Photos

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Maps

316 maps found.

1902-1903, Pentre Isaf Ref. RNC804364
1899-1900, Pentre Meyrick Ref. RNC804374
1900-1901, Pentre-Bach Ref. RNC804392
1900-1901, Pentre-Chwyth Ref. RNC804409
1900-1901, Pentre-Dwr Ref. RNC804429
1923, Pentre Dolau Honddu Ref. POP804342
1922, Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer Ref. POP804473
1898, Pentre-Ty-Gwyn Ref. RNE804509
1897, Pentre-Chwyth Ref. HOSM38297
1898 - 1910, Pentre Ref. HOSM39099
1903-1910, Pentre Berw Ref. RNC804332
1902-1903, Pentre-Cefn Ref. RNC804405
1902-1903, Pentre-Celyn Ref. RNC804407
1900-1901, Pentre-Gwenlais Ref. RNC804448
1947, Pentre Dolau Honddu Ref. NPO804342
1898, Pentre-Llwyn-Llwyd Ref. RNE804471
1888, Pentre Berw Ref. HOSM56450
1887, Pentre-Cwrt Ref. HOSM70871
1874, Pentre-Clawdd Ref. HOSM56462
1909 - 1910, Pentre Ref. HOSM56467

Books

2 books found. Showing results 241 to 2.

Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

A Glance Backwards

I came to live in Stadhampton in 1954 from Henley on Thames. My father was the village Policeman. I found that even for 1954 life in Stadhampton was comparatively primitive compared with what I was used to! But it was a ...Read more

A memory of Stadhampton in 1954 by John Harker

Wonderful Memories

I have wonderful memories of Fowey, as a teenager I used to go and stay with a lovely lady in a cottage leading down to the centre. She had a son and daughter but I think they had left home, one to go nursing and the other in the ...Read more

A memory of Fowey in 1955 by Dawn Cocking

My Village In Youth

I was born in Wellington in 1936 and grew up there for the first 10 years,living in No 3 Rumwell Cottages in the centre of the village. I remember just before D-Day all of the American troops passing our house on the way to ...Read more

A memory of Rumwell in 1944 by John Naylor

Dukeshouse Wood Camp School (Part Two)

My recollection of  a dance that was arranged in the sports hall made me and another lad George Bishop decide to abstain from the proceedings as I think at the time, in fact I am sure about myself that I was ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1940 by Les May

Orange Hill Girls Grammar School

After passing the 11+ at St Johns School, Milton Road, West Hendon, I attended Orange Hill from 1947. I had quite a journey, having to take the trolleybus along the Edgware Road then a walk down the Watling ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Ann Midson

Growing Up In Greenford 1957 1970s

Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Gill Hewlett

The Supey

This is how the shopping centre looked when I was growing up in the 1970s. The Hind also had a pub that had no windows and smelt of stale beer. Next door was Mrs Gilchrist's paint shop, she had big ankles and always had ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn by James Moran

Granny Bishop And Grampy Bishop

The photograph shows on the left where my gran lived, in the centre is where my granddad lived, and out of sight is the house where I was born. I fell in the river many times, once when it was at full flood an old man pulled me out with his walking stick.

A memory of Malmesbury in 1946 by David W Reeves

Bearmans

Bearmans was the big department store on the site which is now occupied by the Coop or Leo's. I remember the toy department at Christmas was fantastic with an enormous model train layout in the centre of the floor which would take ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1956

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

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Heswall, The Village C1955

These two photographs, taken in Village Road, depict the old village centre.

Caption For Clapham, The Bridge C1881

Near to the Three Peaks, Clapham's old Manor House (1701) is now used by the National Parks Centre.

Caption For Rothley, Town Green C1965

We are south-west of the village centre, and the photograph exudes a strange feeling of well- cared-for neglect.

Caption For Chailey Green, Village Green C1965

A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex.

Caption For Brecon, St Mary's Church 1899

St Mary's position in the centre of the town, and the dominating height of its splendid 16th-century tower at 90 feet, make it one of the most prominent buildings in Brecon.

Caption For Swindon, Queens Park C1955

Looking West We are looking across the lake to the houses in Durham Street, with the Presbyterian church roof in the centre of the picture, and the Holy Rood Roman Catholic church on

Caption For Minster, The High Street C1952

In the distance in the centre of this photograph is The King's Arms public house; at this time it was one of the houses of the Maidstone brewers Style & Winch Ltd.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1902

Virginia creeper has now spread to every inch of stonework on the 18th-century house (centre right).

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1913

This view depicts the bustle in West Steet, with children and cycles, and a flock of sheep being driven uphill (left of centre).

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1937

The freedom of the road, when roadside parking was an inalienable right, can be seen in a view westwards to the Town Hall (centre) from opposite the Golden Road Cafe (far left).

Caption For Bishopstoke, Post Office, Spring Lane C1955

Spring Lane, originally called Back Lane, branches off from Riverside and can be seen at the top centre turning back into the main road.

Caption For Marnhull, New Street C1960

This one, between Mounters and the parish church (centre right), looks almost suburban, with the dormer windows of fashionable semi-bungalows around Butts Close (right).

Caption For Swanage, The Beach C1950

The sappers were right, and a mine exploded beside crumbling cliffs near the Grand Hotel (centre), killing five schoolboys on Friday 13 May 1955.

Caption For Walton On Thames, Church Street 1899

Taken only twenty miles from London, this study of the centre of this small riverside village at the end of the Victorian era serves to emphasise how such settlements within commuting distance of the capital

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village C1955

Bridge Stores (right of centre) advertises Colman`s Mustard in much more basic style than the Victorian sign that used to look down on the central part of the street.

Caption For Oakengates, Market Street C1965

It is sad that with the development of a large shopping centre in Telford town centre, Oakengates no longer attracts shoppers as it once did - even the branch of Woolworth we see here has

Caption For Saundersfoot, From St Bride's 1933

The Hean Castle Hotel (centre) stands on the corner of Cambrian Terrace and Wogan Terrace.

Caption For Saundersfoot, Cambrian Terrace 1949

The Hean Castle Hotel (centre) stands on the corner of Cambrian Terrace and Wogan Terrace.

Caption For Billingham, Shopping Centre C1967

Billingham Town Centre was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, paid for largely by the local rates from the massive ICI factory in the neighbourhood, which employed almost 20,000 people at that time.

Caption For Chideock, 1927

From the slopes of Quarry Hill, above Park Farm (centre), we look south-westwards to Golden Cap (left of centre) and Langdon Hill.

Caption For Portland, The Harbour From Island C1955

We are looking northwards from below Priory Corner, across urban Portland from Killicks Hill and the school at Clovens Road above Chesil Cove (bottom left), to Chiswell, Fortuneswell (centre) and Castletown

Caption For Shoreham By Sea, 1890

Nowadays a covered leisure centre and swimming pool is essential to success.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street C1960

The city was and is the capital centre of Wales, and this importance has increased - it is now a modern commercial and administrative centre for the nation.

Caption For Burnley, Mechanics' Institute 1895

It is still there today as an Arts Centre and the Tourist Information Centre.