Places
36 places found.
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- Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Burry Port, Dyfed
- Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
- Neath, West Glamorgan
- Briton Ferry, West Glamorgan
- Resolven, West Glamorgan
- Skewen, West Glamorgan
- Port Glasgow, Strathclyde
- Pyle, West Glamorgan
- Port-en-Bessin, France
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- Crynant, West Glamorgan (near Resolven)
- Port Askaig, Strathclyde
- Port Ellen, Strathclyde
- Port Charlotte, Strathclyde
- Port Wemyss, Strathclyde
- Port Said, Egypt
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Cockenzie and Port Seton, Lothian
- Laleston, West Glamorgan
- Seven Sisters, West Glamorgan
- Tonna, West Glamorgan
- Port Isaac, Cornwall
- Port-Eynon, West Glamorgan
- Port Erin, Isle of Man
- Port Sunlight, Merseyside
- Port Gaverne, Cornwall
- Margam, West Glamorgan (near Port Talbot)
- Port St Mary, Isle of Man
- Port Quin, Cornwall
- Glyn-neath, West Glamorgan
- Port Navas, Cornwall
- Aberavon, West Glamorgan
- Port Appin, Strathclyde
- Port Bannatyne, Strathclyde
- Port Soderick, Isle of Man
Photos
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Maps
711 maps found.
Books
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Memories
301 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.
My Mother Was Port Regis Convent
My name is Natasha Buckley, my mother was at Port Regis Convent as a child, as she had severe asthma as a young child. I think she was there from 1954 to 1961. She told me that it was a horrible place and that the ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs by
Happy Days In Latimer
It was only two years or so, from 1959-61, aged 6-8, but it still seems as if the happiest period of my childhood in Latimer was one long, endless, glorious summer. My dad was in the army, in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, ...Read more
A memory of Latimer in 1959 by
Port Regis Convent
I was sent to Port Regis Convent between 1963 and 1967, I had bad asthma and the sea air was thought to be good for my health. I have good and and bad memories. One nun I remember being cruel was Sister Peter Anthony but the ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs in 1963 by
A Childhood Reminiscence
I lived in Edgware from 1941 and, although a young child, I remember the war years vividly, especially collecting shrapnel and the sounds of bombs, anti-aircraft guns and V2 rockets. In 1944 I began school at Edgware ...Read more
A memory of Edgware in 1940 by
How Times Have Changed
Looking back at old photographs Harwich & Dovercourt has certainly changed, the Phoenix Hotel is no longer, it has been replaced by luxury flats, the train ferry service has closed, the High Street seems like a ghost ...Read more
A memory of Dovercourt by
Netherthong In The First World War Part 2
Throughout the course of the First World War many local organizations raised money to send parcels to local soldiers. This was particularly relevant at Christmas and the presents included shirts, socks, ...Read more
A memory of Netherthong by
Evacuee
I was evacuated from London to Oxford with Burlington School on 1st September 1939. At first we had our lessons in the old Milham Ford School premises but after a few weeks transferred to the new school in Marston where we shared the ...Read more
A memory of Oxford in 1940 by
Childhood Memories
My mother and I came from the USA to Port of Ness in the summer of 1939. We lived in Port of Ness and I went to Lionel School until I was in Class 2. These were the war years, but we were relatively safe in Port of Ness. I ...Read more
A memory of Port of Ness in 1940 by
Happy Times
During the last war my father served in the Merchant Navy and saw Aberdaron from the sea, that was to be the beginning of many trips and a life-long love of the village. I started going to Aberdaron at about the age of six and have been ...Read more
A memory of Aberdaron by
Rose View
1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother ...Read more
A memory of Polgooth in 1970 by
Captions
776 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.
In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney
In earlier days, this port served clippers on a specialised fruit trade. By the mid 1930s, pleasure craft had achieved greater importance.
Padstow is a very ancient port and has long been associated with trading and shipbuilding.
Final improvements on the Exeter Canal, completed in 1832, allowed larger vessels, such as the 'Hans Emil' pictured here, to reach the Port. Note the bonded warehouse to the left of centre.
In the background are the 'stepped' houses on Port Hill, which leads from Cowbridge up to Bengeo.
Port Talbot's main industries were farming and mining until the early 20th century. Then the steelworks was built, attracting considerable investment.
Grimsby was once the world's largest fishing port, but the 'cod wars' ended that.
One of the medieval Cinque Ports, Hastings remained a fishing port until relatively recently.
In 1784 it was recorded that a young man, William Roberts, was stripped to the waist, placed on horseback and flogged all the way to the port and back for stealing.
In 1669 the course of the Little Ouse was cut and extended to Thetford, enabling barges to ply for the first time between the country towns of the region and the port of King's Lynn.
The mouth was stabilised in 1733, and there were great plans for the port. By the 1880s, it was the sixth most important port in the country. The promise has never been truly fulfilled.
Pentewan was developed as a port in the 1820s for shipping ores and china clay, which were brought down from St Austell on a railway built in 1829.
Portmadoc was originally intended to be the port of Tremadoc, a new town that never got beyond a village; it was planned by the speculator William Madocks, who had a grand scheme to persuade the Government
Humberside and the North-Eastern Ports
The Cinque Ports Arms is a reflection of the fact that Margate was a member of the Cinque Ports attached to Dover. Around Canterbury and the East Coast
The valleys' canal systems developed throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and led to the development of Newport as a port.
Blythburgh was an important port in bygone times. In the same way as many other river ports, it lost trade when its waterways could no longer cope with the increasing draughts of cargo ships.
Guernsey St Peter Port, The Old
Port Talbot's main industries were farming and mining until the early 20th century. Then the steelworks was built, attracting considerable investment.
In 1901, Avonmouth was chosen by Elder & Fyffes as the UK port for their fortnightly service to Port Limon, Costa Rica.
Ellesmere Port was created when the Earl of Ellesmere constructed a canal from Ellesmere in Shropshire to meet the River Mersey.
Blythburgh was an important port in bygone times. Like many other river ports, it lost trade when its waterways could no longer cope with the increasing draughts of cargo ships.
General View 1890 New Shoreham was a prosperous medieval port with a superb parish church, St Mary de Haura, whose great central tower can be seen in this view.
Few people think of Tarleton as a port, but in the 15th century ships from here sailed to small ports along the Lancashire coast and even to Europe.
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