Places
36 places found.
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- North Walsham, Norfolk
- North Berwick, Lothian
- North Chingford, Greater London
- Harrogate, Yorkshire
- Whitby, Yorkshire
- Filey, Yorkshire
- Knaresborough, Yorkshire
- Scarborough, Yorkshire
- Clevedon, Avon
- Weston-super-Mare, Avon
- Selby, Yorkshire
- Richmond, Yorkshire
- Ripon, Yorkshire
- Scunthorpe, Humberside
- Pickering, Yorkshire
- Settle, Yorkshire
- Skipton, Yorkshire
- Saltburn-By-The-Sea, Cleveland
- Norton-on-Derwent, Yorkshire
- Rhyl, Clwyd
- Chester, Cheshire
- Llandudno, Clwyd
- Grimsby, Humberside
- Durham, Durham
- Nailsea, Avon
- Southport, Merseyside
- Brigg, Humberside
- Colwyn Bay, Clwyd
- Redcar, Cleveland
- Bath, Avon
- Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria
- Cleethorpes, Humberside
- Sedbergh, Cumbria
- Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
- Barmouth, Gwynedd
- Dolgellau, Gwynedd
Photos
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Maps
9,439 maps found.
Books
39 books found. Showing results 1,945 to 1,968.
Memories
1,548 memories found. Showing results 811 to 820.
Growing Up British
Since my birth coincided exactly with the outbreak of World War II in the September of 1939, my mum must have felt that childbirth was synonymous with calamity; I was Mum's 'war effort'. Home was a semi-detached two-storey house ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak in 1945 by
Bat And Ball Railway Station Near Sevenoaks
My wife, Elizabeth, and I bought a house in Sevenoaks when we married in 1971 and had nearly five happy years living just to the north of the town, close to Bradbourne Park lakes before business forced us ...Read more
A memory of Sevenoaks in 1971 by
Sizewell Holiday.
As a kid I spent a couple of August weeks in Sizewell, staying in a timber-built bungalow just before the rise leading up to what is now the Power Station. The little bungalow was set back off the (dirt) road, and had no running ...Read more
A memory of Sizewell in 1949 by
My Mother Veronica Kenny Vera Preston Lancashire
My mom had a best friend, her name was Marie, who married Bill and my mother was their maid of honour. My family in Scotland still have the picture of the wedding day with Bill in his army uniform. I ...Read more
A memory of Preston in 1940 by
My Life Time At North Seaton Colliery
I was born in Ashington in 1940 and moved to 10 Wood Row, North Seaton Colliery with my mam and dad Sadie and Harry Seymour, my brother Gordon and sister Joan. I remember that the street was full of rats and ...Read more
A memory of North Seaton in 1945 by
A 19th Century Marriage At Widcombe Church
James Cholmeley Russell, the barrister, financier, property developer and Welsh railway entrepreneur married Eleanor Catherine Broome at Widcombe parish church on April 26th 1893. She was the daughter of ...Read more
A memory of Widcombe in 1890 by
Memories Of A Painter
I used to go to Keswick quite a lot as a child, to visit my great-uncle, David Dickson. He was born in North-Shields, but lived in Keswick for a good number of years, from about 1928-1967until he died. He used to paint pictures ...Read more
A memory of Keswick in 1958 by
St Peters Court
I was a boarder at St Peter's Court, Bacton, Norfolk in the 1950s and a few years ago I found Rosemary, the daughter of the headmaster, in a village nearby. Sadly no one else had left their names so that some of us old boys could find ...Read more
A memory of Bacton in 1950 by
My Memories Of Selly Oak And Bournbrook
I was born in Bournbrook, Birmingham in 1950, daughter of Kenneth Clarke born 1924 and Joan Clarke (nee Price) born 1927. My father was born at 21 North Road, Bournbrook, son of Edith Clarke and Jack Clarke. ...Read more
A memory of Selly Oak in 1950 by
Off To School I Go!!
It’s so strange that you can remember so many things from early childhood, all those years ago! And it still feels clear as if it was yesterday and they bubble up into your brain after lying there undisturbed in the ...Read more
A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1930 by
Captions
2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,945 to 1,968.
We are looking up Bridge Street past the North Street junction.
Although this view is titled Shottermill, strictly speaking it shows Springhead in Camelsdale just over the Hampshire border on the south bank of the young River Wey - Shottermill is on the north bank
Moving north of the Checker and across Abbey Close and into Abbey Gardens, we reach the site of the abbey church, which was about 300 feet long, and the cloisters and monastic buildings.
But he warned that the 'north-west heaths belong to the soldiers', and that here were 'all the camps, training grounds and rifle-ranges that do not belong to Aldershot'.
Right in the far north-eastern corner of the county, Disley straddles the busy A6.
This view was taken north-eastwards along Marine Parade, below Langmoor Gardens (left), to the Bay Hotel, 1830-built Madeira Cottages and Cobb Gate Jetty (centre).
Ollerton village was at the crossroads of three major routes, and its inns catered for the coaching trade, but now, mercifully, it is by-passed and tranquil.
This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.
With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.
The YMCA outdoor activities centre is on the western shore of Windermere, a little distance north of Lakeside.
A mile north of Uley there is another long barrow, known as Hetty Pegler's Tump.
Isolated, as the road now crosses the water to its north, the bridge seems to take about itself an air of romance, probably associated with the image of luxury-laden animals in fact, their loads
The A1 sweeps north between Moat Mound Recreation Ground and Mill Hill Golf Club, and is little changed since it was built, apart from the introduction of high level lighting standards.
This view looks north along Trumpington Street, with Pembroke College on the right, and the Peterhouse Museum on the left.
The north and south wings housed poor women, whilst the central area was a charitable boarding school, later becoming fee-paying.
The effects of the naval blockade by the North on Confederate ports caused severe distress and hardship amongst British mill workers.
There is a Charles I letter over the north door.
Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.
This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.
The Esplanade had semi-detached villas and Bath-style terraces for the upper and middle classes, designed by John Thomas.
This view looks along the north side of Market Square past the war memorial into Cambridge Street on the left of the Round House and the High Street to its right.
St Peter's is a building of some antiquity, and this view of the rear of the parish church does not do justice to its clarity of line or the aesthetic appeal of its architecture.
This view, looking north towards the entrance (in the Alton Road), shows several cottages built of chalk, some of which have since been demolished.
The parish of Abbots Ripton lies a few miles north of Huntingdon. At the time of the Dissolution it was held by Ramsey Abbey.
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