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Arlett's Boatyard

My late grandmother came from Henley-on-Thames, and was Eleanor Flossie Arlett. I wish I knew more about her family. I do know that the Arletts had a boatyard and stored punts, I believe for hire, under the Angel on the ...Read more

A memory of Henley-on-Thames by savefijitiger

Barking... So Very Different Now

We moved to Hertford Road in 1971, I was 3 years old. I remember playing in our overgrown garden which backed on to the Burges road playing fields soon after we moved in. There used to be a horrendous smell from the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by abridgeboy

Buckingham Arms

I was 10 when I first stayed. with my parents at the Buckingham Arms in the summer of 1965, we returned again the next year. It was run by Jim & Brenda Horrell and their young son Tony. We were awoken every morning at an ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport by stevestokes1

Bridge Road

We use to live at number 19 Bridge Road. My earliest memory is watching a parrot flying across Greenham's field behind the prefab. We never has a bathroom only a out side loo. Our bath night was on a sunday. A old tin bath infront of the ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by ladyunicorn20709

Upminster Bridge

I lived in Norfolk Road, Upminster Bridge and knew Eddie at the greengrocers, I remember he used to wear a leather jacket in light tan and was a smashing chap. I was born in Norfolk Road in 1946

A memory of Upminster by pete_green

Life Above Corals Coal Shop

my parents moved to an empty flat above the coral coal shop in bank street.my Father worked for corals coal as a delivery driver.The flat was an extra bonus i was born in Dover 1954 and when we left there we moved to a ...Read more

A memory of Ashford

Good Childhood In Willesden/Neasden

I was born in Park Royal hospital in Feb 1952 then taken home to 70 Craven Park Road spitting distance from Harlesden police station. Just across the road from our family doctor, (Dr Curtis) not much bedside ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by pjspence18

Find Family

Born railway terrace tottenham n 17 next to railway bridge in white hart lane family cant and johnson went to st frances de sales then onto risley avenue would love to hear from anyone remembering me very hard ,but great times rose andrews thanx

A memory of Tottenham by r_schaffer

Queens Rock Swimming Place

This early picture of Settle shows the River Ribble as it bypasses the South/West of the actual town, the Bridge in the middle left carries the A65 trunk road which then ran through the very center of Settle, and was the main ...Read more

A memory of Settle by peter

Sparrow Park

I was brought up on Rufford Street and most children in the surrounding area played in Sparrow Park at the top of the street next to Beaumont's Farm , who delivered our milk daily measured into our own jug. The Park only had swings and ...Read more

A memory of Wakefield

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The River Thurne C1955

This general view of the river near Potter Heigham bridge clearly illustrates the flat and treeless banks of the river.

Caption For Huntingdon, The Old Bridge 1898

The medieval bridge over the River Ouse.

Caption For Launceston, Polson Bridge, River Tamar 1911

This Victorian structure replaced the old bridge. The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

Caption For Wivenhoe, High Street C1955

Beyond Anchor Hill the high street passes the churchyard with its gatepiers and gates presented by Eliza Howard in 1901.

Caption For Aysgarth, The Village 1908

The village owes its fame to Aysgarth Force, which comprises three main waterfalls, and a number of cascades. The upper falls can still be viewed from a 16th-century single-arch bridge over the Ure.

Caption For London, Lambeth Palace C1865

Bishops Walk, the quiet riverside path, was shortly to be replaced by the main road to be known as Lambeth Palace Road and the Albert Embankment.

Caption For Honiton, New Street 1904

The Methodist chapel is on the left, whilst ahead is a railway bridge. The station is to the right, on the old London and South Western Railway line from Waterloo to Exeter.

Caption For West Burton, Bridge And Fall 1893

As Walden Beck cascades towards the Ure, it crosses under the Blue Bridge; it used to power the old mill downstream. We can still walk up to the Cauldron Falls and on to Hudson Quarry.

Caption For Bason Bridge, Brue River And Merry Lane C1960

Merry Lane runs for a mile along the Brue from Bason Bridge to Cripp's Farm, providing easy access for fishermen.

Caption For Saundersfoot, Coppet Hall Sands C1955

The people to the right are enjoying a walk along the miner's route of the Stepaside line, which transported anthracite from the Stepaside area via Wiseman's Bridge, first by horse-drawn

Caption For Clydebank, Glasgow Road C1900

The tramway system in Clydebank was operated by Glasgow Corporation, and on certain routes in this burgh single-deck trams had to be used to enable them to negotiate the low railway bridges.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill And Post Office C1955

Lower Slaughter is an artist's and photographer's paradise, with its picturesque stream flowing under attractive little stone bridges.

Caption For Tilbury, Riverside C1960

Before the building of the Dartford tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, the Tilbury ferry was an important means of crossing the Thames for motorists in this part of Essex.

Caption For Marske, Village 1913

Marske is an attractive and unusual Swaledale village, neither nuclear nor linear, nestling in a fold of hills just above the River Swale.

Caption For Walsall, The Bridge 1908

The Bridge was a busy tram interchange and terminus. After Wolverhampton, Walsall is the largest of the Black Country towns.

Caption For Salisbury, Ye Halle Of John Halle 1913

It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury. Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon.

Caption For Salisbury, Church House And Crane Bridge 1906

It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury. Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon..

Caption For Salisbury, Church House And Crane Bridge 1906

It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury. Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon.

Caption For Monkton Combe, C1955

A canal and railway passed under the bridge. To the right is Brassknocker Hill.

Caption For Elmley Castle, The Village C1960

Leland the traveller recorded that only one tower and a little stonework from the castle remained at the time of his visit.

Caption For Margate, Newgate Gap Bridge 1890

Below Newgate Gap Bridge, on the right hand side, was Charlotte Pettman's original sea water baths, and she claimed that her bathing machines were far superior to any others.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Bridge Street 1922

Bridge Street leads on to Wood Street, where there is a fountain and a clock tower presented to the town in 1888 by an American visitor.

Caption For Bewdley, Load Street 1931

This is the town's main street from Telford's bridge, looking towards the mid 18th-century church designed by E & T Woodward.

Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool.