Photos

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Maps

238 maps found.

1919, Three Burrows Ref. POP847652
1900, Three Burrows Ref. RNC847652
1898-1900, Burrow Ref. RNC656947
1898, The Burrows Ref. RNE846316
1895, Two Burrows Ref. RNE854852
1898, Over Burrow Ref. RNE798603
1946, Burrow Ref. NPO656946
1898, Burrow Ref. RNE656947
0-1912, Burrows, The Ref. RNC657001
1910, Nether Burrow Ref. HOSM39591
1888, Burrow Ref. HOSM39592
0-1912, The Burrows Ref. RNC846316
1900, Two Burrows Ref. RNC854852
1922, The Burrows Ref. POP846316
1940, Burrows Cross Ref. NPO656991
1896, Burrows Cross Ref. RNE656991
1898, Nether Burrow Ref. RNE788540
1898, Lower Burrow Ref. RNE768867
1879 - 1906, Three Burrows Ref. HOSM61731
1879 - 1906, Two Burrows Ref. HOSM62728

Books

2 books found. Showing results 49 to 2.

Memories

284 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Cooksons Leadworks Part 2

1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Jimmy Burrows

School Days

I remember moving from a one up one down back to back house in Hunslet at the age of approx 4 years to a brand new council house in Newhall Road, Belle Isle. I had a great time, my father borrowed a pony and trap, and we went back ...Read more

A memory of Belle Isle by Steve Hall

Yr Gof Cynwyl Around 1960

Yr Gof Cynwyl. (I’m no verra guid at the Welsh I doubt) It would be around 1960 that I used to get jobs done at the Cynwyl blacksmith shop. Mr Jones was a good man although crabby at haymaking time. I went there ...Read more

A memory of Cynwyl Elfed in 1960 by Alun Bush

Denham Court

I was placed in Denham Court on 20th February 1953 at the age of 12 years (just five days before my thirteenth birthday, which I recall was not even acknowledged by anyone) when it was a Children's Home. The Matron and her husband were ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1953 by Elizabeth Neilly

Grandfathers Memories

My grandfather was born in Cobham on Painshill. My memory is that it was on a slight hill with a slight bend, the Greenline bus used to stop near the old home, it was a cottage with a porch and had a very thick door with big ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1946 by Alan Rosher

1946

My name is John Lewis. I was born in Blackmill in 1946 in a cottage on the mountain, lived in the village later, played soccer with my friends and in the early 1950s we all went and watched children's TV in Lloyds Farm. It was a very ...Read more

A memory of Blackmill in 1946

Early Years In Park Road

Born in 1947 to Ted & Cred Fowles, I lived in 3 Park Road until 1955 when I moved down the hill to Southsea. I started Tanyfron primary school in 1951 and went on to Penygelli Secondary school, Coedpoeth, in 1958. ...Read more

A memory of Tanyfron by Ann Evans

Licensed Game Butcher

Our gt uncle Edward Cope Statham, born in Barrow in Furness, was a licensed game butcher in Longton. He is on the 1901 census, aged 24, as lodging in Trentham Road so don't know if the shop was there too but we do have a ...Read more

A memory of Longton in 1900 by Ann Hale

Holidays In Saham Hills

Just after the war we visited Saham Hills quite regular from Hull. We stayed with an aunt and uncle of my father's by the name of Smith. He was called Charlie, his wife was Pat and they had a son who was called young ...Read more

A memory of Saham Hills in 1950 by Mal. Wilson

Brooksby Hall Agricultural College, Leicestershire,England

Like Gwilym Evans I was enlisted into HM Forces in 1944, along with my twin brother. We were born in May 1926. Served with RASC as drivers first in Wiltshire, England, driving 3 ton ...Read more

A memory of Nantgwynant in 1949 by Reuben Reynolds

Captions

124 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Street Lamp

Barrow-in-Furness street lighting was provided by gas light in the 19th century, and many of these gas lights continued in use into the middle of the 20th century.

Caption For Widecombe In The Moor, The Church C1871

It was to come to Widecombe Fair that Uncle Tom Cobley borrowed Tom Pearce's grey mare.

Caption For Allithwaite, Boarbank Hall, The Lounge 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 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 St Ives, Bailey's Lane 1906

The young man holding the wheelbarrow worked for a local grocer and used the barrow for delivering goods, or, as can be seen here, for giving a local youngster a jaunt.

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 Bisley, High Street 1910

Running north to south with closely built houses of all ages, the High Street of this quaintly composed village is set in a large parish rich in vernacular architecture, ancient burial barrows

Caption For Bathford, Ashley Road C1955

This is still a distinct village, with lanes winding uphill, although the wall on the right has now been replaced by a 1970s close, Titan Barrow, the name perpetuating a house of 1748 by Wood the Elder

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Trams 1912

Here, trams are passing at the Barrow Island end of High Level Bridge on Michaelson Avenue. The upper decks are open to the elements.

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 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'. There is still a very good tea garden here.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Piel Castle 1893

Piel is one of three islands off the coast at Barrow, and is crowned by the ruined remains of 14th-century Piel Castle, which boasts the largest medieval keep in the north-west of England.

Caption For Accrington, Technical School 1899

Built from the bricks for which the town is famous, it cost £13,000, of which the Corporation borrowed £10,000.

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 Barrow In Furness, High Level Bridge 1895

The High Level Bridge spans part of the dock area; it links Barrow Island, which was a separate island, with the mainland.

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 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 Haverthwaite, Angler's Arms C1940

Two cars are on the road to the right, part of the main road to Barrow-in-Furness.

Caption For Saundersfoot, High Street 1949

George Borrow, author of Wild Wales, stayed here in 1857.

Caption For Pott Shrigley, The Village And The Church C1955

once home to what must have been one of the earliest lending libraries in England: in 1492 Geoffrey Downes lent his books to the church, with specific intstructions that gentlemen should be allowed to borrow

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1920

The church tower presides over the east end of Fore Street, where two prams and a barrow are the only wheeled traffic on a sunny day.