Maps

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Books

49 books found. Showing results 1,057 to 1,080.

Memories

8,155 memories found. Showing results 441 to 450.

The Old Wath Pavillion Club

Does anyone recall the old Wath Pavillion Club? I have so many happy memorries of my teens visiting 'the pav', as it was known. I lived in Denaby but visited the pav one weekend with a friend, it was there I ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1987 by Harry Woodhouse

Wonderful Memories Of Living Down The Browney

I was born in Harle Street, daughter of Alan an' Ruth White. The Browney was a lovely friendly place to live, all the neighbours in the streets got on so well. Everyone knew each other and would ...Read more

A memory of Browney Gill in 1962 by Janice White

The Ridge

I lived at 71 The Ridge for 20 years from 1946 to 1966 when I went to Agricultural college. I still have happy memories of going to the youth club in the Church hall. Playing games and helping in harvest time at Top Farm, long ...Read more

A memory of Great Doddington by David Kerswell

Bus Station

I remember the bus station opening as my uncle, Councilor Tom Talbot was Mayor of Crewe at the time and he laid the comerative stone in the then Royal Arcade. The comerative plaque was covered over in about 2011 but I intervened and had ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1955 by Ian Speake

Saturday Treats

My late father, Bill Clements, always took me shopping on a Saturday morning and after hair cuts we would end up a Woollies for sweets and a matchbox toy before catching a bus home to webheath from the old bus station just down to the left of Woolworths.

A memory of Redditch in 1961 by Martin Clements

Robinsons Chemist

My dad owned Robinsons Chemist and I lived over it from 1963 till I married in 68. We lived on Anglemead Crescent prior to moving back over the shop! I remember John Moore at Pinner Park/ Headstone and Moira Francis was my ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1860 by Carole Gusoskey

Lovely Little Dartmouth, A Time Capsule

My uncle, Reginald, always called Dartmouth, "The Town That Time Forgot". And he meant that in a good way because Dartmouth was largely unchanged over the years and of course, as a result, is now quite the ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth by Robert Pavlick

Memories Of Good And Bad Days In Tottenham

My Name is Alan Pearce. I was born in October 1939 at 75 Park View Road and I have many memories of going to the bottom of the road and walking under the very low tunnel which carried the railway line. ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1930 by Alan Pearce

Broad Street School

I too, went to the Nursery School on Broad Street. I remember Miss Massey who slammed the desk down on my fingers squashing my signet ring, which resulted in my finger swelling and the ring having to be cut off! Such a nice lady ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1956 by Lynn Bryan

Working At The Bowling Alley

Having returned from Australia, I got a job as controller 4 nights and Sundays, it was a great scene, what with the disco downstairs, the bar upstairs, a barber shop, restaurant, 24 lanes, and a juke box with great ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1966 by Bob Bell

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 1,057 to 1,080.

Caption For Charlwood, The Archway 1906

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

Caption For Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks.The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Caption For Hemswell, Dawnhill Lane C1955

The houses on the right were built by the council not long before the photograph was taken, and from their appearance several are now privately owned.

Caption For Sawbridgeworth, Hyde Hall 1903

It passed down through the Jocelyn family, whose monuments can be seen in the church of St Mary the Great. Hyde Hall was extended in 1806 and completely refurbished in 1869.

Caption For Daventry, From Newnham Hill C1965

Unfortunately, they have also closed down as the car industry has reformed itself.

Caption For Ludham, A Spring Morning At The Staithe C1931

The crews of the three motor launches are preparing their vessels, and in the background a sailing cruiser has already departed down river. The entrance to the Broad is on the right.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Churchgate 1929

Lower down beyond the children is the corner drapery shop of the Misses Pryke.

Caption For Beddgelert, Snowdon 1931

It is the perfect site for the ancient priory that once stood here; it was attached to the church of St Celert, and pilgrims have made their way here down the centuries.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village C1955

Bridge Stores (right of centre) advertises Colman`s Mustard in much more basic style than the Victorian sign that used to look down on the central part of the street.

Caption For Penzance, Market Jew Street 1920

This, the most westerly town in England, has been raided down the centuries by Spanish ships and by pirates.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1950

Looking down Market Street towards St Mary's with the spire of St Martin's just visible beyond.

Caption For High Wycombe, View From The Guildhall C1955

From the arches of the Georgian Guildhall the camera looks down White Hart Street. The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

Caption For Thrapston, De Vere Road C1955

Pairs of 1930s semis seem to march down the hill, the view made more bleak by the brutal municipal pruning of the silver birch trees - they are now no more substantial than the street lamp or the telephone

Caption For Porthgwarra, Cove And Caves 1908

There is just space to bring a few open fishing boats between the rocks to a slipway at this little cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head.

Caption For Guildford, High Street 1903

A picture taken eight years later than No 35060A, and lower down the High Street towards the river.

Caption For Ryde, Union Street 1904

Much of its architecture dates from the 19th century, a reminder that the Victorians made this island their own as a holiday and residential location.

Caption For Warnham, Corner House 1921

After the horses had been changed at Kingsfold, the stagecoaches ran through Warnham down Little London Hill, past Warnham Corner at the junction of Station Road.

Caption For Wass, The Village C1960

The view from Keeper's Cottage, left, leads us down the lane towards the Wombwell Arms, named after local landowner, Sir George Wombwell.

Caption For Youlgrave, Church Street C1955

The splendid Perpendicular tower of All Saints, Youlgreave, is one of the finest in the Peak District, and commands this view down Church Street.

Caption For Teignmouth, From The Pier 1903

The bathing huts will soon be winched down to the shallows so that modest ladies can paddle discreetly.

Caption For Wales, The Square C1955

In the days when the Reverend William Downes was rector, and William Wilkinson kept the Leeds Arms, local farmers included Joseph Booth, Jonathan Marshall, Maude Thomas, John Shirt and Thomas Stanland

Caption For Pendleton, The Village 1921

Owned for centuries by the Aspinall family, Pendleton was an old village when the Domesday Book was compiled.

Caption For Kings Lynn, The Broad Walks 1891

In the 19th century, fungus started to attack the elm and ash trees, and in August 1891 an ancient mulberry tree planted by monks from Blackfriars Monastery blew down.

Caption For Wantage, Market Place C1965

The statue of King Alfred, erected in 1877, looks down on a car park taken over every Wednesday and Saturday by market stalls.