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Maps

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1901-1904, Park Head Ref. RNC800966
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Memories

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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

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

The Fair

Christmas and birthdays were an under-whelming time of year in our household. However, Eastertime, coincided with the arrival of Stanley Thurston's fair (and a big dollop of rain). l lived opposite Manor Rd Park (or reck) from 1956-64, and ...Read more

A memory of Luton

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

Shopping With Mum

The girl in the foreground could easily be me with one of my brothers in his pram. It was usual to be left outside the shop to look after one or all of my brothers - and of course very safe to do so - when my mum went inside to ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster

The Bomb

WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT A BOMB DROPPED FROM AN UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT AND WAS FOUND BURIED IN A HEDGE ADJACENT TO THE PARK HEAD PUB----.IF IT HAD EXPLODED __NO PUB__.

A memory of Thornhill in 1945 by John Walker

Caravan Park Early 1950's

I was 5/6 years old and lived with my two sisters, older brother, baby brother and mum & dad in a cramped caravan that was given to us after the war. We were called 'gypsies' but my dad worked at the Woolwich 'arms ...Read more

A memory of Datchet by John Wilkins

Childhood Memories

We used to stay at an Aunt's caravan just beyond the amusement park. One day - I think I would have been about 3 - I fell head first into the boating pond - luckily my cousin was there to haul me out - I remember being covered ...Read more

A memory of St Osyth

Shops And Places The High Road And Ealing Road.

I was born and lived in Wembley until 1960. The Railway Hotel was the pub on the corner of Ealing Road and my mother was head housekeeper there for a long time. On the day of the Coronation the pub ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1953 by Barbara Fisher

Summer Days

My Sister Carolynn and I practically lived at the pool in summer even before it was heated and was often a bit chilly. Walking through the park & over the waste ground with our costume rolled in a towel under our arm. Entering the ...Read more

A memory of Trowbridge in 1967 by Barbara Thompson

Captions

106 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Wastwater, The Lake 1889

This is one of the classic views of the Lake District; it is now used by the modern National Park Authority as its logo.

Caption For Monsal Dale, Monsal Head Hotel C1955

The Monsal Head Hotel is a landmark around these parts.

Caption For St Brides, 1925

The Square, the building located at the head of the slipway, was once the village post office and is now part of the Mermaid restaurant.

Caption For Gilwern, The Canal C1955

The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.

Caption For Gilwern, The Canal C1955

The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.

Caption For Bath, The Paragon And Guinea Lane 1904

Continuing uphill past the end of The Paragon and at the junction with Guinea Lane, Roman Road heads for the junction with a steeply climbing Walcot Street and London Road.

Caption For Chesterfield, Knifesmithgate C1960

Though there is not a double yellow line in sight, parking on Knifesmithgate was restricted to just one side of the street, alternating daily.

Caption For Polzeath, The Beach And Pentire Head 1903

Late 19th-century accommodation is seen at New Polzeath on the right, but the great Pentire Head remains as unspoilt as ever.

Caption For Romford, All Saints Church, Squirrels Heath 1908

From outside the Squirrel's Head public house, Hare Hall Lane (now Upper Brentwood Road) stretches off towards Hare Street.

Caption For London, Hyde Park Corner, The Screen And Apsley House C1908

The handsome triple-arched gateway, with its classical screen and groups of Ionic columns, was intended originally to create a noble approach to the Park from Buckingham Palace.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1892

The central feature here - the stone rotunda standing at Springfield Road corner - had previously marked the conduit-head in Tindal Square.

Caption For Sway, By The Post Office C1955

Will the cows head straight on or turn right?

Caption For Cardiff, Park Hotel 1893

Opened in 1883 on the site of the old Crockherbtown Theatre, with money raised by a consortium headed by James Howell, the Park Hotel 'designed for high-class family business', was to epitomise the

Caption For Chelmsford, Tindal Street 1919

The Temperance Hotel had given way to Boot's.

Caption For Hastings, Ecclesbourne Cliffs 1894

The resort's great advantage, rather like Eastbourne with Beachy Head, was the rugged and romantic sandstone cliffs and glens immediately to the east.

Caption For Lyndhurst, The Grand Hotel C1955

Today this is the Lyndhurst Park Hotel.

Caption For St Austell, Market Street C1960

This photograph was taken around lunchtime, and parked cars are beginning to congest the scene.

Caption For Cheam, Sears Park C1955

Once a cornfield, this open space on the east side of the Sutton bypass was bequeathed in perpetuity to the people of the borough by Mr and Mrs John Sears, who had lived in nearby Quarry Park Rise.

Caption For Wimborne, Dean's Court Lane C1955

The buildings in the foreground - including the Marchioness of Exeter's Almshouses - were demolished about 40 years ago and replaced by modern houses, garages and a car park.

Caption For Berwick, Drusilla's Park, The Shops C1965

From peaceful Arlington our route passes Arlington Reservoir before heading south to cross the A27 to Drusilla's Park, one of Sussex's major tourist attractions.

Caption For Abingdon, The River C1960

This view was taken from immediately by Burford Bridge, in the public park on the Oxfordshire bank.

Caption For Fareham, West Street C1955

A Ford Consul heads out of Fareham.

Caption For Ewell, Nonsuch Park Memorial 1925

Adjacent to the busy London Road and the western entrance to Nonsuch Park, this touching memorial and drinking fountain was erected after her death in December 1906 to commemorate the contribution made

Caption For Yoxford, Jubilee Seat C1955

This view of the 1935 Silver Jubilee seat is taken from outside the King's Head on the A12, looking down the High Street.