Maps

284 maps found.

1946, Barrow Common Ref. NPO634086
1899-1901, Barrow Ref. RNC634076
1903, Barrow Bridge Ref. RNC634080
1897, Barrow Burn Ref. RNE634081
1898, Barrow Vale Ref. RNE634153
1896, Barrow Wake Ref. RNE634155
1898, South Barrow Ref. RNE834386
1883, Barrow Ref. HOSM37120
1882, Barrow Ref. HOSM37119
1892, Barrow Ref. HOSM37122
1897-1899, Barrow Ref. RNC634075
1947, Barrow Bridge Ref. NPO634080
1946, Barrow Green Ref. NPO634098
1947, Barrow Hill Ref. NPO634110
1946, Barrows Green Ref. NPO634185
1899, South Barrow Ref. RNC834386
1919, Barrow Gurney Ref. POP634102
1895, Barrow Hill Ref. RNE634125
1897, Barrows Green Ref. RNE634184
1898, North Barrow Ref. RNE792899

Books

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Memories

148 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Barrow Hill School

I went to Barrow Hill School in the early fifties, Mr. Rees was the Headmaster. On a Friday evening we would go into his home and watch the Cisco Kid on television, the first television I ever watched. I also remember ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1951 by Daniel Wright

1953 To 1973 Harold Hill Was Home

I was 2½ when my parents Sam and Gwen Barrow moved from Greenwich with myself and my sister (6months) into No1 Tiverton Grove. It was on the coner with Bedale Road and had been my Nan's house. I used to ride my ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by eejayb

Turnbull Road Off Reddish Lane

I lived in albert avenue off turnbull road from 1944 until 1957. It was a great place to live.We skated on Turnbull road,had a rope round a lamp post as a swing,played on bikes.Went to Debdale park played tennis if ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by nab.renee.ee

Battersea Girl

I lived in Birley street with my parents and brother Colin. I have very happy memories of shaftesbury park school and later on Clapham county grammar school. Many days were spent on Clapham Common and at battersea park, where the ...Read more

A memory of Battersea

Anstey Born And Bred

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

Sileby My Early Life

I was born in Mountsorrel 1938 and soon moved to Sileby 10, Mountsorrel Lane with my mother Mabel Foukes [nee Burton]. My father Thomas was in the army and my mum worked at Newbold Burton and Lawson Ward. I remember convoys of ...Read more

A memory of Sileby in 1940 by David Foukes

Lucien Road

I lived in Lucien Road for sixty five years until two years ago. My memories start when I was about five with my dear old dad taking me out on his barrow to sell firewood - I thought it was great fun. Also, my mum taking me to haylocks ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1948 by Jan Clark

Living In Jaywick

My mum, dad, 2 brothers and 2 sisters lived at the bottom of Vauxhall Avenue - it was about 1963/64. It was a great place to live as kids, not so easy for my parents. We kids would collect water from the standpipe at the alleyway ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1963 by Hazel Methven Nee Sullivan

Fleckney School

can anyone remember the railings around the school had spikes on the top, that was until whilst retrieving a ball i accidently slipped on to them gashing my waist. soon after the head mistress mrs barlow had them removed. that is ...Read more

A memory of Fleckney in 1950 by Geoff Bosworth

My Memories Of My Home Town Ilkeston .

I was born on the sofa in the parlour at my Mothers home at 13 Lower Granby Street ,,,,Orchard Kitchens stands in that same spot today ,,I was born in 1951 and even now 63 years later I still remember some ...Read more

A memory of Long Eaton in 1951 by Gillian Chapman

Captions

96 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Ulverston, Hoad Hill From Mowings Lane 1925

On the hill is the monument to Sir John Barrow, which is a replica of the Eddystone lighthouse.

Caption For Silecroft, The Railway Station C1955

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Walney Bridge 1912

Protected by the enclosing reef of Walney Island, Barrow flourished as a major shipbuilding centre in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Powerstock is a good holiday place for the archaeologist, for apart from the hillfort, there are prehistoric barrows, Roman roads and Saxon settlements nearby.

Caption For Allithwaite, Lane End C1955

To the left is Wart Barrow Lane, whilst the road to the right is Green Lane, which leads towards Boarbank Hall.

Caption For Dorchester, South Street C1965

The greengrocer still sellls from his barrow in almost the same spot today.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1902

In June 1920 four Southport Californians were sold to Barrow-in-Furness Corporation Tramways as a stop-gap measure until new cars ordered from Brush were delivered.

Caption For Ulverston, Mearness Sands 1921

It is a monument to John Barrow, one-time Secretary of the Admiralty and a great traveller, who founded the Royal Geographical Society in 1830.

Caption For Margate, The Sands 1906

knick-knacks; family parties, encamped with umbrellas and novels; eager children, sprawling babies and their nurses, and scores of adventurous youngsters seriously labouring in the sand with spade and wheel-barrow

Caption For Whitby, Fish Quay 1923

For a very long time Whitby did not have such a thing as a fish shop, as the fishermen themselves supplied their wives, and most locals bought their fish from Jack Gash and his barrow

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Ramsden Square And Library 1924

Barrow has an excellent public library, and the building has the same appearance today. It is dated 1915, and it replaced the original library, which was housed in the Town Hall.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, The Shipyards C1960

Many ships have been constructed in Barrow. This crane is still in use, and can be seen from many parts of the town. Here, it is being used in the fitting out of the Oronsay in Buccleuch Dock.

Caption For Bristol, The City Centre 1900

Barrow boys, porters and carters do their best to earn a few shillings. Note the large pair of spectacles above the optician's shop.

Caption For Nuneaton, Abbey Street C1960

Michael Palladino used to go round the town with his ice-cream barrow and charged a penny for a wafer and just a halfpenny for a cup.

Caption For Avebury, The Stones 1899

It is possible that bodies were left here on funerary platforms - in the watchful presence of priests - to decompose, before a skeletal burial was carried out later in one of the many long barrows that

Caption For Long Bredy, Cheney Road C1955

A walk along the downlands around Long Bredy shows this to be a very old landscape, with barrows and monoliths from prehistory and ridge paths from more recent times.

Caption For Litlington, The Village C1960

Nearby is one of the smallest Neolithic long barrows in Sussex. In the picture the Stores has a sign offering 'Morning coffee and light refreshments,Teas'.

Caption For Uley, The Tumulus C1960

Generally known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, named after a local landowner (Tump being a Cotswold word to indicate a small hill or mound), this Neolithic long barrow a mile to the north of Uley

Caption For Uley, The Tumulus C1960

It belongs to the Neolithic period, and is a fine example of a long barrow. Its unusual name comes from the wife of its 17th-century owner.

Caption For Uley, The Tumulus C1960

It belongs to the Neolithic period, and is a fine example of a long barrow. Its unusual name comes from the wife of its 17th-century owner.

Caption For Allithwaite, Templand C1960

Templand is the farm to the upper right in this view, which was taken from Wart Barrow. Lane End is the crossroads in the centre of the picture.

Caption For Newby Bridge, Bridge Approach C1940

This is the approach road from the Barrow in Furness direction to Newby Bridge, now the A590, with the Swan Hotel on the far side of the bridge.

Caption For Compton, Post Office C1955

There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high. The Norman church of St Mary was rebuilt in 1849, with a timber bell turret and a shingled spire.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Walney Bridge 1912

Houses for the dockyard workers can be seen to the right on the Barrow shore.