Photos

98 photos found. Showing results 801 to 98.

Maps

316 maps found.

Books

2 books found. Showing results 961 to 2.

Memories

1,250 memories found. Showing results 401 to 410.

The Foundry

The smell that came from the foundry... I used to go see my dad and the cold damp stench used to burn your eyes and fill your lungs. The building was cold and damp and yet the heat from the ladles of molten iron would burn your ...Read more

A memory of Auchtermuchty by Kathleen Litts Dean

The Village

I left the village in 1960. I attended the local junior and infant school. The teachers I recall were Miss Whitehead, Miss Jenkins, Miss James, Granny Chancellor (she was a lovely lady who taught most of our parents also, those that ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd by Ian Calloway

My Beginning

I returned to Andover in August 2010 and was as excited as the day we left in November 1956 when my family decided we were going to Australia. 54 years is a long time and I think that my wife was surprised at how much I remembered ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1956 by John Abbess

The Cameo Cinema Bargoed

I grew up in the Bargoed area, in Cardiff Road to be precise! It was Gladestone Villa which is now known as the Parc Hotel or Reds. My parents were divorced and my mam and I lived with my grandparents there. Every Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1977 by Andrew Dexter

Wartime In Ivybridge 1939

I was one of ten little girls, plus our teacher, who arrived in Ivybridge as evacuees from Acton, London, at the outbreak of the Second World War. We were taken to a hall (probably at the school) where we were ...Read more

A memory of Ivybridge in 1940 by Geraldine Gasparelli

Norton Heath Equestrian Centre

My memories are of my year training at the equestrian centre when it was run by Victor Carter as a riding school and renowned BHS exam school. I trained for my BHSAI there, under Mr Carter, along with head ...Read more

A memory of Norton Heath in 1977 by Karen Scott

Redditch Town Centre.

I remember Huins shoe shop, and Evesham Street. I worked for a time in Liptons. I went to college in Birmingham and returned to Redditch to work in N. H. Harris hairdressers in Market Place, above the Singer sewing machine ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1960 by Roger Nettleton

My Village As A Child

I was born at Grainthorpe in 1945 at Chapel Hill Cottages to Jim and Ivy Holdsworth Dad was a Geordie who came to the village in 1943 with the Royal Ulster Rifles. My mother was Ivy Loughton and was brought up by her ...Read more

A memory of Grainthorpe

Sc Cummins Martin Street Off Earle Street

Does anybody there remember this company (S C Cummins) who built ice cream vans, and was Martin Street where the new shopping centre is in Earle Street? Happy days.

A memory of Crewe in 1968

Born On The Graig

"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, ...Read more

A memory of Graig in 1940 by Colin Gronow

Captions

3,594 captions found. Showing results 961 to 984.

Caption For St Audries, School 1903

A Victorian Tudor-style 'baronial pile', it is now the Amithaba Buddhist Centre; for some years it was a school, as in this view.

Caption For Chelmsford, The Public Library 1906

From1924 it housed the town's municipal offices, but was eventually replaced by a new Civic Centre.

Caption For Sway, Forest Heath Hotel C1955

Sway is a good centre for visitors to the New Forest who wish to explore the southern coastline without staying in a busy resort.

Caption For Kettlewell, The Village C1955

The Methodist chapel in the centre of the photograph is now converted into houses.

Caption For Calne, The Strand 1957

The building in the centre has gone and a massive redevelopment is under way, although the Lansdowne Arms Hotel has been spared so far.

Caption For Purfleet, Botany Cottages C1955

This row of twelve cottages bears a large crest in the centre with the date 1905.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Town View 1890

The castle can be clearly seen on the right of the picture and the tower of St Mary's with one of its clock faces to the centre of the picture on the horizon.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Mariner's Square 1906

The building to the centre is now without its bay window.

Caption For Old Colwyn, Abergele Road 1908

Cyclists wobble and weave, one hanging on to the shoulder of another (centre), as a charabanc bound for the attraction of the Fairy Glen chugs past.

Caption For Cardiff, Park Hotel 1893

The three hundred rooms offered 19th-century opulence tempered with comfort and convenience in the city centre.

Caption For Kettering, The Church C1960

This village-like landscape is a reminder of the old centre of Kettering, which clustered around the Manor House and the church.

Caption For Exeter, High Street And The Guildhall 1929

The exquisite Guildhall is in the centre.

Caption For Leeds, City Square C1965

At one time there were three railway stations in the city centre: Central, Wellington and New.

Caption For Nottingham, Lower Parliament Street C1950

All these structures were demolished when the Victoria Shopping Centre was built in the early 1970s.

Caption For Bridport, Victoria Grove And Roman Catholic Church 1913

The Foresters' Hall is now the British Legion Hall (centre) with No 50 the prominent house behind it.

Caption For Plymouth, The Pier And Mount Edgcumbe 1889

The clearing in the centre is the site of the famous folly, while on the right the top of Mount Edgecumbe House can be seen peep- ing from the trees.

Caption For Saltash, The Royal Albert Bridge 1890

Tamar barges such as the one in the centre of this picture would bring produce down from Calstock, Gunnislake and Bere Alston and land them at Cornwall Street in Devonport.

Caption For Wigton, The Square C1965

The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.

Caption For Exeter, High Street And The Guildhall 1929

The exquisite Guildhall is in the centre of this view of the High Street.

Caption For Hemsworth, Vale Head Park C1965

Bullenshaw House was a residential home, but it is now used as a resource centre for older people.

Caption For Normanton, Market Place C1955

The Central Market (centre left) opened in 1901, but was replaced recently by a more modern facility opposite.

Caption For Topsham, River Exe 1906

Topsham, downstream from her weir, flourished as a port, as exporters were forced to ship wool from this new centre of commerce.

Caption For Compton Bassett, General View C1960

This view shows the main street with the Old School, centre, which closed in 1964.

Caption For Porthtowan, The Village C1960

The Commodore Inn (now the Unicorn) stands in the centre of the view, with the village hall on the right.