Maps

181 maps found.

1947, New Brighton Ref. NPO789465
1945, New Brighton Ref. NPO789467
1904-1906, Brightons Ref. RNC650282
1897, New Brighton Ref. RNE789465
1919, Brighton Hill Ref. POP650279
1923, New Brighton Ref. POP789466
1945, Brighton Hill Ref. NPO650279
1947, New Brighton Ref. NPO789462
1947, New Brighton Ref. NPO789463
1947, New Brighton Ref. NPO789464
1898, New Brighton Ref. RNE789462
1896, New Brighton Ref. RNE789463
1891, New Brighton Ref. HOSM54790
1947, Brighton Le Sands Ref. NPO650280
1903-1904, New Brighton Ref. RNC789462
1897-1899, New Brighton Ref. RNC789467
1902-1903, New Brighton Ref. RNC789466
1891, New Brighton Ref. HOSM54700
1902-1903, New Brighton Ref. RNC789465
1896, Brighton Le Sands Ref. RNE650280

Books

2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.

Memories

184 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Happy Days In Coulsdon, 1947 To 1955

Born in Purley Hospital in 1947, we lived in Bramley Avenue for the first 2 years of my life, but of course I have no memories of that. We then moved to 30 Grove Wood Hill, which is off Woodcote Grove Road. I had ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Peter Harvey

Lancing, Sussex.

When I was 5, my family moved to Lancing in 1952, from a flat above Elliott's Shoe shop, Brighton Road, Purley (London), to a rented a shared home "Suva" on the Brighton Road, Lancing - a stones throw from the beach. In 1953 we moved ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by janus2

Croydon Thornton Heath And Norbury

I was born and brought up in Croydon and although I now live in the Channel Islands I still regard it as my home. I remember living in Northborough Road, Norbury and attending Norbury Manor Infants School only ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1963 by Annie Deuchar

Left And Forgotten

I am now 66 and my memory of beautiful Mile Oak is as clear today as it was 55 years ago. Sadly I was one of them naughty boys (as you villagers branded us). My crime was taking 2/6p off a windowsill back here in Folke stone, ...Read more

A memory of Mile Oak in 1955 by Danny Featherbe

The Orchid Ballroom Purley

Ah yes, I remember it well.  It was magical to go there and dance the evening away.  So many great bands in the 50's.  The floor was great, the music super. I learned to dance at a place called Quinns dance school near ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Pauline Wells/Neff

Methodist School

I was at Burgh Heath Methodist School from about 1953 to 1956. My mother was Mrs Coleman, who taught reception. Mrs Parrot was headmistress, Mrs Westwater taught the second class. Miss Marshall was at that time the milk lady ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1955 by Barbara Lucas

Happy Memories Of South Woodford

My family lived in Hillcrest Road, South Woodford from 1960 to 1973. I had a very very happy childhood there (am still happy though) but had to move to Brighton to attend a deaf school and to avoid the need ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1965 by Christopher Wyer

Streatham Hill Theatre

In 1973 I became the general manager of Streatham Hill Theatre, managing the Mecca Social/Bingo club. It was the flagship club of the company and was every manager's dream to run it. Previous managers were Robin Pritchard, ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1973 by Peter Gauci

County Oak Tushmore Sports And Social Club

So named because members were from north of Crawley on the main A23 Brighton Road, not big enough to be a village, but a hamlet stretching half a mile north and south of todays Manor Royal Estate ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1954 by Tony Tester

County Oak And Tushmore Sports And Social Club

Tushmore Lane and either side of the main A23 had properties forming the catchment area for club members, also another general store and petrol station. County Oak boasted a recreation ground ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1953 by Tony Tester

Captions

170 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Little Common, Wheatsheaf Inn C1960

It was for many years an important staging post on the Hastings to Brighton turnpike road.

Caption For St Annes, Pier Pavilion 1906

This exotic architectural confection reminds us of the Pavilion at Brighton, with its oriental domes and minarets.

Caption For Salfords, Monotype Works 1911

Many travellers on the Brighton line will remember the Monotype name, as it was advertised along the factory buildings which backed on to the railway line.

Caption For Clayton, Jack And Jill Windmills C1955

Jill is a timber construction built in nearby Brighton and transported to this site by teams of oxen in 1852.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Parade 1903

The Dutch gables on the hotels and apartments are typical of Bexhill's Victorian architecture, although the seaside buildings favour the Moorish look: provincial and dim echoes of the Brighton Pavilion

Caption For Eastbourne, Carpet Gardens 1912

On the left is one of the finest stucco terraces in Eastbourne, the Burlington and Claremont Hotels of 1851: worthy of Brighton.

Caption For Hove, Esplanade 1921

Looking westwards along the Esplanade with the Lawns on the right, the pho- tographer has captured a superb view of genteel Hove, a cut above its alto- gether more cosmopolitan neighbour, Brighton

Caption For Worthing, 1921

Every south coast town had to have its 'Steyne', copying the name from Brighton.

Caption For Brighton, The Ferry 1902

This view shows a ferry, probably the 'Brighton Queen', leaving the West Pier.

Caption For New Brighton, Tower And Sands 1900

Based on Blackpool Tower, New Brighton' tower was built between 1897 and 1900 at a cost of £120,000.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Lee Tower From The West C1955

Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.

Caption For Cheam, The Gander Inn C1955

mock-Tudor fronted Charrington's pub stands at the crossing point of the old parish boundary of Gander Green Lane with the Sutton by-pass, which had been constructed in 1927 on the A217, and carried Brighton-bound

Caption For Tresaith, From The Cliff Walk C1955

It became such a popular resort at the end of the 19th century that it became known as the second Brighton.

Caption For New Brighton, The Pier 1900

New Brighton was originally conceived as 'The sea-bathing rendezvous par excellence of the Lancashire people of note', but things soon went awry.

Caption For Broadwater, Village 1906

This Edwardian photograph somehow captures the feel of an English village; note the sign beneath the tree, which points towards Brighton and Shoreham.

Caption For Worthing, The Beach 1903

The gap in the buildings marks the south side of the green, down the middle of The Steyne, laid out in 1807; it copied that in Brighton and borrowed its name.

Caption For Rottingdean, The School 1896

Many schools were established in the Brighton area, for the bracing air was ideal for children.

Caption For Brighton, Beach And Pier 1898

This view brings out the tremendous bustle of Brighton's beaches, dotted with small sailing boats and lines of bathing machines.

Caption For Rottingdean, The Cliffs & Swimming Pool C1965

As a modern holiday resort and suburb of Brighton, Rottingdean benefited from an increase in holidaymakers immediately after the Second World War.

Caption For Brighton, North Street C1950

Between the wars, North and West Streets and Queen's Road developed as Brighton's shopping and commercial centre.

Caption For Three Bridges, Hazelwick Mill 1906

A brick arch to the right of the picture carries the London to Brighton main line railway.

Caption For Salfords, The General Napier 1911

South of Redhill, east of the A23 Brighton Road and west of the M23 motorway, Salfords has avoided much of the development that has affected less isolated parts of this area.

Caption For Three Bridges, 1905

The name pre-dates the railway era, but it was the large station, used by passengers changing from the Portsmouth to the Brighton line, that really put the place on the map.

Caption For New Brighton, The Pier 1900

There were once ten piers on the River Mersey, though only New Brighton was ever regarded as being a seaside pier.