Maps

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Books

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Memories

637 memories found. Showing results 471 to 480.

Cliff View House And Martello Tower

Cliff view house was a small school just behind the esplanade .It is now an old peoples home.It was what was known as a crammers, a place designed to push pupils through common entrance exam, It was 1973 and I was ...Read more

A memory of Seaford in 1870 by Ian Briton

Loving In Stubbington

I was born in stubb, 11 south ways. Went to mr farthings school , He was the head Master, I remember mr fletcher and mrs upsson? My maiden name was madgwick mum and dad were sent to south ways. I was there 5 years before ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1948 by Margaret Waterhouse

Wartime Memories

I was evacuated with my mother and siblings to Thorpe Abbots during the war from London, and have many happy memories from that time even though there was a war on. The generosity of the Americans always comes to mind. To me, ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Abbotts in 1943 by Terry Bates

A Wartime Christening In Holy Trinity Church Tower

I was born in 1942 after the bombing of Holy Trinity Church which had stood at the junction of Anerley Road and Croydon Road. My christening at only a few days old took place in all that then remained ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1942 by Valerie Bradnam

Being A Nuisance In The Tower

Aged about 12, I remember once creeping up the spiral staircase in the tower and banging on the door of the 6th form common room, just to annoy the prefects, then legging it and being chased by some big ugly mush. ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster by Daniel Walker

Dorothy's Memories

l was born in the High st Sedgley a small house next to the old The Old Crown pub, in 1936, my father Samuel Britton was born in Sedgley (as was his mother and father and others going back to the start of the records of Sedgley once ...Read more

A memory of Sedgley by dy31pg

Selsdon From 1964 1970

I lived in Selsdon as a kid from 1964 - its my earliest memory. We lived in Benhurst Gardens, up the top of Old Farleigh Road. We were lucky as kids to have 'the Rec' as we called it, and the Bird Sanctuary very near to go an play. ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Clare Benson

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the Third ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays

In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the Third ...Read more

A memory of Grays by peelerscottage

Borwick The Day My Father Brought Borwick

Borwick 1946/1947 Sarah Gilbert daughter of Paul and Mary Postlethwaite. On our return to England after out stay in Italy the idea was to look for a four bedroom house to buy. At the time we were staying in ...Read more

A memory of Borwick by sarah_gilbert

Captions

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Caption For Davington, The Priory 1892

The single remaining tower of the Priory church can be seen across the creek and parkland in this turn-of-the-century view. The church was restored and rededicated in 1932.

Caption For Oxford, Christ Church Cathedral 1922

Tom Tower is one of the college's most treasured architectural features, as well as a famous landmark on the Oxford skyline.

Caption For Oxford, Queen Street C1950

The heavily restored medieval tower is all that remains. St Martin's was the city church and a meeting point in times of war and victory. There is a memorable view of Oxford from the top.

Caption For Hathersage, North Lee's Hall 1902

The Tudor tower house of North Lees Hall was one of seven halls built by Robert Eyre for his sons, all allegedly within sight of one another.

Caption For Cawsand, Whitsand Bay And Rame Head C1955

Eight miles offshore is the Eddystone Lighthouse, the fifth tower to stand on the famous reef and completed in 1882.

Caption For Barnsley, Aerial View C1966

This aerial view of the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley centres on the imposing white stone Town Hall with its monolithic central clock tower.

Caption For Eastbourne, Grand Hotel 1901

grander affair, the hotel opened in the 1870s; it adopted a fashionable French architectural style, marked by a complex roof line with ornate dormer windows in a steep mansarded roof, and pavilion-roofed towers

Caption For Ashford, Lower High Street C1965

Concealed from view behind the shops on the left is the landmark Perpendicular tower of the church.

Caption For Gravesend, The Roman Catholic Church 1902

Originally built as an Anglican church in Milton Road in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style

Caption For Hove, Church Road 1898

The imposing tower of this fine building held a car- illon of twelve bells which played a different tune for each day of the week.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Village C1960

We can just see the spire of the church of St Michael and all Angels towering above the thatched cottage (centre).

Caption For Steeple Aston, The Church C1955

St Peter's Church has never had a steeple: in this instance, the word steeple derives from the 13th-century word 'stepel', meaning an unfortified tower, which the church does have.

Caption For Chard, Fore Street C1955

The clock tower on the left was added to the Town Hall in 1834. The refurbished building was formerly the Corn Exchange, then the Guildhall.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, Crescent Road C1955

The tall glass tower on the left was removed in the 1950s. Known during its life as the Ritz Essoldo, the Classic, the Cannon, the MGM and the ABC, the cinema was closed in 2000.

Caption For Plymouth, St Andrew's Church 1889

Construction of St Andrew's started in 1370 and the tower was built by Thomas Yogge in 1481.

Caption For Little Petherick, The Village 1906

The pinnacled tower and pyramid roof of St Petrock's church is seen through the trees, and the village mill and its waterwheel are on the left.

Caption For Skegness, The Clock Tower 1899

The garlands from the formal opening are still evident in this view, in which visitors admire the pristine stone and brick of the Clock Tower.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, St Mary's Church 1898

The church, except for the tower and chancel, was rebuilt by William Layer in c1424-45. The south porch was removed for road widening in 1831, and is now a folly at Nowton Park.

Caption For Liskeard, The Post Office 1912

Note the high telephone pole behind the building, and the recently built tower of St Martin's church in the distance.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1912

Two prams represent the only traffic in St Austell's attractive shopping street in this scene, which is dominated by the richly carved tower of Holy Trinity church.

Caption For Cartmel, The Priory Church 1914

Cartmel Priory has been a tourist attraction for a long time, partly because of its belfry, which is constructed diagonally across the tower below.

Caption For Cricklade, High Street C1950

The 1897 Diamond Jubilee clock tower survives outside The Vale pub.

Caption For Sheffield, Ecclesall Church C1965

Completed in 1789, All Saints' survived in its original form for less than sixty years before it was remodelled and the west tower added.