Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 521 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1897, Brown Heath Ref. RNE652912
1897, Milton Green Ref. RNE781196
1896, Long Green Ref. RNE766431
1897 - 1909, Milton Green Ref. HOSM53816
1896, Willow Green Ref. RNE870609
1947, Willow Green Ref. NPO870609
1897, Bradley Green Ref. RNE647926
1897 - 1909, Bradley Green Ref. HOSM38597
1921, Hampton Green Ref. POP726237
1921, Edge Green Ref. POP699217
1923, Common Side Ref. POP676246
1924, Sutton Green Ref. POP843196
1947, Common Side Ref. NPO676246
1947, Queen's Park Ref. NPO812312
1924, Queen's Park Ref. POP812312
1902-1903, Queen's Park Ref. RNC812312
1897, Queen's Park Ref. RNE812312
1897, Burton Ref. HOSM39693
1897, Kelsall Ref. HOSM49675
1897, Tiresford Ref. HOSM61947

Books

19 books found. Showing results 625 to 19.

Memories

2,053 memories found. Showing results 261 to 270.

Village Shop

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

Dartford

Is West Hill Hospital still at the top of West Hill? And do some of you remember the trams going from the Dartford libary and up West Hill? I cannot remember how far they went to.

A memory of Dartford by Danny Bowman

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Six Weeks In Pontypool

I was evacuated with my school to Pontypool on 1st September 1939. I was taken in with my friend Jim Baker, by a retired miner and his wife, and spent six weeks in what was alleged to be the smallest house in Pontypool. I ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1930

Walks To Morlais

I was about 14 and my friend Alan Davies and I used to walk from Twynyrodyn on a Sunday morning to Morlais Castle. There we would wonder and speculate about its history and what battles were fought there. How many people ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Tydfil in 1959 by Peter Lewis

Wonderful Times And Great Friends

I remember living in Galesbury Road in the 1950s and going to Swaffield Road School, moving into Domelton House, Wendlesworth estate in the late 1950ss was luxury, central heating, a real bath and inside loo, ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Leslie Mc Donnell

Gren Man Pub Wormley West End

Family research. Robert Akers owned the Green Man Pub in Wormley West End in the 1700s. I would appreciate any information on the pub concerning exact location, pictures or just general information. Many thanks

A memory of Cheshunt by Michael Akers

My Chatham

Born and bred in Grove Road off Luton Road, went to the schools of All Saints and Fort Luton. I found Chatham to be a friendly town with memories of seeing Arther English at the Empire, seaside at the Strand, being a 19th Medway west ...Read more

A memory of Chatham by Kenneth Blackman

Home

I was born in Mid Calder; my sister in Pumpherston; and my brother in Uphall Station. We lived at 17 Nettlehill Road until we emigrated to Canada in October 1957. We all went to the school in Uphall Station and my favourite teacher ...Read more

A memory of Uphall Station in 1957 by Betty Lappage Irvine

The Blake

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 625 to 648.

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, Promenade 1898

Budleigh Salterton stands to the west of the silted estuary of the River Otter. Its own beach is sandless and full of large pebbles, which seem to sing as the tides play across them.

Caption For Whitby, Khyber Pass 1925

The steps lead up to West Cliff with the flagstaff and Cook's statue.

Caption For Laughton En Le Morthen, All Saints Church C1965

Just 2.25 miles south-west of Roche Abbey stands All Saints'. Its fine Perpendicular spire is unusual, in that the corner walling of the belfry is sloped off.

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, Promenade 1898

Budleigh Salterton stands to the west of the silted estuary of the River Otter. Its own beach is sandless and full of large pebbles, which seem to sing as the tides play across them.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street 1923

On the left is the celebrated timber-framed 16th-century range of shops and dwellings built on the west side of the bridge.

Caption For West Dereham, Church Road C1955

West Dereham was the birthplace of Hubert Walter, who was a friend and fellow-crusader of Richard the Lionheart; he later became Archbishop of Canterbury.

Caption For Milnsbridge, Market Street C1955

Milnsbridge is now a suburb to the west of Huddersfield, and this picture shows its history as yet another typical Pennine mill town, with the imposing mill buildings filling the skyline, and the railway

Caption For Cockermouth, Main Street 1906

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

Caption For Bradwell, Dale 1919

This stone-walled lane leading down into Beresford Dale from the west is known as Beresford Lane.

Caption For Croagh Patrick, C1955

A view taken along the coast road between Westport and Louisberg, showing the almost conical Croagh Patrick.

Caption For Cockermouth, Main Street 1906

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

Here the Market Place has a fair number of local people and tradesmen curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

Caption For West Runton, Roseberry Road 1923

West Runton was a sleepy village until Cromer and Sheringham began to be popularised as holiday resorts.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Castle 1914

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.

Caption For Rockbeare, The Crown And Sceptre C1955

When this view was taken, the road was the A30 to the west country and already notorious for delays during the summer.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Once part of an ancient hunting forest and dominated by a castle, Powerstock huddles in its valley not far from the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon, in the heart of West Dorset.

Caption For Arkengarthdale, The Red Lion, Longthwaite C1960

Arkengarthdale is a little-visited but very beautiful dale which runs into Swaledale from the north-west at Reeth.

Caption For Oakwood, Bramley Road C1965

Looking west, the camera captures the underground station in its rather austere setting.

Caption For Youlgrave, Middleton Dale C1960

The wooded slopes of Middleton Dale, west of the village of Youlgreave and near the hamlet of Middleton-by- Youlgreave, offer a tranquil walk in beautiful surroundings by the banks of the frequently-weired

Caption For Largs, The Church And Seafront 1897

Largs was well-served by steamers from all parts of the Clyde, and by the Glasgow & South Western Railway to Ardrossan, via Fairlie and West Kilbride.

Caption For Largs, The Church And Seafront 1897

Largs was well-served by steamers from all parts of the Clyde, and by the Glasgow & South Western Railway to Ardrossan via Fairlie and West Kilbride.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park 1896

In all, with additional areas added, the park totalled a grand 102 acres, which follows the Roath Brook between fashionable Cyncoed and Penylan to the east and Heath, Cathays and Roath

Caption For Trevose Head, Lighthouse 1931

Just west of Padstow is one of Cornwall's wildest and most rugged stretches of coast. Trevose Head juts boldly out into the sea.

Caption For Winchester, The Cathedral 1911

The west door of Winchester Cathedral - one of the city's most famous views. Inside is the stunning 12th-century black marble font from Tournai in Belgium.