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Maps

1,622 maps found.

1896, Cock Street Ref. RNE672899
1895, Friday Street Ref. RNE709428
1898, Friday Street Ref. RNE709429
1895, Brook Street Ref. RNE652006
1896, Brook Street Ref. RNE652009
1895, Brook Street Ref. RNE652010
1895, Lower Street Ref. RNE769779
1895, Kent Street Ref. RNE746281
1895, Hazel Street Ref. RNE729547
1895, High Street Ref. RNE733553
1895, High Street Ref. RNE733559
1895, Nash Street Ref. RNE787948
1895, Perry Street Ref. RNE805285
1895, Reading Street Ref. RNE814037
1899, Silver Street Ref. RNE831361
1895, Silver Street Ref. RNE831364
1895, Sole Street Ref. RNE833961
1896, Nether Street Ref. RNE788776
1895, North Street Ref. RNE793952
1895, North Street Ref. RNE793953

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 661 to 670.

Training To Be A Bricklayer

During my chidhood I was to perform lots of different tasks that would make life for my mother a little easier. I did not know it at the time but she was actually training me for my working life. Not ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1951 by Frank Mowforth

Vauxall Rd Our Playground

I was born in Walton Hospital and lived in Vauxall. My dad came from Vauxall, my mother from Lattermer Street. My mother's name was Molden, she was from a very big family but try as I might I cannot find any trace ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1930 by Margaret Gilmore

Take Me Back

Born in 1945. Lived on Lime Street up to the 1950s then moved to Ginpit, went to St George's, and Tyldesley Secondary. I loved playing around those dimly lit streets, we were never bored, there was always something to do. Outside ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley in 1955

My Beginning...

My name is Russell Ham. I was born on May the 10th, 1962. I was adopted at about the age of six weeks, I think. The best thing that ever happened to me. I arrived at number 5, Thomas Street, in the summer of 1962, to the home of ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1962 by Russell Ham

Shops

I moved to Buckhaven from Methil in 1973 and can remember being able to do almost all my weekly shopping in the town. Between Randolph Street and College Streets, there were enough shops to provide all your family needs. The Co-op had a ...Read more

A memory of Buckhaven in 1973 by Marion Myall

My Childhood Days Brynna Boy

8 Southall Street /16 Tan-y-Bryn. We, the Brynna Boys, used to run to school, Mr & Mrs Davies Head Master and thei two daughters, strict and friendly, firm and kind. I can only describe those happy days, Coronation ...Read more

A memory of Brynna in 1953 by Gary Edwards

Living In Stratford During The London Blitz 1940 41

I remember living at no 41, Louise Road, Stratford E15, during the Blitz, and attending Water Lane School. At school each day as the teacher called out our names for Attendance, I noticed how each ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1940 by Robert Munn

Christmas

I always think of East Ham at Christmas, going to the Co-op to see Father Christmas, it seemed like magic how they did it. Then when older I remember my dad sat down our shed at 61 Stokes Road plucking chickens, he kept chickens in our ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Pamela Mather

Cargo Fleet

I lived in Cargo Fleet as a young child, having moved from Australia. My grandmother was born in Cargo Fleet, and she ended up returning with my grandfather, where they purchased a shop on the corner of Bristol Street. We lived up the ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1977 by Andrew Catton

Grandmother Lived In Battersea

Hello - year approx. 1945 or earlier. I used to visit my grandmother Maria Reading in the Battersea flats. They would be unlivable now by today's standards. No indoor plumbing, no heat, but they did have gas lights ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1945

Captions

5,435 captions found. Showing results 1,585 to 1,608.

Caption For Kingsbury, Kingsbury Road 1959

This busy shopping street has buildings of human scale of the 1920s and 30s, with a prominent well-designed Midland Bank sign now replaced by the anonymous HSBC of the Eastern Banking Empire.

Caption For Winsford, Wharton Hill C1955

Winsford High Street boasted an outlet of the Zan chain of ironmongers.

Caption For Dartford, Holy Trinity Church 1902

This view is taken from the junction with Stone Street, looking up from where view number 46430 was taken.

Caption For Buckingham, Bridge Street C1950

This view looks towards the Market Square from the junction with Well Street. The road curves attractively to the bowed end of the 18th-century Town Hall.

Caption For Launceston, Broad Street And Square C1960

The merry-go-round of high street names continues into the sixties: Hepworths is now David Parrish, men's outfitters, while next door Oliver's is now a book shop, although it retains its golden boot outside

Caption For Weedon Bec, The Village C1965

All of them lie close to Watling Street, the old Roman road which crosses the River Nene in this area.

Caption For Bakewell, Church 1923

This view of this delightful building was taken from South Church Street at its junction with Church Hill, the lane to the left. Note that both road and footpath surfaces leave much to be desired.

Caption For Horsham, West Street 1936

West Street is now pedestrianised, but the Chart and Lawrence department store and Lloyds Bank on the opposite corner are still trading.

Caption For Sherborne, From The Slopes 1895

The Woolmington Hotel is seen, built in the 1860s for Mr Woolmington, owner of the Cheap Street Brewery. This was later to become the Pageant.

Caption For Callington, Launceston Road 1908

Note the gas street lamp, left foreground.

Caption For Ashby De La Zouch, Market Street C1965

This pleasant but rather undistinguished wide street was the scene of a Saturday market since it was granted in 1219.

Caption For Aldershot, Union Street 1935

Burtons and Timothy Whites face one another across Union Street, drawing many shoppers to the town. However, Aldershot offers much more than shops.

Caption For Cambridge, Corpus Christi College C1955

This view looks north along Trumpington Street. Corpus Christi College is on the right hand side, with St Botolph's church just in the foreground.

Caption For Cranbrook, High Street, The Studio 1901

Situated on the High Street is The Studio, a Wealden Hall House, with a later gable on the left-hand side. This picture was taken before restoration.

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street C1965

New Road Side is here still a street of small, traditional shops.

Caption For Wisbech, High Street C1953

This is a flourishing view of the High Street with its flags and buntings, possibly celebrating the Festival of Britain or a Royal occasion.

Caption For London, Bank Of England And The Royal Exchange C1910

Omnibuses advertising Dunlop tyres enter Threadneedle Street. Here was the famous American Coffee House, where merchants with interests in the colonies met to discuss business.

Caption For Nottingham, Long Row 1890

This was the last decade when horse-drawn traffic reigned supreme on Nottingham's streets.

Caption For Wickford, High Street C1950

This busy street is crowded with shoppers, although the road is still fairly free from traffic. Awnings protect the shop fronts and the goods displayed in the windows.

Caption For Cambridge, Corpus Christi College C1955

This view looks north along Trumpington Street. Corpus Christi College is on the right hand side, with St Botolph's church just in the foreground.

Caption For Meifod, Lower Village C1955

A lone walker makes his way along this pleasant, rustic street. The large house on the left bears the sign Morgan, but from this angle has no other indication that it is the usual general store.

Caption For Horsforth, New Road Side C1965

New Road Side is here still a street of small, traditional shops.

Caption For London, Bank Of England And The Royal Exchange C1910

Omnibuses advertising Dunlop tyres enter Threadneedle Street. Here was the famous American Coffee House, where merchants with interests in the colonies met to discuss business.

Caption For St Annes, St Anne's Road West 1901

The other side of the street. The hardware store has had a pre-season facelift: a new awning, a coat of paint, and the relocation of the shop-sign from the ground to the second floor.