Moving north to the end of Milsom Street, we see George Street, another good street laid out around 1761.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street C1965

The towering and somewhat two-dimensional timbered front of Woolworths and the 1907 Perpendicular Gothic-style Mac Fisheries (a chain long departed from our high streets) were recently demolished to

Caption For Wollaston, Bridgnorth Road 1968

The High Street branches left at the junction. It is unusual in being mainly residential, with commercial development centred on Bridgnorth Road.

Caption For Market Deeping, Church Street C1955

Church Street is much quieter, away from the A16 Stamford to Spalding road.

Caption For Whittlesey, Market Street C1965

This view down Market Street shows how Whittlesey has prospered in the past fifty years.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, Bell Street C1965

Leading from the High Street to the Square, Bell Street is lined with shops and public houses.

Caption For Glasgow, Renfield Street 1897

A convoy of horse-trams trundles along the busy street. Within a year, electric street trams would be running, and the horse-trams phased out.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1955

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street 1889

Late 19th-century Market Street is lined by a miscellany of individualistic shops, a far cry from the predictable monotony of today's high street outlets.

Caption For Northampton, Gold Street C1955

At the junction of Gold Street and Bridge Street, with The Drapery to the right, this view looks west from the end of Mercers Row.

Caption For Debenham, High Street 1950

Debenham, with its attractive tree-lined street, lies close to the source of the River Deben.

Caption For Durham, Silver Street C1955

Silver Street is typical of the narrow winding streets that lead to the focal point of the city, the Market Square.