Maps

1,153 maps found.

1902, Wychnor Bridges Ref. RNC875079
1903-1904, Greta Bridge Ref. RNC722117
1898-1902, Deppers Bridge Ref. RNC690204
1903, Welham Bridge Ref. RNC862853
1901-1904, Sunderland Bridge Ref. RNC842808
1902-1903, Swineshead Bridge Ref. RNC843878
1903-1904, Tame Bridge Ref. RNC844726
1903-1904, Skelwith Bridge Ref. RNC831959
1908-1909, Skye Bridge Ref. RNC832272
1903-1904, Spark Bridge Ref. RNC836054
1903, Spotland Bridge Ref. RNC836563
1902-1903, Stamford Bridge Ref. RNC838002
1899-1902, Sapey Bridge Ref. RNC825492
1908-1909, Shiel Bridge Ref. RNC830000
1898-1909, Three Bridges Ref. RNC847646
1900, Bridge Ball Ref. RNC649809
1903-1904, Booth Bridge Ref. RNC646003
1903, Colne Bridge Ref. RNC675709
1911-1912, Conon Bridge Ref. RNC676649
1903, Clow Bridge Ref. RNC671231

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Memories

2,048 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

The Anchor

I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Deepfields by Robert Leadbeater

Stowlangtoft Hall

Hi my name is Rita i don't remember much about my time at the hall as I was only 7months old in 1957 when we arrived Luckily my sister Maria Attard and brother Dominic Attard were a bit older, my sister was 3 years old and ...Read more

A memory of Stowlangtoft by Rita Croston

My Late Parents

I have on my wall a photograph featuring my late parents, Rex and Barbara Grimmer just after they were married standing on the bridge with the Japanese style building still standing. This was in the early 50’s, and I can recall it from my youth.

A memory of Lowestoft by Colin Grimmer

The Kennet

The river is the Kennet and this view shows the junction of the Kennet river (from low level bridge on the right) and the Kennet and Avon Canal (towards the locks straight ahead). The tributary to the left is towards the West Mills flour mill (water powered). The view is upstream (West).

A memory of Newbury by Claire Allen

A Small Boys Paradise

Moving from Lewisham in London to Three Bridges in 1953 was wonderful. I was only 9 and we were, I believe, the first family in the Birches. We had the river mole with rainbow trout, horses, rabbits, all manner of wildlife and ...Read more

A memory of Crawley by John Brian

The Floods

I have lived in Weymouth since 1947 when I was 2 years old. In July 1955 one of my brothers was born. This was about a week after a massive thunder storm causing a flood. The water at Westham bridge was a foot deep. It's good to to look at these photographs to see how things have changed.

A memory of Weymouth in 1955 by Alan Smith

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

Fishing

During the school holidays the canal and it's towpath became a playground for many of the village children. Several of us caught the fishing bug and used the canal many times throughout the holiday. We always looked out for a barge ...Read more

A memory of Wheaton Aston in 1956 by Roy Downton

Waterworks Cottages Purley

I spent my childhood living in one of these cottages on the waterworks gated property in Purley. I walked to school under the railway bridge that crossed the road to the left as I walked out the gate. We called them "The ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Mary Porter

Summer Memories Of Picktree Village

In the late 1950’s and as a young boy around 8 or 9 living in the west end of Newcastle, I used to visit my Auntie Bella and Uncle Ted regularly. They lived at Number 3 Picktree Cottages, a short row of picturesque ...Read more

A memory of Picktree by Ben Haddon

Captions

2,231 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Salisbury, River Walk 1923

This is how the River Avon looked alongside Churchill Gardens, just south of the city centre in 1923.The bridge in the distance is the old Harnham Bridge—the photograph was taken before the building

Caption For Windsor, The Bridge House Hotel 1937

The Bridge House Hotel, seen to the left of the bridge, claimed that it was the only top class hotel in Eton.

Caption For London, Blackfriars Bridge 1890

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

Caption For Runcorn, Transporter Bridge C1906

One of only three such bridges in the country, the transporter bridge connected Runcorn with Widnes on the north shore of the River Mersey.

Caption For Hambleton, Meadow Cafe And Pink Cottage C1965

The Shard Bridge Hotel was another stopping off place.

Caption For Maidenhead, View Across The River 1899

The bridge is visible on the left; opposite are the gardens to the river in front of Bridge House.

Caption For Middlesbrough, The Transporter Bridge C1965

The Transporter Bridge was opened on 17 October 1911 by Prince Arthur of Connaught, whose father had opened Albert Park in 1868.

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1960

Another view of the High Street looking towards Maidstone Bridge on a sunny spring day.

Caption For Rotherham, The Bridge Chapel 1895

The Chapel of Our Lady standing on Rotherham Bridge dates from the 1480s, and is one of only three such chapels in England.

Caption For Wareham, The River And Bridge C1965

This view looks north-westwards from the south bank to the 1927-built South Bridge (left) which replaced a graceful five- arch Norman bridge.

Caption For London, Chelsea Embankment C1870

This view looks from Battersea Bridge towards Chelsea Old Church.

Caption For Poole, Bridge 1931

When this photograph was taken from the end of the quay, the bridge linking Poole town and Hamworthy was only four years old.

Caption For Caversham, Bridge Street 1908

Caversham, Bridge Street 1908 59962 The Thames Valley Hotel on the left was built in 1891 and is now flats, while the Crown Hotel on the right was rebuilt when the present bridge was constructed.

Caption For Bedford, Newnham Bridge 1897

Further east along The Embankment, Newnham Bridge crosses the north branch of the River Ouse at the south end of Tennyson Road.

Caption For Abingdon, Bridge And River Steamer C1955

The Fraternity of the Holy Cross built the two bridges, the causeway across Nag's Head Island, and then the long causeway that runs south for over a thousand yards across the flood plain to Culham

Caption For Chester, The Suspension Bridge 1888

In 1852 a suspension bridge was built over the Dee to link the suburb of Queen's Park with the Groves on the north side of the river.

Caption For Southampton, The Floating Bridge 1908

Southampton's famous Floating Bridge enabled foot passengers and traffic to cross the Itchen between the city and the south-eastern suburb of Woolston.

Caption For Littleport, The Bridge C1960

This concrete bridge replaced the earlier iron bridge in 1959 as part of the flood prevention scheme that started in the late 1950s.

Caption For Middlesbrough, The Transporter Bridge 1913

Before the commissioning of the transporter bridge a ferry operated across the Tees to Port Clarence.

Caption For Aylesford, C1960

A close-up of the bridge taken downsteam of the previous pictures.

Caption For Widnes, High Level Road Bridge C1965

To give the bridge just one coat of paint requires 6,000 gallons of paint.

Caption For Little Haywood, River Trent C1955

This view of Weetman's Bridge, looking upstream, shows the pedestrian refuges above each pier, as on Great Haywood's Essex Bridge.

Caption For Conwy, Castle C1865

This early photograph shows Conway Castle and Telford's graceful suspension bridge of 1826, with Stephenson's tubular railway bridge of 1848 just behind it.

Caption For Preston, Tram Bridge 1903

Having Avenham Park in the background does enhance the pleasure of a walk over the bridge.