Photos

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Maps

494 maps found.

1903-1904, Green Bank Ref. RNC720723
1903-1904, Whalley Banks Ref. RNC866814
1921, Ash Bank Ref. POP627284
1920, Aston Bank Ref. POP628181
1920, Bush Bank Ref. POP657389
1921, Butter Bank Ref. POP657685
1925, Brown Bank Ref. POP652867
1925, Cat Bank Ref. POP664386
1923, Booth Bank Ref. POP646002
1921, Bowling Bank Ref. POP647338
1920, Brandon Bank Ref. POP648718
1892, Hesketh Bank Ref. HOSM48219
1909, Bowling Bank Ref. HOSM56609
1883 - 1902, Aston Bank Ref. HOSM50477
1907, Whiteley Bank Ref. HOSM64402
1886, River Bank Ref. HOSM57171
1897, Meal Bank Ref. HOSM53394
1887, Frith Bank Ref. HOSM45845
1901-1902, Doe Bank Ref. RNC691522
1902, Gauntons Bank Ref. RNC712437

Books

25 books found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Memories

9,936 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.

Tosh And I And Easy Pickings

Tosh and I and easy pickings Hi everyone, It's me again with the continuation of my wee story. I was taken by surprise how many people liked and responded to ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

Memories Of Marks Gate

I lived on Marks Gate from 1954-1972 when I got married. We lived in a two bedroomed flat in Arneways Avenue. I went to the Oaks school in Collier Row, John Preston school on Marks Gate and The Warren school, Chadwell ...Read more

A memory of Marks Gate by peterphelps06

Reflections Of My Life

I was born in Argoed Blackwood in a condemned house by candlelight in 1950 We moved to 26 Underwood road Oakdale when I was still quite young. I can still remember so much from all those years ago. The Bic. Browns, Parry, Yem ...Read more

A memory of Oakdale by Gian Singh

Good Old Days.....

I was a "Calder girl" from 1951 or 52 to 1959. I didn't like it much at the time, but now of course, I have many, many memories. I know so many of the hymns in the English hymn book because we had to learn them for punishments. Not ...Read more

A memory of Seascale by Frances Ellis Nee Birkbeck

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

The Queen And Pantos

I was going from Slough to our favorite pub (The Victoria Arms) on the bus in the 60's not knowing it was Ladies Day at Ascot. The bus ground to a halt at the bottom of Castle Hill, the clippie (young people will have to ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by Dave Hill

The Triangle

When I was about 7 or 8 I used to stand outside Wally Kilmister's shop to see the Queen as she arrived for the Cup Final in May. Yes, Wally Kilmister's was a treasure trove - bought football boots, a football and all sorts of things ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Ian Waddell

60 Years On And I Still Love It!

My Auntie May Howard and her husband Frank, from St. Helens, had a wooden holiday bungalow she called Homestead in Dee Avenue Talacre - it was definitely 1961 onwards and possibly just before that and the community ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by joan.bohan

The Hostels 1956 65

I lived in the hostels from 1956 to 1965, firstly in 5 Ty Draw Square (around the back of the nursery school), and later in 17 Heol-y-Ynys, right next to the square (where we played football, cricket and kick the tin). As well as ...Read more

A memory of Abergarw by byronjones8

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Thorpe St Andrew, The River Yare 1919

This view looks downstream to the Rush Cutters pub from the south bank.

Caption For Ombersley, Evangelists Wagon In Village 1899

This large parish runs along the eastern bank of the Severn for several miles.

Caption For Margate, Marine Parade 1908

These cumbersome devices were backed into the sea by horses, and the incumbent then disembarked down steps at the rear, protected from cold winds and inquisitive stares by a collapsible umbrella

Caption For Birkenhead, Hamilton Square 1967

It did have areas of back-to-back houses for the newly-imported workers, but there were never the slums of the older towns and cities.

Caption For Youlgrave, Middleton Dale C1960

The wooded slopes of Middleton Dale, west of the village of Youlgreave and near the hamlet of Middleton-by- Youlgreave, offer a tranquil walk in beautiful surroundings by the banks of the frequently-weired

Caption For Beachley, The Ferry C1955

of the Severn Bridge, which now sweeps above the peninsula of Beachley Point, this little powered ferry carried small vehicles across the Severn to the outskirts of Aust on the eastern bank

Caption For Sandhurst, Village 1906

On our way back to Camberley we arrive at the Dukes Head public house.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Gun Cliff And Cobb Gate From Back Beach 1890

Back Beach was the fiefdom of William Curtis & Sons, boatmen and fish merchants from nearby Long Entry on Church Cliffs.

Caption For Slough, High Street 1950

Slough dates back to the 12th century, when it was a hamlet on the London to Bath road.

Caption For Kettering, Childrens Playground C1955

Even a simple sandpit was a novelty in an age before sandpits were common in back gardens.

Caption For Grindleford, C1960

Grindleford follows the banks of the River Derwent, as this distant view from the Hathersage road shows.

Caption For Newlyn, The Harbour 1895

The newly-completed North or Victoria Pier is on the left, with the South Pier with its lighthouse at the back.

Caption For Fordingbridge, C1960

Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age.

Caption For Ampthill, Woburn Street C1955

Dating back to the 18th century, the deed to each of these cottages restircts the householder to replacing the roof only with thatch, and further prescribes the method and colour of redecoration that may

Caption For Odiham, View From Canal Bridge 1924

Odiham Common is on the northern bank.

Caption For Painswick, St Mary's Church 1900

The church at Painswick has a right-angled, almost fortress-like chapel, which dates back hundreds of years.

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

The name of the street harks back to the days of the medieval walled town.

Caption For Kidderminster, Harvington Hall C1960

The view of teh back garden across the moat, the Georgian chapel on the left and the Malt House on the right.

Caption For Maisemore, Bridge 1906

Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn.

Caption For Bagshot, Village Children 1903

As we turn down Higgs Lane, this is what we would see looking back towards the main road.

Caption For South Littleton, Main Street C1960

Not far from Evesham, South Littleton is a lovely old village of pretty cottages, a manor house built in 1721, though attached to an even more ancient building, and a church that originally dated back

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.

Caption For Oxford, Carfax Tower 1922

The premises of Barclays Bank can be seen on the right, next door to Morris Garages.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The New Bridge 1955

Looking back across the bridge towards Salutation Square.