Places

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Photos

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Books

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Memories

676 memories found. Showing results 351 to 360.

Mitchelmores Gardens Duddleston Road Black Lion Lane

I have noticed one or two comments with regard to 'Mitchelmores Gardens' in Duddleston Road/Black Lion Lane. I think that the writers  are perhaps a little confused. Mr Mitchelmore was an ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Kathleen Green

Hollingwood Top (Mount Pud)

I have now done some detective work regarding the origin of the Tip that we knew as Mount Pud, which was located between Station Road and the canal. It was obviously some kind of industrial waste dump but, as there ...Read more

A memory of Hollingwood in 1947 by Don Rawding

Happy Days At Beeston Castle

First time I saw the castle I was about 7 years old. I was on the bus with my mother and brother and were going to Chester from Spurstow where we lived. Just as the bus got by the side of the castle there was a big ...Read more

A memory of Beeston in 1950 by David Stockton

Childhood Memories

I first visited Weymouth as a small child during the second world war to see my rather strict widowed maternal grandmother who lived at 10 Carlton Road South, within walking distance of the beach. I particularly recall the ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth in 1945 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

More Precise Date

This photo could not have been taken before 1959. I began my first job in July that year as part of the staff that opened the Thomas Wallis store for the first time. (Thank you for the information, we have now updated our records to circa 1960, Editor)

A memory of Guildford by Malcolm Wilson

Pontllotyn Cinema 1960 1974

I have many fond memories of Pontllotyn Cinema, it was a very big part of most of my childhood and teen years. I remember Mrs Jones with the torch, Mrs Lewis & my own Nan, Mrs Jones from Duffryn St. My nan's job ...Read more

A memory of Pontlottyn in 1965 by Kelvin Jones

Beautiful In All Seasons

This road, as the word Brook Street most clearly implies, leads down from the Cross in the distance at the top of the hill down through this avenue of trees to the Lynch. On the left are some beautiful houses with lawns and ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

My Granddad, Police Constable Jack Eames

Well, the story goes that there was a robbery from a jewellery shop in the town during the day, and in those days there were no mobile phones or walky talkies, only landline phones. My granddad ...Read more

A memory of Newport by Wayne Ruffle

Haydock Remembers

We have a site on Face Book called Haydock-Remembers.Antone researching Haydock can listen to the local community talking about their memories and what it was like in those older days. Also there are lots of interesting photos to ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1960 by Christine Courtliff Ridgway

The Chase Maternity Hospital

Does anyone out there have any photos of this old house which I believe dates back to the 1600. Iit was a welfare hospital for mothers to have their babies - much has been written but no photos. Would love some help on this.

A memory of Round Green in 1951 by Debs Newbound

Captions

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Caption For Wootton Bassett, High Street C1965

On the left stands the Angel Hotel of chequered brick, which dates from the 18th century.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

Witchampton was best known for its paper mill at the other end of the village, which dated back to at least 1786 and closed only a few years ago.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1950

Further along the pier, performing the same function are embedded cannons dating from the 17th and 19th centuries.

Caption For Abergavenny, St Mary's Church Interior 1898

Beyond the nave and the crossing is the medieval choir and sanctuary, the oldest part of the church, dating from the 12th to the 14th century.

Caption For Redcar, The Promenade 1923

Redcar dates from 1842, since when it has progressed at quite an extraordinary rate, and it certainly owes much to its magnificent sweep of sands.

Caption For Rolvenden, Church S.W.1901

The church of St Mary the Virgin, standing on its mound on the edge of Romney Marsh and viewed here from the south-west, dates from the 13th and 15th centuries.

Caption For Kings Norton, Old Saracen's Head Inn C1960

However, the present building dates mainly from the 15th century.

Caption For Bridlington, Prince's Parade 1906

A significant date in Bridlington's history was 22 February 1643, when Queen Henrietta Maria landed at Bridlington with much-needed arms and ammunition for King Charles.

Caption For Glasgow, The Cathedral, The Nave Looking East 1897

At a later date it was divided into three congregations, the nave, choir and crypt.

Caption For Northampton, Abington Street And Notre Dame High School 1922

Today, most of the buildings date only from the 1960s and 1970s - the street looks better in this photograph than it does now.

Caption For Great Bowden, The Village 1922

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664,

Caption For Knaresborough, The Town And River 1888

The church on the left is St John's, the tower of which is topped off with a small spirelet and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

Caption For Theydon Bois, The Green C1955

To the middle left is the Clockhouse, built in the 1920s; at this date it was a shop owned by G E Bridgeland.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Harbour 1887

Fort House (now called Bleak House), prior to its extension and castellation in 1901.This house was Dickens' summer residence in 1850, and here he completed 'David Copperfield'.The old pier, which dates

Caption For Three Bridges, 1905

The name pre-dates the railway era, but it was the large station, used by passengers changing from the Portsmouth to the Brighton line, that really put the place on the map.

Caption For Desborough, War Memorial And Church C1955

We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.

Caption For Hartlepool, The Church And Gardens C1965

It dates from about AD1190, and has been restored on many occasions over the centuries, most recently in 1924 and 1932.

Caption For Thornaby, Mandale Road And Five Lamps 1957

At an earlier date Thornaby was known as South Stockton, and was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street 1897

The road dates from the 18th century; it is in fact the turnpike road.

Caption For Kibworth Harcourt, Main Street C1955

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

Caption For Cholmondeley, The Castle And Park 1898

Despite its looks, the castle actually only dates from 1801, when the main house was built; the turrets and towers were then added even later in 1817.

Caption For Burnham On Sea, The Promenade And Beach 1913

From the plain late Georgian- character stuccoed terraces, the architecture gets more seaside Victorian, with a profusion of bay windows and the use of various building stones; the four gabled houses

Caption For Preston, Sessions House, Harris Museum, Library & Art Gallery 1913

The original unveiling date in May 1926 had to be postponed because of the General Strike.

Caption For Govilon, The Drawbridge 1936

The date 1960 is inscribed on the side of the bridge, which is now a fixed bridge with rolled steel joists and a wooden deck.