Places
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Photos
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
392 memories found. Showing results 341 to 350.
Ryton Willows And The Tidal Stone
It was about 1957 and before, when the Willows was a place to picnic on a Saturday and Sunday afternoons. It was a very popular place, with the Shuggy boats and the river to play in, and there were houseboats ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1957 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
Dodwell Lane Walks Along Dodwell The River Hamble
A group of us children would often after church on a Sunday go for a walk home 'the long way'. Yes, walking then was just wonderful. Our trek often took us along the river to the farm, before ...Read more
A memory of Old Milton in 1930 by
Born And Bred
The summer of 1959 goes down as the hottest in my memory. It started at the end of April and continued right through until the end of September. I was ten years of age that year and I spent most of that glorious summer hanging out ...Read more
A memory of Barking in 1959 by
London Road Memories
London Road was a very different place 50 years ago to the collection of twee wine bars and restaurants that it is now. It was a real 'working' village providing all the goods and services that were needed by the ...Read more
A memory of Alderley Edge in 1960 by
Corn Brook
Hi, it looks like this house was set against the Corn Brook midway between Corn Brook bridge on the A4117 and Fairyglen which is downstream. The house is no longer there, but where it was, was a place called Enoch's Garden. We used to ...Read more
A memory of Clee Hill in 1974 by
Captions
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Motorcycles with sidecars were a popular and economical means of getting about for ordinary people.
Sailing at Broadstairs has always been very popular.
So popular did it become that on rainy days large canvas tarpaulins would be erected outside as awnings to keep the crowds dry.
The popular walk overlooking Fowey and its harbour is reached via the Bodinnick Ferry.
The landmark White Church is just visible in the background, and to the right is the popular Fairhaven Hotel.
The quiet village of Hillam lies just to the south of Monk Fryston, with its old Manor House, now a popular hotel and restaurant.
The only change that modern visitors to Derbyshire's most popular stately home will note are that the classical statues on the bridge piers are no longer present.
Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pier Pavilion, which is advertising the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra.
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
Cleethorpes is a very popular seaside resort, despite being on the estuary of the river Humber and not the sea proper.
The shop next door to it sold fishing tackle— fishing is one of the area's most popular pastimes. The public house on the right, the Corn Exchange, advertises stabling.
With its magnificent 12th-century priory church of St Mary, its market cross and broad cobbled square, it is perennially popular with visitors.
Ice cream - or 'Hokey Pokey' as it was known to the Victorians -has long been a popular fare on Exmouth sea front. It would have been sold in a block on a sheet of paper.
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.
Skegness owed its popular success to the railway, which reached here in 1873 as an extension from the then terminus at Wainfleet.
The Green Dragon Hotel, a stone-built 18th-century inn, is popular with residents and students from Lancaster University.
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.
The lane leads to Alfriston further down the Cuckmere River, a popular tourist village with its Clergy House.
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 bustling twice-weekly market was clearly a popular event at the turn of the century.
One popular walk was up Heber's Gill to the Swastika Stone, an ancient area which may have been used for fire worship.
The south bank is a series of islands linked by footbridges, and is just as popular as public parkland.
The picture shows Sompting General Supply Stores with a sign fixed to the shopfront advertising Players Weights cigarettes, a popular budget brand.
Its ragged remains were transformed into public gardens by the local council and became a popular place for all. Here on a sunny afternoon the crowd gathers to enjoy the antics of a Pierrot troupe.
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