Photos

75 photos found. Showing results 121 to 75.

Maps

658 maps found.

1940, Reading Ref. NPO814032
1895, Emmer Green Ref. RNE701256
1940, Coley Ref. NPO675356
1897-1900, Churchend Ref. RNC668622
1897-1909, New Town Ref. RNC790401
1919, Caversham Heights Ref. POP664947
1897-1909, Whitley Ref. RNC869358
1919, Whitley Ref. POP869358
1947, Caversham Ref. NPO664945
1940, The Mount Ref. NPO846469
1947, Lower Caversham Ref. NPO768892
1947, Emmer Green Ref. NPO701256
1895, Whitley Wood Ref. RNE869394
1895, The Mount Ref. RNE846469
1919, The Mount Ref. POP846469
1919, Whiteknights Ref. POP868907
1919, Emmer Green Ref. POP701256
1895, Caversham Ref. RNE664945
1895, Lower Caversham Ref. RNE768892
1895, Horncastle Ref. RNE740413

Books

3 books found. Showing results 145 to 3.

Memories

579 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Stiperstones Poem

THE STIPERSTONES T’was long ago the Ludlow people vexed the Devil very sore He vowed to stone their homes and steeples until they were no more On Cranberries Hill he then collected his apron full of rocks and stones With these ...Read more

A memory of Stiperstones by Angela Bolton

The Flats

This is the new flats in Thirlmere Way, the top end near Royal Avenue, and you can see the Labour Club too on the left of the flats. The GUS ( Great Universal Stores) offices was built on the field as well but I don't remember the date. I ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1965 by Eric Jones

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

Visiting My Inlaws

In 1953 I used to visit my in-laws who lived at 19 Rumbold Road, Fulham. I remember when we walked along Kings Road towards the football ground there was an antique shop that had an unusual armchair in the window. It was carved in ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea by Vera Otto

Summer Hols In Milford On Sea

When I was a child, living in Coventry, my parents used to pack me off to Milford to get some fresh sea air and spend quality time with my cousins! My best times were when we went off to buy sweets - I loved ...Read more

A memory of Milford on Sea in 1961 by Olivia Harrod

Love That Place!

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

Great Horton

Our family lived in Lidget Green, near the Great Horton railway station. I was born in 1949 near Bradford (Wakefield), and lived in Lidget Green from toddlerhood until we emigrated in 1960. The neighborhood provided many memories which ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1959 by Richard L

Badger Hall, Thundersley, Essex Circa 1900

My Great Uncle and Aunt, Archibald “Arch” and Clara Meade, owned Badger Hall, Thundersley, around the turn of the 19th to 20th century. It was then described as having 22 acres of parkland and holding ...Read more

A memory of Thundersley by John Sharpe

First Holiday

My first holiday was when I was 9 years old (in 1958) and my parents and I came to Goodrington. We stayed at Beech Hurst which if I remember correctly was in Youngs Park Road. It was lovely. I made friends with a girl who lived next ...Read more

A memory of Goodrington in 1958 by Barbara Lucas

Not Strictly Ashby : )

Willesley Close was the centre of the universe for the first twelve years of my life from 1959. The garden enclosed twenty yards of the old railway embankment and featured a natural spring, the source of much ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1971 by Bill Davey

Captions

156 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, View Acrooss To Morcambe Bay 2004

As was demonstrated in the tragic accident in 2004 which involved the loss of more than 20 Chinese cocklers, Morecambe Bay is a treacherous and deadly crossing point, and requires local specialist knowledge

Caption For Leith Hill, 1906

A local labourer and his dog obligingly pose for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

This 1908 view of the churchyard from the south shows the gates that once protected the dead from body snatchers.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

This 1908 view of the churchyard from the south shows the gates that once protected the dead from body snatchers.

Caption For Milton Keynes, The Pennyland Boat Basin 2005

As queen of the Essex Iceni, she was incensed that the Romans broke her dead husband's treaty.

Caption For St Donats, 1937

Unfortunately, before the burial could take place the funerary decorations caught fire, and the body, portraits of the young man's dead ancestors and the great gallery went up in flames.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral, West Front 1923

The row beneath contains the souls rising from the dead, lifting their tombstone lids; in the next row are bishops, kings, knights, saints, martyrs, and virgins.

Caption For Dorking, South Street And Pump Corner 1906

On the corner stands the Bull's Head public house. Until just a few years ago the abattoir had its premises behind the pub, and here cattle were slaughtered on a regular basis.

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Square 1906

Three years later he was dead.

Caption For Petersfield, The Pond C1955

Did they come from miles around to bury the ashes of their dead princes here? Were they nomads carrying the remains from a fair distance to a sacred spot or a clearing in the forest?

Caption For Chelmsford, Grammar School 1892

The pathway leading through it had solidified into the road known as Friars Place. The Grammar School itself had had a rough ride through the 19th century.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street, Clare Cross 1898

The detailing is borrowed from the eight blank panels in the Medici chapel in Florence; on these panels are carved the names of the town's dead of the First World War.