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Photos
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Maps
31 maps found.
Books
16 books found. Showing results 913 to 16.
Memories
392 memories found. Showing results 381 to 390.
Warts And All
From Ethel Charnock to Ethel Middleton when I migrated and married an Australian. I was born in 1933 attended St James Church of England, the eldest of four kids, two sisters and one brother. We lived in Needwood Street off ...Read more
A memory of Collyhurst by
Lel Jenkins The Barber
I was born 15.10.32 above the Barber's Shop in the Square and subsequently taken to Rothesay, Bute where I was brought up. Dad was a Master Mariner, lost at sea 19.10.35. My Mother was Leah Drury, born 17.06.07 daughter ...Read more
A memory of Pontlottyn in 1900 by
Mainly Pre War Greenwich
Prior to WW2 I can remember my grandparents, both maternal and paternal, lived almost opposite each other in Tuskar Street, a working class area of Greenwich. This made it easy for my own parents to meet one another ...Read more
A memory of Camberwell in 1930 by
Memories Never Fade Only Names To People's Faces
I have many memories of Kingsbury. I was born in Kingsbury in 1955 and lived in Dorchester Way which backed onto the side of the then fire station. I attended St Bernadette's school off the Kenton ...Read more
A memory of Kingsbury in 1960 by
Fawley Hardley & Hythe
My maiden name was Perl. I have so many happy memories of growing up in this area in the 50's. Moved to a bungalow in Hythe in 1954 one of the first to be built on the old golf course. Attended, for a short time, the primary ...Read more
A memory of Fawley by
Grand Hotel Sheringham
I watched, with my young son, this wonderful Victorian building being demolished in 1974. Being such a huge Hotel, it became untenable. Part of it was, I recall made into flats, but after a time this apparently was not ...Read more
A memory of Sheringham in 1974 by
Ww2.
This (downstream) side of the mill was a popular site for the Canadian Army stationed at Bordon Camp during the war. Almost every day they would be there with their lorries, tanks and motorbikes, ostensibly to wash the vehicles but generally to ...Read more
A memory of Bordon in 1942 by
Summer Time
Such a lovely swimming pool. In summer it was always so popular you were given a time limit on the use of a locker, then you took your clothes and put them in the seating area, and took it in turns to watch them. There was hardly an inch to move.
A memory of Finchley by
The New Fender Club
A view of Kenton Road to the west of the railway bridge. To the immediate left of this shot behind the Shell petrol pump (now a car park) is Churchill Hall, home of the Wembley North Conservative Club. Rather more interestingly, ...Read more
A memory of Kenton by
The Inferno And Twisted Wheel
I was lucky to be a teenager when the Inferno and later the Twisted Wheel were fantastic venues to hang out.The Inferno was owned by Paul Mayer (who also opened the Twisted Wheel) and my first time at the club was in the ...Read more
A memory of Welling by
Captions
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Teas are now served at the cottage during the summer months, and the ancient woodland which cloaks the surrounding slopes is a popular choice for walkers and horse-riders.
Popular regattas are held, and the Lancaster canal is nearby. Only just visible on the horizon is part of Lancaster University.
New owners in the 1980s brought a fresh lease of life, and it is now a popular hotel and conference centre.
The village is now a popular coach halt in summer, and there are many cafés and souvenir shops. The church of St John the Baptist dominates the scene.
This is a popular area for boating, and here we see two of the inns much used by those who have enjoyed a day afloat - the Old Ship to the left, and the Jolly Sailor facing the camera.
A few decades ago, before universal car ownership, the Black & White coach company organised evening jaunts from its station in St Margaret's Road, Cheltenham to this popular hilltop hostelry.
The picture shows Sompting General Supply Stores with a sign fixed to the shopfront advertising Players Weights cigarettes, a popular budget brand.
This has become so popular that you need a licence to pick it.
So popular was it, that the doors were nailed shut to prevent any more people from getting in. But then a fire started, and eighty-two people were burned to death.
The village was developed by Mr McDougall of the flour company at the end of the 19th century as part of his estate, and Fairbourne has become a popular destination for holidaymakers from the Midlands
Other towers in the area are Grant's Tower, Peel Tower, Darwen Tower and Hampsfell, mainly popular tributes to Queen Victoria.
New bungalows pronounce the village's popularity as a place to retire or commute from, but the tolls charged by Shard Bridge Company to cross the river were a sore point.
Mrs Horsefield was just as enterprising as her husband; she opened a meat-free restaurant in Haywards Heath, which became very popular.
Situated on the Bargate beds of the Greensand, and amid pine-woods, Witley became popular with artists and writers in the closing years of Victoria's reign; George Eliot stayed here while writing Daniel
River outings on the Thames were popular in Victorian times. Jerome K Jerome describes a classic journey in his 'Thee Men in a Boat'.
In the background is a popular promenade called the Bulwark, an embankment extending for about a mile on the south side of the river.
Nearly ninety years after this photograph was taken, the village was used as the setting for the popular TV drama series 'The Darling Buds of May'.
Founded in 1776 by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss (who named the town after his wife), Helensburgh has become popular as a holiday resort and as a golfing, fishing and yachting centre.
It was not popular, and tradesmen did not stay long. Waitrose applied to open a store, but the plans were rejected by the council. There are now plans to upgrade the precinct.
The common covers 200 acres, and was a popular stopping place for drovers on their way to market - here the cattle could be watered by the four ponds.
Its full promenade deck and reliability in all weathers made it very popular. It survived use as a Second World War transport and was afterwards refitted with an additional funnel.
The Jubilee Institute proved popular, along with its collection of books.
A very few years after this photograph was taken, the popular Newnham Pool was closed and its place in the leisure activity role taken by a modern facility dedicated to the philanthropy of the Robinson
It is a popular starting point for boating holidays which grew rapidly in the early years of this century.
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