Maps

181,006 maps found.

1914, Claxton Grange Ref. HOSM41076
1896, Coneyhurst Ref. HOSM41636
1910, Plaistow Ref. HOSM65705
1901, Kingstanding Ref. HOSM50182
1903, Moseley Ref. HOSM54230
1896, Binchester Ref. HOSM37749
1896, Copley Ref. HOSM41747
1896, Ireshopeburn Ref. HOSM49576
1896, Ramshaw Ref. HOSM57434
1896, South Side Ref. HOSM59798
1905, Sandtoft Ref. HOSM58501
1904, Scawsby Ref. HOSM58664
1891, Sutton Ref. HOSM60961
1901, Tickhill Ref. HOSM61935
1887, Higher Ansty Ref. HOSM36028
1887, Duddle Heath Ref. HOSM38180
1887, Cheselbourne Ref. HOSM40660
1887, Puddletown Ref. HOSM43578
1887, Duntish Ref. HOSM44065
1887, Forston Ref. HOSM45675

Books

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Memories

29,058 memories found. Showing results 3,651 to 3,660.

Trentham Railway

In the 1960's I was a ticket conductor on this train. Jack Goldstone was the driver and we took people from the gardens to the pool. Today there's no way I would be allowed to work on the railway because of health and safety ...Read more

A memory of Trentham in 1966 by Duncan Cartlidge

Charles Welton Coates Owner Of The Old Bell And Steelyard

My grandfather owned the Old Bell and Steelyard through WWII until the mid 50's. Unfortunately he died before I was born, but I've been visiting Woodbridge to see relatives who still live ...Read more

A memory of Woodbridge in 1948 by Barbara Smith

A Spy At Raf Bentwaters No Just My Dad Aircraft Spotting!

Dad recalled that when the USAF were based there, probably around 1955, maybe earlier, he'd decided to take a drive up the road that skirted the base to see if he could spot the new fighter ...Read more

A memory of Woodbridge in 1950 by Barbara Smith

School Days

I lived at 27 Radnor Street, last but one tennament to be flattened. My first year of school was at the "new high school", on Bouquanaran; 10 class rooms open, we had to scramble among the bricks to get to class. Then I went to Radnor ...Read more

A memory of Clydebank in 1940 by Amy Worrick(Sullivan)

Coatbridge

Born in the slap up and moved to Kirkshaws when I was 4. Remember playing football in the cinder park. Getting free bag of chips from my mum who worked in the Goric, then going to pictures and getting in the side door. Raiding Lees's ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1970 by Alistair Gray

Kennards

My mother Kathleen Reeve used to work in Kennards and I remember that at the end of the day over the loudspeaker system they would play "Now is the Hour". In later years she always used to say how much she disliked that tune! I was only 7 ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Barry Reeve

Stambridge Mill And Rochford Beach

When I was a kid about of about 10 we used to swim from the sluice at the mill. It was great for swimming as the current was strong at the gates. Also the beach was more popular, we used these sites till we had ...Read more

A memory of Rochford by Mark Wilson

Woolworth

I use to spend some of my summer holidays with my lovely nan. She lived in a house called Swimbrook, it was up Kempshot Lane. It was pulled down years ago. She used to take me to Woolworths to buy a scrapbook and glue - we would ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke by Pamela Mather

Broadway Coaches

I was raised in Broadway from a baby until I married in 1970. My parents, Gordon and Joan Harrison owned and ran the Broadway Coaches Ltd at Yew Tree House, just above this photo. Behind the house we kept many coaches which took ...Read more

A memory of Broadway in 1960

Barkingside High Street

I remember the fish shop/butchers in the High Street, it was called Gurrs and they used to smoke the fish out the back of the shop. It was situated between Boots and Rossis. Before the swimming pool was built, the land was ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1964

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 8,761 to 8,784.

Caption For Dublin, St Mary's Pro Cathedral 1897

The principal Catholic church in Dublin, the Church of the Conception of the Virgin Mary. Since the 1880s, the church has been known as St Mary's Pro-cathedral.

Caption For Gloucester, Park, The Fountain 1912

A young girl stands to pose in front of the fountains. Whitefield Church in the background stands in Park Road.

Caption For Salisbury, New Street C1955

The right-hand side of New Street is today still largely intact, with some interesting architectural features such as red brick decorations, first floor bay windows and jettied overhangs.

Caption For Woking, The Broadway 1902

A view of the parade of shops that once graced this elegant road.

Caption For Oxford, Lincoln College 1906

New College Entrance Gateway 1902 Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, New College includes one of the oldest quadrangles in Oxford.

Caption For Haddon Hall, Garden Front C1860

A top-hatted and frock-coated gentleman surveys the garden front of Haddon Hall.

Caption For St Columb, Fair Street 1906

St Columb's most famous son was James Polkinghorne, who divided his time between being landlord of the Red Lion and participating in Cornish wrestling.

Caption For Trowbridge, Composite C1965

This card represents some other aspects of the life in and around the town in the 1960s.

Caption For Westbury, Fore Street C1955

Fore Street, leading into the A350 Trowbridge Road, is now a very busy road in and out of town.

Caption For Debden, The Cross Roads C1955

This was The Fox, one of five hostelries serving Debden in the 1950s.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square 1897

This view, taken from the square of the National Gallery, was blocked by temporary wooden tiered seating erected for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession to St Paul's Cathedral.

Caption For Low Row, General View C1960

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

Caption For Snape, The Castle C1955

Snape Castle was the former home of Catherine Parr, last wife of Henry VIII, who was previously married to Lord Latimer, a member of the Neville family – the Nevilles owned the castle for over 700 years

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road. By the end of the 1950s, outlying shops were competing with the new Town Centre development.

Caption For Botley, The Village C1950

The peace and tranquillity of Botley all changed in 1964 when major development took place. Today, the village is a thriving suburb of Oxford, with many shops, banks and offices.

Caption For Christchurch, Wick Ferry Holiday Camp C1955

Thousands of visitors would visit the camp at Wick Ferry each summer. Apart from the delights of the neighbourhood, a programme of entertainment was organised by the staff at the camp.

Caption For Ormskirk, Market Place 1895

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street 1955

The corner of Bridge Street and Buttermarket Street (left) was rebuilt just before the First World War. By 1955 the old-established butchers, Singletons, had given way to Woodhouse's furniture shop.

Caption For Brading, Village 1923

Brading is one of the oldest towns on the Isle of Wight, once returning two members to Parliament.

Caption For Grasmere, Red Lion Square 1926

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

Caption For Devizes, The Castle 1898

This view was taken looking towards the south side of the Watch Tower and Round Tower and the Mansion House. This was designed by A S Goodridge of Bath.

Caption For Kettering, High Street 1922

The Pearl Assurance sign has gone, and the upper windows of this building have been replaced, but the unusual brick and stone work above them is still there.

Caption For Irchester, High Street C1955

The last building on the right was originally the village bakery and next to it, as seen in this picture, was an off-licence.

Caption For Bude, Chapel Rock 1890

Bude's bay is protected from the brunt of the heaviest Atlantic weather by a breakwater connecting Chapel Rock with the shoreline. There is a legend that there was once a hermitage on this rock.