Books

Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.

Memories

1,285 memories found. Showing results 291 to 300.

Royal Merchant Navy School Bearwood

The Royal Merchant Navy School As far back as 1827 the Royal Merchant Navy School was established under the name of the Merchant Seaman's Orphan Asylum to provide a home for the destitute offspring of British ...Read more

A memory of Winnersh by Sylvia Lambert

A Walk From Shotgate Baptist Church To Wick Lane

My name is Kevin Mears, I lived in Wickford from my birth in 1958 until I got married in 1980. I shall describe my memories of Wickford as a couple of walks around the Wickford area. My first walk ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

A Walk From Shotgate Baptist Church To The Nevendon Road Part 2 See Part 1 Below

Continued from Part 1 below. Next to Martins Bank was a record shop, where I remember going with my parents and standing listening to records in the small listening ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

A Walk From Wickford High Street Down The Rettendon Raod

My name is Kevin Mears, I lived in Wickford from my birth in 1958 until I got married in 1980. I shall describe my memories of Wickford in the 1960s and 1970s as a couple of walks around the ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

Preston Market

It was a great market gaff to stand on, what a buzz. I had the time of my life there. The majority of the stallholders were legend and the locals were spot on. Times were good then and so were markets, unfortunately times and business ...Read more

A memory of Preston in 1994 by Ged Dolanbrown

Netherwood School For Boys And Girls

I used to live on the London Road, two doors from St. Bernard's Convent, across the side road, in Mead Cottage. It was painted white. From 1945 to 1951 I attended Netherwood further down the London Road out ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Zoe Hodgins

Remebering Pickmere

I remember long bus rides to my Auntie Molly and Uncle Harry's house, going with my grandad, who was well known around there - He is who I'm trying to gain information of, as my son is interested in his Great Grandad. I have a ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1966 by Paula Hogan

The Time Of My Life

Hi ! My name is Martine and I am French. I came to New Marske by chance when I started to study English and I staid with the Alexanders and their three children, Jean, John and Moira. I had a great time with them and I enjoyed ...Read more

A memory of New Marske in 1965 by Martine Julie

Pantddu Farm And Aberbeeg

I grew up in the farm in the picture. My parents were Ern and Megan Sheppard. Dad delivered milk for many years, initially from churns carried around in a horse and cart and later the milk was in glass bottles from a ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1940 by Annette Lewis (Sheppard

Percy Smith

My mum was born at the end of this row, near the Bollin, to Percy & Gertrude SMITH, in 1934. In 1978, Percy was recorded while he walked around the village sharing his encyclopedic knowledge. I will be dropping off CDs of this ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury in 1930 by Andrew Hine

Captions

816 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Kettering, The Market 1922

Until the 1930s the south side of the market, facing the camera, was bordered by a row of buildings which would be later demolished.

Caption For Caldecott, High Street C1955

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, Main Street C1955

The building was restored in 1877 by the architect J Reynolds Rowe.

Caption For Bangor, Grand Hotel From The Old Pier 1897

The handsome Ulster Bank adds dignity to the row, even though it belonged to the more practical Bangor - it overlooks the coal pier with its office.

Caption For Caldecott, High Street C1955

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

The shop fronts in the left-hand row have retained much of their original quality, but Flair, the ladies' hairstylist (right), has made the alterations which were regrettably to become

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, Main Street C1955

The building was restored in 1877 by the architect J Reynolds Rowe.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1930

Detail abounds in this more intimate shot of the row of shops immediately east from the Town Hall and the Greyhound Hotel. All the windows are full of offerings from floor to ceiling.

Caption For Carrickfergus, Fisherman's Quay 1897

A safely loaded rowing boat is pushed away from the stone quay of the commercial harbour leading out into Belfast Lough.

Caption For Heysham, Main Street 1947

The wooden posts erected to mark out the gardens of the row stopped visitors peer- ing through the windows, and helped give the inhabitants a little bit of privacy.

Caption For Crickhowell, High Street 1898

Now the Dragon Hotel, the Dragon Inn (left) first opened in 1740. Its licensee in 1898 was Elizabeth Davies.

Caption For Chigwell Row, The Maypole And Gravel Lane C1965

Chigwell Row's most famous former resident was Shillibeer, the man who brought the idea of the omnibus, a carriage with a fixed fare running a fixed route, from Parish to London in 1829.

Caption For Wyddial, Village 1923

Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.

Caption For Broxbourne, The Parish Church C1955

Today, the upstart Hoddesdon is a large and successful market town, whilst Broxbourne boasts only a short row of shops in its High Street.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street. The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

Caption For St Neots, Brearley's Landing Stage C1955

Brierley`s hired out rowing boats, canoes and punts from their landing stage at the corner of the Ouse and Hen Brook.

Caption For Shanklin, From Lift Steps 1892

The man in the rowing boat appears to be getting ready to pull the yacht off.

Caption For Belfast, Queen's Square 1897

The square had reached what was to be the height of its dignity, though the row of buildings on the left was modest enough. Some of its very old houses survived until recently.

Caption For Liverpool, The William Brown Library And Museum 1895

There was much celebrating, and a day's holiday for the townspeople, when the building opened; it was the first of a magnificent row of public buildings in this street.

Caption For Howth, The Harbour 1897

A safely loaded rowing boat is pushed away from the stone quay of the commercial harbour leading out into Belfast Lough.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1890

On the shore, registered M26, is Annie, a 23-ton trawling ketch with a 45ft keel; owned by George Rowe of Harding Street, it carried 2 men and a boy.

Caption For Eype, Beach 1930

This view shows Eype Mouth, looking westwards to what is now a National Trust skyline, with Ridge Cliff and Doghouse Hill rising into the 508-feet summit of Thorncombe Beacon (centre).

Caption For Crickhowell, High Street 1898

Now the Dragon Hotel, the Dragon Inn (left) first opened in 1740. Its licensee in 1898 was Elizabeth Davies.

Caption For North Warnborough, The Village 2004

This long row of jettied timber-framed buildings (now known as Castlebridge Cottages) is unusual in a rural setting. The central bay was destroyed at some time and has been rebuilt.