Places
26 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Nook, Cumbria (near Kirkby Lonsdale)
- Barrow Nook, Lancashire
- Moss Nook, Merseyside
- Agar Nook, Leicestershire
- Pickering Nook, Durham
- Heads Nook, Cumbria
- Wornish Nook, Cheshire
- Salendine Nook, Yorkshire
- Sour Nook, Cumbria
- Urlay Nook, Cleveland
- Wall Nook, Durham
- Acres Nook, Staffordshire
- Donna Nook, Lincolnshire
- Hale Nook, Lancashire
- Windy Nook, Tyne and Wear
- Daisy Nook, Greater Manchester
- Nimble Nook, Greater Manchester
- Pocket Nook, Greater Manchester
- Pudding Pie Nook, Lancashire
- Water's Nook, Greater Manchester
- Greetland Wall Nook, Yorkshire
- Moss Nook, Greater Manchester
- Water Garth Nook, Cumbria
- The Nook, Shropshire (near Prees)
- The Nook, Shropshire (near Childs Ercall)
- Bleak Hey Nook, Greater Manchester
Photos
39 photos found. Showing results 21 to 39.
Maps
247 maps found.
Books
707 books found. Showing results 25 to 48.
Memories
2,374 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
My Years Living Next To The Butchers
My dad Rowland Cook took over Lasts butchers in 1985. I grew up in The Maltings which was attached to the shop and is the house on the right hand side of the photo with the big bay window from the age of 11 until ...Read more
A memory of Botesdale in 1985 by
Evac
I was evacuated to Balcombe in 1940 along with the Stanley Technical College pupils from south London. At first, 3 of us were billited at Monks, a large and beautiful home some 3 km out of the village. At that time the Johnston family owned the ...Read more
A memory of Balcombe in 1940 by
Living With Nanny
I remember well living with my nanny in Neames Forstell, she was Rose Beake, a formidable lady, but oh how I loved her. I remember going to Selling school, and if it rained or snowed being brought home in the police car by Sargeant ...Read more
A memory of Selling in 1954 by
In The Fifties And Sixties.
We moved to Byfield in May 1952 when my dad got a job on the railway at Woodford. We had previously lived in Northampton and Byfield seemed a whole new world. There was Mrs Davies who had the sweet shop (remembered the coconut ...Read more
A memory of Byfield by
Priestfield Road
I was born in Priestfield Road and lived there until my family moved across the river to to Hoo when I was 14 years-old. I have fond memories of peers with whom I would play either in the road or we'd go to The Rookery, Strand or ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham by
My Great Grandfather Mother And Father's Link
My parents often told me this story. My Great Grandfather was John Roberts. His son, my father, Thomas Glyndwr Roberts and my mother Myra Roberts (Evans) as young children were playing on the swings in ...Read more
A memory of Blaenllechau by
Mitcham
I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more
A memory of Norbury
St Nicholas (Later Box Hill) School & Remembering The Misses Garrard
I attended St Nicholas school (later Box Hill School) between approx 1957 and 1962. The school was co-educational and catered to children aged from about age 4 to 18. My brother was 4 and I was 7 when we started at the ...Read more
A memory of Mickleham by
25 Years In Beaconsfield.
Born in Wembley, I arrived in the New Town of Beaconsfield in 1957 aged 5. With my younger sister and my parents. I left home at 17 but returned occasionally until 1981 when my parents moved to Scotland. I lived in ...Read more
A memory of Beaconsfield by
War Time Solidarity
My mother, her mother and my great grandma lived through war time while my grandfather fought in France ww2. Everybody knew each other and there was a great sense of community. People would help each other and look after their ...Read more
A memory of Ellesmere Port
Captions
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We cooked anything cookable we could get hold of, pinching potatoes and turnips from fields on the way there, and apples from orchards.
We cooked anything cookable we could get hold of, pinching potatoes and turnips from fields on the way there, and apples from orchards.
We cooked anything cookable we could get hold of, pinching potatoes and turnips from fields on the way there, and apples from orchards.
This chained library is the finest in the world, containing books and manuscripts that date back a thousand years and more. Chaining the books was an important security measure.
He collected a large library of chained books (the books were chained to their shelves so that they could not be taken away) which he bequeathed to the villagers.
He collected a large library of chained books (the books were chained to their shelves so that they could not be taken away) which he bequeathed to the villagers.
In the late 1860s the then Earl hired John Mason Cook, son of pioneer travel agent,Thomas Cook, to promote the gardens at Alton Towers.
In the late 1860s the then Earl hired John Mason Cook, son of pioneer travel agent, Thomas Cook, to promote the gardens at Alton Towers.
The book of 'Hampshire Treasures' states that the 'Bentley Book' on the left was 'designed by Lord Baden-Powell for the Daily Mail competition for village signs in 1923.
The library was founded after the Rev William Stone left his books to the Minster in 1686 and more were added in 1695.
Great Ayton is one of Cleveland's prettiest villages, and was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century world explorer.
Captain Cook was apprenticed here at the age of seventeen; there are many monuments to him here, including a statue and the Captain Cook Museum.
Refreshment can be sought at Captain Cook's Cottage, a café serving luncheons and teas.
The library has one of the largest collections of railway books of any public library in Britain - there are around 6,000 books on the subject.
This photograph was taken from the path below Captain Cook's statue leading to the downward steps. It shows the flagstaff with Cook's ship 'Resolution' on top.
It was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century round-the-world explorer.
Nearby Hay has become renowned over recent decades as a 'book town' where every other shop seems to sell second-hand books.
Local pit manager Sir William Garforth, who donated 250 books, opened this Carnegie Library on 29 May 1907.
At the time of the Domesday Book, Halton was the main administrator of the area, and Lancaster was 'under' Halton, which lies three miles north-east of Lancaster.
The Sheffield branch of Thomas Cook & Son is dwarfed by its neighbour, Woodhouses.
It was well stocked with books, and soon became too small for the needs of the population.
The Sheffield branch of Thomas Cook & Son is dwarfed by its neighbour,Woodhouses.
D Cook (right) is an electrical engineer - in the 1800s, Martha Cook was a well-known dressmaker. The fine church has a 120ft-high tower; it is famous for its hammer-beam roof and fine rood-screen.
The librarian Sue Boddington's book A Source of Pride gives a delightful insight into its history.
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