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Maps

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Memories

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Re Comment By John Howard Norfolk On Wigan Clogs

Wigan-made clogs always did have a reputation even way back when - so it's nice to have this confirmation of their quality holding up even to today. I've even discovered that one of my ancestors made his ...Read more

A memory of Wigan by Thelma Hurly

Happy Times

I WAS BROUGHT UP IN BROAD HINTON AND LIVED AT 14 THE CROFT ITS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. I HAVE SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNG PLAYING ON THE TOP BANK.

A memory of Broad Hinton by Dominic Rogers

Bank

The bank on the corner is now RBS, lovely place. I used it all the time, always overdrawn, always getting charged 38 quid, oh well its only money glad I'm out of it.

A memory of Urmston in 2007 by Chris Bushell

Little Sutton

I seem to have opened up vast memory stores here! It's good to know so many people who were around at the time I was at Berwick Road are still around today. Mind you, fifty-ish isn't old these days never mind what teenagers ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Stephen Owen

The Marlborough

The white building in the picture below the church tower was the Marlborough pub. During the war through till the early 1950s my grandmother and grandfather were licencees and my father was brought up there. I have a picture of my ...Read more

A memory of Charlbury in 1940 by Diana Larkworthy

The Norfolk Family

I am John Howard Norfolk and although I have never lived in Yorkshire I know that my Norfolk family were farmers, millers and tanners in Harewood and nearby Wharfedale villages for many hundreds of years until the late 1800's. I ...Read more

A memory of Harewood in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

Happy Days

i was born in Algers Road, Loughton in 1942 and moved to Chigwell in 1944, then back to Buckhurst Hill in 1947.  My dad worked as a lorry driver for W.C.French. My brother Chris and friends used to walk up to Buckhurst Hill High Road ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1947 by Roger Walker

Roby Mill School

I attended Roby Mill School. Miss Simm was my teacher. She caught the bus to the monument (Vicarage Corner), and walked down College Road picking pupils up along the way. It was almost 1 mile in distance, she did this twice a ...Read more

A memory of Upholland Sta in 1949 by Dorothy Kelly

Goldthorpe In The Fifties

I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by swamidhyan

My Subsequent Visit 29.10.2008

My wife and I had pre-arranged to meet my sister and her entourage in the Fox and Hounds at midday yesterday. The long and winding lane from Eynsford became muddier and narrower with each passing mile and we were ...Read more

A memory of Romney Street in 2008 by Peter Collihole

Captions

2,501 captions found. Showing results 2,113 to 2,136.

Caption For Reading, Kings Road 1924

This view looks back towards the town centre with London Road to the left by the Marquis of Granby and the tram leaving London Road.

Caption For Ellington, Village 1906

Ellington's church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, but the oldest surviving part of the building dates back to the 13th century.

Caption For Cardiff, The Infirmary 1893

Opened in 1883 the Edward Seward-designed South Wales and Monmouthshire Infirmary was built at a cost of £23,000.

Caption For Dorchester On Thames, High Street C1965

The abbey church of St Peter and St Paul is all that remains of an Augustinian abbey built on the site in 1170. The High Street has many interesting houses, some dating back to the 16th century.

Caption For Lincoln, Castle Gates C1955

Inside the Castle, the photographer looks back to the gatehouse, which is basically 14th-century over a Norman archway, although the drum towers on this side are early 19th-century.

Caption For Taunton, North Street 1925

Looking back up North Street towards the Parade and Market House, with the Post Office on the left, as it still is today.

Caption For Southampton, Westgate 1908

The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

Caption For Bisley, Century Range C1955

There is another village in Bisley - that of the clubhouses and mobile homes found at the National Rifle Association's ranges.

Caption For Ramsey, On The Sands 1895

Though the shore to the south of Ramsey is rocky, a stroll along it at low tide was a popular Victorian way of taking some gentle exercise.

Caption For Llanidloes, A Flock Of Sheep C1965

Near the middle of Wales, sheep are driven along a back road near the old market town. Llanidloes was one of the major centres for wool and flannel production from the late middle ages.

Caption For Abingdon, High Street C1965

The impressive building just right of centre was once Berkshire's old County Hall. Christopher Kempster, a master mason who had worked for Sir Christopher Wren, built it between 1678 and 1682.

Caption For Pilling, St John The Baptist Church C1955

This is still referred to as the 'new church'—religion in this area goes back 4000 years. The first Christian church at Newers Wood had a moat.

Caption For Warrington, The Knutsford Road Swing Bridge C1960

Whenever the Chester Road and Northwich Road swing-bridges are opened to allow ships to pass along the Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington grinds to a halt; traffic tails back for hundreds of yards either

Caption For Barnard Castle, The Castle And The River Tees 1898

The earliest castle here is thought to have been built by Bernard de Baliol.

Caption For Alton, Crown Hill 1954

We are looking back up Crown Hill, with the sign of the Crown on the left.

Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse C1955

Constructed from granite blocks cemented together with 'puzzellani', a special hardening material developed from volcanic dust extracted from the slopes of Mount Etna, the lighthouse was

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Lifeboat C1955

The town is renowned for the bravery of its lifeboat crew who responded to an urgent signal of distress in 1901.

Caption For Blackpool, Winter Gardens 1894

Despite the grand appearance of the building, the acoustics in the Winter Gardens pavilion were suspect.

Caption For Monkton Combe, The Post Office C1955

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

Caption For Nailsworth, General View 1900

Viewed from Watledge, the Railway Hotel is shown clearly in the centre of the picture, with C W Jones' coal office behind the chimney to the right.

Caption For Tavistock, Duke Street 1910

This photograph looks in the opposite direction to number 22546. The church is St Eustace, one of only two in the country dedicated to this saint.

Caption For Mull, Duart Castle C1890

This is the ancestral home of the chiefs of the Macleans. The Macleans paid the price for siding with James VII against William III, forfeiting castle and estates.

Caption For Southampton, The Civic Centre C1955

At the heart of Southampton lies the Civic Centre, with its council offices, law courts and art gallery.

Caption For Gidea Park, Hare Street C1950

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.