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Maps
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Memories
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Smallfield Prepares For War 1939 45
bill.haylor@btinternet.com Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs. One of the first indications in the village relating to war was the erection of a telegraph pole, on the top of which was a platform ...Read more
A memory of Smallfield in 1940 by
Dancing In The Street At The 2010 Chippenham Folk Festival
For many years morris sides have danced in the streets and pub gardens around Chippenham during the annual folk festival. Its a popular venue in any morris dancer's calendar. ...Read more
A memory of Chippenham in 2010 by
Ayot St Lawrence
I was born in Hitchin Hospital in 1948 & we lived in Abbotshay Cottage , before moving to The Home Farm Delaport in Wheathampstead , when I was 11. The post office was run by an elderly lady whose name I feel was Miss ...Read more
A memory of Ayot St Lawrence in 1948 by
Admiral Holland Singers!
I am looking for anyone who has any memories of this group of singers and or photographs, they performed locally and were very popular, familiar names were David Gibbs, Ted Whale, Eric Hilton, George Mason, Dennis Jones. ...Read more
A memory of Banbury by
American Comics.
I believe that this photo has been snapped from what used to be the original bus station in Corby New Town. I have childhood memories of getting off the 32 bus and running into the market from the station. I always had urgent ...Read more
A memory of Corby in 1965 by
Early Days In Feltham
Hello, I was born in 1942 at 88 Sunbury Road, Feltham. There were four children born at the house, 1938 Gwyneth, 1942 Carol, 1945 Hilary, 1949 Kelvin. My mother, Gwyneth, and dad, Stan, moved into the house the day they were ...Read more
A memory of Feltham by
I Was There!
I was/am the lad on the right! I discovered this picture a few years back in a superb Frith's book on Kent. Alongside me is my mate Ray. I think the year is more like 1957 or it could the summer of 1956. It was during those lovely ...Read more
A memory of Sheerness in 1957 by
Re Cove, Bridge Road (C172009)
The photograph of Bridge Road clearly shows The Cove Supply Stores building on the right. My parents ran that shop from about 1936 to 1945. The Bridge Road end of the shop in the photo was the Off-Licence. Opposite the shop ...Read more
A memory of Cove in 1930 by
A Focal Point
Kay Gardens was the terminus for all bus services from surrounding districts and towns. On this photograph, the large building at the back of the picture was the Co-op, which was at that time a department store, but also housed a ...Read more
A memory of Bury in 1954 by
Over The Bump To Play Football
This photograph illustrates all too well the erosion of the cliffs. The profile of Beeston Bump seen in the background of this photograph compared with to day shows just how much ...Read more
A memory of Sheringham by
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Other wealthy gentlemen followed his example, but it was to be the middle of that century before the town achieved popularity as a holiday resort.
New owners in the 1980s brought a fresh lease of life, and it is now a popular hotel and conference centre.
The climb to the great dam of Cruachan Reservoir is popular with walkers, who ascend the steep paths through beautiful woodland, passing these tumbling falls.
THE ACT OF UNION in 1707 was bitterly reviled at the time, and even for many years afterwards - Robert Burns echoed popular sentiment when he dismissed the Scottish commissioners with the lines
People mostly arrive at the Lickeys by car today (though there are plenty of buses), but from 1913 to 1924 they came by bus, and from 1924 to 1952 on the hugely popular Number 70 tram, which served
Despite the popularity of this waterside restaurant, Bracebridge Pool is still a good place to see wild birds such as heron and moorhen.
This impressive picture house shows how popular moving pictures had become in the first decade after the Great War.
Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and so it became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754.
It was created in the 1830s on the site of the King's Mews and a juimble fo decrepit buildings known popularly as Bermuda, Caribee, and Porridge Islands, where the poor of London frequented a plethora
Curls was a popular forerunner of today's department stores.
As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.
Known popularly as ‘Number One, London’, it was built by Robert Adam in the 1770s.
Roughlee Lake was once a popular local day out.
Southend was immensely popular with the lower middle and working classes from north and East London: none of the genteel pretensions of an Eastbourne here.
This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.
It was here that he wrote, in the space of only 3 weeks, his most popular play, 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and perhaps as a tribute to the town, named one of the central characters Jack Worthing
Prior to the advent of mass car ownership cycling to the park was an even more popular option than today. With so many bicycles present this busy scene is more reminiscent of Oxford or Cambridge.
The Green Dragon Hotel, a stone-built 18th-century inn, is popular with residents and students from Lancaster University.
Cleethorpes is a very popular seaside resort, despite being on the estuary of the river Humber and not the sea proper.
A popular stop-off for cyclists and walkers from the local towns long ago, this small settlement included the well known Cross Keys Inn, now derelict - as are most of the other buildings we see here.
Despite suffering a reputation for poor acoustics this much loved venue played host to many of the greatest names in popular music from the 1950s to the late 1970s.
The lane leads to Alfriston further down the Cuckmere River, a popular tourist village with its Clergy House.
Torquay's harbour is ever-popular as a tourist and marine resort. A pleasure boat prepares to leave the jetty steps, on the right- hand side of the photograph.
The Pleasure Gardens with their scented pines and attractively laid out grounds were popular with people of all ages, at a time when fashion and social mores decreed that the human form should remain
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