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 421 to 39.
Maps
247 maps found.
Books
707 books found. Showing results 505 to 528.
Memories
2,374 memories found. Showing results 211 to 220.
1950s
My grandfather worked at this site, his name was Albert Cook. I wonder if anyone remembers him? He retired I think in 1960 I was about nine then and I remember him getting a clock and a party was held. He had black spots on his ...Read more
A memory of Glascoed in 1955 by
Grandmother Born1876
My grandmother used to tell me stories of Gateshead days when I was a kid, for example Tommy-on-the Bridge, area Bottle Bank, apparently was a permanent fixture in those days, he stood on the Swing Bridge, might have been ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead in 1890 by
My Mam
My name is Carol Cook (maiden name Turner) and my mam is called Pat Turner (maiden name Wightman). I grew up in McAdam Street, Bensham, Gateshead and have a lot of special memories from there. Sadly half the street is currently in process of ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead by
W.D. Phillips And The Salutation
W.D. Phillips 1846-1927 owned and ran this hotel, he was my great-great-grandfather. One of my uncles and one of my aunts, I had six, were born in this building the latter around 1915. Whilst here WD wrote the ...Read more
A memory of Haverfordwest in 1920 by
Evacuee
I was evacuated from London to Oxford with Burlington School on 1st September 1939. At first we had our lessons in the old Milham Ford School premises but after a few weeks transferred to the new school in Marston where we shared the ...Read more
A memory of Oxford in 1940 by
Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941
Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy there ...Read more
A memory of Bramley in 1930 by
Triggered A Few More Memories
Waterloo in the 1940s to 1950s My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and ...Read more
A memory of Waterloo by
Cook Family
As a child I visited my grandmother at Ivy Cottage where my mother was born in 1910. The Cook family and the Faircloths were the backbone of the village. Granny Cook lived in the house next door to Ivy Cottage. It was an ...Read more
A memory of Crockleford Heath in 1953 by
Mining Community Gone Without A Trace
When they found coal, Treodrhiwfuwch was only a farm. A book was published by J R Pearce back in 1985 about Pontlottyn and Treodrhiwfuwch. Over the years terrace houses were built for miners, some turned ...Read more
A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1920 by
Ward End Adult School
The Ward End Adult School was held on Sunday mornings in 'The Barn', St.Margaret's Road, Ward End before the 2nd World War. It was run on a sort of religious basis, like a church (non-denominational, I think, but similar to ...Read more
A memory of Ward End in 1930 by
Captions
517 captions found. Showing results 505 to 528.
In 1888 there were no less than 88 houseboats and 55 launches moored along the river banks.
We do four pages of Luton news each week. Even those who don't support Luton town will be interested that there are plans for a new stadium.
We are looking north towards Kemple End. The first sod of the railway line at Clitheroe was cut on 30 December 1846.
They played a significant role in getting some of the worst local pubs closed down through (Robert Cook) The Brewery Tap dates back to the 17th century.
LOOKING TO the future, a lot depends on the fortune of the nation and its place in the world.
During the middle years of the 18th century the 'self help' movement flourished, and whenever evening classes were available, working men took the opportunity to 'better' themselves.
Many people approached their houses by grass tracks, and drew water from a well or carried buckets to a standpipe (sometimes a half-mile away); they cooked by paraffin or coal and lit their homes
The Hall by the Sea opened in 1865 taking over the booking hall of a railway terminus that was never used and was converted into a ballroom and concert hall.
in this book show a vanished Medway, with timber rafts towed by barges outside the Archbishop's palace, a once-familiar scene of the river as an industrial highway that is no more.
Luton is about people, whatever the buildings look like. One must admit that modern towns are unbearably look-alike, but none look like Luton.
(Marion Hill) Woughton is one of the area's eighteen villages existing in the 11th century which were mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086; thirteen of the villages became local centres for the new
Certainly the former of these was a substantial settlement by the time of Domesday Book, and enjoyed market rights in the Middle Ages.
I have not mentioned the Civil War or local politics at all - these belong in other books; but I hope I have indicated that the town seen in the Frith views has much of its earlier framework or skeleton
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