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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1891, Nafferton Ref. HOSM54562
1888, Thwing Ref. HOSM61825
1909, Ulrome Ref. HOSM62945
1905, Elmbridge Ref. HOSM44751
1884, Tibberton Ref. HOSM61924
1876, Hundall Ref. HOSM49123
1876, Millthorpe Ref. HOSM53769
1876, Unstone Ref. HOSM62872
1901, Drybrook Ref. HOSM43907
1887, Dulas Ref. HOSM34448
1900, Dunstable Ref. HOSM34462
1922, Whipsnade Ref. HOSM64410
1895, Broompark Ref. HOSM39179
1896, Kelloe Ref. HOSM49666
1895, Malton Ref. HOSM53048
1896, Shadforth Ref. HOSM58863
1882, Cam Ref. HOSM39964
1882, Owlpen Ref. HOSM56024
1882, Woodfield Ref. HOSM65014
1908, Friston Ref. HOSM71298

Books

442 books found. Showing results 8,833 to 8,856.

Memories

29,071 memories found. Showing results 3,681 to 3,690.

Hopfields

I lived at the RN & RM Children's Home, "Hopfields", Stakes Hill Road, from 1951-57, attending Waterlooville Primary, Stakes Hill Road, transferring to Cowplain Secondary Girls in 1952. My two younger brothers, Matthew and ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1951 by ruth

Happy Days

If anyone has memories of living in Marbury in the late '50s and '60s I would be very interested to hear from you. My name was Campbell before I was married. Thank you. The Marbury I refer to is near Northwich in Cheshire, not Shropshire.

A memory of Marbury

Grand Theatre

I remember going to the Grand Theatre at Christmas as a child from my Dad's works children's party. Our dads would pay so much a week for their children's Christmas party, and the young ones would have a party at the works ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton in 1959 by Catherine Romney

My Love Of Brynowen Continues

I do not remember my first visit to Borth as I would have been a few months old around about the spring of 1963. As a family we then returned every year staying at Brynowen, sometimes twice a year, until I turned 18 at ...Read more

A memory of Borth in 1963 by Andy Scott

Fantastic Summer

Spent the summer of 1983 working as a temporary groundsman at Worcester Cricket Ground New Road in Worcester. I was waiting to join the Royal Air Force so was extremely fit. I got a lovely tan met some of the famous cricketers ...Read more

A memory of Worcester in 1983 by Andy Scott

The Creasey Family Of Newick, Sussex

Although I have never seen Newick, I am attracted to the village for two reasons: firstly the photographs look appealing, and secondly I have family roots there. I believe that the village church in Newick is ...Read more

A memory of Newick by John Howard Norfolk

Policeman's Daughter

My dad Harry Newbon, became the village bobby in 1956. We lived in the police house in Wellfield Road until 1964 - the happiest days of my young life. Attending the village school where the head was Mr Hayton. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas by Christine Burton

Triangle Row

We moved in to number 13 after we got married. Our first visitor was unfortunately a policeman with a warrant for the previous owners arrest. I'm sure we were not alone in the house. We often used to hear an over the door type ...Read more

A memory of Norland Town in 1984 by Kate Noble

My Home Town

Hi, I was born in LLay north Wales in June 1939, three weeks later we moved to Walkden. The family joke was, I was the cause of the WW2. We lived at 67 Westminster Road, just down from where the monument was originaly located. Whilst ...Read more

A memory of Walkden in 1944 by David Norris

Sadly The Palm House Has Gone

I am the current owner and restorer of the former Town Hall. It was originally called Whitehall and is now called Mossley Hall. The Palm House in the picture was removed, along with the stained glass Atrium over the ...Read more

A memory of Mossley in 1958 by Philip Wilson

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 8,833 to 8,856.

Caption For Lowestoft, Croquet At The Convalescent Home 1887

Here some of the staff and patients are having a game of croquet on the front lawn while others look on, perhaps enjoying the benefits of a sunny day.

Caption For Port Erin, Fleshwick 1895

Nestling between Bradda and the lower slopes of Cronk-ny-Irree-Laa, Fleshwick Bay is less than two miles north of Port Erin and reached by way of Ballaglonney.

Caption For Fleetwood, Mona's Queen 1904

The IOMSPCo's 'Mona's Queen' eases out of Fleetwood on a summer sailing.

Caption For Grasmere, Red Lion Square 1926

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

Caption For Ashington, Milburn Road C1955

Ashington is just one of hundreds of places in England that owes its existence to the age of industrialisation.

Caption For Pwllheli, The Turnpike 1921

In the days of horse-drawn coaches, this quiet lane would have seen considerable traffic.

Caption For Hutton, C1947

The buildings on the right were once part of Middle Farm and date back to Tudor times.

Caption For Abbotsbury, Market Street C1955

The mostly 15th-century church of St Nicholas rises above the narrow street of stone cottages.

Caption For Alton, The Ideal Cafe, Lower Village C1955

When W H N Nithersdale wrote his book on the Highlands of Staffordshire, he was impressed by the number of public houses in the village, all of which did a roaring trade during the summer months and at

Caption For Great Haywood, Essex Bridge C1955

All the way across the bridge are pedestrian refuges built atop each of the bridge's triangular- section cutwaters.

Caption For Dublin, St Mary's Pro Cathedral 1897

The principal Catholic church in Dublin, the Church of the Conception of the Virgin Mary. Since the 1880s, the church has been known as St Mary's Pro-cathedral.

Caption For Gloucester, Park, The Fountain 1912

A young girl stands to pose in front of the fountains. Whitefield Church in the background stands in Park Road.

Caption For Salisbury, New Street C1955

The right-hand side of New Street is today still largely intact, with some interesting architectural features such as red brick decorations, first floor bay windows and jettied overhangs.

Caption For Woking, The Broadway 1902

A view of the parade of shops that once graced this elegant road.

Caption For Oxford, Lincoln College 1906

New College Entrance Gateway 1902 Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, New College includes one of the oldest quadrangles in Oxford.

Caption For Haddon Hall, Garden Front C1860

A top-hatted and frock-coated gentleman surveys the garden front of Haddon Hall.

Caption For St Columb, Fair Street 1906

St Columb's most famous son was James Polkinghorne, who divided his time between being landlord of the Red Lion and participating in Cornish wrestling.

Caption For Trowbridge, Composite C1965

This card represents some other aspects of the life in and around the town in the 1960s.

Caption For Westbury, Fore Street C1955

Fore Street, leading into the A350 Trowbridge Road, is now a very busy road in and out of town.

Caption For Debden, The Cross Roads C1955

This was The Fox, one of five hostelries serving Debden in the 1950s.

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square 1897

This view, taken from the square of the National Gallery, was blocked by temporary wooden tiered seating erected for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession to St Paul's Cathedral.

Caption For Low Row, General View C1960

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

Caption For Snape, The Castle C1955

Snape Castle was the former home of Catherine Parr, last wife of Henry VIII, who was previously married to Lord Latimer, a member of the Neville family – the Nevilles owned the castle for over 700 years

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road. By the end of the 1950s, outlying shops were competing with the new Town Centre development.