Maps

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Books

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Memories

637 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

The Fairground And Tower

I remember well the fairground with all the rides that did their best to make you sick after the hotdogs and the candyfloss. Who got a kiss in the ghost train or at least a cuddle from their girlfriend? Everywhere the ...Read more

A memory of New Brighton in 1960

Wenover C Of E School

I used to go to Wendover Primary School when it was situated beside the clock tower. The head master was then H. J. Figg Edgington. I began in Mrs Tott's class, then Mrs Connolly's, then Mr Spencer's, then Gertrude Agatha ...Read more

A memory of Wendover in 1958 by Glenys Houghton

Chorley Hall Farm

I used to be a frequent visitor to Chorley Hall as a young boy accompanying my mother and grandmother. The Hall and farm were tenanted by Joe Davis and he married Annie Bower who was my grandmother's sister-in-law and hence my ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1953 by Nigel Wylde

In Bonnie Scotland

In Bonnie Scotland The road back to Campsie Glen Is a forty-year long tunnel of mist! Dug deep into the cut bedrock of memory, And neatly knitted in the multi-storey labyrinth Of pouring passions, in pounding poems!! ...Read more

A memory of Campsie Glen in 1965 by Dr. Feisal Esmael

My Next Door Neighbours Memories Of Epping In Ww1

I grew up in Epping, living next door to an old lady, Ann Young (nee Shakespeare), who lived in a bungalow her husband built on Bower Hill crica the 1920/30s. She had lived in Epping all her life. Her ...Read more

A memory of Epping in 1910

Living In Stubbington From 1953

I moved to Stubbington as a 6 year old to the Red Lion Estate. My father like so many  on that estate was in the Royal Navy based at Portsmouth. I remember Foster's school and especially the daffodils by the fence ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by Lorraine Emery

The Dizzy Heights!

I lived next door to the Church for 17 years and during that time, I climbed to the top of the spire just once. In 1962 when I was 10, some neighbours were having their house decorated. Being an outgoing (some would say nosey) ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1962 by Lynn Quigley

Summer Holiday 1972

Hi, I remember falling in love for the very first time while holidaying at Tower caravan park at Jaywick in 1972. I thought the girl looked like Brigit Bardot at the time. Her name was Elaine from Battersea. It was the first time ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1972 by Karl Turner

Grays Was A Lovely Place To Live

I was born in Exmouth Road in 1945., Growing up in Grays was lovely, we had everything, no need to go far for anything, even shellfish was delivered on a barrow on Saturdays by Mr Going who also had a stall in the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Patricia Gaywood

Slinfold In The War Years

I visited this site and was intrigued to find pictures of Slinfold. One of them, the village hall, recalled the time when I belonged to a village group called The Stane Street Players run by Mrs Knibbs. We performed plays ...Read more

A memory of Slinfold in 1940 by William Cooper

Captions

3,007 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Northampton, Abington Park, The Pigeon Tower C1955

Above the ponds in the parkland is the pigeon tower, which was built for William Thursby in 1678.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church And War Memorial 1931

In 1752, the Revd William Cole wrote that the tower was: 'one of the most clumsy and heavy ones I ever saw'. Perhaps 'solid' is a kinder description.

Caption For Oakham, The Church 1927

The 14th-century tower and spire of the parish church dominates the market place and school to its south, while to the east, the castle remains combine to produce the classic juxtaposition of lordly and

Caption For Leicester, Granby Street 1949

As Granby Street sweeps right towards the Clock Tower, the photograph clearly illustrates the unspectacular variety of buildings to be seen in the city centre.

Caption For Westbury, All Saints Church C1955

This large cruciform church in the Perpendicular style has a rectangular central tower. The low transepts were renewed and restored in 1847 by TH Wyatt.

Caption For Farnborough, North Camp, Brigade School 1905

The school's tower can be seen in the background of photograph 37154 (above), and was one of the first schools to be built specifically for the children of military personnel.

Caption For Wembury, The Church And Beach C1935

It is dedicated to St Werburgh, and the sturdy tower is 14th-century.

Caption For Goole, Market Centre C1955

The Clock Tower is a modern structure built in 1926 to commemorate Goole's centenary; to the rear is the Victorian Market Hall.

Caption For March, High Street C1955

In the background the Corn Exchange tower presides over the market place, where a market is still held on Wednesdays.

Caption For St Ives, Barnoon Hill 1898

A view down the hill towards the fine tower of the Parish Church of St Ia. The first building on the left was a Navigation School at the time.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Abbot's Church 1898

The tower has a fine spire divided by two decorative bands above the spire lights. The chancel was rebuilt in c1800 in yellow brick. Children walk across the green.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

The tower was rebuilt in flint faced with brick in about 1390, at the time when the city took it over from the Cathedral Priory.

Caption For South Harrow, Northolt Road C1965

Archetypal 1930s development swishes around the foot of Harrow on the Hill, with its gasworks tower always visible from the village and on the approach to Northolt Aerodrome.

Caption For Raglan, The Village 1906

The church tower continues to dominate this scene, but the village has grown a lot in the last century, with new schools, new housing and a new surgery.

Caption For Crosby, The Windmill C1960

Great Crosby Mill, Liverpool is a tall brick tower mill with a domed cap. It had four common cloth sails and a fantail.

Caption For Stratton, Sanctuary 1906

Over the thatched roofs rises the dark green tower of St Andrew's Church.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Launceston, The Square 1906

The Butter Market was demolished in 1919, and the clock with its quarterjacks was transferred to the Guildhall tower.

Caption For Overton, St Mary's Church C1955

Seventy-five years ago, Overton's church tower was flat; nowadays its spire looks out over the River Test which rises close by.

Caption For Helston, The Parish Church C1950

The fine 103ft tower has a peal of eight bells.

Caption For Wendover, Coldharbour Cottages, Tring Road 1899

This wonderful range of 17th-century thatched timber-framed cottages sweeps down the Tring Road towards the clock tower.

Caption For Northampton, Abington Park Bandstand 1922

10th-century Anglo-Saxon church tower at Earls Barton.

Caption For London, Albert Bridge C1900

In 1879 this beautiful bridge of three airy spans, topped with decorative towers, was made free for public access.