Maps

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Books

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Memories

2,736 memories found. Showing results 671 to 680.

My Stay At Collaton Cross

I lived in Collaton Cross for a short while when my Husband was in the R.A.F. My surname then was TURTLE. My son Nicholas was born in the house in Collaton Cross. He was ill at birth and taken to Freedom Fields Hospital in ...Read more

A memory of Collaton in 1961 by Shelagh Strom

Happy Memories

The High Street is where I was born in 1955.  In the street was the Working Mans Club, the Cinema and 'Jeffrey's' (the sweet shop where my brother and I used to go and spend out pocket money on a Saturday).  Once a year all the ...Read more

A memory of Llanbradach in 1961 by Julia Nation

Florries Chip Shop, The Square, Sandbach

Florries Chip Shop - what memories - greasy, white chips, but they were the best!  Florrie was always dressed in black - like a Victorian (which she probably was).  The shop was situated on the corner of the ...Read more

A memory of Sandbach in 1963 by Sue Tilley

Local Bakery

Hello. My name is Sheila and I often search the webb for things in reference to Torquay, Devon. My mother lived there for a short while in 1946 where she met my father, his name was John and he was in the navy. He was helping out at a ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 1946 by S Smith

Hilton Village

My father, Dennis Jepson, lived in Hilton, at the time the Manor was still in operation. He remembered having to doff your hat to the Lord of the Manor, if he were seen in the streets of Hilton. My father was about 8 at ...Read more

A memory of Hilton by Evelyn Jepson

My Father Worked At This Shop

My father Ron Burchell worked at the shop seen in this photograph.  The Burchell family had lived in the village for generations.  The owner of the shop was Edward Grinstead and his wife Millie who was my godmother. ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1940 by Wendy Carey

The Memories

I was brought up in Ecclefechan and my mother has lived there all her life. I started Hoddom Primary School in 1970. I can't remember who my P1 teacher was - it may have been Mrs Dodds. I do remember having Mrs McEwan in P2, Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Ecclefechan by Jane Mc Gillion

Mimi And Grandad's Sweet Shop

My grandparents owned the sweet shop at the end of this parade. They were Harry and Gladys Godwin. My mother grew up there, as did my Uncle Paul. My brother and I have hundreds of fantastic memories from the 1970s. I ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1971 by Jonathon Cooke

Lost Love

I met my late wife Angela in Walkford in 1960 when we were both very young. I was on holiday on my motorbike with three of my pals, and she was on a bicycle. It was a hot August bank holiday. She lived in Heath Road and was very girlish for ...Read more

A memory of Walkford in 1960 by Peter Mccormack

The Perfect Holiday

In the late 1950s we had a couple of holidays in Bracklesham bay, which was then a tiny, but growing village. I had never seen shops which were the equivalent of wooden shacks mounted on bricks. There were some modern bits; ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay in 1959 by Tony Steadman

Captions

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Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

The railway bridge here was built in 1838 by North Union Railways for the Preston to Wigan line at a cost of £70,000, and is now part of the west coast main line.

Caption For Exeter, The Port 1896

Yet it never truly prospered after these costly improvements, for the city's woollen export trade declined.

Caption For Measham, Car Auctions Ltd C1965

His bricks were his reply to Government proposals to tax bricks after the costly War of American Independence in 1782.

Caption For Poulton Le Fylde, Shard Bridge C1955

The bridge across the Wyre to replace fords was built in 1864 and cost over £13,000, but people objected to the paying of tolls; however, it was not until July 1993 that a fine new toll-free bridge was

Caption For Caerphilly, The Castle 1871

The building cost was estimated to be somewhere in the region of £5,500-£6,000 - a veritable 13th-century fortune.

Caption For Belfast, The Ulster Institute For The Deaf, Dumb And Blind 1897

At the time there was a substantial income; but the estimated cost was seven times greater, and a further appeal had to be made.

Caption For Liverpool, The William Brown Library And Museum 1895

William Brown was a wealthy merchant who offered to pay for much of the cost of this grand enterprise, and he was rewarded for his generosity with the street and library named after him.

Caption For Hunsdon, The Green C1960

The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

Caption For Hodder River, Lower Hodder Bridges 1858

He had stayed the night at Stoneyhurst, and it took most of the day for the horses, mules and men to cross.

Caption For Huntingdon, High Street C1955

Trinity Church was built in 1867-68 for the Baptists and the Congregationalists, and Potto Brown of Houghton contributed £12,000 towards the cost.

Caption For Newport, View From Transporter Bridge C1950

The span of the bridge is 645 feet, and the total cost was £98,000. Designed by the engineering firm of R H Haynes of Newport and the Frenchman F Arnodin, the bridge was opened in 1906.

Caption For Wakefield, The Grammar School C1955

This was originally the West Riding Proprietary School, built at a cost of £15,000 and opened by its President, Earl Fitzwilliam on 6 August 1834.

Caption For Henbury, Blaise Castle C1955

The government intended to use the provisions of the Act to make the American colonies pay for their own defence and to contribute towards the costs of the Seven Years War.

Caption For Hatfield, St Etheldreda's Church C1960

It dates from the 13th century and contains the Salisbury Chapel, built in 1618 to hold the tomb of Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury, at a cost of £460.

Caption For Preston, The Parish Church 1893

There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

Caption For Preston, St Walburge's Church 1897

There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

Caption For Measham, Car Auctions Ltd C1965

His bricks were his reply to Government proposals to tax bricks after the costly War of American Independence in 1782.

Caption For Hamble, The Harbourside C1955

In the 1970s a 5-bedroom property near Hamble River cost £40,000.

Caption For Porthmadog, Harbour 1908

If the date of the picture is correct, 1908 is quite late for a paddle-tug to be serving at other than a major coal port such as Cardiff, Sunderland or Seaham.

Caption For Basingstoke, Market Place And Town Hall C1955

When the Spencer Davies Group performed here, tickets cost 7s 6d. Other performers were the Troggs from Andover and David Bowie. The Town Hall is now the Willis Museum.

Caption For Keighley, From Parish Church C1900

Broth with dumplings cost one penny a bowl. We are looking across Cook Lane towards Townfield Gate. All of this was cleared for the new shopping centre and bus station.

Caption For Hayling Island, Mengham Road C1965

In 1933 nine Hayling coastguard cottages plus a building plot were sold for £3,280, and in 1965 a 4-bedroom house with garden and garage in Hayling cost £10,500.

Caption For Lytham, Lowther Gardens 1895

By 19 June 1848 they had built a Market House (which cost £1400) and by 1850 a gasworks. By 1880 water was being piped from Grizedale reservoir, and a new railway station was ready in the same year.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Cannington Viaduct 1903

Despite the scale of the engineering, the cost of building the line, including land acquisition, was a reasonable £67,000.