Maps

1,865 maps found.

1921, Park Wood Ref. POP801331
1924, Queen's Park Ref. POP812309
1919, Park Corner Ref. POP800483
1920, Park Corner Ref. POP800488
1920, Park Corner Ref. POP800489
1919, Park End Ref. POP800509
1947, Newton Park Ref. NPO791961
1947, Manor Park Ref. NPO773966
1946, Manor Park Ref. NPO773967
1947, Queen's Park Ref. NPO812309
1946, Rise Park Ref. NPO817138
1947, Westwood Park Ref. NPO866587
1940, West Park Ref. NPO864834
1947, Park End Ref. NPO800505
1947, Park Gate Ref. NPO800921
1947, Park Gate Ref. NPO800927
1947, Park Head Ref. NPO800966
1947, Park Hill Ref. NPO800994
1940, Park Street Ref. NPO801231
1946, Park Village Ref. NPO801264

Books

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Memories

4,361 memories found. Showing results 601 to 610.

Memories Of Peel Green

I have lived in Peel Green all my life, it was a lovely area. I went to Godfrey Ermans and Winton Senior. I was the eldest of seven children and we lived in Rowsley Road, we used to play on Goddies Park and go over the ...Read more

A memory of Peel Green in 1950

Town Hall, Mitcham

I remember Mitcham very well. I lived in the Town Hall where my Dad was the caretaker. My surname then was Parkings. I used to go to Leo's and George's cafe with my friend Josie where I met my husband-to-be David Rogers. We spent ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1956 by Patricia Burford

Durell Road, Martins Corner

What a place! If you're not born here, run for the hills! But I love it, I still see faces of long ago that do too, or why didn't we move away a long time ago!! My mum and dad were the best, I never got hit by them but this ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1970 by Michael Jacob

Born In Lower Bedfords Road

I was born in Lower Bedfords Road and as a young child I can remember cattle coming down the road to go in one of the fields in Bedfords Park. My mum used to shoo them out of the garden with a tea towel. I ...Read more

A memory of Havering-atte-Bower in 1960 by Sharon Middleton

22 Church Street

I lived at 22 Church Street until 1963. My family moved from there in November 1963 as the property was being demolished to make way for a car park! I remember watching from the bedroom window a huge fire which burnt down the Gaumont Cinema.

A memory of Stroud in 1963 by Silvana Jones

Memories Of Aylesbury During The 60s And 70s

I was born in Buckingham Road in 1962 and lived in the same house (no.225) until I left for North Wales in 1985. I have many happy memories of living there, going to the Primary and Junior schools in ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by Vicky Williams

St Catherines School

I remember the small school well. I went there 1953 -1957 close to the Manchester Ship Canal. Lunch was brought around in big steel cans and we had much fun and laughter. Christmas plays were fun too. I also lived ...Read more

A memory of Barton Upon Irwell by Susan Marsh

Childhood In The 1950s

It breaks my heart to see how the years, short-sighted councillors and rapacious businessmen have ruined this once noble and beautiful seaside resort. How could anybody have countenanced destroying this view for the ...Read more

A memory of Bridlington by Geoffrey Harrison

Tin Tan Tommy

I moved to the hill as a child with my brother and sisters in the early 1950as to Dagnam Park Square. We had a lovely wood there to play in. Tin Tan Tommy was our best game, standing on the sand bin spying out the other kids and ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1956 by Alby West

Childrens Home

I attended Onslow County Secondary school in the late 1950s. I remember there were several children attending who came from that children's home at Pilgrim's Way. I always remember them as being well adjusted and extremely well ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1959 by Cheryle Cox

Captions

2,180 captions found. Showing results 1,441 to 1,464.

Caption For Battle, High Street 1927

The old market place, on which the vehicles are parked, is a reminder of Battle's former identity as a market town.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Corporation Offices C1955

It still stands, with the surrounding grounds transformed into a park; the house is now used by numerous clubs and societies.

Caption For Sheerness, Esplanade And Beach C1955

The mile-and-a-half-long Esplanade, overlooking a beach of sand and shingle and with its adjacent amusement park, continues to attract visitors.

Caption For Huntingdon, Town Hall And Market Hill C1965

The whole square was pedestrianised and paved in 2001, so parked cars are now a memory.

Caption For Marton In Cleveland, The Shopping Centre C1965

Many more housing estates have now been built in Marton, and the car park is much busier today.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier C1955

An increasing use of motor vehicles means that a car park is needed.

Caption For Preston, Tram Bridge C1955

It is now the only footbridge over the River Ribble here, and a great asset to the parks and recreation facilities of Preston.

Caption For Cookley, The Square C1950

The trees have gone, sad to say, and the road is framed with yellow lines telling us where we can (and more often cannot) park.

Caption For Twickenham, London Road C1955

As part of providing civic local facilities, the council erected a large open- air swimming pool in the town centre in the 1930s on the site of Richmond House, between King Street and the river

Caption For Boscombe, From The Pier 1906

The delicate ironwork tracery of the pier seating, and a solitary bathing machine parked by the pier pavilion are further examples of Boscombe`s Victorian origins.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns

Caption For Sheffield, The Winter Garden 2005

The City Hall is being re-furbished at a cost of over £12-million, the money coming mainly from the European Union and central government; Weston Park Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery are undergoing

Caption For Haddenham, The Green C1950

The lorry and tractor are parked casually – perhaps the owners are drinking at the Chequers, or visiting Lloyds Bank (left); a postman is delivering letters (right).

Caption For Grassington, The Market Square 1926

Local buses are parked in front of the shops, awaiting their passengers.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village C1955

Bridge Stores (right of centre) advertises Colman`s Mustard in much more basic style than the Victorian sign that used to look down on the central part of the street.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns

Caption For Manorbier, The Castle C1960

imagine the mill pond that existed in Giraldus Cambrensis' time located in the flat area to the right of the castle; in this photograph the area is occupied by caravans, and today it is a car park

Caption For Handcross, High Street C1950

Handcross Park house is now a school.The buildings in the photograph are little changed today.The village was by-passed in 1959.

Caption For Halland, Cross Roads C1965

Halland Park Farm is the remains of the mansion built in 1595 to replace Laughton Place as the principal house of the Pelham family.

Caption For Camberley, London Road 1936

The Duke of York is now advertising from the top of its porch, and cars can park outside.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill 1900

The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

Caption For Sudbury, Market Hill And St Peter's C1955

The market is now filled with parked cars, vans, lorries and buses, with at least seven traffic signs in sight.

Caption For Falmouth, Custom House Quay C1950

Behind and just to the right of it is a rare view of the town gasworks with its own quay for unloading coal in the background; it has long since been demolished to become a car park.

Caption For Wendover, Aylesbury Road C1955

The view is little changed since the 1950s, apart from more parked cars.