Maps

1,622 maps found.

1895, West Street Ref. RNE865015
1945, Street End Ref. NPO841617
1946, South Street Ref. NPO835294
1946, South Street Ref. NPO835296
1946, Stone Street Ref. NPO840401
1945, Upper Street Ref. NPO857823
1945, Upper Street Ref. NPO857825
1945, Upper Street Ref. NPO857826
1946, Thorley Street Ref. NPO846907
1896, Green Street Ref. RNE721131
1896, Green Street Ref. RNE721133
1896, Green Street Ref. RNE721136
1895, Green Street Ref. RNE721137
1898, Fen Street Ref. RNE704343
1898, Fen Street Ref. RNE704344
1898, High Street Ref. RNE733556
1898, Hook Street Ref. RNE739949
1895, Horn Street Ref. RNE740385
1895, Cackle Street Ref. RNE658340
1895, Cock Street Ref. RNE672900

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 621 to 630.

South Street

My dad was stationed at no 1 South Street (old police house) in the year I was born, he was a PC. Then I believe we moved to 1 Almshouse Lane. My mum died in 1952,leaving behind my young sister and me and my dad. Dad eventually hired a ...Read more

A memory of Ilchester in 1947 by Freda Hallett

Webbs Brewery Six Bells Colliery

I grew up in Aberbeeg as Pat Howells. Everyone knew the Howells as my dad, Doug, was one of 8 children. My uncle worked in the brewery for many years and I grew up in Woodland Terrace and had to pass the brewery at ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg by Pat Addison

Methodist New Connexion Preachers' Plan 1989 90

I have a copy of the the above which I found as a a scrappy piece of paper in one of my family's bibles. I have since had it copied and laminated, named on it as part of the preachers for the ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1890 by Gillian Jackson

The Original Grove Hotel In Stapenhill

When I was about 4 years old in 1948 my Auntie Jess and Uncle Albert (Haynes) ran the Grove Hotel at Stapenhill. It was the original one, not the one which is there now. It was a really lovely old building ...Read more

A memory of Stapenhill in 1948 by Carol Eyden

Fond Memories Of Old Friends In Nairn

My wife Carol was a Highland lassie by birth and when we split up she left Leeds. She lived at Trades Park and eventualy married again up there. I visited Nairn a lot on trips to see my four kids, it was an 800 ...Read more

A memory of Nairn in 1987 by Paul Leavett

Violet Road

I was born 16 Violet Road in 1960 and lived there up until 1970 when we moved up to Church Road (dead posh). As a kid I played on the 'Matchy' where all my mates learnt how climb and on the 'Rella' where the kids from Lily Road had a ...Read more

A memory of Litherland in 1960 by Jonathan May

Cathcart Street

Us Ainslie's remember 'the Apters', who was the 'jockey' in the family? Was it Eric Apter senior? Who was Michelle Apter, my bro was in !! love with her when we were kids.

A memory of Birkenhead in 1965 by Jeff Ainslie

Steamtrains, Servicemen And Central Station.

The journey up to and across London to King's Cross Station in 1944 for a 4-year old boy was exciting enough, but our adventure had only just begun. Holding my mother's hand tightly, we searched ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1940 by Raymond Hay

My Grandfather

My grandfather owned the corner shop in the High Street, it was a sweet shop. He was known as Pop Brooks. Grandad was loved by the villagers. His only son, Harry, my dad, was killed on 20th December 1942. My dad's name was Harry ...Read more

A memory of Lindfield in 1943 by Pamela Tickner

My Ancestors The Ormes

Just found out my grandad was born in Derby and lived at 45 Colville Street with 8 other siblings. Joseph the father worked at Midlands Railway as a wireman. Violet and Blanc worked as weavers. My grandad Bernard enlisted in ...Read more

A memory of Mickleover in 1890 by Karen Villadsen

Captions

5,381 captions found. Showing results 1,489 to 1,512.

Caption For Bocking, Bradford Street C1950

In most cases, doors open straight onto the street. Little traffic can be seen.

Caption For Salisbury, Catherine Street C1955

Compared to picture number 56356 in 1906 (pages 48-49), Catherine Street looks very drab, despite the evocatively named Cafe Rendezvous on the left.The scene reflects the austere post war years.

Caption For Caversham, Bridge Street 1908

This photograph shows Bridge Street in the centre of Caversham, at the point where it crosses the Thames.

Caption For Sandgate, Esplanade Looking East 1906

Note the ornate street light and the lady's fancy parasol.

Caption For Buckden, Offord Road C1960

Village houses of different ages front the street. The thatched roof has a patterned blocked ridge. Next door is a small pub. The road leads down to the River Ouse and Buckden Mills.

Caption For Newbury, Northbrook Street C1965

This general view of Northbrook Street shows the gable end to the left of the shop front, above which is a clock, which is all that remains of cloth-maker John Smallwood's house.

Caption For Newton Abbot, Courtenay Street 1906

Courtenay Street and Courtenay Park are named in their honour.

Caption For Newton Abbot, Courtenay Street 1906

Courtenay Street and Courtenay Park are named in their honour.

Caption For Gravesend, New Road C1955

New Road is one of the main shopping streets of the town. The roads seem empty by today's standards. In the foreground is British Home Stores, and Hepworths is on the extreme left.

Caption For Abertillery, Somerset Street C1960

Note the branch of Woolworth's just visible at the end of the street, and the branch of Dewhurst the butchers among the other shops on the right.

Caption For St Ives, Back Road East 1890

(St Ives' streets were often named with commendable simplicity). This picture again shows the upper living quarters and ground floor fish cellars typical of the time.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1891

If the High Street represents remarkable survival, London Road does not. The fine Italianate stucco building of about 1850 on the right survives, and is now Lloyds Bank.

Caption For Dublin, The O'connell Monument 1897

At the bottom of Sackville Street is the O'Connell Monument. Built in 1882, it was only fifteen years old at the time this picture was taken. The Nelson Monument is in the background.

Caption For Maidenhead, High Street 1921

At the height of the coaching era, Maidenhead was littered with posting inns either side of the High Street. Some of these hotels continued to thrive during the age of the motor car.

Caption For Newbury, Northbrook Street C1965

This general view of Northbrook Street shows the gable end to the left of the shop front, above which is a clock, which is all that remains of cloth-maker John Smallwood's house.

Caption For Alton, Market Street 1928

At the close of the 19th century, Alton bore the stamp of an old country market town, with its bustling streets and striking shop fronts. Opposite the King's Head is the town's market square.

Caption For Cheltenham, High Street 1901

The road from London leads naturally into Cheltenham's High Street, which is one of the original thoroughfares of the town.

Caption For Rochdale, Town Centre C1965

Martin`s Bank (centre left), on the left of Yorkshire Street, has lost its turret and other roof top features during modernisation and the Midland Bank has been cleaned.

Caption For Epsom, High Street C1955

New town planners distrusted the earlier, casual dispersal of houses and manufacturers along the same street, deciding that in future there would be zoning, with different areas of the town set

Caption For Lincoln, The Cathedral C1965

The famous street Steep Hill, the most aptly named street in England, is down to the right.

Caption For Lincoln, The Cathedral C1965

The famous street Steep Hill, the most aptly named street in England, is down to the right.

Caption For Cambridge, Trumpington Street C1955

Taken some fifty years after photograph No 61493, this view looks along Trumpington Street in the opposite direction, with Corpus Christi on the right hand side of the road, and King's in the distance

Caption For York, Shambles 1893

Between King's Square and Pavement, the Shambles were once known as the Fleshammels, or butchers' street; in this picture several of the late 13th- to early 14th-century shops were still fulfilling that

Caption For Hinderwell, C1960

Close to the junction of Runswick Lane with the High Street, we see a number of what appear to be recently completed bungalows - very much in vogue in the 1950's and 60's.