Maps

181,031 maps found.

1886, Ashridge Ref. HOSM36369
1904, Welsford Ref. HOSM37240
1904, Hartland Ref. HOSM47837
1886, Landcross Ref. HOSM50674
1886, Littleham Ref. HOSM51755
1904, Peppercombe Ref. HOSM56537
1896, Adversane Ref. HOSM35594
1910, Ifold Ref. HOSM49282
1896, Parbrook Ref. HOSM56093
1883, Alvechurch Ref. HOSM35901
1882, Bournville Ref. HOSM38508
1883, Hopwood Ref. HOSM49019
1883, Lickey Ref. HOSM70619
1903, Hollywood Ref. HOSM53380
1883, Rubery Ref. HOSM70957
1903, Sparkbrook Ref. HOSM59843
1896, Butterknowle Ref. HOSM39675
1896, Cornriggs Ref. HOSM41840
1896, Coundon Ref. HOSM42016
1896, Toronto Ref. HOSM62112

Books

442 books found. Showing results 6,409 to 6,432.

Memories

29,069 memories found. Showing results 2,671 to 2,680.

End Of An Era

The Heroes is boarded up and for sale in this photo. I suspect it was demolished soon after. Every one of the buildings in this photo was demolished in the 1960s to be replaced by the soulless Wellington Way arcade and adjacent shops.

A memory of Waterlooville by Meryl Davidson

Ripple Road

I was born in 1948 and lived behind Wallis's undertakers in Ripple Road, where my dad was the manager. I went to St Margaret's Church of England School in Back Lane, and was married at St Margaret's Church in 1970. I also did my nursing ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Carol Harding

My First Visit

It was a warm bright sunny day in May when my husband and I came to look at a house in Thorngrafton. What a lovely quiet atmosphere it had, apart from the mooing of the cows on the farm and the sound of the house martins singing ...Read more

A memory of Thorngrafton in 2000 by paulinedreece

Mrs. Butterfield

First thing that came into my head when I saw this - Mrs. Butterfield - the Headmistress. I went to this school from 1951 to 1956. Mrs. Butterfield put me in for the 11 plus exam a year early and I passed and moved on to Helsby ...Read more

A memory of Moore in 1961 by Susan Simm

My Great Granny Barker

At the far end of photo number H183005a - on the right - is a white wall. Mr and Mrs Barker lived in a one room plus a tiny kitchen downstairs, two tiny rooms up, from the 1930s until my great-grandmother died in the ...Read more

A memory of Heighington in 1944 by First Name Last Name

My Birth Place

I was born in Templecombe Hospital on 13 April 1943, my mother was Lilian Game (nee Atkins) and was staying with her widowed father, Ernest Atkins of Silver Street, Wincanton, after leaving London because of the bombing during the war. My brother was also born there in September 1944.

A memory of Templecombe in 1943 by Pamela White

Penzance Market Jew Street

As a boy I must have walked up and down Market Jew Street hundreds of times. In particular I along with friends would visit the local Woolworth's where we liked to partake of various flavoured "Milk Shakes" Later during ...Read more

A memory of Penzance in 1940 by Herbert Cain

Hatches

I remember paddling in the stream and enjoying lazy days of peace and quiet. The hatches were then grazing land with cattle. You then could see the abbey and grounds in the distance, we then watched them dug out and they made way for gravel pits. A little lad drowned in the lakes.

A memory of Frimley Green in 1970

Bute Hospital, Dunstable Road, Luton

Later to become part of the old St Mary's hospital, Dunstable Road. Luton. I was born there in 1948.

A memory of Luton in 1948 by John King

My Childhood

Hi, I was born and raised in Crewe until I was 18 when I joined the WRAF. My school was Brierely St. Secondary Modern School and my maiden name was Chesworth. I have many fond memories of my time there and would love to hear from anyone ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Lynne Wald

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 6,409 to 6,432.

Caption For Crewe, Market Square C1960

The road system around the Square is beginning to be changed, with one side of the street now closed to regular traffic.

Caption For Blakeney, The Quay C1955

At that time a number of old buildings were cleared from the quayside and the Blakeney Hotel (seen spreading along the quay to the right of the photograph) was built for the sum of £31,000

Caption For Kingsbury, The Boating Pool C1955

What is now called Kingsbury Water Park contains 30 pools like this, set in 600 acres of the Tame Valley.

Caption For Langham, Old Cottage And Chapel C1950

The church is to the right, overlooking the small Baptist chapel with a small pinnacle on each corner of the front. It has a large graveyard.

Caption For Uppingham, London Road C1960

The first building on the right is the tramps boarding house, on the site of the Chequers Inn.

Caption For Holker, A Cottage 1906

Although originally captioned 'Holker Hall', this photograph actually shows one of the houses on the Holker Hall estate, which has been in the hands of the Cavendish family for over 200 years and is

Caption For Flatford, Constable's Lane 1907

The fencing rails almost seem to grow out of the truks of the ancient oak trees, one of which at least has been pollarded.

Caption For Great Meols, The Dinghy Slipway C1965

It is doubtful if a more perfect example of a genteel English sea- front could be found.

Caption For Port Sunlight, Dell Bridge And The Lyceum C1955

Although originally known as the Schools, the building has had a variety of uses - a men's social club, an evening institute and a Christian meeting place.

Caption For Bilsborrow, The Roebuck Hotel C1960

Roebucks are the males of the roe deer, whose herds once roamed this attractive landscape along the western fringe of the Lancashire hills.

Caption For Port Sunlight, Dell Bridge C1955

This is one of many fine examples of public amenity open space in Port Sunlight.

Caption For Llandaff, The Cathedral, The West Front 1893

The name 'Llandaff' means 'the sacred enclosure on the river Taff', and Llandaff is one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Wales.

Caption For Caerleon, Christchurch 1899

This church stands in an area with a long-standing Christian heritage: it is recorded that in 314 the Bishop of Caerleon was present at the Synod of Arles, the first general council of western Christianity

Caption For Great Tew, The Village And Post Office C1960

Surrounded by rolling hills, this has to be one of the most beautiful villages in Oxfordshire.

Caption For Goring, The Lock C1960

During the early part of the 20th century, the boat-building firm of Samuel Saunders took over Goring wharf.

Caption For Burnsall, The Village C1955

Rose-clad cottages line the road in Burnsall, lying in the heart of Wharfedale where the drystone walls spread like a net over the fells, as we can just see in the background.

Caption For Skipton, The Market Place C1955

Note the Dales farmers and their wives sitting lined up to the right of the statue, perhaps waiting for a bus.

Caption For Hinton St George, The Cross C1960

Viewed shortly after its restoration, this cross with a shaft and a figure of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century - the ball on top dates from the time of Queen Anne.

Caption For Ironbridge, Waterwheel 1892

Water power played an important role in the development of the factory system, for it was harnessed to drive machinery in cotton and woollen mills alike.

Caption For Wisbech, The Canal C1955

These two pictures are an echo of the commercial waterways of the past.

Caption For Middlesbrough, Albert Road C1965

The property on the left is of particular interest, because in about 1970 a large section of the older central Middlesbrough buildings was flattened to create the first major shopping mall - the Cleveland

Caption For Grappenhall, The Village 1953

Grappenhall, or 'Gropenhale' (as it was then called), has the distinction of being recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086.

Caption For Warrington, Marshall Gardens C1960

Sun worshippers in Marshall Gardens turn their backs on landmarks which will soon disappear.

Caption For Felixstowe, The Sands C1955

Facing Undercliff Road are (from left to right) the 1930s Trent's Café; the Town Hall of 1892; the Empire Café; Bent Hill; and the Felix Hotel of 1903, with the Spa Pavilion of 1909 below.