Maps

1,622 maps found.

1946, Horsleycross Street Ref. NPO740821
1946, Hulver Street Ref. NPO741962
1946, Barnes Street Ref. NPO633589
1946, Kemsley Street Ref. NPO746048
1946, Coopersale Street Ref. NPO677111
1947, Halfway Street Ref. NPO725030
1946, Hardley Street Ref. NPO726889
1940, Haviker Street Ref. NPO728696
1947, Gore Street Ref. NPO717729
1946, Grubb Street Ref. NPO723170
1940, Donkey Street Ref. NPO692018
1898, Irstead Street Ref. RNE744372
1896, Jingle Street Ref. RNE745109
1895, Kemsley Street Ref. RNE746048
1898, Earsham Street Ref. RNE696651
1898, Edgefield Street Ref. RNE699252
1895, Henley Street Ref. RNE731406
1896, Hammond Street Ref. RNE726134
1896, Hare Street Ref. RNE727052
1898, Ford Street Ref. RNE707657

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

Dereham Norfolk

I was born in Dereham, Muriel Secker, and lived in Cowper Road. I went to the Infants School, near Bishop Bonners Cott, 1928-1932/3, then National School and finally was Head Girl at Crown Road School. 1939 I worked in Hobbies ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunham in 1930 by Muriel Cunningham

Growing Up In Newton

I was born in the old cottage on the left, 175 High Street, in 1948, as June Glencross, my parents squatted there after the war, my dad became the local builder. In 1956 we moved up the road to the old congregational ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows in 1948 by June Bennetts

Chelmsford, Shire Hall 1895.

Many years ago the Shire Hall was where the Quarter Sessions trials were held. This would be the same as the Crown Court trials of to-day. The magistrates court was held in an old building which can still be seen in ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Crompton County Secondary Modern School. (T''central)

t'Central stood at the junction of Kings Road & Moor Street, almost on the bend.Compared to the junior school it seemed very modern and had only been open about twentyfive years. It had a ...Read more

A memory of Shaw in 1947

Ve Day Celebrations

I remember when I was seven years old Overton had a special carnival. I would love to see any old photos of this event. I was lucky enough to be one of the special attendants. We received ribbon for saches and extra clothing ...Read more

A memory of Overton by Nancy Englefield

Chelmsford, Tindal Street, 1919

This shows the view looking up Tindal Street from the London Road end. In the centre of the photo you can see a sign sticking out. This you can just make out is the Spotted Dog public house which was there until that ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Chelmsford, Shops In The High Streeet, 1919.

This view is taken from outside the island where the current Lloyds Bank stands, and shows the view down the High Street. In the background can be seen the spire, which was the Wesleyan Church, and to-day ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Coatbridge

I was born in my grandad's back room, 39 Cecil Street, Coatbridge. My mum was Jeanie Young who married Johnny Mclean my dad. My grandad Billy Young was a character who was well known about Coatbridge, I remember a pub he used to drink ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1970 by Lorraine Morris

Sainsburys And Hudsons

I also remember going into Sainsburys as a child in the 1960s when it was halfway up the High Street on the left, it had metal racks on the front of the counters to rest shopping bags on. The marble effect floors were a vivid ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1974 by Richard Lee

A Cold And Dim Visit To Banstead Asylum

I cannot remember the exact year but it was very cold. I was a TV repair man at Raylec in the High Street and we had a call from a doctor living in a house at the Asylum. She complained that the picture on ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1961 by Adrian King

Captions

5,381 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1950

Looking east along the High Street, this view gives a good idea of the variety of buildings and building materials to be found in this street, which survived modern development.

Caption For Welford, West Street C1965

West Street is quieter than the High Street and this view looks south-west past the village hall with its somewhat ungainly porch 'perched' on the roof.

Caption For Penrith, Cornmarket C1950

Horse-drawn transport is still prevalent, but it is about to be phased out by the motorised vehicles which were taking over the streets of the old Cumbrian town.

Caption For Salisbury, Fisherton Street 1906

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

Caption For Dorking, St Martin's Church 1890

A Wesleyan church stood in South Street but was demolished in the late 1960s. John Wesley visited Dorking in January 1764 on one of many visits that he made to the town.

Caption For Cardiff, Queen Street 1893

The open aspect of the street pictured here and familiar to us today originates from the demolition of older buildings in 1862 to allow road widening.

Caption For Andover, British School, New Street 1906

The British School of 1859, demolished in the late 1960s, was much like the National School, now Andover Primary School (C of E Controlled) which still thrives today in lower East Street.

Caption For Bangor, High Street 1908

Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour. It is shown here crowded with shoppers and an early car. The street today has been partly pedestrianised.

Caption For Mablethorpe, The Sands 1890

These have now been rebuilt as mighty ramparts, and you cannot see the sea from the streets of Mablethorpe.

Caption For Old Harlow, Churchgate Street C1965

The area known as Churchgate Street lies close to Old Harlow, and has the air of a quiet village.

Caption For Bildeston, Aerial View C1965

Chapel Street and Duke Street run down towards Bildeston Hall (right). The burial ground of the Baptist chapel, rebuilt in 1844, is opposite the Hall.

Caption For Accrington, The Market C1965

Pleck Road through to Peel Street is just visible on the left of the photograph.

Caption For Wainfleet, High Street C1955

The Nottingham Co-operative Society (centre) is no longer on the left of the High Street - the building is now a pet shop, and the Co-op has moved to a more modern building across the street.

Caption For Coxwold, The Village C1955

The wide main street of the village of Coxwold has not changed much since the days when Laurence Sterne, the author of Tristram Shandy, was vicar from 1760 until his death in 1768.

Caption For Aberdeen, Union Street C1900

Here we see electric tramcars competing with a horse and cart in this crowded street.

Caption For Newark, Stodman Street 1906

Sunlight and shadow in Stodman Street.

Caption For Liverpool, Town Hall 1895

The junction of Castle Street and Water Street, outside the Town Hall, has always been one of the busiest in Liverpool, and a natural meeting place.

Caption For Baldock, White Horse Street 1925

At Baldock it formed the length of White Horse Street and Hitchin Street.

Caption For Ware, High Street C1965

Looking west along the High Street, one is struck by the minimal amount of traffic. Nonetheless, in 1976 it was necessary to build the Ware by-pass to alleviate congestion in the High Street.

Caption For Saffron Walden, King Street 1912

Here we see King Street before the Post Office moved to the High Street in 1919.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, High Street 2005

Council, the Commission for New Towns, the Civic Trust and the High Street Association promoted a street improvement scheme, and over the years the High Street has been cleaned and restored

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene 1952

Peterborough's first Lighting Order was made in 1893, and the first power plant was in an old Catholic Church in Queen Street in 1900.

Caption For Wadworth, The Village C1965

Here in Main Street we see a little-changed scene - only the old farm shed behind the street sign has gone. Over to the right up Carr Lane is the parish church of St John the Baptist.

Caption For Street, The Crispin Hall 1896

The Clarks were philanthropic Quakers, and William provided this splendid institute, The Crispin Hall, named after St Crispin, the patron saint of shoemakers, further south-west along the High Street