Photos

273 photos found. Showing results 1,221 to 273.

Maps

1,714 maps found.

1947, Faxfleet Ref. NPO703819
1947, Hessle Ref. NPO731953
1947, Grimston Ref. NPO722487
1947, Grindale Ref. NPO722527
1947, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor Ref. NPO738737
1947, Dunswell Ref. NPO695822
1947, East Newton Ref. NPO697741
1947, Harlthorpe Ref. NPO727423
1924, Little Reedness Ref. POP757890
1924, Long Riston Ref. POP766636
1924, Old Town Ref. POP797219
1924, Paull Ref. POP802091
1924, Meaux Ref. POP777369
1924, Millington Ref. POP780870
1924, Leconfield Ref. POP754396
1924, Little Airmyn Ref. POP756804
1924, North Frodingham Ref. POP793371
1947, Cottingham Ref. NPO678630
1947, Boynton Ref. NPO647534
1947, Broomfleet Ref. NPO652402

Books

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Memories

1,701 memories found. Showing results 611 to 620.

Nina Dickey

Hi My name is Nina. I was in the Treloar Hospital during the end of world war two.  I went in when I was 10 and came out on March 30th 1945.  I remember being on the terrace while the blitz was on, what else could they do, most of us were in ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1944 by ninadickey

Oak Lane Twickenham

Re: the Regent Cinema razed to the ground for a garage.  Before it was a cinema, it was... a garage.  Really, it was a coachworks called Twickenham Motorworks which was a coachworks.  This belonged to my grandfather, Jotham ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham in 1910 by Elizabeth Mann

Caravan Holiday With Mum

We stayed in a small caravan on Ridings Farm, owned then by Mr & Mrs Rand. We travelled by coach from Gosport, Hampshire. Catherine Hackett, my mother,adopted me when I was less than a year old, she was widowed and ...Read more

A memory of France Lynch in 1954 by Stella Flux

Tiddler Fishing

My grandparents lived in Park Road, and as children myself and my sister used to go tiddler fishing under the suspension bridge. My sister's cat, Danny, used to follow us and join us in our endeavours. And my cat, Honey, got stuck ...Read more

A memory of Builth Wells in 1962 by Verena Lewis

Smallbridge And All That

The place name comes from a narrow bridge over a stream that forms the boundary between Rochdale and Wardle on Halifax Road, by The Red Lion pub as it was then. Folk who lived in Smallbridge were once called "Sandknockers" ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge in 1940 by Peter Butterworth

Commercial Street

I lived at number 36 from 1936 for 11 yrs. and saw the changes that World War 11 brought to our village. I remember the milkman and his horse-drawn cart and mam asking for a gill as she searched her purse for the coin to pay for ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd in 1940 by Lance Ford

My Lodgings In Timperley

I stayed in lodgings in Timperley in 1966 in a small cul-de-sac called South Meade. I had to find accommodation as I was transferred from London to work at the Bank of England's branch in Manchester and by chance the hotel ...Read more

A memory of Timperley in 1966 by John Howard Norfolk

In Line And Two By Two

Miss Cary was short and stout with grey hair in a bun. She always wore a cameo brooch on a white silk blouse, grey skirt and sensible shoes. She was kind and patient, she was also my first teacher. One day as the mothers picked up ...Read more

A memory of Kew in 1951 by Barry Hawgood

Memories Of Lundhill

I remember playing down the hillies on what is now Wombwell Golf Course. This area was once a thriving pit, until in 1857 a large explosion brought death and misery to the area called Lundhill. 189 men and boys were killed. After ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1950 by Cliff Grimshaw

Holystreet Manor Chagford

I am wondering if anyone remembers the school in Chagford at Holystreet Manor. I went to this school in the mid 1950s and at the time it was called St Brides, later to be re-named Holystreet Manor School with a change of ...Read more

A memory of Chagford in 1955 by David Moon

Captions

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