Places

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Photos

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Maps

65 maps found.

Books

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Memories

4,575 memories found. Showing results 321 to 330.

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Born In Fenny Stratford

I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera  Cusack.                      Just after the begining of the war my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford in 1948 by Kathleen Roberts

Longleat

My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1948

Lightning Strikes

This is August 1953, I was 10. We were playing cricket on the clay field with some older lads, the stumps were iron and came from Spencers steel works which was nearby and stuff like this was easily got. Anyway I remember it was ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

Childhood Memories Great Bardfield 1969

My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by Dawn Willshere

A Quiet Haven Of Peace.

I lived next door to Davenham Church, and one summer's day, when I was about 7, I went for a walk around the churchyard. Hearing a rustling noise on the ground, I crouched down, parted some long grass, and found a baby ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1959 by Lynn Quigley

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

My Second Home

Right from a small child i have grown up loving Wells-next-the-Sea, my dad used to take us on holidays there and we stayed in a little cottage which was a short walk to the quay where my brother and I would wander down to ...Read more

A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1969

The Low Davidson Family

My sister and I are from Canada and came to Scotland this past month, August, 2009, to see where our mother, Kathleen Low, and her family were born and raised in their youth. After many years of hearing them describe ...Read more

A memory of Johnshaven in 1900 by Judi Parry

Warm Sunny Days Long Gone

I remember warm sunny days when me and the gang would go down to the local river and meet many of the guys there from surrounding villages and have a whale of a time. The summers were hot, and we spent hours upon ...Read more

A memory of Steeple Aston in 1968 by Linda Smith Ritlinger

Captions

926 captions found. Showing results 769 to 792.

Caption For Chedworth, Upper Chedworth C1955

In the hey- day of the woollen industry, shepherds and their families came from Wales to live here and tend sheep in the surrounding countryside.

Caption For Dolphinholme, St Mark's Church C1950

Before the factory came, there was nothing here but farmland, moorland and Fenton Cawthorne's tower.

Caption For Thornton Cleveleys, Victoria Road East C1960

Regular bus services came about rapidly; Victoria Road was the main route.

Caption For Trossachs, Hotel And Loch Achray 1899

Dorothy Wordsworth described the visit she made with her poet brother to the loch: 'We came up to that little lake, and saw it before us in its true shape in the cheerful sunshine.

Caption For Balmoral Castle, C1890

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842 and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.

Caption For Grimsby, Bull Ring C1965

Because so much change has taken place, the Bull Ring was not recognisable; when I asked where it was, the answer came 'You're standing in it !'

Caption For Glasgow, Crookston Castle 1897

The estate was held in the 12th century by Sir Robert Croc of Neilston, and it is from him that the castle derives its name.

Caption For Runcorn, The Docks C1900

Most of the clay came from Fowey, Par or Charlestown; the traffic remained one of the last strongholds of coastal merchant sailing ships well into the 20th century.

Caption For Tenby, Harbour C1925

The town developed as a Victorian watering hole for the well-to-do, especially after the railway came in 1863, but in post-war years it has been the destination for mass-tourism, mainly from the south

Caption For Huddersfield, Castle Hill 1957

Stone came from the Crosland Hill quarry.

Caption For Etal, Village C1955

Despite the fact that they were supposed to be on the same side when it came to defending the Borders, the Herons of Ford and the Manners of Etal did not always see eye-to-eye.

Caption For Smallhythe, 1902

Small Hythe was a harbour as late as the 16th century, when the sea came up this far from Rye.

Caption For Devils Bridge, The Falls C1880

This view shows the 'sublime horrors' of the waterfall that the first visitors came to see: the hotel provided for their needs.

Caption For Carrickfergus, Looking North East 1897

In 1898 the town's landlord was Lord Shaftesbury; the estate came to him from his father marrying the surviving Chichester daughter.

Caption For Minehead, Hopcott Lane 1919

There was a bandstand which was converted into a café; later came a putting green.

Caption For Staindrop, Raby Castle C1955

It later came into the possession of the Vane family, though it was temporarily lost by them to the Royalists during the English Civil War following a surprise attack.

Caption For Knott End On Sea, View From Golf Club C1965

It is thought that the name Knot came from the sea bird, as there used to be flocks of them here—Knott End assumed the extra 't' only in recent years.

Caption For Scarisbrick, The Hall From The Lake 1896

The Hall was famed for its oak carvings, panelling, plaster work, and handprinted wall papers.

Caption For Richmond, Grey Friars Tower 1929

The Franciscans came to Richmond in 1258, and built a small church befitting their commitment to poverty, but this elegant belfry tower was slotted into the crossing of the church between the nave, choir

Caption For Edington, The Church 1900

Some of the plate came from Imber church - the small village was taken over by the Army during the last war.

Caption For Langho, St Mary's Church C1965

At the foot of Langho Fells and in sight of Pendle Hill stands the Saxon village of Old Langho; its church, St Leonard's, was built with stone that came from Whalley Abbey in about 1530.

Caption For Epsom, Sculpture, Evocation Of Speed 2005

Perhaps because of this, the initial programming had a very classy feel - André Previn came with the Musikverein Quartet in 1984 - but though the public liked the prestige this bought to the

Caption For Paignton, Round Tower 1894

After losing his wife, he came to Paignton and bought the tower, one of many built in the early 1800s to repel possible French attack.

Caption For Leyburn, Market Place 1914

A fine Georgian building, the hotel came complete with a Long Room where Leyburn Market Club, founded in 1832, still holds its dinners.