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Maps

1,651 maps found.

1947, West End Ref. NPO864068
1946, West End Ref. NPO864075
1940, West End Ref. NPO864084
1924, West End Ref. POP864033
1919, West End Ref. POP864050
1919, West End Ref. POP864052
1919, West End Ref. POP864054
1919, West End Ref. POP864058
1919, West End Ref. POP864068
1924, West End Ref. POP864071
1922, West End Ref. POP864078
1921, West End Ref. POP864082
1903, West End Ref. RNC864034
1903, West End Ref. RNC864044
1899, West End Ref. RNC864055
1897, West End Ref. RNE864030
1896, West End Ref. RNE864037
1895, West End Ref. RNE864050
1897, West End Ref. RNE864052
1898, West End Ref. RNE864055

Books

19 books found. Showing results 73 to 19.

Memories

2,057 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

The Shore Of Wood And Glass

Eynort shore is not the prettyist in the west, but it's washed up some odd things from time to time, Both myself and my brother have found messages in a bottle, and a least half a dozen bombs or old test missiles which ...Read more

A memory of Eynort

The Two Bob Gun

At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk.  The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Just Down The Road From Us

Our family lived in the village of  West Horsley all of my life,  I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard ...Read more

A memory of Ripley in 1960 by Loraine Roles

East Ham In The 1960s

In February 1963, when I was six and a half, my parents bought their first house, in Thorpe Road, East Ham. It was and had been a very cold winter, and when we moved in we had difficulty opening the back door, as there was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1963 by Jackie Craig

Getting Locked In The Arboretum

I remember when I was 14 my friend Josie Weston and I rode our bikes along Broadway West to the Arboretum. We were walking along the paths and around by the lake when we met two boys and one of the boy's mothers ...Read more

A memory of Walsall by Patricia Littel

A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s

It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by Michael Bond

Perry Street/Pelham Road South

I live in West Sussex [between Brighton and Worthing] now but lived in Northfleet until 1971. Several photos bought back some vivid memories. In 1955 I would have been attending Cecil Road junior school, just off ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1955 by terryyoung101

Sittingbourne To Australia

My name is Margaret.  I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in ...Read more

A memory of Sittingbourne in 1971 by namscox

Margaret

Margaret lived at 20 West View in 1951 and came regularly to Gateshead. She had a friend who lived near Saltwell Park. When I was called up to do my National Service on 4/10/1951 we were pen friends but she stopped writing after a good ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1951 by Les May

1970's And 1980's East Ham Memories

I left East Ham behind around 1983 for Essex, my mother and father told me we were moving because East Ham was changing, becoming dirty and run down, I was devastated. Recently I have met up with old class mates ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1983

Captions

1,993 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Bedford, Embankment Gardens 1929

This view is taken from the east end of Embankment Gardens, where there was a matching urn to that at their west end.

Caption For Tenterden, High Street 1900

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

Caption For Morecambe, West End Promenade 1903

Here we see the area at the start of the West End Pier.

Caption For Morecambe, The Promenade 1899

This lovely view of the Promenade looks north towards Hest Bank, with the Central Pier in the background.

Caption For Culham, The Stores C1965

At its west end the village had a post office and stores. Now a house, it retainst the Victorian wall letterbox near the door, cleared four times a day in around 1900.

Caption For Sherington, Crofts End C1960

We are looking south-west down Crofts End, the lane which leads from Crofts End itself at the top of the hill behind the photographer to the main through road.

Caption For Lewes, Cliffe High Street 1894

St Thomas Becket church is at the east end of Cliffe High Street, which runs west to cross the Ouse into School Hill and Lewes proper.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1913

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

Caption For Frome, Oldest House 1907

At the south end of Cheap Street, seen on the right, were the premises of H R Hughes; the building has a narrow three-sided front and a stone-tiled roof, also with three planes.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

At the west end of the High Street, London Road curves away north-west downhill.

Caption For Milborne Port, Ven House C1955

The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

Caption For Morecambe, West End Promenade C1950

We are looking at the area that was between West End and Central Piers just before they both fell foul of the weather.

Caption For Redruth, Fore Street 1922

Today, it would be difficult to stand for long in the middle of this road junction at the bottom of town; here West End meets Fore Street and Penryn Street (right).

Caption For Maidenhead, Technical School And New Drill Hall 1903

Along the Marlow Road at the west end of Kidwell's Park is the former Technical School, dated 1895.

Caption For Southwell, The Minster C1960

The route leaves Newark and heads six miles west to the small and delightful town of Southwell, whose minster church had been founded by the Archbishop of York before AD956.

Caption For Colwell Bay, The Front C1955

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

Caption For Ashwell, West End C1951

Little has changed at this junction on the roads to Newnham and Hinxworth, known as West End and Back Street.

Caption For Wilsford, St Michael's Church C1955

Not far from Amesbury and Stonehenge, Wilsford and Lake are small villages strung along a back road.

Caption For Finedon, Church Hill C1955

Finedon has had a market charter since at least 1294 and the older part of the town, pictured here, lies at the west end.

Caption For London, Piccadilly Circus C1895

It is hard to believe that this elegant corner of the West End is now smothered with giant neon advertisements.

Caption For Morecambe, The West End 1896

The southern part of Morecambe (referred to as the west end), towards Heysham, soon developed as the more genteel side of the resort, with smart hotels; it was thought to be a little superior.

Caption For York, Hemmens's Shop 1909

It was demolished in 1939, and an office block now stands on the site.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road 1899

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle Square 1906

Dominating Castle Square ('Y Maes' in Welsh) at the west end of the town, stands the great bulk of the castle. The structure covers two and a half acres and is in the shape of an irregular oblong.