Photos

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Maps

181,006 maps found.

1895 - 1907, Keston Ref. HOSM34717
1884, Little Addington Ref. HOSM51380
1882 - 1883, Cookley Ref. HOSM41788
1879 - 1883, Silvington Ref. HOSM59278
1898, Bunkers Hill Ref. HOSM39462
1898 - 1911, Yarnton Ref. HOSM65375
1906, Carew Newton Ref. HOSM40051
Porth Navas, 1906, Port Navas Ref. HOSM57026
1895, Boarhunt Ref. HOSM59617
1910, Buckland Marsh Ref. HOSM39366
1898 - 1911, Duxford Ref. HOSM44113
1913, Badshot Lea Ref. HOSM36710
1896, Badlesmere Ref. HOSM36702
1894 - 1913, Hanworth Ref. HOSM47580
1900, West Parley Ref. HOSM63929
1890 - 1909, Filey Ref. HOSM34517
1887 - 1906, Fishguard Ref. HOSM34518
1898 - 1910, Flint Ref. HOSM34522
1897 - 1906, Etchinghill Ref. HOSM45057
1896 - 1906, Paddlesworth Ref. HOSM55992

Books

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Memories

29,022 memories found. Showing results 8,541 to 8,550.

Happy Days

Wonderful memories of a very happy childhood. I am St. Dennis born and bred, and for me there's no place like it. My father Stanley Grigg and his partner had a cycle shop and repair business and I remember well the American G.I's bringing ...Read more

A memory of St Dennis in 1946 by Marion Swiggs

School Holidays

I feel I could write a book as the memories were brilliant! We used to spend the whole summer there and I cried when I had to leave. I remember the boatyard which was run by Mr May, his son was called Billy and he was my ...Read more

A memory of Potter Heigham in 1964 by Stephen Mackay

Hythe, School Of Musketry

I used to live in Sir John Moore Avenue, Hythe. This small estate was built on the site of the School of Musketry. We went to Nova Scotia, Canada, to see my wife's family. While there, we visited a tourist attraction. I found ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1900 by Trevor Page

Everret's Corner (1)

This the South Est Corner of the junction on the A4 known as Everret's Corner. Just around to the right from this position are some lock-up shops that I remember from the early 1950s which included a Gents Barbers. Further along ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

My Grandparents And Father

Hello I'm hoping someone may be able to help me. I'm trying to find anything to do with my grandparents /fathers life, especially old photos of the area they lived and worked. My grand father was called Joseph Millington ...Read more

A memory of Hawarden by Helen Foulkes

Lower Road

My parents were married in St Nicholas Church in 1960 - Valmai Daily (my mother) grew up at 234 Lower Road with her brother, Adrian and parents Dot and Drew. My Grandfather was a local electrician who spent all his free time at ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1960 by Jane Corby

Living Around The Corner

I used to live in Sundown Ave, just around the corner from these shops. My friend Michelle lived to the right of the bus. My Mum used to work in the sweet shop at the end of the parade to the right. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable by Elaine Stephens (Nee Ockwell)

A Boarding School Second To None

What a dump Iwerne Minster was to a school boy of the 60's sent from London to that boarding school in the middle of nowhere. The locals spoke in a strange unintelligible dialect, the air was sometime thick with ...Read more

A memory of Iwerne Minster in 1960 by Stuart Henley

Wonderful Childhood

I used to live in Churchfield, my old house is the only one left standing amongst a maze of flats. It was a council house in those days and we shared it with another family, the Caines. I went to Churchfields Primary and ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1950 by Margaret Way

Larkfield

I lived on Auchmead Rd from 1957-79 and now I live in the States. Life has not been bad, but there's never a day goes by, that I do not think of home. When we were weans, we used to have concerts in the backyard, singing, dancing anything ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1979 by Isobel Malone

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 20,497 to 20,520.

Caption For Thaxted, Bolford Street C1955

this was the church- builders` watering-hole of choice. The Co-op (left) was formerly Tanner`s grocery and drapery shop.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Prendergast Church 1898

St David's, Prendergast, occupies a commanding position, over­looking the Cleddau River and the town of Haverfordwest.

Caption For Wisbech, Leach's Mill C1955

A view of the mill taken a few years after the cupola was removed in 1947.

Caption For Nailsworth, Longfords Lake 1904

This boathouse in the Swiss Chalet style was once one of three boathouses at Longford's Lake.

Caption For Rhyl, The Sands C1920

Donkey rides, beach chairs, heavy clothes - these are the delights of a British seaside day out!

Caption For Giant's Causeway, From Grand Causeway 1897

Looking back to Aird Snout, the hexagonal structure of the Giant's Causeway can be clearly seen.

Caption For Bristol, C1950

St Augustine's Parade was an interesting mix of styles and advertisments. Whatever happened to Abdullah cigarettes?

Caption For Headford, Market Day C1955

A vanished Irish scene: crates of fine young pigs for sale on a sunny market day in Headford.

Caption For Paignton, North Sands From The Pier 1896

We can see the Esplanade Hotel (centre) and Steartfield House (right), the homes of Mortimer and Washington Singer.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Regent Circus 1913

Here we see part of the 'circus' referred to the caption accompanying photograph number

Caption For Minster In Thanet, Abbey 1894

Here we see the Square, remarkably free of traffic, in summer sunshine. The famous church is just visible on the extreme left.

Caption For Rothesay, Ardbeg Point And Cowal Hill 1897

The entrance to the Kyles of Bute is just beyond the headland.

Caption For Wednesbury, St Pauls Church C1965

Wednesbury grew rapidly between 1851 and 1861 with the opening of firms like the Old Park Works and Lloyds, Foster & Co.

Caption For Luton, Vauxhall Motors C1955

After World War I, however, the necessity to open its products to a wider clientele imposed financial strains that were only alleviated by the purchase of the company by General Motors in 1925.

Caption For Wimborne, Square 1904

The Crown Hotel, by now owned by Ingram Richards, was built in 1820 and was one of the New Inn's biggest rivals in the coaching trade.

Caption For Portsmouth, Victoria Pier And The Sally Port C1960

On 17 April, Mr Crabb had stayed overnight at the Sallyport Hotel in Old Portsmouth. That evening Crabb went to Havant and caught a train back to Portsmouth.

Caption For Manchester, Royal Exchange 1885

The first was in the Market Place, near St Ann's Square, built in 1729 at the expense of Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor. It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806.

Caption For Preston, Fishergate 1903

This is a close-up of the many and varied shops that graced Fishergate just a year after the first Preston Guild of the 20th century.

Caption For Ilkley, Denton Park From The Cow And Calf Rocks 1914

This young man looks out from between these famous rocks towards the magnificent estate of Denton Park.

Caption For Grindleford, C1960

Grindleford follows the banks of the River Derwent, as this distant view from the Hathersage road shows.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Cathedral 1919

When Chelmsford became the centre of a new diocese, it pipped several other applicants at the post.

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Caption For Bangor, 1897

For most of the century there had been daily steamers from Belfast to Bangor, and as the holiday traffic increased the County Down Railway took over the service.

Caption For Wymondham, Market Place And Cross C1965

This pleasant market town sits on the road from Thetford to Norwich, and was once a resting place for pilgrims - it still has a fine Guild Chapel dedicated to St Thomas a Becket.

Caption For Wetherby, North Street 1909

The complete sign on the left, Tetley's Fine Ales, was fixed to the old Bowling Green Hotel; it marked the narrowest point on the London to Edinburgh Great North Road.