Places

2 places found.

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Photos

1 photos found. Showing results 21 to 1.

Maps

123 maps found.

1945, Ball Hill Ref. NPO631056
1902, Balls Hill Ref. RNC631602
1921, Balls Hill Ref. POP631602
1919, Bell Hill Ref. POP637719
1899, Balls Hill Ref. RNE631602
1946, Balls Hill Ref. NPO631602
1901-1904, Bullgill Ref. RNC655218
1897-1900, Bell Hill Ref. RNC637719
1946, Blue Bell Hill Ref. NPO644453
1895, Blue Bell Hill Ref. RNE644453
1897-1900, Ball Hill Ref. RNC631056
1921, Blue Bell Hill Ref. POP644453
1895, Blue Bell Hill Ref. HOSM38144
1909 - 1938, Ball Hill Ref. HOSM36798
1902, Bell O' Th' Hill Ref. RNC637728
1897-1898, Blue Bell Hill Ref. RNC644453
1897, Bell O' Th' Hill Ref. RNE637728
1947, Bell O' Th' Hill Ref. NPO637728
1921, Bell O' Th' Hill Ref. POP637728
1895, Blue Bell Hill Ref. HOSM38145

Books

2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.

Memories

354 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Growing Up In Hornsey

I was born in Hornsey in 1923, and spent the first 10 years of my life living with my parents in the top flat at 257 Wightman Road. The ground floor was occupied by Mr and Mrs Dan Costigan. Mr Costigan was a bus driver, and ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1920 by Arthur Astrop

When The Reverend Nichols Was The Rector

Sadly, I believe St Michael's Church is little more now than a ruin of it's former self, nothing like it was in the 1940's when it seemed to stand proudly on the hill watching over and protecting the small ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Thelma Hurly

Childhood In Elmsleigh Road

I lived at number 42 Elmsleigh Road from 1947 until about 1963.My pals and I played in the street in safety as there were few cars. We played "tin can tommy" and "cannon" otherwise we were on Wandsworth Common climbing ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by notreavenir

The Old Thatch

Ah, The Old Thatch. I remember it well, for this is where I grew up from the early 1940s until 1956. By today's standards it was grim: no heating, no running water, no flush loo - nothing. Yet it was a wonderful place in which ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1940 by Brian Rivas

Sweet Shop Run...

this street is the scene of many a frantic cycle to the sweet shop (aka village shop) at the bottom of the hill, eager to hand over our week's pocket money to Mr Knight who ran the shop. This view is roughly from the pub on the ...Read more

A memory of Wherwell in 1985 by Sebastian Buck

Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

Going To The Shops...

As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Peter Taylor

183 Bus To The Pinner Red Lion

All buses going to Pinner in the 1950's had the destination "Pinner Red Lion" as there was an old pub of that name on the corner of Love Lane and Bridge Street. The bus in this photo has continued its journey having ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

Perfect Place

My name was Sandra Goodfellow when I was born at home in Erbistock in 1954. I lived on Twining hill. I had a very happy childhood there with my three siblings, Mum and Dad. I started Erbistock school in 1957. It was a cosy, two ...Read more

A memory of Erbistock by Sandra Bayley

Beanz Dreamz...

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

Captions

59 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Helston, The Parish Church C1950

The fine 103ft tower has a peal of eight bells.

Caption For Dursley, Long Street C1947

This view looks down the hill towards The Priory and Lister's factory.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Bay C1955

The Square and Cobb Gate at the seaward end of Broad Street, eastwards from Bell Cliff, with the line-up of parked cars including Rileys, a Hornet soft-top, Jowett, Standard and Austins.

Caption For Rickinghall, The Street C1955

Opposite, Bell Cottage and Wall Cottage are virtually unchanged.

Caption For Broadwindsor, The Village 1902

This sizeable village nestles in a valley close to two notable landmarks: Lewesdon Hill (894 feet) and Pilsdon Pen, at 909 feet, the highest hill in Dorset.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

The main street of Alllington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport town, looking south-east from Allington Hill, with the outer parish's St Swithun's Church being the prominent building

Caption For Swansea, General View From Hill 1893

This view looks out into the hills, which play such a part in defining Swansea.

Caption For Goudhurst, The Star And Eagle Hotel C1960

Standing near the top of a hill overlooking the Weald, the Star and Eagle is a fine half-timbered 15th-century inn adjoining the churchyard, and is believed to have had monastic connections.

Caption For Oakham, The Castle C1955

Friesian cows are grazing; perhaps they belong to Mr E Ball, who owned property to the right in the Market Place.

Caption For Hascombe, Mare Lane 1908

Cosily tucked away in a fold of the sandstone hills south-east of Godalming, Mare Lane leads to the highest point of the Down at Hydons Ball, where it reaches 593 feet.

Caption For Torrington, Mailin Bridge 1890

Another view from Castle Hill, this time looking west.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Bridge Street 1907

The Eight Bells, on the right, was built as a private house in the 16th century.

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1925

The village of Ticehurst is situated on a gentle slope surrounded by fertile valleys and hills, where hops were once extensively grown.

Caption For Compton, Post Office C1955

There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

It was built in 1826 in the rare Greek-revival style, with a circular bell tower above the pedimented Doric portico.

Caption For Dudley, St John's Church C1965

St John's Church, Kate's Hill was erected in 1840 at a cost of £3,000, four years ahead of the ecclesiastical parish it serves, which was created on 15 October 1844.

Caption For Ramsbury, High Street 1906

On the right is One and All, a wine and spirit merchants, and next to it is Hill Brothers, grocers and spirit distillers, established in 1794.

Caption For Symondsbury, The Village 1930

Inland from Eype, towards the Marshwood Vale, Symondsbury clusters between Colmer's Hill and Old Warren Wood (centre skyline).

Caption For Penrith, From Elm Terrace 1893

The small louvered bell tower overlooks a playground still in use.

Caption For Compton, The Coach And Horses C1950

A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting.There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.The Norman church of St Mary

Caption For Liskeard, The Hurlers And Cheesewring Hill 1900

They are named 'Hurlers' because it is said that those who profaned the Lord's Day by hurling the ball were turned into stone.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900

We are looking north-westwards up Bell Street from the Assembly Rooms.

Caption For Cheam, Nonsuch Park Lodge 1925

This eastern entrance eventually came to be known as Bellgate, since the Bell public house stands further up the hill to the right.

Caption For Liskeard, The Hurlers And Cheesewring Hill 1900

They are named 'Hurlers' because it is said that those who profaned the Lord's Day by hurling the ball were turned into stone.