Maps

1,865 maps found.

1903, Sheffield Park Ref. RNC829473
1897-1898, Sherwood Park Ref. RNC829943
1899-1900, Stow Park Ref. RNC841081
1898-1900, The Park Ref. RNC846485
1921, Welshwood Park Ref. POP863234
1919, Westbury Park Ref. POP865323
1923, The Parks Ref. POP846487
1921, Town Park Ref. POP851102
1919, Watford Park Ref. POP861995
1947, Alwoodley Park Ref. NPO624754
1945, Anchorage Park Ref. NPO625585
1947, Appleton Park Ref. NPO626129
1946, Ashcombe Park Ref. NPO627500
1946, Ashmore Park Ref. NPO627825
1919, Woodlands Park Ref. POP873706
1922, Wyndham Park Ref. POP875263
1946, Barden Park Ref. NPO632953
1920, Whitmore Park Ref. POP869426
1923, Wilmslow Park Ref. POP870738
1947, Huyton Park Ref. NPO742921

Books

1 books found. Showing results 913 to 1.

Memories

4,360 memories found. Showing results 381 to 390.

A Day At The Seaside Littlehampton C 1955

I cannot remember how old I was when we started going to the south coast of England for a Sunday trip, but it was when my father sold his Norton motorbike and bought a Golden Flash with a sidecar ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1955 by Carole Baldwin

Youthful Memories From A Member Of A 1960s'' Bromley Band

In the 1960s, in my late teens, Bromley was the hub of my universe. I played in a local group - Paul and the Playboys (later 'The Machine' - I had a 1958 Ford Popular with 'The Machine' crudely ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by Peter Hobden

Ealing 1962 Onwards

I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the summer, ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1962

My Childhood Garden Part I

My mother has often said to me "You don't appreciate what you've got until you lose it". She is wrong, for I will never forget the wonderful garden of my childhood and write below the memories that I will hold for all ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

West Street Wath Upon Dearne

I left Wath Grammar School in 1948 after 7 happy years. My father was the owner of Waddington Bros. Ironmongers in West Street, but the shop and all the rest of the shops in West Street were demolished around ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by Betty Harris

Childhood Memories South Park 1960s Approx

I like to remember my childhood in Darlington where I grew up until I moved to Whitley Bay. We used to spend lots of time in the South Park, on the swings, around the rose garden and of course the roller ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1960 by Janine Jameson

Childhood In Benham Valence

It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more

A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by Nicolette Craggs

Mendleson Wrote His Spring Song In The House.

With Denmark Hill and about level with the Old Henly's garage behind you was a house within the ruins with a metal sign. It stated that during his stay here, Mendleson wrote his 'Spring Song' here. ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by Terry Chappell Seal

Toffee Smith

The best stall in the market was Toffee Smith's sweet caravan, when it wasn't on the market it was parked up Oxford Road, Gomersal.

A memory of Heckmondwike in 1971 by Cliff Greenwood

Loveday's And Blewers

My mum is a Loveday and her mum and dad, Sid and Amy, ran Kaysland caravan park. Mum married my dad George Blewer, and they had us three kids. Grandad Blewer had the timber yard and then my Uncle Johnny took it over. We ...Read more

A memory of West Kingsdown by Jane Fornero

Captions

2,180 captions found. Showing results 913 to 936.

Caption For Leeds, Woodhouse Moor 1897

This broad space was turned into a public park in 1840.

Caption For Zoological Gardens, Camel 1913

The zoo opened at the north end of Regent's Park in 1828, and two years later the Royal Menagerie was added, to be joined by the animals which had formerly been kept at the Tower of London.

Caption For Reading, Royal Berkshire Hospital 1912

This view shows the grassed great court in front with its railings - they are now gone, and the forecourt is a car park.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Ornamental Grounds 1921

Beyond, we can see Yewbarrow Lodge looking out over the tops of the trees and the park and over to Morecambe Bay beyond.

Caption For Bamber, Stag Lodge C1955

Despite the forbidding notice on the gate, much of the parkland is now incorporated within a delightful country park.

Caption For Darlington, South Park 1911

South Park was renowned for its trees, a number of which were planted to mark special occasions: the sequoias, for instance, were planted in 1863 to commemorate the wedding of Prince Edward and Princess

Caption For Eastbourne, Meads Road 1890

The wall on the left fronts Saffrons Park, now a sports club, with its entrance gates dated 1914.

Caption For Bath, Royal Victoria Park 1911

In the section of the park beyond Marlborough Road, Edward Davis erected this obelisk to the then Princess Victoria in early 1837 for Bath to commemorate the 'attainment of her majority'.

Caption For Llanfair Caereinion, High Street C1960

The motor coach parked by the telephone box, is further evidence of the latter-day growth of tourism.

Caption For Shute, House, The Old Gateway 1902

The estate, with its extensive and very beautiful deer park, passed into the hands of the Pole family, who built a Georgian mansion in the grounds of the old house.

Caption For Christchurch, Miniature Railway, Wick Ferry Holiday Camp C1955

cheerful holiday camp atmosphere brought thousands of visitors to camps like Wick Ferry each year.The model steam train was a popular attraction, as it took campers along the edge of the Holiday Park

Caption For Great Meols, The Dinghy Slipway C1965

Cars are neatly parked in driveways; visitors' vehicles are kept firmly on the other side of the municipal green and flower beds; and their owners are enjoying a quiet kick-about to break

Caption For Upton, Woodlands Park C1955

Woodlands Park is a good example of that most English of urban establishments - a local rec.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Belgrave Hotel 1890

The Belgrave was built in 1884 on Wilder Road by W M Robbins, who also designed the Royal Clarence Hotel and some villas in Torrs Park.

Caption For Lulworth Cove, The Village C1960

An inland view from Britwell Drive (foreground), looking northwards over the car park and a dozen coaches at the end of the B3070 in Lulworth Cove hamlet.

Caption For Aldershot, Wellington Monument 1891

This imposing statue of the Duke of Wellington seated on his horse, Copenhagen, has been situated on Round Hill since 1885, when it was brought from Hyde Park Corner in London where it had dwarfed the

Caption For Buckfastleigh, General View C1955

The old road still marks the boundary of Dartmoor National Park.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

Boar Lane bissects Briggate and runs along the southern edge of the commercial heart of the city between Kirkgate and Park Row.

Caption For Bagshot, The By Pass Road 1925

The newly-constructed road stretches in the direction of Camberley, with the Station Lodge to Bagshot Park on the right.

Caption For Romford, Victoria Road 1908

Victoria Road, leading to Heath Park on the south side of the railway, provides the photographer with a catwalk for an Edwardian fashion parade.

Caption For Romford, The Drill 1908

Where Heath Park Road (on the right) meets Brentwood Road and Slewins Lane (in the centre), meets Manor Avenue and Balgores Lane (on the left), is the Drill public house.

Caption For Dagenham, Civic Centre, Becontree Heath C1950

Central Park was laid out behind it.

Caption For Wellington, High Street C1955

The street is here a little busier, with cars, a bus and several delivery vans parked by the kerb.