Maps

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Books

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Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 261 to 270.

Raga Muffins Growing Up!

My name was Betty Knowles, my family and I also lived in Hayes Lane at number 48, and my grandfarther lived next door, his name was Wilfred Poole. I remember the ash bank over the road where we use to put jacket potatoes in the ...Read more

A memory of Lye in 1959 by Betty Brownlow

Memories Of Langton Green And Rusthall

I was born at 3 Dornden Cottages in June 1942. My father (Charles Harris) was Chauffer to Mr Coombe at Dornden. Unfortunately Mr Coombe died around 1947 and we had to move out of our cottage as it was ...Read more

A memory of Langton Green in 1942 by Kathleen Lock (Nee Harris)

A Meander Down That Lane

The photograph is that of the miner's hall where films were shown. It was also used for pantomimes and other functions. The Lymp referred to in the memory of David Whitney is the Olympia Cinema, owned by Mr Adams. I ...Read more

A memory of Ogmore Vale in 1952 by Bill Evans

Semtex Ltd

I worked in the factory for six months in 1962 as part of a management training programme with Dunlop. The work was mainly the production of vinyl asbestos tiles but there was a unit for making rubber underlay. This was a hell hole ...Read more

A memory of Brynmawr in 1962 by David Osborne

Skerries View House Cemaes Bay

When I was a young boy, aged about ten or eleven back in 1947/48, I can remember going to stay with Mr & Mrs Henshaw who lived at the above house having moved from Tal Y Cafn in the Conwy Valley. From what I ...Read more

A memory of Bull Bay by Ronald Parry

Mmemories Of A Better Cannock

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton

The Friend I Never Knew

I hope this doesn´t distress anyone - that is not my intention, but does anyone recall the name of the young boy from east view who shot himself ? The reason I ask is, that for many years I lived and played there and hung ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1976 by Jack Hayward

Trehafod 1931 To 1955 And Beyond

I was born in 1930 at Rhydyfelin but moved to 37/38 Trehafod Road during 1931 and 1932 via Llwyncelyn. Both my father and grandfather worked at the colliery for a number of years. My grandfather, George Richards, ...Read more

A memory of Trehafod in 1930 by Allen Richards

Salon Thurloe My Aunt's Hat Shop

Another reason that I liked to visit Leatherhead was because my Auntie Mag had a shop there and I was always guaranteed a welcome that invariably included a sticky bun or some similar magnet to a young ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Brian Simmons

Pride Of The Valley Isnt In Crawley

pride of the valley, near rushmoor, Surrey GU10 2LH

A memory of Crawley by cliff

Captions

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Caption For Penshurst, Village 1891

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family

Caption For Clun, The Old Bridge C1960

Crossing the River Clun in the valley is the most delightful medieval bridge, which we can see here just beyond the white van.

Caption For Gilfach Goch, Colliery C1955

A farmer in the Neath valley who had moved to Merthyr, and had worked as a haulier and later a collier, he ran the Six Bells public house and brewery.

Caption For Penshurst, Village 1891

The charming village of Penshurst lies in a valley at the junction of the River Eden and the Medway; it is renowned for the stately mansion of Penshurst Place, the home of the Sidney family since the

Caption For Great Easton, The Village C1960

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

Caption For Morley, Queens Street C1965

As a part of the Heavy Woollen District of Dewsbury and the Spen Valley, Morley suffered during the slump of the 1930s.

Caption For Launceston, From St Stephen's Hill 1893

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

Caption For Launceston, From St Stephen's Hill 1893

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

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Caption For Rye, 1894

Like Winchelsea on the other side of the River Brede valley, Rye is a hill town at the end of a ridge between the Tillingham and Rother rivers.

Caption For Hadlow, The King's Head C1950

Hadlow lies in the Medway valley close to Tonbridge.

Caption For Abingdon, East St Helen Street From Town Hall Roof 1900

At the end is St Helen's, the parish church of Abingdon, with its 13th-century spire; the flat meadows of the Thames valley lie behind.

Caption For Saltwood, Castle 1902

Built in 1154 by Henry de Essex on the edge of a valley, this lofty castle became the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

Caption For Ruswarp, The Bridge C1881

Ruswarp station is the first stop on the Whitby to Middlesbrough railway line – mercifully ignored by Beeching, much to the benefit of the many isolated villages lying in the Esk valley

Caption For Tonyrefail, Coedely Colliery C1955

As the name of the colliery would indicate this pit is actually in the Ely Valley and at the time of the Frith photograph would be one of the few still in full production.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1965

This picturesque Cotswold town in Oxfordshire lies on the slope of a steep hill above the Windrush valley about 20 miles east of Cheltenham.

Caption For Sabden, Clitheroe Road C1960

Wesley Street (right) is a reminder of the great Methodist preacher who encouraged the many chapels in the Ribble and Calder valleys.

Caption For Tal Y Llyn, C1965

This is one of the most photogenic and scenic of valleys in Wales, but it is never crowded.

Caption For Kidderminster, Station Hill C1965

The restored Severn Valley Steam Railway is a great tourist attraction - it ran its first public train on 23 May 1970 between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade.

Caption For Wedmore, Church Street 1950

We head away from Cheddar to Wedmore, a small town in the fork of a valley on the north side of the ridge that stretches west from Wells.

Caption For Latimer, The Water Splash 1897

Back inthe Chess Valley we reach Latimer, a very pretty village with a triangular green and, uphill to the west, Latimer House.

Caption For Felbridge, The Garage 1928

The Star pub stands at the junction of the Crawley road, leading to the left, and the old Roman road heading towards London via the Caterham Valley.

Caption For Bridgend, Dunraven Place 1910

There is a plaque in Bridgend library to honour Dr Richard Price of Tynton Farm in the Garw valley. He

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

Caption For Eynsford, 1905

This attractive village stands in the beautiful valley of the River?