Maps

70 maps found.

1897, Bowling Bank Ref. RNE647338
1900, Bowling Green Ref. RNC647344
1896, West Bowling Ref. RNE863755
1919, Bowling Green Ref. POP647344
1940, Bowling Green Ref. NPO647346
1947, Bowling Green Ref. NPO647341
1902, Bowling Green Ref. RNC647340
1899, Bowling Green Ref. RNE647340
1899, Bowling Green Ref. RNE647342
1896, Bowling Green Ref. RNE647343
1921, Bowling Green Ref. POP647342
1902, Bowling Green Ref. RNC647342
1947, Bowling Green Ref. NPO647340
1946, Bowling Green Ref. NPO647342
1919, Bowling Green Ref. POP647346
1898, Bowling Green Ref. RNE647341
1896, Bowling Green Ref. RNE647345
1890 - 1892, West Bowling Ref. HOSM63758
1895, Bowling Green Ref. RNE647344
1895, Bowling Green Ref. RNE647346

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Memories

472 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Old Blokes In White Coats!

Sometimes on the way to the Green we would watch the men walking up and down the Bowling Green. They really took things seriously! The Green was mown to precision and I'm sure the bloke that cut it measured the length of ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell in 1967 by Denise Masters

Probably My Finest Hours But Never Knew It

I started at Oughtrington as a very shy and quiet 12 year old in 1955. My first impressions were that I had been dropped off the bus, from Altrincham into a holiday hotel, not school. Progressing ...Read more

A memory of Oughtrington by lesandve

Harold Hill Memories

Hi people, Just wanted to share a few memories of living in Harold Hill. My family moved from Bow to Hilldene Ave in 1962, I was 7 so I went to Bosworth junior school which was only across the road from where I lived. I ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Vanessa Jefferson

Aspro Bowling Green

Surely this is Aspro's bowling green? along Bath Rd., houses must be Westgate Cres or Ivy Cres. Pals dad was gardener to Aspros. was it built beside Aspros cricket pitch?

A memory of Cippenham by Dave Hill

An Old Mans Memories

I was born in 1922 in the village of Mundford.  My Father was the village policeman. The village was then a self-contained society and provided all the necessities of life, including a doctor, blacksmith, carpenter and general ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

Residents Of Church Lane Upper Walmer For 40 Years

A row of terrace houses leads up to the old parish church of Walmer. The church where the Duke of Wellington worshipped whilst staying at Walmer Castle as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Walmer by Gemma Gemma

Happy Days.

Looking at the photos brought back so many happy memories, I lived at Homefield Gardens across the Heath & went to the Methodist School from 1956 to 1963. Miss Fletcher was the headmistress & I think Miss Watts was my teacher ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Chris Silverthorne

The Hersham Flood – September 1968

During the 60s I lived in Surbiton and worked in Hersham. As I was getting ready to leave for work one morning in 1968, a radio broadcast warned of severe flooding along the Mole valley following heavy rains, and ...Read more

A memory of Hersham by Tony Newman

Crampy’s

I remember happy times at the Vine public house . It was renamed Crampy’s , due to Cecil Bowles ( the landlord ), being nicknamed Crampy. His little wife Marge used to work behind the bar also . We loved Marge . When Crampy was out of ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Market

Memories Of A Delivery Boy

Memories of a Delivery Boy 50/60s We moved onto the Beavers Lane Estate in 1951 as it was being built. Our first home was in the Chester Road flats with kids in every flat we soon had a large group of friends, Richard ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Jeff Williams

Captions

169 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Macclesfield, The Victoria Park C1955

From the bowling green we can just see the High School and the houses on Fence Avenue through the trees on the right.

Caption For Torquay, The Bowling Green 1906

Torquay Bowling Club was founded in 1892 on the recreation ground; it moved to Princess Gardens in 1913, apparently after an elephant wrecked the green.

Caption For Garelochhead, The Village 1901

The hills in the background overlook Loch Long and are known as Argyll's Bowling Green.

Caption For Garelochhead, The Village 1901

The hills in the background overlook Loch Long and are known as Argyll's Bowling Green.

Caption For Grangetown, The Bowling Green C1955

Lying close to the gardens in picture T121004, the bowling green is another representation of rest and recreation in an area surrounded by heavy industry.

Caption For Camberley, Recreation Ground Gardens 1931

The tennis courts and bowling green are to the left.

Caption For Rhymney, Park, The Bowling Green C1955

The figures on the bowling green reveal that this facility was well used, despite its exposed position.

Caption For Sheffield, Crookes Valley Park C1955

Here we have a view of the cafe and tea garden, the boathouse, bowling green and tennis courts.

Caption For Norwich, Eaton Park Yacht Pond 1932

The park also has tennis courts, bowling greens, cricket pitches, flower gardens and a miniature railway: all the requirements for 1920s healthy outdoor leisure.

Caption For Norwich, Eaton Park Yacht Pond 1932

The park also has tennis courts, bowling greens, cricket pitches, flower gardens and a miniature railway: all the requirements for 1920s healthy outdoor leisure.

Caption For Stokenchurch, The Common C1955

Looking across Bowling Green to the south side of Oxford Road, these houses are mainly early and later 19th century.

Caption For Cliftonville, 1918

The Lawns, Cliftonville's rectangular-shaped cliff-top open space, with its bowling greens and seats high above the sea, is shown here some ten years after picture 60374 was taken, possibly in the

Caption For Redditch, Abbey Stadium Sports Ground C1965

As well as indoor facilities (see R84059, above), an athletics track, tennis courts, soccer pitches and a bowling green are all available at the sports centre, which occupies a semi-rural site not far

Caption For Camberley, London Road 1936

The tennis courts and bowling green are to the left.

Caption For Guildford, Castle Grounds Fish Pond 1906

The Castle grounds include the 200-year old bowling green, and were laid out as a pleasure garden when Guildford Corporation bought the Castle in the 1880s.

Caption For Churchtown, The Punch Bowl Inn C1955

The Punch Bowl Inn was formerly known as the Covered Cup, a reference to the three chalices contained within the emblem of the Butler family, who held the manor.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park 1931

In the distance the encroaching modern era is further evident by the tennis courts and bowling green - both installed around the time of the First World War.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Tower Gardens 1925

Today they accommodate cricket pitches, a bowling green and formal gardens, as well as tennis.

Caption For Lincoln, Monks Abbey 1890

This monastic cell of St Mary's Abbey in York, of which the chancel remains, is now in a municipal park and is surrounded by a bowling green and fenced football pitch.

Caption For Bingley, Five Rise Locks C1955

Today, the house at the bottom left corner is no more, and the grass is kept in bowling-green condition by the resident lock keeper.

Caption For Worthing, Marine Gardens C1965

During the 1930s two additional bowling greens were laid out at separate locations within the borough, one at Marine Gardens in 1930 (see W147157) and one at Church House Grounds in 1937.

Caption For Plymouth, The Hoe 1902

The Bandstand (foreground) once stood on the site of today's public bowling green before moving to this site near Smeaton's Tower.

Caption For Pontefract, Friarwood Valley Gardens C1960

Pontefract General Infirmary now overlooks the bowling green in this oasis of greenery near to the town centre.

Caption For Redditch, Abbey Stadium Sports Ground C1965

As well as indoor facilities (see R84059, above), an athletics track, tennis courts, soccer pitches and a bowling green are all available at the sports centre, which occupies a semi-rural site not far