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Memories

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4 Gallaway Road, Greengates

I remember buying fish and chips in Gallaway Road, Greengates 1955+. Unknown to me at that time this fish shop used to a greengrocer's shop owned by my grandfather Lister Carter around 1935/40. My father was born at ...Read more

A memory of Greengates by Keith Carter

St Josephs Home Holidays

The children of St. Joseph's Patricroft, Eccles, spent their summer holidays at Freshfield. The girls would stay at "Vaughan House" on Victoria Rd the boys at a priest training college nearby. When the weather was suitable ...Read more

A memory of Freshfield in 1950 by Maureen Malone

Hornimans Tea

I used to live at No 52 on the left of the picture, in a flat on the 4th floor. I was only 7, I remember the first night while lying in bed I heard a screech of brakes and a dog yelping. The next morning my mum told me that a dog had ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury in 1954 by Maxine Pickett

The Nell Gwynne

In our early teens we used to go to the Nell Gwynne, upstairs in the 'coffee bar' where we had what I believe was the worlds first Nickelodeon (manual version). We paid the lady 3d, I think it was, and she put our favourite record on the ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1950 by Brian Robinson

50 High Street

Although not so far back as 1890 I remember often being in the room with the large casement windows on the left hand side, in the 1950s and 60s. This was my father's office at his dental practice at 50 High Street. The surgery itself ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1958 by Rodney Warrener

I Went To School In Pilley But I Was Born In Sway

I went  to school in Pilley. My teacher was a Miss Figgins, she was fantastic, she taught my father too, Fred Woodburn. We lived at the bungalow, Sandy Down, After  my Gran Died  Annie Woodburn  shes ...Read more

A memory of Pilley in 1959 by valerie78

My Home Town

I was born in Flint in 1946. Looking at the old photos in your memory archives of the 1950s, it brought back a lot of old happy memories to me. Looking at the Church Street photo with the Hawarden Castle pub on the right, the Red  Lion to ...Read more

A memory of Flint by kjprry

Mountain Ash Remembered Between 1970 And 2008

Now as a baby of the swinging sixties (1966 to be exact) we didn't see the Beatles or Elvis Presley but we did have the lads coming home from the local pubs singing their hearts out. The pubs ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash by Clive Francis

Achille Ratti Hostel

In 1953 I was a boy scout with St Patrick's 17th Widnes troop when we had our annual camp in The Lake District. I remember getting off the steam train at Windermere station where there was an old single decker bus waiting for ...Read more

A memory of Cockermouth in 1953 by Brian Balfe

Maternity Hospital

I had my son in Little Thorpe maternity hospital in Jan 1985. Does anyone out there have a photograph of this building or do you know where I could get one from? I am researching my family tree and would like a ...Read more

A memory of Littlethorpe in 1985 by Karen Surtees

Captions

5,112 captions found. Showing results 2,713 to 2,736.

Caption For Farnborough, Lynchford Road 1903

The town of Farnborough has grown enormously over the years, mainly because of its close proximity to Aldershot.

Caption For Bromyard, The Falcon C1965

The Falcon was once an important coaching inn linking the town with Hereford, Leominster and Worcester.

Caption For Barnstaple, Rock Park 1935

It was regularly used, and featured particularly in the town's Millenary celebrations in 1930.

Caption For Broadstairs, Viking Bay C1956

On the top of the low cliffs are (from the right) the Marchesi Brothers' restaurant, the Albion Hotel, the Victoria Restaurant, and Blades guest house.

Caption For Hythe, High Street 1899

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

Caption For Sheffield, Endcliffe Woods 1893

Endcliffe Woods were bought by the Council in 1885, and public access extended in 1887, when an additional nine acres were purchased through public subscription and presented to the town in celebration

Caption For Rochdale, Broadway 1906

The Roach was covered here in 1904 and the shelter appears to be the one that formerly overhung the river.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Promenade 1925

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort

Caption For Redditch, Church Green C1950

The modern Alexandra Hospital is some distance from the town centre, but the building visible through the trees on Church Green in this view is Smallwood Hospital, paid for by the needle

Caption For Castletown, Castle Rushen 1893

Robert the Bruce seized the advantage, despatching his brother Edward and James Douglas into northern England where they sacked a number of towns.

Caption For Llandrindod Wells, Station Crescent C1900

Victoriana and mock-Tudor set the scene around the unmade road of the Crescent.

Caption For Bromyard, The Falcon C1965

The Falcon was once an important coaching inn linking the town with Hereford, Leominster and Worcester.

Caption For Redditch, Church Green C1950

The modern Alexandra Hospital is some distance from the town centre, but the building visible through the trees on Church Green in this view is Smallwood Hospital, paid for by the needle makers Edwin and

Caption For Chester, Lower Bridge Street 1903

The Falcon Inn at the corner of Grosvenor Street was once the town house of the Grosvenor family.

Caption For Uppingham, The Market Place C1955

The square is overlooked by the church of St Peter and St Paul, which commands views of the town on one side and rolling countryside on the other.

Caption For Mevagissey, Inner Harbour 1890

Because of the town's pervading odour of fish it was known familiarly as 'Fishygissey'.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From Prendergast 1898

Looking across the town into Haverfordwest, the tower of the Church of St Thomas à Becket can be clearly seen on the skyline towards the centre of the picture, and the main body of the Castle with its

Caption For Teignmouth, Whale Bones 1922

These whale bones were brought to the town by a local trader, a reminder of Teignmouth's importance as a port.

Caption For Newport, High Street 1892

Some historians have suggested that the town is Roman in origin, given its straight streets and regular layout.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1892

This view shows how Jumbo the water tower dominates views in the town.

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral 1889

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

Caption For Bangor, Pier 1911

The town was part of a regular route from Liverpool, with steamers taking on passengers at Llandudno and Beaumaris.

Caption For Kirkby Stephen, Market Street C1960

The town was granted its right to hold a market during the 14th century, and bull-baiting was carried out in the Market Square until 1840.

Caption For Sheffield, The Botanical Gardens 1893

Though the Gardens were opened in 1836, within four years of this picture being taken the Gardens' operating company was in financial trouble.The Town Trustees agreed to buy the Gardens for £5,445