Photos

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Maps

520 maps found.

Books

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Memories

1,924 memories found. Showing results 331 to 340.

1934 To 1961

I was born in Grove Avenue in 1934. Was not evacuated in the war .attended St Marys Church as a choir boy, went to St Marys. Infant school , then on to Orleans. Sec Leaving in 1949., after winning the Twickenham Schools Cricket ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham by aataylor34

Little Ealing

We moved to Lawrence Road in South Ealing around 1966. My brothers and I went to Little Ealing Primary School (1969- 1977) followed by two more cousins. Mrs Lodge was my first teacher and I thought she was the most fabulous lady ever. I ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by fawkes_linda

102 Station Road, Harrow.

My husband lived at the above address from about 1938 until 1955. I would dearly love to find a photo of his house. He lived opposite the Dominion Cinema and remembers that during the war the lights went out and how excited he ...Read more

A memory of Harrow by Anita Bailey

'old Trunk', Cove.

My Grandfather and Grandmother, Mary and Charles Warner lived at a house called 'Old Trunk' in Cove, until 1925. I am not sure if this was 'Old Trunk Farm' as it was just a house, with no outbuildings as far as I can see from the one ...Read more

A memory of Cove by Chris Williams

Kew Bridge Road

My name is Ian Powell and lived at 48 Kew Bridge Road opposite the Plough and Waggon & Horses P/H. We arrived in 1947 when I was 6 mths old. I also had a younger sister Lynne who sadly passed earlier this year. Our house was ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by powlee

My Memory Of Chopwell

After reading the other accounts of Chopwell I decided to add my own, I hope I have got the names and dates right as I am doing this from memory, apologies if I get some of it wrong. All my mother’s side of the family were from ...Read more

A memory of Chopwell by prippon

1950s Rosenau Rd.

Hi, I was born in 1946 at the South London Hospital for Women and lived for a while at 15 Etruria St. Battersea, it was near Dogs Home Bridge and Battersea Power Station, where my dad, Charlie Jones worked. Soon we ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by kenjones8

Haven Green Trainspotting In The Fifties

I remember seeing CITY OF TRURO come through one evening. It had been taken out of Swindon museum and restored. I also remember seeing the BROWN BOVERI GAS TURBINE on several occassions. It had been ordered by ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Nick Beard

From Leaking Majesty, To Glittering Citadel, And To Dust, The Last Keep Of Travis Court

I have a pic of my twin sis Jenny and a paint-brush, it's 1959, she's nearly 8, glossing skirting in the middle kitchen (there were 3). Until it was habitable ...Read more

A memory of Farnham Royal by kobrinbooks

Sanderson Family Thornaby On Tees

My grandfather was Tom Sanderson born 1859 in Thornaby on Tees.His parents were James Sanderson and Ellen Dunning. Tom had a barber shop in Bridge Street and later in Lyndhurst street. He married twice and ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees by hsmeissner

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 793 to 816.

Caption For Dublin, Sackville Street 1897

A view of O'Connell Street (then Sackville Street), looking north with the bridge over the Liffey in the foreground. The O'Connell and Nelson monuments are prominent.

Caption For Holt Fleet, The River 1907

Our man from Frith manages to capture a picture of the small river steamer that operated between Worcester and Holt Fleet during the summer months.

Caption For Wroxham, At Wroxham Bridge 1952

Seen from the bridge, most of these buildings survive as cafes, gift shops, and the like. The prominent semi-circular gable on the right in the distance is the famous Roy's Stores.

Caption For Bridgwater, The River And Bridge 1897

This view shows the shipping staithes at Bridgwater, this time downstream from the Town Bridge. Inevitably, the town is much changed now, with made-up roads, much more building - and no ships.

Caption For Wroxham, On The Bure 1921

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

Caption For Oxford, View On The Cherwell 1922

The tree-shaded riverside path has long been a popular shortcut linking the Thames riverbank with the High Street and Magdalen Bridge.

Caption For Chester, Queens Park Bridge 1923

An excellent view of the rebuilt suspension bridge, which is for pedestrians only. On the far bank is one of the stages for excursion steamers, and a station for the hire of rowing boats.

Caption For Kirkstall Abbey, From The Weir 1891

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Caption For Horsforth, Hall Park 1901

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Shell Mex Buildings And Gardens C1965

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Dixons, Maylands Avenue 2005

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Caption For Pangbourne, The Village 1899

This view of Pangbourne shows the bridge over the River Pang, a tributary of the Thames.

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Caption For Bude, 1906

Taken just a few years after photograph No 45876, this view shows Granville Terrace (left) and the Strand curving away beside the Neet beyond.

Caption For Scarborough, Peasholm Park C1955

Millions of visitors have enjoyed the pleasures of this lake and wandered through the grounds. The bridge in the distance leads to the island on which the pagoda is located.

Caption For Forth Bridge, From North Queensferry 1897

Following the opening of the Forth Bridge, the North British Railway Co decided that they could dispense with their ferry services.

Caption For Kirkstall Abbey, From The Weir 1891

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, The River C1955

This photograph and No S214070 are particularly interesting because both views are taken from exactly the same spot on the Stourport Bridge.

Caption For Norwich, Castle Gardens 1891

The deep medieval moat with its 1825 bridge was turned into delightful gardens with terraces and benches. They remain virtually unchanged, but away to the left is now the Castle Mall shopping centre.

Caption For Reading, Bridge 1924

Reading Bridge is one of only two crossing points on this stretch of the River Thames. To the east of it lies King's Meadow, and just beyond it, the confluence of the Thames and the River Kennet.

Caption For Aysgarth, The Village 1908

The village owes its fame to Aysgarth Force, which comprises three main waterfalls, and a number of cascades. The upper falls can still be viewed from a 16th century single-arch bridge over the Ure.

Caption For Bridgwater, The Bridge 1903

Although the Town Bridge was the limit for fixed-masted vessels, barges and similar vessels could - and did - trade up-river as far as Langport.

Caption For Norwich, Bishopgate And Bishops Bridge 1919

The medieval bridge, built about 1340, crosses the Wensum into Bishopgate, which continues around the Cathedral boundary until it becomes Palace Street.

Caption For Norwich, Bishopgate And Bishops Bridge 1919

The medieval bridge, built about 1340, crosses the Wensum into Bishopgate, which continues around the Cathedral boundary until it becomes Palace Street.

Caption For Newark, Kelham Hall Bridge 1904

Situated between the Hall and the village, Kelham Bridge's one claim to fame is that it was rammed and split in two by a small iceberg that floated down the Trent during the winter of 1854–55.