Maps

776 maps found.

1898, Trebanos Ref. RNE851666
1898, Vale Of Neath Ref. RNE858416
1897, Sandfields Ref. RNE824964
1947, Ystalyfera Ref. NPO876411
1898, Cerrig Llwydion Ref. RNE665906
1898, Cwm Ref. RNE686605
1898, Cwmllynfell Ref. RNE687135
1897, Craig-Y-Duke Ref. RNE681157
1898, Cilybebyll Ref. RNE668968
1898, Clyne Ref. RNE671440
1898, Dulais Valley Ref. RNE694770
1897, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Ref. RNE723834
1897, Gwaun-Leision Ref. RNE723838
1898, Gelli-Gaer Ref. RNE712810
1898, Neath Abbey Ref. RNE788154
1897, Pantdu Ref. RNE799872
1898, Pencaerau Ref. RNE803071
1898, Pontardawe Ref. RNE808594
1897, Pyle Ref. RNE811933
1898, Resolven Ref. RNE815417

Books

1 books found. Showing results 769 to 1.

Memories

2,732 memories found. Showing results 321 to 330.

Growing Up In Dartford

I lived in Dartford from 1955 (born in West Hill Hospital) til 1977 when I moved to Wales. My dad was manager of the"Bacca Pouch" next to the old Post Office , and opposite the back entrance to the Co-op. He then had the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1955 by David Hillman

Happy Days At Mill Bridge

Hi to anyone looking at this photo, I lived just up the road at Valley Cottages and used to play by the bridge, we all sat on the bridge wall and had our photograph taken. I am on the right with wellington boots ...Read more

A memory of Bishop's Tawton in 1955 by Mr. John Salisbury

A Tiny Hamlet Lost In Time

The year was 1970. Myself and a friend were typical 15 year old youths of the time, well, typical for our type of neighborhood. We had long hair, pierced ears, denim jeans and jackets and owned but a couple of shillings ...Read more

A memory of Trelights in 1970 by Rod Templar

Palace How Lane End

I was brought up at Palace How and the gentleman with the moustache is my late father, Leslie Leo Cunningham. We had the village Post Office and my late mother, Mary Anne Cunningham, was the Postmistress - I have a show ...Read more

A memory of Loweswater by Sheila Drewery

Slough, Bucks And Denham Middlesex

I was born in Slough in 1938. It was in Buckinghamshire then. I eventually lived in Denham, Buckinghamshire (see my posting for Memories of Denham in the Middlesex listing). Since I left England in 1959, the ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1955 by w.m.smith

Home Farm Marske

Home Farm has been in the Simpson family for many generations. My family and I spent many happy holidays over the years with my aunt and uncle, Lena and Maurice Simpson. I have such wonderful memories of haymaking, milking cows etc, ...Read more

A memory of Marske in 1951 by marj-wl

A Gun Licence

While staying with my Uncle and Aunt in Uley during the school holidays, I bought an air-pistol. To be on the safe side I bought a Gun Licence from the Post Office in Dursley. Ken Cook

A memory of Dursley in 1954 by Ken Cook

Hinton Blewett 1945 1946

I first saw Hinton Blewett on a late September day when arriving at my prep school, Colchester House. This was housed in Hinton Blewett Manor, which was its wartime home. Its true home was in Clifton, Bristol but ...Read more

A memory of Hinton Blewett in 1945 by John Nurcombe

The Ferries

There were 2 ferries in the mid-1950s when I was about 12. Clarke's as in the photo was a chain ferry and the cost was tuppence - ie 2 pence. The other ferry, Wilson's, opposite the church was pole driven and cost 1 penny. Some years ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1955

Painful Memories Of Paulton Square.

As a frightened 7 year old, in 1950,  I was plunged into an unfamiliar London life when my meddling and self righteous aunt unfortunately reminded my stepfather of fulfill his promise to my dying mother to 'take ...Read more

A memory of London in 1950 by Dylan Rivis

Captions

1,653 captions found. Showing results 769 to 792.

Caption For Saxtead, The Mill C1955

This post mill is one of Suffolk's best-known tourist attractions.

Caption For Upper Froyle, The Post Office, Statue Of St Hubert 2004

This is a close-up of the statue of St Hubert on the post office.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street 1898

Behind the post office lamp on the right the tall new Lloyds Bank building has altered the roof line.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Museum C1960

The post-war tennis courts on the left are no longer there, and the grounds are now the venue for events such as open-air dramas and historical re-enactments.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff C1955

Attractive lamp posts line the pavement.

Caption For Romford, The Broadway, Elm Park C1950

The Grays Co-operative Society shops on the right are now the Post Office and Elm Park Pharmacy.

Caption For Woodmansterne, The Street C1900

Looking west towards Court Haw, a horse and carriage wait patiently outside the little single-storey post office built on to the side of a large house, all now swept away.

Caption For Stowmarket, Ipswich Street C1960

Juby's is now partly the post office.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier 1913

Ornate arbours and a Moorish-style pavilion provided seats sheltered from the wind and a floral hall hosted shows and concerts.

Caption For Long Melford, The Bull Hotel C1955

The posts on either side of the doorway have initials for the Drew family and the date 1649.

Caption For Walkington, The Village C1955

In the 1960s, farm land began to be sold off for development, and the village supports a post office and general store, together with two pubs - The Dog and Duck and The Ferguson Fawsitt, named after the

Caption For Bude, Barrel Rock 1893

Barrel Rock (centre right, with the marker post) marks the end of Bude's breakwater.

Caption For Greatham, The Grove C1955

An example of immediately post-war council housing, this street is now leafy and well-established, and largely in private ownership.

Caption For Sway, By The Post Office C1955

Opposite the parked car is now a petrol station, and to the right there is a convenience store and post office.

Caption For Rodborough, The Village C1960

The shop opposite it, then the post office, has also gone.

Caption For Barry, Windsor Road 1899

On the corner opposite the hotel is a post box inserted into a brick pillar for the convenience of the residents.

Caption For Sledmere, The Triton Inn And Post Office C1960

It will come of little surprise that the pub thrives, whilst the Post Office is long gone.

Caption For Trusthorpe, The Post Office C1955

Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.

Caption For Benenden, 1901

It is now best known for its Chest Hospital, which was founded in 1905 to look after Post Office workers suffering from tuberculosis.

Caption For Haslington, High Street C1955

The garage in the centre of the photograph has been demolished to make way for a new post office and convenience store, but the building in the foreground, the Cosey Social Club, still remains

Caption For Hest Bank, The Centre C1960

There are no yellow lines, no posts everywhere with instructions and restrictions—oh, it was such a gentle time for motor travel.

Caption For Cardiff, High Street C1955

At this time Cardiff was a city slowly emerging from the austerity of the immediate post war era.

Caption For Dinder, High Street C1965

The ducks still paddle on the river beside the main road, but the Post Office and Stores (centre) is just a house now.

Caption For Trusthorpe, The Post Office C1955

Trusthorpe Post Office is on the road to Thorpe, and is in a late Victorian projection from the left bay of a late 18th-century small farmhouse.