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Maps

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Books

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Memories

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Prisoners Of War

I can remember a POW camp just inside Boldmere Gates. The Americans used the inmates to destroy lots of things at Jubillee Hill(?) at the sand pits, when war ended. This was material from the Streetly Camp area. Lots of ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1945 by Gordon Baker

Crambe In The Early 50,S

My fathers side of the family (Wood) lived at Low Moor Crambe according to the Census, which is where I presume I spent a couple of holidays in the early 50' probably 52 or 53 just after my Grandfather died and before my ...Read more

A memory of Crambe in 1952 by Keith Wood

Childhood Memories.

I was born at 50 Nancy Road, Grimethorpe on the 12 December 1944. At this time this address was the White City police house and had the West Riding police crest attached to the front of the house. My dad, Robert Cox, had come ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1944 by David Cox

Only A Year!

My name is Elena Zoerman. We were the American family that lived in the cottage right the across the street from the church. I loved that cottage. I remember one winter being snowed in and my sister and me playing in the snow. My ...Read more

A memory of Mixbury in 1986 by Elena Zoerman

1960's

I lived at 117a Mitcham Road, above Coombes the Bakers, next door was David Greggs and Soloman's Greengrocers. Other shops on on the road were Smith Bros (either end of the block), David Kaye Butchers, Dewhurst Buthchers, Boots and a Gent's ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Ray Pryor

Growing Up In Fazeley

I spent most days winter/summer taking Lassie the dog down the brook at Brookend, loads of mates there. We made dams and had rope swings. I learnt to swim in the brook. I also had a friend at Tom's farm at the end of Tolson ...Read more

A memory of Fazeley in 1967 by Denise Hollyoake

The Baldock Methodist Church

The towers at the back of this picture are of the Baldock Methodist Church, by the 1960/70's the shop in front was a gentleman's outfitters. I and my sisters, were christened in the Methodist Church here, and my Mum ...Read more

A memory of Baldock by Carol Evans

Moston

My grandparents, Horald and Edith Hughes, lived in Moston Cottage, Booley. Also living in the cottage were 3 of their sons; John, Douglas and Tony. My father, Basil, was no longer living at home. John and Douglas worked on the ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1957 by Liz Proudman

When We Were Kids: Part 2

My Name is William Speirs, in the 1940's we moved from Bellshill Lanarkshire to live in Fishcross, Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland. This is a short story about when we were kids in Fishcross from about 1946 till I left ...Read more

A memory of Fishcross in 1950 by William Speirs

My Birthplace

I was born at Orchard Bakery Cottages which is beyond the trees to the right of this photo. Many generations of my family attended the school. My great Aunt May (Skilton) in the early 1900s; various of my Uncles (Pat & ...Read more

A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1958 by Maggi Mc Lear

Captions

2,501 captions found. Showing results 913 to 936.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, Village And Church 1890

This photograph, taken from the east bank of the river, south of the Barley Mow pub, manages to exclude George Gilbert Scott's rather fine 1864 seven-arched brick bridge over the river.

Caption For Ringwood, Fridays Cross C1950

The River Avon flows serenely through Ringwood, and not far away is Fridays Cross.

Caption For Seaford, Lullington Hill 1894

On the east bank of the Cuckmere River opposite Alfriston, Lullington is very much a shrunken medieval village, with its isolated church a good quarter of a mile north of Lullington Court, the farm complex

Caption For Bath, Victoria Park Gandstand 1925

The Royal Crescent looks out over a field which drops away to Victoria Park beyond, also fields when the Crescent was built.

Caption For Newport, Commercial Street C1955

Two buses are making their way along the street towards the camera; the one nearest us is on its way to Westgate.

Caption For Datchet, The Thames 1905

The scene of Falstaff's miseries in Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', Datchet stands on the Thames bank, opposite Home Park.

Caption For Tilehurst, Roebuck Ferry House 1899

This is one of many ferries across the river, now almost all gone. The ferryman's cottage remains, but is now inaccessible and very private, with the river path blocked by a gate to its east.

Caption For Lythe, The Red Lion C1955

Situated at the top of Lythe Bank, about four miles from Whitby, this charming 17th-century coaching inn still serves beer and refreshments to the public.

Caption For Sheffield, Fargate C1955

On the right is the Albany Hotel and the Yorkshire Penny Bank. Sheffield was just one of a handful of authorities at this date who still had faith in their tramway system.

Caption For Widnes, Widnes Road C1960

Today the whole focus of the shopping centre of Widnes has moved from the area around Victoria Square about a mile away so that it is now centred here and the street has become a pedestrian

Caption For London, Cheapside And Mansion House 1915

Here we have a later view down Poultry and Cheapside, with Christopher Wren's spire of St Mary-le-Bow dominating the street.

Caption For Bedford, The River 1929

In this photograph we look west from the tip of Mill Meadow Island towards the Embankment and the north bank of the river.

Caption For Nelson, Scotland Road And Leeds Road C1955

Standing in the centre of the town at the junction of roads to Yorkshire and the north is the extravagantly ornate Union Bank Building, occupied by Barclays in the 1950s and now by the

Caption For Uppingham, Stockerston Road C1960

This is the reverse view of U10054 (above), looking towards the town. On the right, hidden by bushes, is West Bank; further down West Deyne protrudes.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

This photograph was taken midway down the High Street.

Caption For Eton, Barnes Pool 1923

On the Buckinghamshire bank (since 1974 in Berkshire) Henry VI's great foundation, Eton College, has rendered this another 'company town'.

Caption For Knaresborough, Ferry To Dropping Well 1911

Moored alongside the far bank in this photograph is a floating tea room; the rowing boat in the foreground is, in fact, the ferry to the Dropping Well, a popular tourist attraction.

Caption For Sutton Bank, Gliding C1960

The headquarters of the Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank, on the edge of the North York Moors high above the Vale of York with views to the distant Pennines, must be one of the most spectacular in

Caption For London, Trafalgar Square From Whitehall C1950

This view down Whitehall shows the yet-to-be-cleaned Nelson's Column. The two buildings to the left are banks, with the modern Whitehall Theatre between the two.

Caption For Anstey, The Nook C1965

Although the scene is basically little changed, apart from the loss of the National Provincial Bank on the right (it was replaced by an archetypal building of the 1960s or early 1970s, larger but of

Caption For Waldringfield, The Club House And Beach C1960

Waldringfield is very much the place for yacht sailors, with its thriving boatyard, yacht club and pub.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall 1968

On the opposite corner from the Yorkshire Bank was Redman's the grocer's (centre right), beloved by local housewives for their selection and good value.

Caption For Shefford, North Bridge Street 1951

Shefford's title derives from the name 'Sheepford', an indication of its origins.

Caption For Richmond, Castle Walk 1893

This Georgian promenade around the base of the castle provides impressive vistas of the river below and across to the other side.