Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1903, Lea Ref. HOSM48886
1887 - 1903, Llangarron Ref. HOSM51867
1887 - 1903, Newtown Ref. HOSM55042
1890 - 1901, Aldwarke Ref. HOSM35776
1890 - 1901, Brinsworth Ref. HOSM38967
1890 - 1901, Clifton Ref. HOSM41190
1890 - 1901, Dalton Ref. HOSM70339
1890 - 1891, Harley Ref. HOSM47657
1890 - 1891, Thrybergh Ref. HOSM61780
1891 - 1901, Whiston Ref. HOSM64420
1915, High Spen Ref. HOSM48369
1895 - 1915, Highfield Ref. HOSM48495
1886 - 1901, Royston Ref. HOSM35128
1885 - 1901, Fowlmere Ref. HOSM45746
1896 - 1921, Kelshall Ref. HOSM49676
1884 - 1899, Barby Ref. HOSM36984
1885 - 1904, Bourton On Dunsmore Ref. HOSM38443
1886 - 1903, Brownsover Ref. HOSM39240
1899 - 1904, Flecknoe Ref. HOSM45514
1884 - 1903, Hillmorton Ref. HOSM48570

Books

442 books found. Showing results 22,561 to 22,584.

Memories

29,076 memories found. Showing results 9,401 to 9,410.

Lloyds Bank (Family Home)

At the age of 13 we lived in Lloyds Bank, my mum and dad where the caretakers there. Bude Strand was our play area in 1955, many a new pair of shoes was practised walking to and fro on that pavement. My dad also worked for the ...Read more

A memory of Bude in 1960 by Angela Pearce

Growing Up At 28 The Grip, Linton

Hi Carol, I was really fascinated to read about your account of living at 28 The Grip Linton, since I grew up there. My parents Eurof and Dawn Walters moved to the house in 1969/1970 and I was born in November 1970. My ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1970 by Leigh Walters

Traffic Lights At The Top Of The High Street

I lived in nearby Shirley and in the late 1950s I used to cycle through West Wickham to a fish and chip shop in Glebe Way on a Saturday evening for the family supper. I was in my teens at the time and ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham by Michael Bannister

Recesses Of The Mind Awakened

I was part of the Ship's Company that formed the admin of HMS Ganges. In the same office were two Petty Officer Writers, John Kerr and Ted Burroughs. The latter had connections with the Red Lion and was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Chelmondiston in 1958 by David Jones

Button Factory

Building on left (large brick wall) was the Button Factory, entry at the back, mum said. At the left at the end of shops used to be tea total cafe or diner where she used to hang out. Good bakers to right further down. Mum used to work ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Claire Cook

Pilgrims Hatch/Childhood.

I was born in London in 1937 and moved to Days Lane, Pilgrims Hatch in that year,so all my childhood years were spent around the Pilgrims Hatch area. Dad was always sharp of the mark and a couple of steps ahead so foresaw ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1940 by Brian Taylor

The Willys Jeep From 1963

Central news recently covered 50 years since the big freeze of 1963; they showed my father driving his old Willys Jeep on the frozen Washing Pool above Witley Court. A local viewer saw that edition of Central news and ...Read more

A memory of Great Witley in 1963 by Geoffrey Francis

East Wickham And Welling A Magical Time A Magical Life

My family moved into Darenth Road in 1960 - we were the first in our street and watched the rest of the houses being built around us. There was nothing but mud, wheelbarrows and workmen. My dad's ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Carol Bouziane

1952 1962

After moving many times between Enniskillen and Liverpool, I moved to Kirkby with my mum, dad and two brothers in 1952. There were only a couple of roads finished and after living in a cramped one room, which housed the bed, the ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby by Christina Jones (Nee Mcveigh)

Happy Days

I was born in 1948 and lived in Newbiggin By the Sea a lot of my life. The cafe was called the Lido and I would spend hours in there listening to the juke box, it was the only way I could get to hear the latest pop music. The ice cream ...Read more

A memory of Newbiggin in 1960 by Jean Mcdougall

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 22,561 to 22,584.

Caption For Colchester, Head Street 1891

All the taller houses on the right were replaced by what is now Debenhams depart- ment store.

Caption For Northampton, Drapery C1955

Northampton shod most of Cromwell's army; over the years it acquired status as an important boot and shoe manufacturing centre.

Caption For Bourton On The Water, The Model Village C1950

Rather like Gulliver in Lilliput, the visitor finds an exact likeness of Bourton-on-the-Water in its famous model village.

Caption For Duntisbourne Leer, C1965

Just along the road from Duntisbourne Abbots is the village of Duntisbourne Leer, named after the great Normandy Abbey at Lire which once owned the manor.

Caption For Stow On The Wold, The Square And Stocks C1955

The English Civil War ended at Stow-on-the-Wold when the parliamentarian Sir William Brereton defeated the aged royalist Sir Jacob Astley in 1646.

Caption For Fleetwood, The Ferry 1901

Visit any resort where there are fishing vessels and you will be sure to find plenty of onlookers. In the distance is the landing stage at Knott End-on-Sea.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Station Street C1955

The wide and elegant Station Street leads down to the porticoed entrance of the railway station.

Caption For Sandsend, Ness 1925

The village of Kettleness succumbed to disaster on 17 December 1829 when the cliff broke away and the houses and alum works fell into the sea.

Caption For Devizes, Estcourt Street C1955

In spite of the cars, it has a village feel to it, with pedestrians and cyclists unaffected by traffic. The British Lion public house next to the Estcourt Dairy is early 18th-century.

Caption For Bishopstoke, Spring Lane C1960

This is a closer view of Spring Lane. Although all the buildings on the left have been replaced by flats, the road remains narrow and attractive.

Caption For Southborough, Holden Corner 1896

On the extreme left, in Holden Road, is the substantial two-and-a-half storied Holder House, built of red brick around 1800 with a Doric-columned porch.

Caption For Pembridge, Red Lion Corner C1965

The Red Lion is the building on the right. Like so many other local timber buildings, it now has a brick façade.

Caption For Newark, Grammar School 1909

According to the terms of Dr Magnus's will the Trustees were to appoint 'two secular honest priests, one to have sufficient cunning and learning to teach grammar, and the other to have cunning and learning

Caption For Aylesford, Kits Coty House C1960

The ugly iron railings do little to enhance or exploit this fine dolmen; it is sad that it may well be the price society has to pay for preserving one of the oldest man-made monuments in Britain - it dates

Caption For Kenilworth, From Below Footbridge 1892

It was John of Gaunt who set about transforming Kenilworth from a Norman fortress to a Gothic palace. Work began around 1389, with only the keep being retained.

Caption For Basildon, The Clock C1965

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Caption For Coverack, From The South West 1938

Development dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries has crept up the hill away from the little fishing harbour on the east side of the Lizard peninsula.

Caption For Derwent Water, Ashness Bridge 1893

Seen on countless calendars, this view of Derwent Water from Ashness Bridge, on the narrow road up to Watendlath, has long been popular. Skiddaw fills the backdrop.

Caption For Derwent Water, Friars Crag "Ruskin Monument" 1906

This simple stone obelisk on the summit of Friar's Crag, Derwent Water, commemorates the great Victorian art critic and Lake District conservationist John Ruskin.

Caption For Runcorn, All Saints Church 1894

The church, large enough to hold over 1,000 people, was built in the 1840s at a cost of £8,052. It was designed by Anthony Salvin and built using stone from the nearby Runcorn Hill quarries.

Caption For Broadstairs, Promenade 1902

Bleak House stands on the right, while on the left is the prominent tower of Holy Trinity church, built in 1862. Note the canopied deckchairs on the right.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach 1907

All the familiar seaside fun is here: happy holiday-makers digging in the sand, deckchairs and bathing machines fill this evocative picture of Edwardian Broadstairs.The steps and the lift house are

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Alton, All Saints Church Interior 1897

Having completed the church building, attention was turned towards the interior of All Saints.