Maps

816 maps found.

1947, Hale Ref. NPO724847
1925, Hale Ref. POP724839
1924, Hale Ref. POP724840
1898, Hale Ref. RNE724839
1896, Hale Ref. RNE724840
1898, Hales Ref. RNE724898
1884, Hales Ref. HOSM47376
1923, Hale Ref. POP724841
1947, Hale Ref. NPO724839
1947, Hale Ref. NPO724841
1940, Hale Ref. NPO724844
1903, Hale Ref. RNC724841
1897, Hales Ref. RNE724897
1911, Hale Ref. HOSM47369
1947, Hale Bank Ref. NPO724848
1946, Hale Street Ref. NPO724882
1946, Hales Street Ref. NPO724918
1920, Hale Street Ref. POP724882
1921, Hales Park Ref. POP724915
1898, Little Hale Ref. RNE757349

Books

2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.

Memories

179 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Boyhood

I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

Cheslyn Hay 1960 1977

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

Farming Pub And Family

Because of the rural nature of Llanfihangel GM memories stretch across the village hub - the Crown pub on the bend by the bridge through to the small cemetary near Ty Ucha farm - through to Cerrigydruddion and ...Read more

A memory of Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr by Shirley Jones

Oddington 1946 1959

I was born in Moreton in Marsh and lived the first 13 years of my life in Oddington. My father was a farmer and we lived at Green Farm right in the middle of the village. We used to have the village bonfire (November ...Read more

A memory of Lower Oddington by Tim Gaskell

East Barsham Manor 1929 Photograh

The 1929 photograph was taken when my stepfather's father, Douglas J Coleman owned it. His father, Edward J. Coleman, bought it in 1915, the year my stepfather was born. This is where he (Peter ...Read more

A memory of East Barsham by Bunny Garst

Early Memories

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison

Row Boat

Many times I rowed my little row boat down the river past Haling Path on the way to the Staunches where we fished for hours or chased rabbits.

A memory of Thetford in 1930 by Stanley Hayward

Paddock Wood Huts

Not sure how long I went with my grandparents, then when they passed away my parents, but I was born in 1941 and I know we were still going there until we migrated to Australia in 1961. We 'lived' in the first hut on the ...Read more

A memory of Paddock Wood

Staverton Elizabethan Fayre

The Staverton Playing Fields were the location for the Elizabethan Fayre on August Bank Holiday Monday. Lots of entertainment was arranged including a jazz band, the Babelfish Ceilidh Band, Dog Racing, Punch and Judy, ...Read more

A memory of Staverton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

The Old Villa

i lived in the villa in the 60s i still remember mr burlinson and his cart emptying the loos in the back lanes we used to play at the hilly or the depo, we had the bonfire next to nobles and the school we were called the squarees ...Read more

A memory of Grange Villa in 1960 by Robert Barrass

Captions

32 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1900

Here, a horse-cart loaded with barrels and bales makes a delivery to an ironmonger's shop, whilst a boy leans against a hand-cart.

Caption For Watchet, Harbour 1927

The horse-drawn carts in the fore ground have yet to be superseded by motor transport, even in this comparatively late stage of mechanised development.

Caption For Chalford, On The Canal 1910

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges laden with bales of cloth passing through this now-abandoned lock.

Caption For Chalford, On The Canal 1910

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges passing through this now-abandoned lock, laden with bales of cloth.

Caption For Foxton, The Grand Union Canal C1960

Supplying water to the locks was always difficult, and in 1910 an inclined plane designed by Gordon Cale Thomas was opened to ease the situation; however, it was expensive to operate, and

Caption For Foxton, The Grand Union Canal C1960

Supplying water to the locks was always difficult, and in 1910 an inclined plane designed by Gordon Cale Thomas was opened to ease the situation; however, it was expensive to operate, and

Caption For Chatteris, Market Hill C1965

There used to be a horse fair here - the streets were blocked by straw bales to keep the animals in.

Caption For Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery 1895

Opened in 1877 to the design of H H Vale, it was built as a single-storey Grecian-style building.