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Photos

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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1897 - 1898, Hoole Bank Ref. HOSM48880
1898, Newton Ref. HOSM54944
1897 - 1908, Rowton Ref. HOSM58302
1897 - 1909, Saughall Ref. HOSM58587
1884, Stoak Ref. HOSM60485
1902-1903, Foxwist Green Ref. RNC709006
1902-1903, Frandley Ref. RNC709099
1902-1903, Fivecrosses Ref. RNC706382
1902-1903, Guilden Sutton Ref. RNC723400
1902-1903, Hebden Green Ref. RNC730405
1902-1903, Helsby Ref. RNC730845
1902-1903, Broken Cross Ref. RNC651571
1902-1903, Broxton Ref. RNC653256
1902-1903, Buckoak Ref. RNC654839
1902-1903, Manley Common Ref. RNC772885
1902-1903, Lea By Backford Ref. RNC753775
1902-1903, Newton Ref. RNC791681
1902-1903, Occlestone Green Ref. RNC795839
1902, Oldcastle Heath Ref. RNC797347
1902, Shocklach Green Ref. RNC830475

Books

19 books found. Showing results 673 to 19.

Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 281 to 290.

Wentworth County Primary School

As far as I can see, no-one has left a memory of my old primary school. So, let me start this off (if I may?): Living in nearby North Road, I attended this school from 1962-68. When I started at the Infants' School, ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by Stuart Hall

The Green Room Kittens!

My Mum and Dad used to take my sister and I to ‘The Green Room’ tea shop too, usually on a Saturday morning. We used to enjoy a large homemade shortbread biscuit! I remember the animal charity box at the door too, it was of ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by Margaret Jones

V2 Missile Strike At Braughing During Ww2

My great friend Mr Vernon Blyth passed away in 2017 (Vernon Frederick Raymond Blyth 15/02/28- 31/01/17). In the year prior to Vernon’s death, I made a short video with him. In this he relates being ...Read more

A memory of Braughing by Ian Mason

My Salford Life

I was born in West Park St in 1939. I went to Ordsall school in Taylorson St.I went to St Clements Church and sang in the Choir .I was The Rose Queen in 1953.My dad was called Jim Cartwright and he played the piano at weekends in the ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Myra Greenhalgh

Growing Up In Ramsgate

I was born in Ramsgate in 1947. An only child, I lived with my parents in Grove Road. I have many happy memories of the town. Each night, as a young child, I used to go out with my father for "a little walk around" and we covered a ...Read more

A memory of Ramsgate by Trevor Brown

Evacuated To Great West Farm

My mother Eileen and her brother Ian Carter were evacuated to Great West Farm, Quethiock in 1940. Here are her memories of that time:- On June 16th 1940 we were evacuated from Marvels Lane School, Grove Park, London ...Read more

A memory of Quethiock by Mark Lambert

Memories Of Market Drayton

This once sleepy hamlet was first home to me, a better place for childhood there could not be. Little Drayton church and it`s `olde` Sunday school. fishing excursions with Uncle to Buntingsdale pool, Dalelands ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by Allen Warrender

Snapshots

As a very little boy we moved from Birkenhead in the North West, Merseyside to Luton. It was the 1950s and my Dad had a job in Vauxhall's. His brother Tom was already a General Foreman there and his younger brother John (that's what we all ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Gerard Fitzpatrick Howkins

Such Memories

I lived in 14 west street from birth 1962. to 3 years , My great Aunt Jane Penny (Davies) lived there for years looking after a lady. When she died, the house was left to My aunt Jane. My mum and brother and me, moved just up the ...Read more

A memory of Millbrook by Carina Smith

The Only Television Set In The Street.

I don't suppose that many of my friends will have watched the last Coronation on TV, partly because it was 70 years ago, but mainly because very few people had a television. My father, Frank, had a Radio and ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow by Howard Hill Lines

Captions

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Caption For Swanage, The Beach 1899

Tilly Whim Caves 1894 Tilly Whim Caves, on the coast west of Swanage, are a strange mixture of quarrying and erosion.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Regatta 1890

Ten years before the annual Royal Regatta began, the first Oxford and Cambridge University boat race was held on the Thames at Henley.

Caption For Fernhurst, Cross Roads 1908

The small, relatively unspoilt village of Fernhurst lies on the Midhurst to Haslemere road in the north-west corner of Sussex.

Caption For Charminster, East Hill C1955

Charminster parish straddles the little River Cerne to the north-west of Dorchester.

Caption For Linton On Ouse, The Lock

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.

Caption For East Cowes, Saunders Roe Seaplane Base C1955

A flying boat undergoes repair at West Cowes looking across to the famous Saunders Roe yards at East Cowes.

Caption For Bournemouth, East Cliff From West 1897

Here we are looking at East Cliff towards Boscombe and Southbourne from the rising gradient of West Cliff.

Caption For Dunoon, The Pier 1904

The buildings and the pier have been modernised to cope with today's holiday traffic demands.

Caption For Dublin, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dean Swift Tablet 1897

He was probably the greatest satirist in the English language and Swift memorabilia are preserved in the west transept, now known as Swift's Corner.

Caption For Appleton Le Street, The Village C1960

The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

Caption For Brighton, West Pier Pavillion From King's Road 1894

By 1894 Brighton's West Pier had been extensively rebuilt, and a landing stage had been added together with a new pavilion.

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 London, Tower Bridge Under Construction 1890

This murky view looks west from the Pool of London towards what was to become one of the mechanical wonders of the late 19th century.

Caption For Little Wakering, Little Wakering Road C1965

Here we see a quiet road, with rather neglected grass verges outside the houses. In the background, on the right of the picture, is the spire of the church of St Mary the Virgin.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral West Front C1950

The statues are badly worn by the strong westerly winds (which give the name of 'kill canon corner' to the north-west corner); they were also damaged by the 17th-century iconoclasts, who

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral, West Front 1891

This classic view shows to good advantage Worcester Cathedral's splendid central tower and the west window (designed c1870 by Sir George Gilbert Scott).

Caption For Keymer, Parish Church C1965

Located in the border country between West and East Sussex, Keymer (or Kymer as it used to be known) has been held by some of the country's richest and most influential families over the centuries.

Caption For Lamphey, The Church And Village 1890

The west wing was constructed c1250 and the east wing added c1330. Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex and favourite of Elizabeth I, spent some of his youth here.

Caption For Bridport, Cars In East Street 1930

Bridport's Town Hall intrudes into the path of traffic and pedestrians at the junction of West and South Streets.

Caption For Ullswater, From Place Fell 1892

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Canal Locks C1955

The Aire and Calder Navigation of the late 18th century opened up trade between West Yorkshire and the Humber, and thence to the rest of Europe.

Caption For Studland, The Bay 1899

Studland has the reputation of being one of the prettiest villages in England, with unspoiled cliffs to the west and the wilderness of Studland Heath, now an important nature reserve, to the east.

Caption For Winchester, Westgate 1909

West Gate, at the top of Winchester's High Street, has stood on the line of the city wall for over 600 years.

Caption For Dunoon, Castle Hill 1904

A 1904 view of the pier esplanade, castle rock and the new castle. There were no trams serving Dunoon, but there were a number of horse-drawn omnibuses working between the West and East Bays.