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Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1897, Croxton Green Ref. HOSM42503
1909, Higher Wych Ref. HOSM48491
1888 - 1890, Malton Ref. HOSM34881
1889 - 1890, Brawby Ref. HOSM38733
1888 - 1891, Menethorpe Ref. HOSM53492
1889 - 1890, Scagglethorpe Ref. HOSM58621
1889 - 1890, Swinton Ref. HOSM71012
1889, West Knapton Ref. HOSM63881
1888 - 1890, Wintringham Ref. HOSM64835
1903, Colwall Green Ref. HOSM41569
1885 - 1903, Cradley Ref. HOSM42104
1891 - 1892, Boothstown Ref. HOSM38311
1890 - 1906, Clayton Ref. HOSM41105
1889 - 1891, Crumpsall Ref. HOSM42525
1890 - 1906, Levenshulme Ref. HOSM51166
1891, Miles Platting Ref. HOSM53726
1891, Mosley Common Ref. HOSM54138
1889 - 1891, Pendlebury Ref. HOSM56298
1890 - 1905, Rusholme Ref. HOSM58310
1894, Trafford Park Ref. HOSM62210

Books

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Memories

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Wood Hatch, Western Parade

This photo is of the shops in Western Parade, Woodhatch, Reigate. Also in the picture, partially obscured by the trees, is The Angel public house. Woodhatch is a suburb of Reigate, about 2 miles due south from the town ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1955 by Bill Tingley

A Wartime Nursery School In Newbold On Stour

In 1944 I was three and was placed in a boarding nursery in Newbold. It was managed/owned by Miss Crott (or similar) and her sister. It must have been a large house with a big garden. One day some ...Read more

A memory of Newbold-on-Stour by Alan Isserlis

The Good And The Bad

Yes we were bad lads who went to Stanhope. The first words Mr Bowles said to me was "I tame lions and tigers just like you" then slapped me across the face. Remember that? As for the teachers: Glendenning Mctavish, Mellody ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1957 by Arthur Lowther

My Great Grandparents Honeymoon C.1890

Please can somebody tell me what the building is with the sign on the top of the wall? I have a honeymoon photo of my great grandparents taken on a horse and coach around 1890. The sign says .....ish's Family ...Read more

A memory of Shanklin by Mark Sugden

My Local Church

This is the church in Warren Road where l was christened in 1956, and sat through many a Sunday morning service. The vicar's name was Mr Carey. I used to attend monthly church parades with the Brownies and then the Guides, and my brother ...Read more

A memory of Nork in 1956 by Patricia White

Joan Field

It was just past the garage l think, where Joan Field's dress shop was located, where my Mum used to love to spot a bargain. To the left of the garage (out of view) was Hookham's grocery store, that l remember, before it was self-service and ...Read more

A memory of Nork in 1966 by Patricia White

Eastgate

To the right-hand side of the flats was another parade of shops called Eastgate. Here there was Mrs North, the fishmonger, and Apps, the papershop, as well as a hairdresser and greengrocer and petshop where l had my first Saturday job. Eastgate ...Read more

A memory of Nork in 1965 by Patricia White

There Was No Smith

This is the title of my memoirs that I published in 2010. I was born in Woodside Nursing Home, Woodford Wells on 30.11.30. My father was Dr.David H Smith, a local G.P. and we lived at 22 Primrose Road, S.Woodford until ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1930 by Ray Smith

Airflow Streamline, Northampton

My dad (RIP) used to work for Airflow Streamline Far Cotton, Northampton most of his life. 1970 onwards and I can remember standing outside the main gates, waiting for him to sneak me into the factory cos you wasn't ...Read more

A memory of Northampton in 1975 by Andrew Terry

Gipsy Road

I was 10 at the time this picture was taken and my friend Ann lived in the shop with the car outside. Originally it was a junk shop and later became a greengrocer's shop. Her grandfather and aunt had a very small grocery shop at the bottom of Hamilton Road.

A memory of West Norwood by Joan Watson

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Captions

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Caption For Haselbury Plucknett, The Stores C1955

Although the window might be Spartan, no shortage of signs advertise the shop's presence.

Caption For Gidea Park, Hare Street C1950

The word `street` is an ancient term meaning a row of buildings often sharing a common pavement and does not refer to the roadway passing by them. Hare Street is the name of a village.

Caption For Puncknowle, Village 1906

The bay windows with decorative tiles are on Durban Cottage and Thornleigh Cottage. The girls are on the steps of No 1 of the three Burwell Cottages.

Caption For Wokingham, Nine Mile Ride Post Office 1909

Close to the junction of Nine Mile Ride, New Wokingham Road and Honey Hill, we can see Chappell's Store, clearly the local retailer for Salmon's Teas but also providing the facility of a

Caption For Sandy, St Swithun's Church C1955

The Church of England School dates back to Victorian times, and occupied a site at the top of St Neots Road until 1987, when it was transferred to its present location in Ivel Road.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Hazlewood Hydro 1898

It was not licensed, and guests had to order their own drink a week in advance of their stay. This view shows the back of the building.

Caption For Seaton, The Town From Car Park C1950

The car park has disappeared with the building of flats and shops. But the shop on the right has survived, albeit with the loss of its decorative railings.

Caption For Upper Arley, Victoria Bridge And River Severn C1939

Victoria Bridge, on the Severn Valley railway line from Bewdley to Bridgnorth, has a span of 200 feet; when it was built in 1862, it was considered the largest cast iron single arch bridge in the world

Caption For Thaxted, Newbiggen Street C1955

Their earlier get- togethers, under the tutelage of the Rev Conrad Noel, had taken place at the Coach House, just out of shot on the left.

Caption For St Austell, Carclaze Clay Works 1912

This view shows a confusion of waste tips and water courses, with work taking place at the very bottom of the pit. Clay slurry was piped to the dry at Charlestown harbour.

Caption For St Austell, Market Street C1960

A lorry (centre) is delivering Corona soft drinks to The Queen`s Head beyond the Market and Town Hall, while on this side of it is the hanging sign of The Sun Inn.

Caption For Seathwaite, Stockley Bridge 1889

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

Stickle Ghyll, which flows down from Stickle Tarn, passes under the bridge in this view, which looks towards the 2,403 ft summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the pikes.

Caption For Buttermere, The Hotel C1873

The hamlet at the foot of Buttermere in the western Lake District takes its name from the lake; it is still the farming settlement it has always been.

Caption For Luccombe, The Village 1901

Ketnor is the name of former owners of the shop, and the name board survives today.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral 1890

This view of the south side of the cathedral is taken from within the Vicars Court, where the vicars lived.

Caption For Gainsborough, Old Hall C1955

The centrepiece of the town is undoubtedly the great 15th-century mansion of the de Burghs, the Old Hall, set in a grassed square surrounded by Victorian housing.

Caption For Great Haywood, The Canal C1955

It is named after the Earls of Essex, who lived at Chartley Hall.

Caption For Stafford, The Technical College C1955

This Tenterbanks part of the college was begun in 1937, but the shell of the building was requisitioned by the military and was used as a store by the Americans during the war.

Caption For Stafford, Greengate Street C1960

Further down the street we can see the distinctive sign of the Bear Inn.

Caption For Greystoke, The Village C1955

The growth of the urban one- stop convenience store and filling station unexpectedly reflects a return to the situation found here, where F & F Hawell's shop is located next to the village

Caption For Gidea Park, Hare Street C1950

The word 'street' is an ancient term meaning a row of buildings often sharing a common pavement and does not refer to the roadway passing by them. Hare Street is the name of a village.

Caption For Hadleigh, The Castle 1891

At the time of this photograph it was already 'much resorted to in summer by picnic parties', said a guide-book.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Recreation Ground C1950

This is another view of the same cricket match. The two men in the foreground are wearing military uniforms and are engrossed in conversation.