Places

Sorry, no places were found that related to your search.

Photos

Sorry, no photos were found that related to your search.

Maps

Sorry, no maps were found that related to your search.

Books

Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.

Memories

655 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.

Halls Of Galmpton

The Hall family lived scattered about Devon since the late 1600's, from what I can gather. In the 1850's to the 1890's they seemed to settle around Galmpton and Dittisham, later into Torquay and beyond. My GGG Grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Galmpton in 1860 by Quentin Hall

Happy Memories

I worked in the Hotel Continental in the very hot summer of 1976 with 3 friends. It was a glorious summer season and the sun shone endlessly, so we spent many lazy days (between work shifts!) on the beach. We danced into the early ...Read more

A memory of Mundesley in 1976 by Jennifer Morgan

My Love Of Brynowen Continues

I do not remember my first visit to Borth as I would have been a few months old around about the spring of 1963. As a family we then returned every year staying at Brynowen, sometimes twice a year, until I turned 18 at ...Read more

A memory of Borth in 1963 by Andy Scott

Living In Harold Hill

I lived in 71 Hailsham Road off of Straight Road till we sadly moved in the April of 1971. I always remember; the Grammar School, at the back of Appleby Drive we used to have Saturday fetes with the small steam train ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1967 by Mark Tate

Life Until 40.

My family returned to South Ockendon in 1964, although both sets of grandparents were in South Road and Broxburn Drive. First lived in Clayburn Gardens, then in 1969 we moved to 34 Cruick Avenue. Small cul-de-sac, originally ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Cliff Minors

The Bird Man

I was reminded today of The Bird Man who went round all the schools doing Bird Call imitations. We were at Ladyland School and this presentation was a welcome break from school work. At the close of his performance he asked for ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1955 by John Allan

Working At Litton Mill

I went to work at Litton Mill when I was seventeen. Worked in the Sizing, Charlie Mellor was the supervisor. I met many lovely people and a great lot of characters. The sizing was machines with huge rollers set in a bed ...Read more

A memory of Litton Mill by Elsie Hollis

Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School

I attended Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School from September 6, 1963 until February 1969. Although I had passed my 11 Plus examination very highly (highest in the southwest of England) and wanted to ...Read more

A memory of Lawrence Weston in 1963 by Timothy Purnell

Old Lewisham Central Library

In the early 1950s I worked at the Central Library, near St Mary's Church. My most vivid memories are the long working hours (difficult for the social life of a young girl) and having to manually count the 'issue' before ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by rita

Rowley Bristow Hospital

This hospital played a big part in my childhood. My sister spent several weeks there after suffering a severe cut to her knee in the 1960s, her godmother worked there as a physiotherapist, and not long before it closed, my ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by Julia Edwards

Captions

405 captions found. Showing results 313 to 336.

Caption For Daventry, Dryden Avenue C1965

Looking down New Street to the Moot Hall, we can see on the right a brick Georgian house where many BBC trainees lodged in the 1960s.

Caption For Walsingham, High Street 1933

The long straight high street eventually opens up into the Friday market place.

Caption For East Clandon, The Village 1904

Fifteen children have been neatly assembled by the photographer in front of the brick and half-timbered cottages that comprised this small village – it was originally called Clandon Abbots.

Caption For Cosby, The Brook C1965

The brook here somehow appears to be little cared for, with its chipped concrete posts arrayed along weedy banks.

Caption For Ascot, Church 1901

This modest building of red brick is attributed to T H Rushworth and was built in about 1864. The windows are 13th-century and show a variety of designs in two-bay arcades.

Caption For St Annes, Fairhaven Road 1901

The buildings were all good quality brick with stone cappings and gate posts.

Caption For Wallasey, Capitol Roundabout C1960

The roundabout was removed in 1979 to make way for a new road junction.

Caption For Sudbury, King Street C1955

On the right, the Royal Oak, the shop with the arched door and window, and the building nearest the camera, here Dolly's sweet shop, all remain.

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

This photograph was taken from the junction of the High Street with Bridge Street. The dominant buildings are of the early 1900s, complete with a fine set of chimney stacks.

Caption For Leicester, The Town Hall C1950

The early 19th century saw Leicester in an appalling sanitary condition, until piped water came to the town in the mid 1850s, along with its first sewers.

Caption For Chilham, Old Wives' Lees 1908

Lying just to the north of Chilham is this small and curiously named hamlet where, until the beginning of the 20th century, an annual race was staged between two village youths and two maidens for a

Caption For Wainfleet, Woolpack Hotel C1955

North from the Market Place, the High Street curves away past The Woolpack, now rendered and roughcast.

Caption For Ollerton, Thoresby Hall, The Queen Victoria Room C1965

This plainer room is one occupied by Queen Victoria when she stayed at Thoresby, enjoying the lavish hospitality of Earl Manvers.

Caption For Elham, High Street C1960

The pretty village of Elham, at the heart of the valley of that name, is clustered around its market square and this High Street, lined with buildings from several periods.

Caption For Northampton, Park Avenue Methodist Church C1960

Churches were built to serve the suburbs north of Abington Park.

Caption For Shackleford, Village 1906

The pretty village of Shackleford, west of Godalming, has a mixture of houses in different styles, as evidenced here by the creeper-clad building on the right, the tall-chimneyed cottages with their neatly

Caption For Boxford, View From Church Tower C1965

Bridge House, the Post Office Stores and the adjoining houses (centre bottom) follow the curve of the street, named after The Swan Inn.

Caption For Carlton In Lindrick, High Road C1965

Two miles south of Langold, Carlton in Lindrick is a village of two parts, the original village to the south and a large former colliery village with hard red brick semi-detached houses.

Caption For Oving, Church And Black Boy Inn C1955

Oving, west of Whitchurch, lies off the main road, and is a very pretty village on the Portland limestone ridge.

Caption For Hailsham, The Church C1965

Another view, similar to H6031 (above), shows the brick-paved path and the holly bushes. At the left is a silver birch, which also survives today.

Caption For Stourbridge, Lower High Street C1950

The contraption on the brick wall of Allin's Newsagents beside the pub is a vending machine.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square 1901

Beyond the Clocktower, the Georgian brick front belongs to the George Inn, which was replaced by Burtons in 1936.

Caption For Glynde, The Square C1955

Glynde is most famous for its internationaly renowned opera house built in the grounds of Glyndbourne.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Bury House 1897

West of the church and across a stream is The Bury, the manor house until 1741. At one time council offices, it is now divided into houses and its grounds are a public open space.