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Maps

12 maps found.

1921, The Bratch Ref. POP846305
1925, Branch End Ref. POP648665
1947, Branch End Ref. NPO648665
1946, The Bratch Ref. NPO846305
1899, The Bratch Ref. RNE846305
1898, Branch End Ref. RNE648665
1906-1908, Blaich Ref. RNC643461
1895, Branch End Ref. HOSM63910
1895, Branch End Ref. HOSM70085
1901-1904, Branch End Ref. RNC648665
1909-1911, Bràigh Na H-Aoidhe Ref. RNC648421
1902, The Bratch Ref. RNC846305

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Memories

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Windsor Lanes And Garage

Uncle Phil managed this branch of Hartwells garage after managing the one on the Bath Road next to the White Horse. Before that it had been the site of Rogers (?) watermill, the millpond stretching behind up towards Haymill ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1960 by Dave Hill

Hednesford

The picture of the Van in the main street of Hednesford is I think the Co-op grocery delivery van. Just below the woman was then a Co-op grocery store. The van was driven by a man by the name of Tommy; I unfortunately can't remember his ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford in 1960 by Stuart Hartland

My Apprentice Days With Northmet Electricity (Eeb)

I was born in Elmgrove Crescent Harrow in 1933 and lived in Pinner Road North Harrow, moving to Wealdstone in 1934. I started at Bridge Scool in 1938 and followed on to Belmont Sec. Modern School until ...Read more

A memory of Kenton in 1948 by Brian Grainge

Hilly Fields

Situated at the top of our road, as young children Hilly Fields was something quite magical. During winter time we would trek our home made sledges over to toboggan hill and hurtle down to the brook at the bottom of the hill at breakneck ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Roger Davis

The Donkey Path

Re The Donkey path. I think Joanne is wrong - I know the embankment you speak of, there used to be a miniature railway which ran along the bottom of the embankment from the Prom entrance of Erias Park along to the Pier. The Donkey ...Read more

A memory of Old Colwyn in 1980 by Andrew Jones

Play

I know records will prove me wrong, but summer seemed to start around the beginning of May and last until getting on to Bonfire night. We walked to Witton-le-Wear night after night to swim then walked home or, if we were lucky, got a lift ...Read more

A memory of Howden-le-Wear by David Quinn

Mill Street Clowne. 1950

The gentleman pushing a cart in the foreground of this picture is my grandfather, Ernest Pearce (1895-1970). The cart was used to transport bundles of sticks that he cut for sale as firewood. They were sold for 4d a bundle. This ...Read more

A memory of Clowne in 1950 by June Harvey

The Two Bob Gun

At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk.  The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where Princes ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from age ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

Days Gone By

My family arrived in Seaforth late in 1939 after we were shipped back from Gibraltar where my father was stationed with the Kings Regiment. Early memories of our house in Holly Grove are vague. My sister Maureen and I, along with ...Read more

A memory of Seaforth in 1940 by Charles Hegarty

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Captions

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Caption For Congleton, Bridge Street C1955

The first English branch of Woolworth's was opened in Liverpool in 1909, and before long there was a branch of F W Woolworth on virtually every high street in the country; but many have disappeared

Caption For Darlington, High Row 1903

Over on the left is a branch of the Home & Colonial Stores, which, like Freeman, Hardy & Willis, was one of the early high street chains.

Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

Caption For Newark, Market Place C1955

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

Caption For Craven Arms, Market Street C1955

The shop on the right is a branch of W H Smith, with the old style of sign standing proud from the wall - some of these still survive on a few branches around the country.

Caption For Redditch, The Parade, Church Green West C1950

The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.

Caption For Redditch, The Parade, Church Green West C1950

The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.

Caption For Cheam, High Street 1934

A lady walks briskly across Station Way towards Cheam Court and the local branch of Teekoff, which had a sister establishment in the Cheam Road at Sutton.

Caption For Harborne, High Street C1955

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street C1929

The large half-timbered building on the left with its awnings out was built in the mid-1890s, and became the local branch of F W Woolworths.

Caption For Newark, The Town Hall Market Place C1955

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

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 Banstead, The Station C1965

The station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs, opened in 1865, and the white stuccoed house, now a builder's offices, dates from around the same time.

Caption For Halifax, General View C1955

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

Caption For Halifax, General View C1955

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

Caption For Blackpool, Church Street 1901

James Duckworth Ltd, the grocery and provision chain, had a branch in this street, and others in Waterloo Road and Whitegate Drive.

Caption For Widnes, Widnes Road C1960

The supermarket is a branch of Tesco. Founded in London in the 1920s, Tesco is now one of the three top retailers in the world, with 1,878 branches in the United Kingdom alone.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street C1965

By then the bank had become the London and Midland Bank, and by the 1960s it was a branch of the Midland Bank.

Caption For Tilford, The River C1955

Tilford is situated where the south branch of the River Wey meets the main River Wey, each branch crossed by a medieval bridge.

Caption For Chesterfield, Knifesmithgate C1955

Directly ahead is the town branch of Barclays Bank.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1950

The low building on the pier was home to the RAF Marine Branch. During World War II marine craft were engaged in anti- submarine work and the defence of the western approaches.

Caption For Cheam, The Broadway C1950

Ahead, the window display of the branch of United Dairies features pyramids of assorted groceries, while in front two gentlemen take the air seated on a bench which stands above the subterranean cellars

Caption For Malmesbury, River Avon And Railway From Abbey Roof C1955

We are overlooking the Old Bell gardens and looking towards the river Avon and the Malmesbury Branch Railway.

Caption For Oxford, The Castle 1912

The late Norman tower of Oxford Castle overlooks a branch of the river which cuts between various small factories and dilapidated buildings.