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Memories

923 memories found. Showing results 81 to 90.

The Fleetwood I Left Behind

I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then being ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1970 by Pat Corrigan

Collyhurst Flats

I lived at 6 Central Drive from the age of about 3 to the age of 14. I went to The Albert Memorial School on Queens Road and left there in '61 We had moved to Langley, Middleton in 1960. My name then was LINDA WHALEN, I had 3 ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1957 by Linda Phillips

Winnville

Winnville opposite Askrigg Post Office was the residence of George Winn and his wife Elizabeth. George was born in 1808 in Nappa Hall Askrigg along with his brothers Richard Metcalfe Winn and John Winn who became the vicar of St Andrews ...Read more

A memory of Askrigg in 1860 by Julie Brutnell

Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This is ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

St Johns Colliery

Always remember my grandfather (Bryn George) stating all through my child hood that he had worked in st johns for 44 and a half years

A memory of Caerau in 1880 by Darrell George

My Home

I lived with my parents and brother, Ray, at the top of the High Street at 2, Grove Cottages, Leatherhead Road.  I lived there until I married Jean Rumming from Hersham, Surrey in 1960. This used to be a public house later closed down by ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1943 by Tony Davie

Cawdells Arcade

We moved to Watford when I was 8 and I remember our regular trip from St Johns Road to the market behind Cawdells where we bought our dog Jally. There were so many stalls selling good quality goods, I still have the china teaset my ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1950 by Su Knight

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

Ye Olde Gate House

This picture is of the Old Gate House, taken from the West Street side.  The sign over the front door was "Ye Olde Gate House".  It was a very old house and is shown on some of the old maps of Wilton. It had two addresses - The Gate ...Read more

A memory of Wilton in 1920 by Wendy Ross

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

Captions

529 captions found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Caption For Carnaby, The Church C1885

The church of St John the Baptist is in the village of Carnaby, which is just over two miles from Bridlington and was on the Scarborough and Hull branch of the North Eastern Railway line.

Caption For Frome, From Innox Hill 1907

The spire in the middle back- ground is the church of St John the Baptist. The chimneys to the right of the area are a reminder of Frome's industrial past.

Caption For Peterborough, Church Street 1952

The ancient Guildhall and St John's Church loom large, evoking the city's ancient past.

Caption For Devizes, St James's Church 1898

St Mary's is the original town church. It dates from the same era as St John's, thanks to Bishop Roger of Salisbury, who was a liberal churchman.

Caption For Totnes, Seymour Hotel 1928

The Seymour Hotel was built by the 11th Duke of Somerset, who also built the church of St John in Bridgetown.

Caption For Countisbury, St John's Church 1907

St John the Baptist stands high above the Bristol Channel on windswept Countisbury Common. The only remnant of the original medieval church is a carved bench end with a crowned swan and arms.

Caption For Seven Kings, Aldborough Road C1965

The Aldborough Road estates were established by the 1900s, and their own church of St John had been built by 1903.

Caption For Oxford, High Street 1900

St Mary the Virgin Church stands on the site of an 11th-century church which was once Oxford's most famous building.

Caption For Ashwell, Ashwell Museum C1960

Truly one of the finest small museums in Hertfordshire, Ashwell Village Museum was founded in November 1930 and is based on the collection of Albert Sheldrick and John Bray, made when they were schoolboys

Caption For Stanmore, Ruins Of Old Church, Uxbridge Road 1906

Great and Little Stanmore are situated close to the Hertfordshire border, and it is to the rising ground above the present village that the visitor needs to look for semi-rural quality.

Caption For Liverpool, Bold Street 1887

We can also see St Luke's Church at the top of the street. This church was designed in 1802 by John Foster Senior.

Caption For Blackpool, St John's Church 1890

St John's was situated on Church Street, and perhaps its most famous vicar was William Thornber, known for his fiery sermons.

Caption For Gravesend, The Roman Catholic Church 1902

Originally built as an Anglican church in Milton Road in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style

Caption For Keynsham, The Church And Station Road C1955

St John's Church stands at the busy crossroads of the High Street and Station Road, which runs towards Fry's (now Cadbury's) chocolate factory at Somerdale.

Caption For Paignton, Church Street 1912

St John's Church at Paignton originally dated from the 12th century, but was rebuilt three hundred years later. It is said to stand on the site of a Bronze Age burial mound.

Caption For Seaburn, Lower Promenade C1955

Two of the houses are Georgian; the half-timbered building is Whitburn House, which is dated 1869 and has a Perpendicular window from St John's Church, Newcastle.

Caption For Atherton, Market Street And Parish Church C1955

The murderer William Chadwick was tracked down and eventually stood trial at Liverpool Assizes. He was hanged in April 1890. Dominating our picture is St John the Baptist Church.

Caption For Weymouth, The Parade 1904

In the far distance is the spire of St. John's church, a very prominent landmark from out at sea.

Caption For Keswick, And Skiddaw C1873

The 19th-century parish church of St John is prominent in the centre of the picture, while the rest of the town spreads out beneath Skiddaw (right) and Dodd on the left.

Caption For Baildon, From The Bank C1960

The steep slopes of The Bank provide a grandstand view of Baildon, a typical Pennine town standing on the edge of Baildon Moor, famous for its enigmatic prehistoric 'cup and ring'-marked stones.

Caption For Paignton, Church Street 1912

St John's Church originally dated from the 12th century, but was rebuilt three hundred years later. It is said to stand on the site of a Bronze Age burial mound.

Caption For Paignton, Church Street 1912

St John's Church originally dated from the 12th century, but was rebuilt three hundred years later. It is said to stand on the site of a Bronze Age burial mound.

Caption For Worcester, New Road 1906

An early traveller from Worcester bound for the Westside would first cross the bridge, then follow a causeway across flood meadows before trudging up narrow, winding Cripplegate to St John's.

Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street 1922

A motorbike and side car can be seen heading towards St Michael's Church, where John Wesley preached from the 15th-century pulpit in 1726.