Maps

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Books

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Memories

637 memories found. Showing results 321 to 330.

Old Hall

This is the seat of the Biddulph family; it was built in the early sixteenth century, probably to replace an earlier Saxon, possibly fortified, house that has been identified on Bailey's Hill, to the south west of the Old Hall.  It was ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph by Lauren Hughes

Halton 1978 1983 Playing In The Canal School

My name is Forsyth now, but I was a Plumb. I moved to Halton when I was six and joined Halton 1st School and then Wendover Middle School. I lived in the big black and white house, which ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1978 by Charlotte Forsyth

Life In High Legh

I started school at High Legh school in 1949-teacher Miss James I think. I lived at Holly Cottage on the way to Arley. My dad worked at the water tower for the council, repairing water pipes. My mother worked for Stanley Morton & son the milk rounds people Anyone remember us.

A memory of High Legh in 1950 by Geoff Bowes

Memories Of Broughty Ferry

Where Broughty Castle guards the mouth of the River Tay In the tower we climbed up a weathered stone stairway To look far over the fair land of our fathers Later you took a photograph of me at a quay in the ...Read more

A memory of Broughty Ferry in 2004 by Sonja Nic Rafferty

My Young Years In Abercwmboi

The first time I saw the photo it brought back very old memorys, because when I got up from bed in the mornings and opened my curtains the first thing I saw was the smoke from the Phurnacite Plant, as we lived in ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi in 1949 by David Williams

Spitfire

I recall a huge thermometer erected on the clock tower, it was graduated in pounds sterling with a picture of a Spitfie at the top> We children, and of course the rest of the Wendover community subscribed as much as we could as often ...Read more

A memory of Wendover in 1940 by Edward Pace

T He Nurden Family History Book.

My name is Dennis Nurden, I have a twin sister Valerie, we lived in Sunningdale Ave when Murex sports ground was there. Though not born there we did all our schooling there and left when we were about 18yrs old. ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1950 by Dennis Nurden

Scottish Dancing Summer School

I went to the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society summer school several times in the 1970's having been encouraged by my wife, Elizabeth, who was one of their teachers. The first school we attended together was ...Read more

A memory of St Andrews in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk

4th Bexleyheath Cub Pack Outing To Reculver

I joined the 4th Bexleyheath Cubs in 1953 and remember a Summer Camp to Birchington in 1953 when the highlight was a coach outing to Reculver Towers. We travelled to Birchington in the back of an old ...Read more

A memory of Reculver in 1953 by John Howard Norfolk

Hatchford Church

My father, Capt. F.C. Dyer used to play the organ at Hatchford Church until his death in 1950. It was a pump organ and Bubbles was the name of the hunchback who pumped the organ. We lived in the Semaphore Tower up on Chatley Heath ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1940 by Ron Clibborn Dyer

Captions

3,036 captions found. Showing results 769 to 792.

Caption For Old Sarum, Castle

This picture shows the remains of the flint tower, which, as can be seen, needed substantial reinforcement with solid blocks of stone.

Caption For Eastbourne, From The Wish Tower 1899

The coastline bulging out around the Wish Tower affords a vantage point for views north-east along the beach; this view shows the horse-drawn bathing machines on their large wheels plying their trade

Caption For Eynsford, The Village C1955

In the distance is the square flint tower of the 13th-century St Martin's church.

Caption For Blakeney, The Church C1950

The small tower at the far end of the church served as a mark for sailors heading for the port: it used to carry a beacon at night.

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1904

The town features slightly in his novel 'Two on a Tower', which was written at that time. Hardy was fond of sitting in the Minster with only the organist and his music for company.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Airport C1960

This photograph shows a Cessna aircraft as used by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club in front of an early terminal building, with the control tower and a large hangar on the right.

Caption For Stamford, Red Lion Square 1922

This view looks north towards All Saints' Church, whose massive tower and elegant crocketted spire dominate its battlemented nave, chancel and aisles.

Caption For Stamford, Red Lion Square 1922

This view looks north towards All Saints Church, whose massive tower and elegant crocketted spire dominate its battlemented nave, chancel and aisles.

Caption For Harwich, The High Lighthouse C1955

A nine-sided tower of white brick, the High Lighthouse is Harwich's most striking feature.

Caption For Brampton, Camp Entrance C1965

The water towers were demolished in the early 1990s when a new gate with a mini-roundabout was built.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Tor C1965

The 13th-century tower on top of this famous landmark is all that remains of St Michael's Church.

Caption For Bury, Holcombe Hill 1896

The Peel Tower on Holcombe Hill was erected in 1852 to the memory of Sir Robert Peel.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

Caption For Colchester, The Castle Walls And The Town Hall 1907

Jumbo can be seen to the right of the town hall's soaring tower. The lower archway of the three within the castle was a fireplace.

Caption For Helensburgh, The Esplanade 1901

The clock tower has been incorporated in the tourist information office.

Caption For Forth Bridge, 1897

The steel towers stand 360 ft high and are supported on granite piers. The deepest foundations are 88 ft below high water.

Caption For Booton, The Church C1965

The details on the towers are particularly remarkable. This is a comparatively modern building - it was built between 1875 and 1900 by the Rev Whitewell Elwin.

Caption For Derwent Water, Lodore Hotel 1893

Shepherd's Crag towers through the trees over the Victorian Gothic buildings of the Lodore Hotel at the southern end of Derwent Water.

Caption For Coventry, Church Of St John The Baptist C1884

It was restored by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1877, though the corbelled turrets on the tower are early 19th-century additions.

Caption For Reepham, From Church Tower C1965

The tower from which this photograph was taken belongs to one of three churches that occupied a single churchyard.

Caption For Cardiff, City Hall 1925

The clock tower is sixty metres high, and is visible from afar. The architect was E A Rickards, a devotee of the baroque style.

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College 1890

On May Day morning a famous Oxford tradition is upheld when the dons and the Magdalen College choristers gather at the top of the Perpendicular bell tower to sing a Latin hymn.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, St Mary's Church 1927

This is probably the most beautiful of all Leicestershire churches, floating here above the trees and grassland, its magnificent late 15th-century tower dominating the market place and the south side of

Caption For Monzie, The Castle 1899

Set in parkland, the four-storey battlemented central section of the castle is supported at each corner by a three-storey round tower. There is an older building to the rear.