Maps

181,070 maps found.

1919, Underwood Ref. POP856722
1922, Werrington Ref. POP863590
1921, Westcroft Ref. POP865380
1922, Talwrn Ref. POP844646
1919, Winford Ref. POP871353
1946, Dunkirk Ref. NPO695529
1946, Eastgate Ref. NPO698589
1946, Hartley Ref. NPO727884
1922, Kingsland Ref. POP748119
1919, Middleton Ref. POP779492
1919, Highbury Ref. POP733821
1922, Fengate Ref. POP704372
1945, Brook Ref. NPO651805
1946, Blakenhall Ref. NPO643739
1945, Barton Ref. NPO634313
1946, Cinderhill Ref. NPO668993
1946, Compton Ref. NPO676338
1946, Crabtree Ref. NPO679809
1919, Pool Ref. POP808735
1922, Ravensthorpe Ref. POP813797

Books

438 books found. Showing results 649 to 672.

Memories

29,010 memories found. Showing results 271 to 280.

Perranporth Primary School In 1960

I began school in the hut above the playing fields ( later becoming the scout/guide hut and play group). Miss Howlet was our teacher, we sang and heard bible stories and use little coloured sticks for our ...Read more

A memory of Perranporth by Elizabeth Foot

Willesden Green

I lived in Willesden Green from when I was born on the 1st June 1953 (2 PARK AVENUE) until I got married in August 1974. I simply loved the area. The house I lived in used to be my Grandparent's. Both died in Park Avenue.My ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by stephenwhite249

My Memories Of The Coronation 2nd June 1953

My memories of the Coronation-2nd June 1953 While I was studying at the Bridgend Preparatory and Commercial School two events happened which changed the course of history for Great Britain. In ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig in 1953 by Catherine Delahay

1939 Onwards I Remember

I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1940 by whisky1974

The Queen And Pantos

I was going from Slough to our favorite pub (The Victoria Arms) on the bus in the 60's not knowing it was Ladies Day at Ascot. The bus ground to a halt at the bottom of Castle Hill, the clippie (young people will have to ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by Dave Hill

Growing Up In Earl Shilton

I have fond memories of Earl Shilton around the 1950s. My first school was in Wood Street where I lived in a little old cottage, now knocked down. I remember celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at the school, ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton in 1950 by Maureen Burdett

The Triangle

When I was about 7 or 8 I used to stand outside Wally Kilmister's shop to see the Queen as she arrived for the Cup Final in May. Yes, Wally Kilmister's was a treasure trove - bought football boots, a football and all sorts of things ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Ian Waddell

60 Years On And I Still Love It!

My Auntie May Howard and her husband Frank, from St. Helens, had a wooden holiday bungalow she called Homestead in Dee Avenue Talacre - it was definitely 1961 onwards and possibly just before that and the community ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by joan.bohan

The Hostels 1956 65

I lived in the hostels from 1956 to 1965, firstly in 5 Ty Draw Square (around the back of the nursery school), and later in 17 Heol-y-Ynys, right next to the square (where we played football, cricket and kick the tin). As well as ...Read more

A memory of Abergarw by byronjones8

Garvan Road

I lived at what I think was 74 or 73 Garvan Road in the late 1950s early 1960s. My dad owned the house and we had a family living upstairs and I recall their surname was Parsons. Next door was a friend of mine and his name was Jonny ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by tandoh52

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Captions

29,398 captions found. Showing results 649 to 672.

Caption For Bournemouth, Club House C1871

Cliff lifts became a popular solution to the problems of beach access in the later years of the Victorian period, and were used at a number of seaside resorts.

Caption For Middleton One Row, Devonport Hotel C1955

Before the arrival of the railway, Middleton One Row was aptly named; it consisted of just one row of Georgian cottages.

Caption For Winchester, High Street C1955

A quarter of a century apart, this and the previous view of the High Street show how little it changed throughout the 20th century, with the exception of traffic problems and an increased number

Caption For Aylesford, Cage Hill C1960

Aylesford is a knot of twisting streets, clinging to the side of the valley.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From The Castle C1965

Looking to the north-east the course of the Western Cleddau can just be seen at the bottom of the picture beyond what would have been part of the Marychurch Foundry.

Caption For Wareham, West Street 1949

The Romans originally laid out the streets of Wareham to match the four points of the compass. The street names of today, North, South, East and West, match this design.

Caption For Bromfield, Mill And Church 1892

Much of St Mary's church, behind the mill, was used as a private house after the Dissolution; the ivy-covered remains of part of it can be seen here, attached to the right of the church.

Caption For Market Harborough, Little Bowden 1922

Swallowed up by the suburbs of Market Harborough, this little village has managed to salvage some individuality.

Caption For Hastings, The Beach 1925

Very few parts of the town are far from the beach.

Caption For Andover, Town Hall 1898

The Town Hall dates back to 1826; the building's Greek Doric style makes it one of Andover's most distinguished landmarks.

Caption For Wilmslow, Pownall Hall 1897

When this picture of Pownell Hall was taken, it had been acquired by Henry Boddington, a member of the Manchester brewing family.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Borrowdale Hotel 1895

The Borrowdale Hotel is in one of the wildest valleys of Lakeland.

Caption For Cleeve Hill, General View 1907

Cleeve Hill is the western edge of the Cotswolds, and at over a thousand feet the highest point. In the far distance are the hills of Wales, the Mendips and Exmoor.

Caption For Edensor, The Village C1960

The 6th Duke of Devonshire supervised the design of Edensor (pronounced “Ensor”) in 1839 as a model estate village for his workers at nearby Chatsworth.

Caption For East Runton, Looking East 1933

Poorly compacted, and composed of glacial drift, the cliffs of the north Norfolk coast have been compared to 'dirty tallow', being unstable and liable to erosion.

Caption For Great Bookham, Church Road 1904

This charming study shows part of the main street of Great Bookham, which grew up on the spring line of the North Downs.

Caption For Loders, The Post Office And Village C1955

This attractive little village in West Dorset stands at the junction of a number of ancient packhorse trails.

Caption For Goring, Thatched Cottage 1896

The ivy-clad inn on the left of the photograph is the Miller of Mansfield, a famous pub in the Thames Valley.

Caption For Canford Magna, The Coffee House 1904

William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, held the lordship of the manor through the reigns of Richard I, John and Henry III.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, St James Church 1895

During the time leading up to the First World War (1914-18), a number of food shortages, popularly referred to as famines, hit Barrow-in-Furness.

Caption For Liverpool, Town Hall 1895

The junction of Castle Street and Water Street, outside the Town Hall, has always been one of the busiest in Liverpool, and a natural meeting place.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Tribunal 1886

Nearby, just into the High Street, there is another building of similar antiquity, the Tribunal.

Caption For Liverpool, The Royal Liver Building C1955

The second of the Pier Head buildings was the Royal Liver Building. This must be one of the most recognisable buildings in Great Britain.

Caption For Manchester, The Cathedral Choir C1885

The rebuilding took nearly twenty years, and the craftsmen tried to put only the best and finest materials back into Manchester's chief house of God. 192 new traceried panels were fitted to