Maps

1,622 maps found.

1884 - 1901, Saxon Street Ref. HOSM58610
1895, Potter Street Ref. HOSM70863
1895, Collier Street Ref. HOSM41526
1896, Deerton Street Ref. HOSM39358
1891, Street Houses Ref. HOSM71027
1895, Hodsoll Street Ref. HOSM48661
1897, Cade Street Ref. HOSM39740
1896, Bird Street Ref. RNE640620
1898, Black Street Ref. RNE642131
1895, Chestnut Street Ref. RNE667599
1896, Colney Street Ref. RNE675727
1895, Durley Street Ref. RNE695980
1898, Fine Street Ref. RNE705711
1896, Fuller Street Ref. RNE710089
1895, Gay Street Ref. RNE712503
1898, Crowgate Street Ref. RNE684898
1895, Donkey Street Ref. RNE692018
1898, Brundish Street Ref. RNE653381
1896, Calais Street Ref. RNE659414
1896, Long Street Ref. RNE766685

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 341 to 350.

Braddock And Bagshaws Chemists

I left Robinhill Technical School in July 1954 and started work at Braddock and Bagshaw's Chemist at the bottom of the iron railings on Yorkshire Street. I worked there until January 1960 when I left to do my National ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1954 by Frank Eaton

Stewed Eels In Manzies Circa 1945

As a small lad, I loved stewed eels with mash & parsley sauce and occasionally mum would take me to Manzie's in Thomas Street, as it was her favourite too. But on this day we were obliged to share a 'box' with ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1940 by Howard Kingsbury

Growing Up, A 9 Year Old Boy In Kearsley

German prisoners of war building roads; Randolph Road and Roosevelt Road in Kearsley. I lived in Clifton Street aged about 8.

A memory of Kearsley in 1940 by Brian Mason

The Tarry Beck

I remember pulling George Thompson from the beck at high tide. The streets were Prospect Place, Customs Row, Cargo Fleet Lane, South View, Bristol Street, Dover Street, Chester Street, Cambridge Rd and one I don't remember. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Donald Bennett

The Happy Days

To Mary Muir, I remember you very well. Those were the days. I started school then in February aged 4 and a half years old. I remember all my teachers. I wonder if these names ring a bell, Miss Todd, Miss Taylor, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Lumphinnans in 1957 by Ellen Hogg

That Old Shoe Shop

The old shoe shop was called "Caiger's Boot Store" and was run by my two elderly great aunts, Ruth & Kizz (Kezia) untill 1969. Their father, Frederick Caiger who married the previous owner's daughter, owned and ran the shop ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by Frank Caiger

When I Was 12

I was born in Dublin, Ireland. My mother was born in Six Bells. Her name was Olwen Roche, nee Griffiths. In 1959 my mother took myself and my brother to stay with my grandparents who lived at no 9 Griffin Street. I will never forget ...Read more

A memory of Six Bells in 1959 by John Roche

Visiting Langley Park

Every summer I would go to stay with my mother's friend Clementine Burrell. Clemmie and her husband owned a small shop. I think it was on Front Street but not sure. I would be allowed to weigh the sugar and put it into ...Read more

A memory of Langley Park in 1946 by Mabs Holland

Monkey

I was born up The Monkey in 1957. I moved from there to George Street in 1966. The name of the street was Dunraven Place. The name of the pub was the Dunraven Hotel. There were 8 houses up The Monkey when I lived there. My mother told me there ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1957 by Karen Davies

Those Were The Days!

I was at secretarial college in Folkestone in the mid sixties and "The Old High Street" was my stamping ground, along with "Tofts". I remember Archie and Andy who owned the Acropolis at the top on the left and of course Mick ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Liz Simpson (Nee Marsh)

Captions

5,381 captions found. Showing results 817 to 840.

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1897

This view, looking north along the High Street which gently and picturesquely winds along rather than following a straight line, shows the George and Dragon inn on the left with its projecting

Caption For Harborne, Princes Corner C1965

Of Harborne’s pubs, the Bell, Old Church Street has survived for three hundred years; its bar is in the passageway.The Junction, High Street has one very big room, an island bar, and some fixtures

Caption For London, Cheapside C1886

In the 1850s, Cheapside was one of the most fashionable shopping streets in London, with a ‘mighty stream of traffic’ flowing through from Oxford Street to Leadenhall and the City.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1906

A busy scene looking down towards the High Street.

Caption For Fleetwood, East Street 1898

From Ash Street to the Blackpool terminus at Gynn, the tramroad ran on a reserved track segregated from other road traffic; it was only at the northern end that it actually ran through the streets of Fleetwood

Caption For Milton Malsor, The War Memorial C1965

This view is in the heart of the village, where Green Street meets the High Street at a small green with a 1920s War Memorial cross.

Caption For Bangor, High Street 1908

Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour. The street today has been partly pedestrianised. In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town.

Caption For York, Stonegate 1886

The boy dressed in breeches with cap in hand looks a little lost soul standing in the almost empty cobbled street. On the left there is a sign for Waddingtons Piano Forte Manufacturers.

Caption For Camborne, Free Library 1902

Built at a cost of £2,000 on the junction of Basset Street (left) with Trevenson Street, the Passmore Edwards Free Library was opened on 23 May 1895 and boasted 5,400 volumes.

Caption For Wortley, 1904

It was not always quiet on the streets of Penistone; until 1910 cattle and sheep were sold in the streets on Thursdays, and many a deal was struck over a pint or two at the Spread Eagle Hotel.

Caption For Cricklade, The Town C1955

Looking from Cirencester Road into High Street This photograph, taken from near the High Bridge over the River Thames, shows the entrance to Cricklade from the north.

Caption For Lacock, Corner House, Church Street C1955

Little has changed of this view of the corner of Church Street and West Street since the houses were built.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street From Town Centre C1950

This view down Bridge Street, looking towards Bridge Foot, shows the impact of the redevelopment of the earlier 20th century.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Hart Street 1893

The photographer walked away from the river bridge up Hart Street towards the Town Hall in Market Place and turned back by the Bell Street junction to take this view towards the church with its dominating

Caption For Cookham, High Street 1925

The village main street is little changed, although Bel and the Dragon on the right is no longer also a garage.

Caption For Barnstaple, High Street 1919

This shows the view looking back down High Street towards Boutport Street at the bottom. Butchers Row is on the left. The Sydney Harper building is now a travel agent.

Caption For Barnstaple, High Street Corner 1935

The local policeman appears somewhat under-employed as he directs a single car travelling down Boutport Street towards The Square.

Caption For Crowland, The Bridge 1894

Apart from the Abbey, the town is famous for the 14th-century triangular bridge, seen here from West Street.

Caption For Lytham, Clifton Street 1952

The main street and good shopping centre is made more pleasant by the Victorian glass arcade, useful in wet weather.

Caption For Ely, Fore Hill 1925

Fore Hill is an attractive street which continues on from the High Street, descending to the River Ouse.

Caption For Aylesbury, Hazell, Watson And Viney Printing Works 1897

Further out, where the High Street becomes Tring Road beyond the Walton Road and Park Street junction, the printing works of Hazell, Watson and Viney was built in 1878; its distinctive corner cupola

Caption For Ayr, Sandgate Street 1900

This view looks towards the New Brig and Main Street.

Caption For London, St Giles, Fish Stall 1885

The commercial streets of the West End were always thronged with street traders pushing their handcarts, who returned at nights to slum areas of the East End.