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Maps
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Books
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Memories
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Broad Oak Street
I was born in 1949 and then spent the next 15 years living there or visiting my grandparents in Broad Oak Street. The house in Broad Oak Street forms a part of my identity. I remember every nook and cranny - the coal cellar full ...Read more
A memory of Nottingham in 1952 by
The Bakery
My Grandad was Ken Derham, the village baker. I lived at the bakery for a short time when I was aged about 9. I remember him making the bread and being allowed to help him fill the donuts with jam. I can still smell how wonderful the ...Read more
A memory of Meopham in 1975
Vague Memories
I was born in February 1941 and have vague memories of living in Watchet sometime in 1943/1944 for a period of almost two years. My mother (Kathleen/Kitty) and her sister (Olive) rented a house which I believe was on the Doniford Road. My ...Read more
A memory of Watchet by
Searching For 1950s Neighbours
Hello there, My stepfather has asked me to search for three people that he knew in the 1950s and early '60s in Steventon. My stepfather is Robert Orchard from Pembrokeshire, Wales. He worked for the electricity ...Read more
A memory of Steventon by
16 In 1966 Croydon
In 1966 my first job was as an office junior for the Bought Leger Department at Findus for Nestle on the 18th floor. One of my jobs was to open the post and someone sent in their false teeth because they had bitten into a fish finger ...Read more
A memory of Croydon by
My Early Days At Stokesby
Ruby Gowen born Stokesby 1933 now known as Elizabeth Robinson. Among my early memories is being taken “down the Ferry” to see the steamship the Queen of the Broads go by. First in the distance the smoke would appear and ...Read more
A memory of Stokesby by
Memories Of Wealdstone And Harrow And The Ymca
I enjoyed Reg Ware’s reminiscing of Wealdstone and the YMCA. I know all of those places like the back of my hand. I am guessing you are perhaps 3 or 4 years older than me – I was born 1941. I used to ...Read more
A memory of Wealdstone
Collyhurst
Does anybody remember Denis the bread man we wud help him deliver bread and butter and he just gave us 20p and we wud buy toffee logs from bobs on Thornton st or get some scraps from Frank's chippy
A memory of Collyhurst by
Chime Cottage
We bought an old cottage, a semi-detached one, in Hildersham, then named Bermuda Cottage. We were not aware of the origins of the name, but the owner, an elderly lady owned a bald parrot, probably bald due to boredom as parrots are very ...Read more
A memory of Hildersham by
Post War Memories
I was raised in Mountsorrel in the Soar valley near Leicester. It was a Norman village that lay alongside the river Soar under Castle Hill. The hill got its name from the mote and bailey type 12c castle built by the Beaumonts – ...Read more
A memory of Mountsorrel by
Captions
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These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.
South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line.
Broad Street is a later medieval planned extension of the market place, which is beyond the end houses.
The town of Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.
The Teifi begins its journey to the sea 70 miles away; it provided an inland route for the Normans to service the castles of Cardigan and Cilgerran.
The heart of Georgian Weymouth overlooks the sands from the Gloucester Hotel (top left) and the Royal Hotel (centre left), in a broad sweep around to the Victorian spire of St John's Church and Brunswick
These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.
The village of Hampstead Norris nestles in a shallow valley, the buildings dominated by the short broad tower of St Mary's church in the background.
A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.
While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late
This broad open space at the heart of the city is a kaleidoscope of noise and colour on market day.
The main shopping areas of Broad Street and Church Street have not changed too much in character since the camera clicked on this scene.
While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late
This broad parade, named after Queen Victoria, runs along the East Cliff in front of Wellington Crescent and the lawns.
Aberaeron is almost in the middle of the 60-mile coastline of Ceredigion. In 1800, Aberaeron was little more than a farm and inn by the main coast road where a bridge crossed the Aeron.
The broad straight streets tell of land recovered from river and docks. The church tells of the human needs that followed.
On the left bank is the single track Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway, which opened as a broad gauge line in April 1867 and was worked by the Bristol & Exeter Railway.
This broad expanse of the old Portsmouth Road is lined with pollarded trees.
Punch and Judy hold the attention of the formally-dressed crowd of holidaymakers in the South Bay.
To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.
To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.
Stanhill is a small community on one of the B-roads between Oswaldtwistle and Blackburn. It was in this building in 1764 that James Hargreaves lived when he invented the Spinning Jenny.
This picture is remarkable for the diversity of personal transport it depicts. St Peter's Street is still as broad today as then, but it would be a brave cyclist who rode down its centre now.
The broad thoroughfare reflects not only the market town but also its link with the sea. Below the cobbles still runs the Belfast River, which once had quays allowing ships to come off the Lagan.
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