Maps

459 maps found.

1906, New Downs Ref. HOSM48405
1895, Magham Down Ref. RNE771884
1895, Higher Downs Ref. RNE733997
1896, Gwinear Downs Ref. RNE723979
1895, Sandy Down Ref. RNE825292
1898, South Down Ref. RNE834613
1895, South Down Ref. RNE834617
1898, Old Down Ref. RNE796403
1895, New Downs Ref. RNE789611
1946, South Down Ref. NPO834613
1940, Henley's Down Ref. NPO731415
1946, The Down Ref. NPO846346
1940, The Downs Ref. NPO846347
1940, Tilly Down Ref. NPO848445
1940, Perham Down Ref. NPO805188
1946, Rickard's Down Ref. NPO816393
1895, The Down Ref. RNE846346
1919, West Down Ref. POP863986
1920, The Down Ref. POP846346
1919, Vale Down Ref. POP858366

Books

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Memories

8,147 memories found. Showing results 111 to 120.

Childhood Memories Kessingland Late 80’s 90’s

So as a young child I would always go on holidays with my Nan and Grandad. We started going to Kessingland we had a small caravan {touring caravan} so I was very excited to go to a new place. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Kessingland by Cheryl Agius

Newbury Way And Rayners Gardens

I'm Steve and the earliest memories are of Newbury Way, a lower half of a 2 bedroom maisonette with an open coal fire and larder including a concrete slab to keep stuff cold. I recall riding my three wheeled bike around ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Steve White

Halcyon Days In The 1950s

What fantastic days they were, despite the hardship. We were a family of 9 Seven children Allan Joy,twins Michael and David, myself Sam and a second set of twins Kathryn and Brian I too remember Mrs Greys shop, also ...Read more

A memory of Wrottesley Park in 1955 by Sam Woolley

Little Waltham

I was born in Little Waltham and lived there until 1967. I only left because I got married and the cost of housing in the village, even then, was way out of our reach, so we had to move 20 miles north to Sible Hedingham. I had a ...Read more

A memory of Little Waltham by Richard Mansfield

Shopping Memories.

This photograph shows two ladies chatting together in the foreground.  On the right in the floral dress is my mother Mrs Beatrice Farnsworth.  My family have been farmers in the locality for three generations.  My mother's car is ...Read more

A memory of Worksop by Claire Allen

Joan The Wad

I have bought Joan the Wad Cornish pickles at the Abbey and caught a trout in the river that runs in front of it. I was evacuated to the village in the war to Church Town Farm with Mr and Mrs Greenway and there was a large monkey puzzle ...Read more

A memory of Lanivet in 1950 by John Angus

Teenage Memories

Cove was a special place, a place where I was born, at 11 Sydney Smith Close...now stands Beverly Crec.... My grandad Matthew Smith lived at 39 Holly Rd, and worked on the railway as a plate layer. Growing up we lived in Hazel Avenue, ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1958 by Peter Smith

My Family In Woolston

My Grandparents lived in Oakbank Road, My Aunt lived in Laurel Road. I can remember going to work with my Nan in the evenings. She used to be a cleaner for Knaptons Bookies and Malizias Bookies (Bridge Road). My Aunt worked at ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1959 by Jan Wills

Growing Up In Motspur Park

I lived in Motspur Park from 1968 till 1989, everyone I knew friendly place, the local pub was clean and friendly, used to go courting there with my late husband. Been back a few times and have noticed a dramatic decline ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1984 by Catherine Goldby

Childhood

Having just stumbled across this website and viewed the photographs, I immediately went into nostalgia mode. I was born in Alrewas in 1938 in one of the small cottages in Main Street just down from Mansell's bridge, and then moved to The Old ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas in 1940 by Anthony Venables

Captions

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Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street C1950

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

Caption For Emery Down, New Forest Inn C1960

The New Forest Inn is another popular hostelry at Emery Down.

Caption For Castle Donington, High Street C1955

The photographer looks back down the hill past 19th-century houses towards the village centre.

Caption For Buriton, Pond 1898

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English village.

Caption For Monsal Dale, Monsal Head Hotel C1955

The Monsal Head Hotel, seen here in the mid-50s, commands a spectacular view down into Monsal and Upper Dale from its slightly incongruous Tyrolean balcony which was added to the substantial limestone

Caption For Cadgwith, The Village 1933

The setting of Cadgwith is superb, with its thatched fishermen's cottages looking straight down to the wide waters of the English Channel not far from the Lizard Point.

Caption For Buckden, Offord Road C1960

The road leads down to the River Ouse and Buckden Mills.

Caption For Guildford, High Street 1895

This classic view looks west down High Street to the Wey valley and beyond to Guildown (The Mount).

Caption For Colyton, Queen Square 1907

The men standing at the door on the left are customers of the Lion Inn, which burned down on 8 November 1908 and was never rebuilt. The Congregational Chapel in the background was built in 1831.

Caption For Carthew, Clay Workings 1927

Down the years, pyramids of waste have scarred the landscape above St Austell, creating an eerie, lunar atmosphere.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1950

Stand by the Burton monument and look down the High Street to compare this photograph with the scene today. The Lion and Lamb on the right has changed its name, and is now called Fridays.

Caption For Fulbourn, High Street C1950

Down by the crossroads is the Six Bells public house, while to the left, the church is one of only two in England dedicated to Saint Vigor.

Caption For Ambleside, Bridge House 1912

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down building constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

Caption For Botley, The Square C1960

Here we are looking east towards the hill down to the Hamble River. On the right we have Robertson, a chemist, and the local post office adding to the many shopping facilities for the inhabitants.

Caption For Howth, Harbour And Front 1897

Following the transfer of the mail boat service to Dun Laoghaire, Howth harbour had by this time settled down to a quiet existence.

Caption For East Dereham, Church Street 1893

This lovely street, fringed with cobbles, leads down to the White Lion Inn and the old church, where the poet William Cowper, 'England's sweetest and most pious bard', was laid to rest.

Caption For Newtown, Broad Street C1950

Aptly named, this wide street wends its way down to the river. In the foreground stands the Bear Hotel, formerly The Bear's Head, built around 1868, with its mock-Tudor façade.

Caption For Chard, Fore Street C1955

Seen from Lower High Street, this was the main A30 through the town and a busy stop for buses and coaches.

Caption For Castle Cary, Fore Street C1965

Fore Street once had many thatched cottages and a stream running down one side, but it was rebuilt in the 19th century, when the town prospered with the woollen industry.

Caption For Preston, Friargate C1960

This view looks from Market Square down Friargate.

Caption For Goodwood, House C1965

It has spectacular views of the South Downs and Chichester Cathedral, and contains paintings by Canaletto, Van Dyck and Stubbs.

Caption For Marlborough, Passage Way To High Street C1965

Ahead in the curved early 19th-century building is Ralph Say & Son, outfitters and drapers - an older business, W T Calvert, general draper, has just closed down.

Caption For Eynsham, High Street C1950

Further down the street is a van with 'Lyons Tea, Coffee & Cocoa' emblazoned on its rear door.

Caption For Willingham, High Street C1955

The view down the High Street has changed very little, but the increased volume of traffic has brought traffic lights to the junction with the road to Over.