Maps

374 maps found.

1898, Lake Ref. RNE751432
1898, Lake Ref. RNE751429
1946, Lake Ref. NPO751427
1946, Lake Ref. NPO751429
1940, Lake Ref. NPO751432
1919, Lake Ref. POP751427
1898 - 1899, Bassenthwaite Lake Ref. HOSM37189
1921, Ashmore Lake Ref. POP627824
1946, Clay Lake Ref. NPO669831
1920, Tumpy Lakes Ref. POP854284
1902, Ashmore Lake Ref. RNC627824
1901-1903, Clay Lake Ref. RNC669831
1896, Lake End Ref. RNE751447
1899, The Lakes Ref. RNE846438
1898, Tumpy Lakes Ref. RNE854284
1886, Sutton Lakes Ref. HOSM60989
1945, Lake End Ref. NPO751447
1946, Holywell Lake Ref. NPO739181
1921, Lake Vyrnwy Ref. POP751495
1946, Black Lake Ref. NPO641862

Books

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Memories

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School Days

As far back that I can remember, it was the summer of 1934 when I first started school at St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Calcutta Road. I sat next to a friend that I had made (John Toole) Who later in life emigrated to Canada and was ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by John Ryan

Fishing

This is the Fish Pond at Holden Corner, Southborough. This was one of the two accessible and popular places for boys to go fishing in Southborough - the other was the Great Bounds Lake, near Bidborough. As a boy in the 1940s and early ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1940 by Michael Willcocks

Memories Remembered

Memories Remembered After reading Brian Keighley’s story of his memories in Lifton, my memories came flooding back and has prompted me to recall a few of my own. I was born in Lifton 18 months after my sister Jean in 1927 at ...Read more

A memory of Lifton by geoffbailey29

The Old Co Op.

I was born in Market Street in 1939. Later, because of the war, my mum left me in Millom for my grandad and grandma Kirby to look after me. Mum went back to be with my dad in heavily bombed Manchester. I spent the war years here and ...Read more

A memory of Millom in 1940 by Ian Jordison

Eskdale Cumbria And Another Hectic Break

My son Matthew provided the opportunity to once again retrace our well worn steps around this beautiful county and in particular The Lake District. As is our norm it was non-stop driving and walking, although ...Read more

A memory of Ambleside by ducatee

The Plantations

Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well.  Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself.  I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1930 by Thelma Hurly

Caravan Rally

My parents kept our caravan at Overstone - on the far side near the lake. One year, 1953 I think, the National Caravan Rally came to Overstone and the field filled up with hundreds of caravans. I think this photo is the milk queue!

A memory of Overstone in 1953 by David Marklew

Mother Stay At Hut Hotel

When my Mother died in 2000 we found a letter saying my mother nee Mary Kingston and her friend stayed at the hotel . The lake had frozen and they went skating on it at Christmas time . She would have been about 12 at the time ...Read more

A memory of Wisley by Barry Woodward

Park Place

When I was younger, my Mum and Dad moved from Liverpool and came to live in Crewe. We lived in the Huts from 1945 to 1957. I'm 84 years old now and I remember those days being the happiest times of my life. We lived at 53 Park Place and I ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by maycorbett

Memories Of Sutton Lodge, In Sutton Lane—Just South Of The Great West Road, Heston/Hounslow

Recorded by Nicholas Reid, Canberra, Australia. I was christened in the Anglican church at Heston in 1959, though for obvious reason I don’t have any memories ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Nicholas Reid

Captions

555 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Boat 1896

The first tourists to the Lake District arrived by coach-and-four, but by the time the photographs in this book were taken, the railway had arrived.

Caption For Bala, The Town And The Lake 1931

This nostalgic and peaceful late-summer view shows corn stooks above the little town by the lake whose Welsh name, Llyn Tegid, means 'beautiful lake'.

Caption For Killarney, The Long Range 1897

A view of the end of the Long Range, the beautiful narrow lake between Lough Leane and the Upper Lake, which lies under the shadow of Eagle's Nest, a precipitous mountain 1,100 ft high.

Caption For Scarborough, Peasholm Park C1955

This is the main boating lake at Peasholm. Millions of visitors have enjoyed the pleasures of this lake and wandered through the grounds.

Caption For Derwent Water, Friars Crag And Causey Pike 1906

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

Caption For Littleborough, The Harbour, Hollingworth Lake C1955

Here we see the harbour on Hollingworth Lake. Not only were rowing boats, racing skiffs and dinghies a common sight, but there was even a time when the lake had its own paddle steamer.

Caption For Newby Bridge, River Leven 1914

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness.

Caption For Newby Bridge, River Leven 1914

Boating is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake. The calm reaches of the southern end of the lake create a quiet backwater compared to the busy shores around Bowness.

Caption For Derwent Water, Friars Crag And Causey Pike 1906

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 feet).

Caption For Derwent Water, Friars Crag And Causey Pike 1906

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

Caption For Kettering, The Boating Lake C1955

The boating lake covered 30 acres. The smaller lake, for younger children, was separated from the larger one by a hump-backed bridge (K13007, pages 76-77).

Caption For Derwent Water, Friars Crag 'ruskin Monument' 1906

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

Caption For Kettering, The Boating Lake C1955

The boating lake covered 30 acres. The smaller lake, for younger children, was separated from the larger one by a hump-backed bridge (K13007, pages 76-77).

Caption For Rydal, Rydal Water 1886

Rydal was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850, and this was one of his favourite lakes. This well-wooded little lake is now in the hands of the National Trust.

Caption For Coniston, Waterhead 1912

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England’s largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness

Caption For Newby Bridge, River Leven 1914

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness

Caption For Ullswater, From Place Fell 1892

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.

Caption For Trefriw, Llyn Cowlyd C1950

The lonely grandeur of the Snowdonia mountains is emphasised in stark monochrome in this lake set high above the village on the flank of the Conwy Valley.

Caption For Barry, The Knap C1965

Swans arrived at the lake when residents began to feed them, along with ducks and seabirds. Coloured lamps are strung on wires around the lake as part of the town's illuminations.

Caption For Southport, The Lake 1926

The South Marine Lake opened in 1887, the North Lake in 1892.

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Warton, The Crag 1898

As we head north, Warton Crag is the first sign of the Lake District with its ancient limestone rocks.

Caption For Hawkshead, Esthwaite Water, Roger Ground From Colthouse Heights 1912

Esthwaite Water, south of Hawkshead, is one of the quietest of the lakes, and is a Norse name meaning 'the lake by the eastern clearing'.

Caption For Southport, The Lake 1926

The South Marine Lake opened in 1887, the North Lake in 1892.