Maps

786 maps found.

1901, Pen-Y-Banc Ref. RNC804651
1897-1898, Marks Gate Ref. RNC774737
1920, Chadwell Heath Ref. POP666020
1920, Marks Gate Ref. POP774737
1896, Dagenham Ref. RNE687483
1897-1902, Barking Ref. RNC633221

Books

15 books found. Showing results 937 to 15.

Memories

6,743 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

The Market Square

I went through the Market Square going and coming home from the Grammar School. I also went on to work in a Bank which faced onto the Market Square. One memory I have is when The Queen and Prince Philip came to open the new Shopping ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Moira Jones

Sarc Florence Road And More

Woolston seems to have played quite a big part in the history of our family, so it's appropriate I guess that as an adult I have ended up living here with my Husband!! It started as far back as my great great great ...Read more

A memory of Woolston by Tracy Thurman

Sparnham House, 36 West Street

I was living in Sparnham House in 1960, but don't recall the umber mine you mention, though my father (Brian Baker) did say there had been one, once. Outside Sparnham there used to be a tap which was supplied by a ...Read more

A memory of Ashburton in 1960 by Lerida Arnold

Stranger In A Foreign Land

Hello, I am just a a visitor to Coseley I came in the late 1980’s and stayed here ever since. I went to the Coseley Secondary School during that time and loved every moment. Yeah, as always there were some disputes along the ...Read more

A memory of Coseley by Matthew Scriven

Different Times

Chris Searle....many happy memories growing up in Houghton ..Ithink it was late 60s when we came here via kent /London...My first school here was Hillborough junior [GREAT PLACE] even with its outdoor pool bbbrrrrr...Would love ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis by Chris Searle

High Wycombe 1956 On

I was born in the Shrubbery Nursing home in 1956. I grew up in Lane End, about 5 miles away. I have photos of me looking awful in baggy knickers on the Rye (the park in Wycombe town) as a toddler. There was a play area on ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Vicky Searle

Pure Nostalgia

Hello to my fellow Fedsden inmates, whoever and wherever you are now! So nice to find things like this online these days ... I was a boarder at Parndon Hall between about 58 and 61 - stupid gangly blond kid, with my younger ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by Ross Paterson

Nostalgia

I have been reading many articles printed here & it got me & my wife thinking back to our childhood days (my wife was born in Llanelli, South Wales , & her childhood memories of the 1950's & were very much akin to mine ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by Alan Guy

Gold Cottages Government Road

my dad Walter James Harrison lived in 2 Gold Cottages, the Stubbs i think on government road its where the fishing lakes are now. his dad Albert Edward Harrison died there in 1936. just trying to find out more about the place back in the day

A memory of Ash Vale by peter.harrison49

Caravan Park Early 1950's

I was 5/6 years old and lived with my two sisters, older brother, baby brother and mum & dad in a cramped caravan that was given to us after the war. We were called 'gypsies' but my dad worked at the Woolwich 'arms ...Read more

A memory of Datchet by John Wilkins

Captions

2,423 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Melksham, The Hospital C1950

This hospital was built as a replacement for the cottage hospital in Bank Street. Mrs Ludlow Bruges of Seend was the benefactor who gave the hospital to the town.

Caption For Horning, The Village 1934

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

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 Park was laid out by Edward Davis, a pupil of Sir John Soane, the architect of the old Bank of England, and opened in 1830. This view shows the later bandstand in full swing.

Caption For Newport, Commercial Street C1955

Barclays Bank is along the left-hand side of the street in front of the distinctive Town Hall tower.

Caption For Widnes, Widnes Road C1960

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 area with many of the major shops and banks

Caption For Worcester, The Cross 1923

Worcester's Cathedral has many monuments to warriors from all periods of history, including the men of the Worcestershire Regiment who fell in 'the three glorious victories on the banks of the Sutlej

Caption For Oxford, College Barges 1890

This scenic stretch of the Thames, by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as clubhouses and

Caption For Old Bursledon, The Village C1955

The older part is more interesting and certainly more picturesque, with its streets of quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.

Caption For Ringwood, Fridays Cross C1950

On the left are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England, and just opposite is a window cleaner's cart containing ladders.

Caption For Matlock Moor, 1892

It stands at the top of the steep climb of Bank Road, in the centre of the picture. The Hydro buildings are now the offices of Derbyshire County Council.

Caption For Andover, Charlton Village 1908

The bridge in the foreground has been rebuilt, and many more trees have grown and matured along the banks of the stream.

Caption For Stockton Heath, The Ship Canal C1965

Walton Lock, however, enabled vessels to leave the canal and reach Warrington's riverside industries at Bank Quay and unload at Bishop's Wharf.

Caption For Ellesmere, Ellesmere House C1960

Between the house and the lake we can just see part of the Cremorne Gardens, on the west bank of the mere, which were presented to the townspeople by Lord Brownlow as recently as 1953

Caption For Netley, The Castle C1955

Netley, on the east bank of Southampton Water, was another of Henry VIII's coastal forts, though this one was a conversion of an existing building, the gatehouse of Netley Abbey.

Caption For Portsmouth, The Hard 1890

On the extreme right are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England.

Caption For Dartmeet, Bridge And Cottage C1871

The owner of this cottage may well have supplemented his income by providing a yoke of oxen to help pull carriages up the steep eastern bank of the Dart.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, Jacob's Ladder 1950

These dunes were banked up to stop sea encroachments, and this set of steps had to be erected to enable access to the beach.

Caption For Bainbridge, The Village From Roman Fort C1960

The pretty village of Bainbridge, centred on its extensive green, stands on the banks of the River Ure (foreground).

Caption For Lytham, The Market Square C1950

Note the pre-war design of the 'Halt' sign near the Midland Bank building.

Caption For Devizes, The Market Place C1950

This particular view shows the curve of the street: this echoes the line of New Park Street and Monday Market Street, which follow the castle's banks and ditches.

Caption For Knaresborough, Ferry To Dropping Well 1911

Moored alongside the far bank is a floating tea room which appears to be doing a brisk trade. The rowing boat in the foreground is in fact the ferry to the Dropping Well.

Caption For Portsmouth, The Hard 1890

On the extreme right are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England.

Caption For Ringwood, The Millstream 1900

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch