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Maps

1,865 maps found.

1895, Branksome Park Ref. RNE648801
1896, Broadoak Park Ref. RNE651109
1945, Merton Park Ref. NPO778471
1945, Dartmouth Park Ref. NPO688832
1946, Dormans Park Ref. NPO692128
1947, Doxford Park Ref. NPO692869
1945, Gunton Park Ref. NPO723639
1947, Knowle Park Ref. NPO750567
1940, Hampden Park Ref. NPO726182
1946, Headley Park Ref. NPO729821
1947, Holt Park Ref. NPO738954
1945, Hook Park Ref. NPO739946
1946, Hungershall Park Ref. NPO742207
1947, Hendredenny Park Ref. NPO731229
1946, Hengrove Park Ref. NPO731344
1946, Highams Park Ref. NPO733793
1946, Moulton Park Ref. NPO784681
1946, Napsbury Park Ref. NPO787842
1895, Pride Park Ref. RNE810787
1899, New Parks Ref. RNE790266

Books

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Memories

4,383 memories found. Showing results 451 to 460.

St James

Hi everyone, I too lived in Collyhurst, and also went to St James School, I think the year was 1952. I lived in Zinc Street if I remember correctly, the Locomotive pub was on the corner of the street. My grandparents lived in Shelmeredine ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1952 by Carol Rae

The Cosy Cafe

My family owned the Cosy Cafe on Lyme Road in the 1950s. I did not start working their until 1957 as I was still at school until then, but I still remember a lot of the customers who use to come in for their cups of tea. John Goddard ...Read more

A memory of Axminster by Michael Loving

1962/63 Best Time Of My Childhood

I can't believe this, amazing even if the names are coincidence, I was at Warnham Court 1962-63, I can remember lots of names: Roy Riggs, with his 'German' dictionary. June Palmer. John Thorp, we ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1962 by Victor Chytry

Fish And Ice Cream!

Hello. I used to live in Thornhill from 1958 to 1968/9 (aged 1 -11) and I always seem to remember it being sunny even though the area is one of the wettest in the UK! Fish and Ice Cream....not together. I remember my mother ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1965 by George Middleton

Grandfathers Memories

My grandfather was born in Cobham on Painshill. My memory is that it was on a slight hill with a slight bend, the Greenline bus used to stop near the old home, it was a cottage with a porch and had a very thick door with big ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1946 by Alan Rosher

Victoria Park Latchford

I remember when there used to be a place in Victoria Park, Latchford, called `The Pavillion'. It had a row of bushes beside it - dividing it from a sunken paddling pond that had rather ornate brick walls around it and steps ...Read more

A memory of Warrington in 1945

First Holiday

My first holiday was when I was 9 years old (in 1958) and my parents and I came to Goodrington. We stayed at Beech Hurst which if I remember correctly was in Youngs Park Road. It was lovely. I made friends with a girl who lived next ...Read more

A memory of Goodrington in 1958 by Barbara Lucas

Ww1 Soldier In Long Marston

I have postcards of Long Marston circa 1914/15 sent by my grandfather while he was serving in the Northumberland Fusiliers (WW1) .On the back of one he has written "this is where we parade every morning, ...Read more

A memory of Long Marston in 1910 by John Rick

Greatham Railway Station, And Station Houses.

Well I lived in Middlesbrough, I used to get the bus to Greatham, my sister Sylvia and I, we would visit our relations Uncle Jack Wright, and Aunty Nellie, we also had another relative there, Uncle Albert ...Read more

A memory of Greatham in 1950 by Malcolm Wright

Park Follies

Although I lived in London I spent much of the summer holidays with my Auntie Mabel and Uncle Bill in Greenhill Avenue, Rochdale. I was 12 then and spent a lot of the time on Lenny Barn with the local children. The rest of the time I ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1949 by Roger Windsor

Captions

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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 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 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 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 Bristol, Victoria Rooms C1950

The college opened in 1876 in two houses in Park Row with just 87 day students and 234 evening students.

Caption For Cootham, The Village 1894

Nearby Parham Park has a fine Elizabethan mansion that is open to visitors during the summer months. The picture shows the common with the village in the background.

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Square 1906

To the forefront stands a horse-trough supplied by the RSPCA, and over to the right is one of the enterprises that would have kept the horses busy - Gilbey's Wines & Spirits, with its cart parked outside

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. Its grand scale reflects the dramatic increase in size of Dagenham between the wars.

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 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 Saundersfoot, General View 1949

The Square, the building located at the head of the slipway, was once the village post office and is now part of the Mermaid restaurant.

Caption For Heanor, Memorial And Church C1960

The cenotaph-like War Memorial occupies the left foreground of this view of Heanor's park, while on the right, a group of three 60s youths eye the cameraman suspiciously.

Caption For Chatham, Buckmore Park, Cub Huts C1965

These Cub accommodation huts were ex-service huts made of corrugated asbestos, brought to the park as 'flat packs' to be bolted together on site.

Caption For Upton, St Joseph's Church C1960

St Joseph's Catholic church stands in Arrowe Park Road, just a short step from the main cross-roads in the village. It was designed by Adrian Scott and opened in 1954.

Caption For Woodstock, High Street C1960

Blenheim Palace and Blenheim Park attract a large number of tourists to the town.

Caption For Stourbridge, Mary Stevens Park, Childrens Play Ground 1931

As for today's children, the park is certainly a place of happiness for them.

Caption For Willingham, The Black Bull C1955

Patrons using the outside seating in what used to be the car park can now watch the traffic flow across this busy junction with the Over/Rampton road.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Rosneath, Castle 1901

The five-columned porte-cochere survived; it stood for a few years in the middle of what became a caravan park, until put out of its misery by the demolition men in 1964.