Maps

9,439 maps found.

1919, North Darley Ref. POP793150
1924, North Duffield Ref. POP793194
1923, North Elkington Ref. POP793210
1919, North End Ref. POP793233
1924, North End Ref. POP793238
1919, North End Ref. POP793246
1920, North End Ref. POP793249
1921, North Fambridge Ref. POP793277
1920, North Feltham Ref. POP793285
1920, North Foreland Ref. POP793367
1919, North Hayling Ref. POP793462
1919, North Heath Ref. POP793475
1920, North Hillingdon Ref. POP793524
1920, North Hyde Ref. POP793554
1925, North Hylton Ref. POP793556
1923, North Kelsey Ref. POP793573
1920, North Kensington Ref. POP793577
1924, North Landing Ref. POP793609
1919, North Leigh Ref. POP793627
1926, North Middleton Ref. POP793709

Books

39 books found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s

Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway.  Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Danny Robinson

Cheadle In The Second World War

I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by Terry Brooks

The Rone Clarke Family Rose Cottage Bristol Road Bournbrook Birmingham

My great-great-grandfather was CHARLES RONE CLARKE born 6 March 1837 at 13 Court, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. He was a master woodturner and sixth great-grandson of Henry ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1860 by Sue Coates

Washington Brady Square

One of three children who lived at Hillthorn Terrace, just next to the railway lines. I can remember as if it was yesterday when the coal train used to travel from Washington "F" Pit down towards Brady Square, through ...Read more

A memory of Washington by Jim Beresford

Woolwich Ferry

There has been a ferry at Woolwich for many centuries but the people of Woolwich complained in the 1880s that West London had free access across the River Thames by bridges so why couldn't they have free travel? The river was too ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by First Name Last Name

Percy Main Village

I was born in 1947, and lived at number 14, Blyth Street, Percy Main village, my maiden name was Bell. My mam was called Ethel, dad was Bob, and my sister was Iris. When I was a child my granda Joe Bell, his daughter Phemie ...Read more

A memory of Percy Main by Sylvia Walker

Abc Minors,Trolley Buses, Lonesome School, Oakleigh Way

I have just found this page and what memories it rekindles. I was a minor at the ABC, I even got a road safety prize from Coco the Clown. Thorpes record shop accross the road, there I bought my ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1955 by Peter Goddard

Perivale Maternity Hospital

I too was born at the Perivale maternity hospital in 1949, and at the time we lived in a prefab at Gurnell Grove somewhere near Cuckoo Hill I think, if anyone has photos of these prefabs perhaps you could email me one ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1949 by John Nicholls

Spondon During War

I occasionally came to live with my sister in Spondon during the war years. I lived in Ockbrook Road, the house was named Tarbet House. At the rear across two fields was an anti-aircraft battery of four guns, which when they ...Read more

A memory of Spondon in 1942 by Roy Allen

Evacuation During The Second World War

During the early years of the Second World War my father was posted to the Royal Artillery camp in Almondbury and when we were bombed in our home in Hull he found a small house for my mother, sisiter and I ...Read more

A memory of Kirkheaton in 1940 by Raymond Taylor

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Sevenoaks, Constitutional Club 1895

The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889.

Caption For Mundesley, High Street 1921

Looking west along the High Street, we see buildings which are characteristic of North Norfolk: flints set in mortar, with brick facings.

Caption For Hitchin, Bancroft C1955

Bancroft, looking north.

Caption For Mundesley, High Street 1921

Looking west along the High Street, we see buildings which are characteristic of North Norfolk: flints set in mortar, with brick facings.

Caption For Thurmaston, The Newark Road C1965

The village sits astride the Roman Fosse Way, but it is attractive no longer: for the last hundred years it has been in all but name a part of North Leicester.

Caption For Swanage, From Coastguard Station 1897

Brought from London, it marked the north- eastern corner of contractor Thomas Docwra's Grove House estate.

Caption For Brighton, Tramway Construction, The Steine C1900

The pho- tographer is looking towards North Road.

Caption For Chippenham, St Andrew's Church C1955

The north wall of the church and the choir vestry, which was added in 1907.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They stand in North Yorkshire, close to the A1: it is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the county.

Caption For Blackpool, North Shore C1955

The cliff walk along the North Shore.

Caption For Buxton, In Corbar Woods 1915

This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl

Caption For Wetherby, North Street 1909

The complete sign on the left, Tetley's Fine Ales, was fixed to the old Bowling Green Hotel; it marked the narrowest point on the London to Edinburgh Great North Road.

Caption For Colchester, High Street 1891

The main axis of the principal roads consists of the Roman east-west artery, now the High Street, and one of the Roman north-south roads, now North Hill and Head Street.

Caption For Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1894

Here we see a photograph of children enjoying a day at Bungerley Bridge, north of Clitheroe.

Caption For Blanchland, The Village C1935

To the north-east of Allenheads beyond Nookton Fell lies the village of Blanchland.

Caption For Swindon, Penhill Drive C1960

In 1951 the Borough of Swindon purchased Penhill Farm, which lay in the parish of Stratton St Margaret, just outside the borough boundary north of the town, for housing.

Caption For Waterford, The Old Windmill Tea Rooms C1960

Waterford lies along the North Road from Hertford towards Stapleford and Stevenage - the road follows the course of the meandering River Beane.

Caption For North Berwick, The Seafront 1897

The popular seafront of North Berwick.

Caption For Bangor, High Street And Clock 1908

Looking across the Menai Straits to Anglesey, the city of Bangor is the largest town in the north-west corner of Wales, the former principality of Gwynedd, and home to an ancient diocese and the University

Caption For Filey, Brig 1890

The spectacular rock formation of Filey Brigg at the north end of the bay.

Caption For Dalton In Furness, Market Street 1966

The District Bank, in the distance on the right by the pedestrian crossing, North West Electricity, next to J T Gilchrist chemist, and Lakeland Cleaners.

Caption For Godmanchester, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1898

Photographed from the north-east when the lands to the north were under water, the church is silhouetted against the sky.

Caption For Brancepeth, The Castle 1914

The castle was owned by the mighty Neville family until the 16th century, when in 1569 it was confiscated by the Crown following their involvement in the Rising of the North and a plot to overthrow

Caption For Glen Auldyn, 1894

This beautiful glen is situated to the north east of Snaefell with steep slopes on either side.