Maps

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Books

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Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 301 to 310.

Ogmore Vale

The old Miners Hall was my local library, I spent many happy hours in there not only browsing the bookshelves but talking to some of the old retired miners that met there most days. My Great Uncle was Alf Palfreman who was a ...Read more

A memory of Ogmore Vale in 1950 by Patricia Morris

Happy Years

Earliest memories... staying home from school (Church School now Russell Hall) in the winter because the boiler had burst. Swinging on my gran's gate on Highfield Terrace, and playing with a teaset and dolls pram in her house, and ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Margaret Stork

Fond Childhood Memories

I remember back in the late 50's, as kids, we used to swim at the Woodlands camp swimming pool. We lived at East Hill and used to either walk or cycle to the pool. I remember we then used to play in the club house. We ...Read more

A memory of Knatts Valley in 1958 by Keith Oakes

Top End Of Gilfach Goch

My maternal grandparents lived in Talbot House at the end of Scotch and Pritchard Row (Elizabeth and George Reed) my paternal grandmother lived in Blandy Terrace Robert (dec'd) and Mary Elizabeth Stephens. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1955 by Yvonne Smith

Happy Days

My memories of growing up in Haslingden are happy. I loved where we lived on Lime Road. My dear friend lived on Hillside Road. What joy we had. We used to play in the valley or go to the local cinema. I still love the movies. I went ...Read more

A memory of Haslingden in 1957 by Josephine Mary Scully

Ripponden Barkisland And Krumlin In The 50s

My first memories were of Krumlin where my mum worked at Krumlin mill as a piece burler & mender. (I remember the boiler house at the mill with the big steam engine that turned all the ...Read more

A memory of Triangle in 1953 by Martin Wood

Second World War Bombing

My father, Dr Joe Hampson, was the Gp in Gilfach in the late 1930s/early 1940s. He was Irish and born in Lucan just outside Dublin. He qualified from the College of Surgeons in 1932. He met my mother, Frances Pugsley, ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1940 by Aidan Hampson

Bristol's Tramway Centre

I wonder just how many romances started after meeting under Bristol's old Tramways Clock, the time-piece once at the heart of George White's electric transport system? The mock Tudor facade to which it clings officially ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1890 by Paul Townsend

Born At Cothill Farm And Schooled In Duns

I was born at Cothill Farm in 1947, about 4 miles from Duns. I attended Duns Primary School and Berwickshire High School. My father (James) retired in 1965 at age 70, he and my mother located to the west ...Read more

A memory of Duns in 1965 by David Dickson

Brock Hill Wantz Corner

I lived at the junction of Brock Hill and Wantz Corner from birth in 1949 till 1960. In those days we had fields to the side and rear of us and also across the road in Brock Hill. We played in the brick fields, and I ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1955 by Kathy Challen

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 721 to 744.

Caption For Dorking, The Watermill Restaurant C1965

On the right is the Mole Valley Council Offices, opened in 1984; the building is not in keeping with the character of the town, but architecturally it is a good design.

Caption For Winchcombe, North Street C1950

This old wool town is situated north of Cheltenham in the deep valley of the River Isbourne.

Caption For Walsall, The Bridge 2005

As the town grew, Digbeth stretched from the High Street down to a small open stream running through the valley bottom.

Caption For Slad, The Valley 1910

Immortalised by Laurie Lee in his autobiography 'Cider With Rosie', Slad and its wooded valley is known throughout the world by millions of readers who have never been there.

Caption For Seaton, The Church C1955

Seaton is situated on Rutland's south- eastern edge, about half a mile from its border with Northamptonshire, overlooking the Welland Valley.

Caption For Winchcombe, North Street C1950

This old wool town is situated north of Cheltenham in the deep valley of the River Isbourne.

Caption For Seaton, The Church C1955

Seaton is situated on Rutland's south- eastern edge, about half a mile from its border with Northamptonshire, overlooking the Welland Valley.

Caption For Reeth, Green 1913

High on the valley side, old workings can still be seen.

Caption For Ilkley, Ardenlea, The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home 1925

The house, which has splendid views over the town and valley towards Middleton, was built as a family home in 1881 for Mr and Mrs George Thorpe.

Caption For Tintern, Abbey 1890

Remains of the works can still be seen in the Anghiddy Valley in the woods behind Tintern, where the river was dammed in several places to make ponds for use in the iron processing.

Caption For Broad Chalke, All Saints' Church C1955

All Saints' is known as the cathedral of the Nadder Valley.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Cannington Viaduct 1903

Having curved from the woods on Shapwick Hill (top right) and around Combpyne Hill (centre), the new six-mile railway line from Axminster to Lyme Regis crossed the deep-cut valley at Cannington

Caption For Lynmouth, Countisbury Hill 1929

Close by Lynton is the Valley of the Rocks, a 'convulsion of Nature', popular with Victorian artists, and other seekers after the sublime and picturesque.

Caption For Hutton, The Village 1891

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

Caption For Stourport On Severn, River Severn C1965

When permission for a canal was refused at Bewdley, James Brindley brought it to Stourport, following the Stour Valley and joining the Severn at this point.

Caption For Styal, The Cotton Mill 1897

All this can be seen at Styal, which nestles in the steep sided wooded valley of the River Bollin, now welcoming hordes of visitors, especially school children, who come to experience what it was

Caption For Dartmoor, Ponies C1965

beginning of the 20th century, Tavistock, Lydford and Okehampton in the west had stations, and in the east Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh and Moretonhampstead all benefited from the construction of the Teign Valley

Caption For Ampthill, The Woods C1955

The first settlement in this central valley was 'Aemethyll' in Old English, which translates to 'ant-heap' or 'ant-infested hill'.

Caption For Coulsdon, The Recreation Ground C1960

Very few houses were in existence excepting the old thatched cottages facing the Chipstead Valley Road.

Caption For Bridport, Allington 1902

Until the 19th century it would seldom have been visited by the outsider; its deep wooded valleys, chalk downlands and secluded heaths form a physical and mental barrier to the intruder.

Caption For Clitheroe, From The Castle 1927

The large railway sidings that we can see here denote how important Clitheroe was as a distribution centre for this part of the Ribble Valley.

Caption For Teddington, St Alban's Church, The Interior 1899

Despite this reduction in size, the church building does have a cathedral scale, and was sometimes referred to as 'Thames Valley Cathedral'.

Caption For Teddington, St Alban's Church 1899

Despite this reduction in size, the church building does have a cathedral scale, and was sometimes referred to as 'Thames Valley Cathedral'.

Caption For Loughborough, C1955

The river valley of the Soar lies to the south of Loughborough.