Places
14 places found.
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- Coates, Lancashire
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Coates, Lincolnshire
- Coat, Somerset
- Coates, Gloucestershire
- Coates, Nottinghamshire
- Coates, Cambridgeshire
- Coates, Sussex
- Coates, Lothian (near Penicuik)
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Devizes)
- Great Coates, Humberside
- Salt Coates, Cumbria
- Little Coates, Humberside
- North Coates Airfield, Lincolnshire
Photos
49 photos found. Showing results 261 to 49.
Maps
88 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 313 to 1.
Memories
1,483 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.
Sunny 1950''s Sunday Mornings
I have many memories about the old St Mary's Church. Until I started thinking of them I realised that I have not got one involving a rainy day apart from when my Grandad was buried in the churchyard. He was ...Read more
A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1954 by
My Dear Home Town Of Bournemouth
I was born there in 1928, in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, and lived in Bournemouth till 1962. There is no where like Bournemouth, lovely beaches, stores, theatres, the Chines, and Shell Bay. An excursion to ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by
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
Happy Days 1950s And 60s
I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham by
Ward 5 1968/71
I remember one of my best Christmases being spent on Ward 5. Where are the others, Miss Coats, Sister Howell, Nurse Derby. Can anyone else remember the times we spent?
A memory of Alton in 1968 by
Endbutt Lane
I was born in Crosby in 1958 and lived in Endbutt Lane for years, not far from the Endbutt Hotel. I had very mixed memories some happy, a lot sad. St Peter & Paul's school, friends Marie G, Susan C, Jeanette and Pat F, horse riding ...Read more
A memory of Crosby in 1969 by
Royal Liverpool Childrens Hospital
I lived in Heswall from 1952 until 1966. In the spring of 1964, myself and number of my chums were asked to convert an old ship's lifeboat, which had been placed in the garden to the rear of the hospital, into a ...Read more
A memory of Heswall by
The Old Quay, Newlyn
This photograph shows "The Old Quay" which was a medieval construction inside the outer arms of the Newlyn Harbour. Behind the Old Quay is the South Pier and the extreme end of the North Pier shows to the left of the picture ...Read more
A memory of Newlyn in 1955
Listers Of Willington
My mother told me about her great-uncle who was schoolmaster at Willington during 1850's,'60's or '70's before moving on to a school at Tudhoe. He was John Lister and his wife was Sarah Lister. Are there any Coates or Lister families still there?
A memory of Willington in 1870 by
Summer And Sadness
It was the summer of 1981 and we had rented a cottage in Mousehole for the summer school holidays. My friend's aunt and uncle lived just across the road and it was through them that we were able to rent the cottage. I took my ...Read more
A memory of Mousehole in 1981 by
Captions
1,648 captions found. Showing results 313 to 336.
Rows of fishing boats are mostly aground where they are moored in the harbour.
A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.
A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.
The man and group of boys in front of the centre ground boat are typical of visitors to any sea shore, and form the kind of scene that has not changed over the years.
As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.
The 1960s was a turning point for the canals as the working boats' cargoes were switched to the roads, particularly the new M1 motorway.
Here, we see the market where trippers could buy fish caught by local boats.
Of interest to sailors is the most unusual clinker-built sailing boat, still moored but with sails already catching the breeze.
The busy little port of Appledore is now home to just a few fishing boats.
Notice the river boat, or trow, moored to the bank.
The beach is a clutter of boats and fishing paraphernalia.
The Locks c1955 A pair of boats prepare to enter a lock.
Most of the marina with its boat-repairing shops, boat hirers and the chandlery remain today, though the petrol tank is now stored, wisely, underground.
Now used just for pleasure boating, the River Weaver would once have been very busy with boats carrying salt to ports along the Mersey estuary.
The line of skiffs and rowing boats indicates the popularity of such a holiday pastime.
The river still pro- vided scope for pleasure boating and Shapland & Petter's factory had grown to its full size.
Sheringham fishermen gather round a lobster boat for the camera.
The Hove boating lake, which is an eastwards continuation of the lagoon on which Shoreham harbour stands, has been beloved by generations of children.
The track up to the left was the route to Braunston for the horses while the narrow boats were 'legged' through the tunnel by the crew.
Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town.
A major boating centre to this day, Braunston was the northern end of the Grand Junction canal.
Note the winch alongside the nearest boat.
Then, as now, the beach was popular with children, who here play at the water's edge whilst older boys admire the moored fishing boat.
Just along the canal from Bridge 104, the boat is emerging from a turning point in the canal basin.
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