Books

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Memories

384 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

School Days And Beyond

Having just stumbled on this website I felt compelled to add my recollections of living in Fenham in Cheeseburn Gardens from circa 1961 to 1980. I lived 2 streets down the hill from the first contributor who lived in Ovington ...Read more

A memory of Fenham by keith.hindson

Ted's Tuckshop

Lovely reading memories of Mitcham! Born in 1950 lived in 33 Westmoreland Square, Pollard's Hill , vivid memories of Ted's pale blue tuckshop and my mum sending me to buy 6 fags and a packet of tea! Playing on the swings next to our block; ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by hindleowen

Fort Street (1950s)

Fort Street, in North Motherwell, was a very close-knit community in the 1950's, which is why I still remember the following names: Mr and Mrs Darroch lived at number 21 with their children John, Denise and Keith. Mr Bill Rae, ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell by John Cunningham

Wonderful Childhood Memories

I lived in Cannock from 1963 to 1970. We lived on the Longford Estate in Leamington Close, we were the first family to live in that house after it was built. I went to Bridgetown Primary School and started year 1 in ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1860 by Agnes Paterson

Evacuation To Fonab Castle Sept.1939

Evacuation - September 3rd 1939 The government decided that mothers and children should be moved to the countryside away from areas at risk from bombing. On the 3rd, parents and children all gathered at their ...Read more

A memory of Pitlochry in 1930 by Anne Jackson

Higher Grade School

My father, Archibald Brown Mckinlay, came to Barrow in 1900 with his parents, Samuel Laing Brown Mckinlay and Margaret Mckinlay. They lived at 22 Duncan Street, Barrow. Samuel was born in Greenock, Scotland and came to Barrow in ...Read more

A memory of Barrow in 1910 by Sam Mckinlay

I Know All The Memories Of Tynemouth

I was born in North Shields and know all the photos shown ...was my school holidays. I married my husband, a Northumberland Fusilier from Haltwhistle in January 1959 and in April we left from Newcastle on ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth in 1959 by Patsy Norman Nee Quinn

Young Years

I lived in New Mill, but I thought it was Cononley. I went to school there and had some wonderful years charging around the village, this is going back from 1947 to1963, when I got married. I then left to live in Scotland until 1967, ...Read more

A memory of Cononley by Win Mccall

Dancing On The Forest For The Queens Visit To Nottingham

I think it was 1953 and I was 10yrs. I was at the Bentink Road Scool and as I remember, the schools in Nottingham entered a dancing team and we practiced for weeks. Our practice was in the ...Read more

A memory of Nottingham in 1953 by Margaret Wilson Nee Rigley

Bathman,,

My great granddad, Thomas Henry Smith, was a Bathman at the Hydro having come from Melrose in Scotland where he was a Bathman at the Melrose Hydro.

A memory of Windermere in 1880 by Phil Smith

Captions

157 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Uttoxeter, High Street C1955

This was the name the Royal Bank of Scotland were trading under from 1920; it became Williams & Glyns Bank before returning to its original name in 1985.

Caption For Penrith, Brougham Castle 1893

The castle was enlarged by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, during his spell as Guardian of the Western March toward Scotland, but its career as a fortress was short.

Caption For Carlisle, Cannon Outside The Citadel 2005

War with Scotland broke out again during Henry VIII's reign.

Caption For Aberdeen, The Market Cross 1892

It was worth awaiting, as it is a splendid edifice, decorated with portraits of the Stuart kings and the one tragic Queen of Scots and topped by a long column with, at its summit, the unicorn, holding

Caption For Oxwich, The Castle 1935

Sir Rhys was a veteran of wars in Ireland, France and Scotland, Chamberlain of Chester, and a member of the Council of the Marches, and Oxwich was his main residence.

Caption For Glasgow, Remains Of The Flint Mill On The River Kelvin 2005

In that year the population of Glasgow was computed at 255,650, and for the first time it was claimed that Glasgow was now not only the largest city in Scotland, but second only to London itself

Caption For Carlisle, Shaddon Mill From The Victoria Viaduct 2005

Thousands of people were soon sucked into Carlisle, not just from the rest of Cumberland and Westmorland, but from as far afield as Lancashire, southern Scotland and Ireland.

Caption For Bedford, High Street C1955

The National Provincial bank is now part of NatWest Bank, itself owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Caption For Glasgow, The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross 1897

Originally George Square had terraces of dwelling houses on all four sides, but they were demolished from 1869 onwards and their place taken by the great public buildings occupied by the Bank of Scotland

Caption For Richmond, The Castle And The Bridge 1893

On the right is Scolland's Hall, dating from c1075 and probably the oldest domestic building in Britain.

Caption For Richmond, The Castle And The Bridge 1893

On the right of this picture is Scolland's Hall, dating from c1075 and probably the oldest domestic building in Britain.

Caption For Richmond, The Castle And The Bridge 1893

On the right of the picture is Scolland's Hall, dating from c1075 and probably the oldest domestic building in Britain.

Caption For Richmond, The Castle And The Bridge 1893

On the right of this picture is Scolland's Hall, dating from c1075 and probably the oldest domestic building in Britain.