Maps

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Books

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Memories

637 memories found. Showing results 461 to 470.

John St Dundee

Hi, I lived at No 4 John St from 1948 to about 1960 before moving to Ann Field St and then up the Hilltown to Ann St (Carnegie Tower). The town council must have found out that I had moved down to the West Midlands, for when I looked ...Read more

A memory of Dundee in 1960 by Jim Mackin

Bell Ringing

Approximatly 1949 - 50 I well remember going into the bell tower with my father, who was one of the regular bell ringing team. The tower entrance was through the small door just to the right of the main church door and was then ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym in 1949

Walter Bowers

The horse and waggon is under the control of Mr Walter Bowers. He was our carrier. He would take my rabbits and my mother's chickens and eggs to market.

A memory of Boxford in 1955 by Nigel Clark

Summerhill Blaydon

I was born in Gas Lane, Blaydon in a house on the banks of the Tyne, next to the Black Bull Pub. I spent the first five years of my life on our small-holding on Summerhill, where we had chickens, horses and pigs. I have happy ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1930

Moulands

I served my apprenticeship as a plumber with Fred Mouland at Nether wallop - it lasted five years and we worked all over the village. We worked on the church tower and removed a lead sheet signed by two plumbers who laid the roof in ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1960 by Terence Compton

My Lovely Streatham

I was born in Ferrers Rd (behind Ice Rink in Streatham). Moved to Kempshott Rd at beginning of the sixties, it was the road past the Pied Bull pub and South London Motors (a huge car sales place) was on the corner. Spent many a ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1966

Gurnell Grove Prefabs Windmill Lane And The Broadway

I was born in the prefabs at Gurnell Grove, and went to Brentside Juniors. We then moved to Windmill Lane when the prefabs were being knocked down to make way for the tower blocks. The prefabs ...Read more

A memory of Greenford

Blissful Times

My Mother and I arrived in 1974, from a divorced Warrington and the dilapidation of the north-west. Merrily drinking tea and eating custard tarts in the bare miners' cottage living room, sitting in a deck chair and eating from a ...Read more

A memory of Gwespyr in 1977 by James Harrison

Memories Revisited

Holidaying at Morecamble Holiday Camp July 1956 was the beginning of a holiday romance that has lasted 56 years to 2012. Walking from the Camp along the Promenade at Morecambe, my two girl friends and myself were adopted by 4 ...Read more

A memory of Heysham in 1956 by Marian Vernon

Happy Memories Of My Time At South Weald

I started at St. Peters School South Weald in the Infants class with Miss Clough in 1950. She was a lovely lady. My first few months were very worrying as I was a shy only child and I cried a lot as ...Read more

A memory of South Weald in 1950 by Helen Illsley

Captions

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Caption For Methwold, The George Inn C1965

The church, like the inn, is dedicated to St George: with its lantern tower and steeple rising to 120 feet, it is visible for miles around in this flat landscape.

Caption For Houghton, The Clock Tower C1960

The clock tower, erected in 1902 in memory of George the son of Potto Brown, still provides shelter for visitors on their way to visit the famous mill or using the Ouse Valley Way.

Caption For Feock, Pill Creek 1936

Its Victorian church, St Feoca, has a detached tower. Feock's original old church, demolished in the 1870s, is noted as the building in which the service was last held in the Cornish language.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From The River 1890

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the Castle in the centre and the tower of St Thomas à Becket on the hill overlooking it.

Caption For Finchingfield, The Green C1965

The squat church-tower, the steadily clambering roofs, and the central pond all combine to make a satisfying, unsophisticated scene.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Castle 1908

The hollow circular tower is open to the elements, and provides a good home for hundreds of pigeons. It is over 100ft high, and is divided into four storeys.

Caption For Old Sarum, Objects Discovered During Excavations 1913

This picture shows the remains of the flint tower, which, as can be seen, needed substantial reinforcement with solid blocks of stone.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Town View 1890

The castle can be clearly seen on the right of the picture and the tower of St Mary's with one of its clock faces to the centre of the picture on the horizon.

Caption For Raunds, Market Square C1955

The best feature of the town is undoubtedly the parish church with its lofty 13th-century tower. To the right is the George and Dragon pub.

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

On the extreme left in this photograph the pinnacles of the church's 120-foot Perpendicular central tower can be seen rising above the buildings.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street C1955

On the left is London Square, where the obelisk of the war memorial towers above all else.

Caption For Basingstoke, Church Street 1904

Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

Caption For Salisbury, Bridge Street C1955

The Clock Tower, across the bridge, was built by a Doctor Roberts in 1893 on the site of the old County Gaol.The much older Infirmary beyond has since been converted to flats.

Caption For Harborne, St Peter's Church C1965

The red sandstone tower dates from the 15th century, and may itself have been a rebuild on the base of an earlier structure.

Caption For Sudbury, Market 1904

Outside St Peter's Church tower a crowd concentrates on the Punch and Judy show. There is a group of carriages parked to the left.

Caption For Gloucester, The Cathedral 1892

The splendid Norman tower of the cathedral rises above the roofs of the county town, forming an important part of the city's skyline.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall 1889

The spire on the ridge of the main roof no longer exists, and the tower now has a plain copper roof.

Caption For Steeton, The Tower C1955

This view is of The Tower, a crenellated gateway to the 17th-century High Hall, the village manor house. There is also a Low Hall at Steeton.

Caption For Seaham, Church Street C1955

The aisleless nave dates from the late 7th century, and the chancel and west tower from the early 13th century.

Caption For Acle, The Village C1955

The church is dedicated to St Edmund: it has a thatched nave roof and an octagonal top to its round tower.

Caption For Bedale, North End C1960

Bedale was granted its market charter by Henry III, and this view of the North End of the cobbled Market Place shows the 14th-century market cross standing on its six stone steps, with the impressive tower

Caption For Oxford, Queens College Front Quadrangle 1890

The Hall and Chapel are crowned by a small domed tower, beneath which is an ornately carved pediment with symbolic figures of Justice, Neptune and Plenty.

Caption For Canterbury, Cathedral, Bell Harry Tower 1890

This Victorian snapshot of what is arguably the country's most famous landmark gives us a westerly view of the spectacular Bell Harry Tower.

Caption For Davington, The Priory 1892

The pyramid-capped tower of this Norman church stands prominently on a hill, and forms part of Davington Priory, founded in 1153 by Fulco de Newenham.