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Dysart Old Toll House And Harbour

I have many great memories of Dysart with my Gran Jane (Jean Allan and John (Big Jock) Allan. Last address together was 13 The Braes Dysart. On the hill on the road to Meickles Coalmine.  We used to collect coal on the ...Read more

A memory of Dysart in 1950 by Jane Wilkinson

Dysart In The 60s

I was brought up in Dysart, first in Howard Place then the High Street, where my mum and dad still live. I remember all the shops that were there in the 1960s when I was a little girl, the little wool shop where you could buy odd ...Read more

A memory of Dysart by Karen Dunn

Dunwich Monastery Gateway

My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in Scotland, ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1965 by James Ritchie

Corbet Arms 1946 To 1958

My father, William Tom Stallard, was manager here 1946 to 1958.He was previously manager at the Btooklands Hotel, Sale, Manchester 1937 (?) to 1941.~ The youngest in the company. He married in 1938. He enlisted in ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by signsmurals

Construction Of Bristol's Floating Harbour

Construction of the floating harbour: In the 18th century, the docks in Liverpool grew larger and so increased competition with Bristol for the tobacco trade. Coastal trade was also important, with the area ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Clog Morris Dancing At Torquay Harbour On An August Evening

This view of the harbour taken in 1888 has by chance captured dead centre the very spot where 120 years later the dancers and musicians of Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers turned out to ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Can Anyone Identify The White Boat Hull At The Extreme Top End Of The Harbour?

Going through some old photos with my partner recently, I found two family photos, taken in the early 50s (no exact date) of Lansallos Street and 'The Fish Quay' and in the ...Read more

A memory of Polperro by Tim Deacon

Bovington Royal Armoured Corps D V Camp

I was stationed at Bovington 1957/59 as a National Serviceman, the posting was a happy one. My job was looking after the demo: Saladin (the 6 wheel Sarecen APC Chassis but with a small gun instead of ...Read more

A memory of Bovington Camp in 1958 by William Smith

Bombing Raids In 1940

Bristol's premier shopping centre was turned into a wasteland of burned out buildings after major bombing raids in 1940, during the Second World War. Bridge Street Summary Bridge Street ran from High Street, rising up a ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bomber In Harbour Circa1940

My great grandfather crash landed a bomber in Mevagissey harbour in circa 1940 when his pilot was killed in action and co pilot was critically wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished Fling Medal which was listed in ...Read more

A memory of Mevagissey in 1940 by David Moxey

Captions

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Caption For Polruan, The Tower C1965

In 1457 the French launched a raid against Fowey Harbour, and as a result a boom defence was added.

Caption For Whitby, Tin Ghaut 1913

This was one of the many narrow alleyways leading down to the harbour area. From here children could play safely, and the fishermen could prepare their nets and their boats.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Seafront C1880

We are looking from the eastern arm of the harbour. Ramsgate seafront was to see many developments over the coming years.

Caption For Watchet, Swain Street 1906

Swain Street runs south from the harbour; it is narrow and mixed architecturally, as can be seen in this Edwardian view.

Caption For Liverpool, Custom House 1887

The Mersey Docks & Harbour Company also had their offices in the building at the time of our photograph.

Caption For Burry Port, The Station And Station Road C1955

The little harbour of Burry Port was in times past a busy export terminal for tin and fine anthracite coal. Those days are over; the small port now serves as a pleasant boat marina.

Caption For Smallhythe, The Village 1900

The ancient harbour of Tenterden, this was once a shipbuilding centre and was visited by Henry VIII in 1538.

Caption For Whitby, The Pier 1891

If the railway viaduct carrying the LNER from Teeside to Scarborough is a memorial to its bricklayers, then how much more should the two piers at the harbour mouth be a tribute to those men of stone

Caption For Greenock, From Whinhill 1899

During the early years of the 18th century, facilities were improved with the construction of a harbour and quays.

Caption For Bude, Canal From The Bridge 1890

The Bude Canal was opened in 1826 from this harbour basin, with a sea lock just visible in the distance.

Caption For Porthmadog, The Harbour 1908

In 1836, a narrow gauge railway nine miles long opened to connect the quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog with Portmadoc harbour.

Caption For Sandwich, The Barbican And Bridge 1894

Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval

Caption For Gorleston, The Sands 1896

Gorleston stands at the gateway of Yarmouth's harbour overlooking the River Yare and the sea. It had long been an old seafaring port but burgeoned into a sizeable town in the 19th century.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1898

With the money raised by these taxes, the townsfolk should maintain the walls of the town and build a pier to defend the harbour, and it is thought that Tenby had the earliest pier in Wales.

Caption For Margate, Marine Parade 1908

This view is looking across a crowded beach towards the harbour, the stone pier and the lighthouse.

Caption For Fishguard, Harbour C1955

The Great Western Railway (GWR) steamers seen alongside the harbour have now been replaced by the Irish ferries operating from Goodwick. Warehouses can be seen centre and on the right.

Caption For Whitby, Church Stairs 1913

A red light on the steps warns vessels if they are approaching harbour on an unsafe bearing. Hobble skirts, although the height of fashion, were not designed for climbing steps.

Caption For Clifton, Bridge 1900

A screw tug prepares to assist a steamer to its berth in the Floating Harbour. Bristol developed to become a major centre for the importation of timber for use throughout the west of England.

Caption For Devonport, Hms Impregnable 1893

In 1854 the ageing 74- gun warship HMS 'Illustrious' was given a new lease of life when she was commissioned as a harbour training ship for young seamen.