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Memories

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St Catherines School

I am trying to remember old schoolmates, Greham Humpries, Carol Taylor, Frank Birch (and sister), Julie wood ect. There were not many in the school but we had good times. I remember carrying coke in from the yard. I ...Read more

A memory of Barton Upon Irwell in 1958 by Kenneth Walker

The Bathing Hole

The stream in front of the war memorial ran down to the Browney river a few hundred yards below the Dean, where half of the Witton school kids learned to swim in deep pools created by dams made by Harry Bell and Davy ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1954 by David Leckenby

Birthplace And Never Forgotten When Asked

I was born in Dysart to a mining family of 5 brothers, me being in the middle. My mum watched over us all and used to take us walks by the man in the rock along to Wemyss and back via the castle estate. ...Read more

A memory of Dysart by Sandy Stewart

Derbys Old West End

My father had a scrap-yard in Nuns Street. It was right next to the bridge over Markeaton Brook. I remember always asking to be picked up so I could look over the bridge - I don't know why! Markeaton Brook was filled with old ...Read more

A memory of Derby in 1949

Holidays With Grandad

Thank you for showing the photo of Bank Houses, the house on the right was where my grandad lived and I spent a lot of very happy holidays there. His garden was aways full of lovely things to eat and as I lived in an ...Read more

A memory of Somersham in 1954 by Pamela Binns

Happy Days

When I was about 4 or 5 I moved from Water Eaton to Fenny. We lived with my gran, Mrs Gibson, in Church Street. We - my two brothers and myself, used to go to the Salvation Army Sunday School, we were only few doors away, and ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1951 by Margaret Hogg

My Childhood In Houghton Regis.

My name is Daniel (Danny) Cronin, the youngest of 5 and the only boy of Harry 'H' and Ann Cronin. My life began on the 27th of November 1970. My first place of residence was Recreation Road where I have ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis in 1970 by Daniel Cronin

Howe's Garage, Longfield

Rather than Longfield Hill, this looks more like Longfield itself with Howe's Garage in the centre foreground. My Dad worked here from the late 1930s to when he retired in 1973; it was run by his uncle Frank Howe and ...Read more

A memory of Longfield Hill in 1960 by Brian Linford

The Steel Houses

Having lived in Brymbo in a very damp two up two down house in 'The Green' my parents were 'over the moon' to be given a new three bedroomed house; 23, Bryn Hedd, Southsea, (which means peaceful hill) became their home for ...Read more

A memory of Southsea in 1950 by Ken Edwards

Peace And Open Spaces

I remember opening my front door and looking around at the beautiful views I could see. I could walk 100 yards in any direction and be in fields. The peace and quiet, and the views were outstanding. It took my breath away. I ...Read more

A memory of Holmfirth in 1980 by Christine Wild

Captions

442 captions found. Showing results 361 to 384.

Caption For Abingdon, High Street And Lion Hotel 1893

These were 15th- and 16th-century timber-framed buildings with jetties and archways through their inn yards.

Caption For Sharpness, The Docks C1955

Timber is being loaded onto barges, or lighters, to be towed up to Gloucester, where vast wood yards were sited along the canal.

Caption For Sunderland, Shipyards On The Wear C1900

650 years of shipbuilding on the Wear came to an end with the closure of North East Shipbuilders' Southwick yard in 1989.

Caption For Barmouth, Railway Bridge 1896

It is 800 yards long and has a road for foot passengers, who can enjoy the freshness of the air and the sublime vistas of Cadair Idris.

Caption For Sunderland, Shipyards On The Wear C1900

650 years of shipbuilding on the Wear came to an end with the closure of North East Shipbuilder's Southwick yard in 1989.

Caption For Lulworth, 1894

Inside, the constant action of the waves has eroded the nearly vertical and contorted beds of chalk and Hastings sand, to create this 500-yard lagoon.

Caption For Ware, The River Lea C1960

During the Second World War, much of London's stock of timber was moved to the yards at Ware belonging to such companies as Albany and Gluckstein.

Caption For Thornton Cleveleys, Marsh Mill C1955

In the yard was also Jack Breckell's wheelwright's shop.

Caption For Odiham, High Street C1960

Their builders' yard at the rear was a former farmyard.

Caption For Abingdon, Culham Bridge C1950

This view is not of the 15th-century bridge at Culham, but of the one on the road that crosses the Culham Cut, with Culham Lock a hundred yards behind the photographer.

Caption For Braintree, Bocking End C1955

The Society merged with the Chelmsford Star Co-op, and now occupies a prestigious site in the George Yard shopping centre.

Caption For Worcester, Queen Elizabeth's House 1896

Fortunately, cash was raised to pay for its rescue: it was jacked up and moved on greased rails a few yards to the right.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Harbour From West Cliff 1887

On the extreme right are the police offices (a very small building) and next come the warehouses in the pier yard, demolished in 1890 to widen access to the Sands station.

Caption For Rochdale, The Fountain 1902

The Angel remained until April 1961, when the official reason for its removal to the Princess Street Corporation Works Yard was its rapid deterioration due to erosion.

Caption For Shaw, Chamber Road C1950

Stone sett paths and some flagstone walls dividing the back yards still remain today behind the stone terraces to both left and right.

Caption For Thelwall, The Canal C1955

By its completion in December 1893, 17,000 'navvies' had shifted 54 million cubic yards of soil and rocks to create the 35.5-mile-long canal at the then staggering cost of £15 million.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

At the right of the Midland Bank is an archway, wide enough for a pony and trap, leading to a cobbled yard and the offices of the town's prestigious architects, Gotch and Saunders.

Caption For Braintree, Bocking End C1955

The Society merged with the Chelmsford Star Co-op, and now occupies a prestigious site in the George Yard shopping centre.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

At the right of the Midland Bank is an archway, wide enough for a pony and trap, leading to a cobbled yard and the offices of the town's prestigious architects, Gotch and Saunders.

Caption For Rickmansworth, High Street 1921

Now we are a few yards further along the thoroughfare.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Memorial Theatre 1922

The Memorial Building was erected just a few yards from the canal basin.

Caption For Weybridge, Church Street C1955

Motor-cars have replaced the horse-drawn carriages, and the Quadrant Motors sign on the left indicates the entrance to a yard behind the shops where maintenance and repairs were carried out.

Caption For Uppingham, Market Place C1963

The coach entrance and yard were soon to be enclosed providing a foyer and lounge - but not yet.

Caption For Glasgow, The Broomielaw 1897

The university really put Glasgow on the map, although it had a hard struggle to get fully established.