Places
18 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Hythe, Kent
- Hythe, Hampshire
- Small Hythe, Kent
- Bablock Hythe, Oxfordshire
- Methwold Hythe, Norfolk
- Hythe, Somerset
- Hythe, Surrey
- Hythe End, Berkshire
- The Hythe, Essex
- Egham Hythe, Surrey
- West Hythe, Kent
- New Hythe, Kent
- Broad Street, Kent (near Hythe)
- Horn Street, Kent (near Hythe)
- Newbarn, Kent (near Hythe)
- Newington, Kent (near Hythe)
- Broad Street, Kent (near Hythe)
- Stone Hill, Kent (near Hythe)
Photos
360 photos found. Showing results 81 to 100.
Maps
101 maps found.
Books
10 books found. Showing results 97 to 10.
Memories
4,406 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.
More Memories From A Boy Growing Up In Burghfield
Back in Burghfield around 1962, I clearly remember one day during the School Summer Holiday seeing a Huge Red and Green Steamroller coming towards me with a whole host of Road Tar making ...Read more
A memory of Burghfield Common by
Hornsea Convalescent Home
I have just been reading other people's memories of being incarcerated in Hornsea convalescent home, which as the name suggests is a place for a child who has been ill for some reason to be happy and relaxed away from ...Read more
A memory of Hornsea by
Old Eastbrook School Photos?
Hi folks. I'm an old Dagenham native and a previous student at the Eastbrook School in Dagenham. I now live and work in Seattle and am actually writing my memoirs, which include my school days there. I've Google ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham by
First Visit Away From Home
I believe it was 1967 when I first visited .the trip was arranged between Appleby Magna juniors and local Packington juniors under the Leicester education board . My first sight was magical and although a few were ...Read more
A memory of Aberglaslyn Hall by
Low Bradley Farm
I lived in Low Bradley Farm in the late 60's early 70's with my dad Peter Dominey, Mam Dorothy Dominey and brother Christopher. I was only just over a year old when we moved onto the farm and left when I was 7. The farm was owned ...Read more
A memory of Medomsley by
The Gables Westbourne
Reading my Mother's notes in my 'Baby Book ' ,something seemingly not done nowadays, I was reminded that I was born in a Private nursing home, The Gables, Pine Tree Glen ,Westbourne in 1947. Now flats and ironically ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth by
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I Part 2
Like everyone else growing up in Newarthill, life wasn’t easy, as times were tough in the 50s and 60s and I suppose in many ways it is today. But back then people really had nothing, but one thing I do ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
Happy Days
I remember being taken into youngs shop as a small child where they sold more than drapery. Upstairs there were rolls of lino and the whole shop smelled of it. Downstairs I was fascinated by the cash cups that ran up tubes to the cashier ...Read more
A memory of Normanton
Those Were The Days
I moved to Ireland Wood from Portsmouth when I was 4 years old with my Mum and dad who was in the navy. We lived at 42 Raynel Way. The house was built by the Council. Most of the houses like ours were made of prefabricated ...Read more
A memory of Cookridge by
Going Down The End Of The Road !
I have quite vivid memories from the late 1950's of Woodhall Parade or "The End of the Road" as those in Woodhall Crescent called it. Harry Skeeles the cockney greengrocer, always with his hat on and mostly with a ...Read more
A memory of Hornchurch by
Captions
4,899 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.
The Parade 1890 Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the ter- races, villas
By the 1880s the shoeblack societies had four hundred boys on their books. A number were given cheap board and lodging.
Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive workshops
This corner of Fairhaven Lake provides a quirky aside to the larger statement made by the leisure facilities in the gardens proper.
In the earlier years of the 20th century, Bere Regis had a reputation as the toughest town in Dorset, forcefully policed by the local constabulary.
On the left, between A G Day's, the stationer, newsagent and bookseller's shop and the Angel Inn with its illuminated sign, is the old archway topped by the town clock, all of which are owned by the
Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the terraces, villas and open spaces so typical
Four local men and their dogs discuss the forthcoming day's fishing by the Lazy River.
Standing in the upper Douglas Valley, Wigan was once a market town, but by the mid 19th century it was a major centre for Lancashire's coal industry.
Wordsworth was inspired by the view of Christ Church Meadow, which is enhanced by the river, the spires and the magnificent college buildings.
It stood at the crossroads of the footpath which led from Verulanium (St Albans) via Wheathampstead to Hitchin, once travelled by the Roman legions, mediaeval pilgrims, and by the fugitive King Charles
The churchwarden in question must have been a wealthy man, for the mosaic was designed by the Oxford Professor of Art Selwyn Image and made by the same craftsmen responsible for the mosaics in St Paul's
The town's fortunes have fluctuated over the years: once a thriving stannary town, then a woollen town, it was rescued from decline by the rise of the tourist trade in the 1880s, which was stimulated by the
Less than half a mile upstream from Bideford Bridge, it is close by the original river crossing. This photograph encapsulates farming old-style, with hens running free in the yard by the house.
Rodhouse's, a milliner's and draper's (extreme right), are still remembered with much affection in the town by the many ladies who bought their hats and bonnets there, made by the Misses
Street c1955 Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the
The flamboyant hotel in the middle distance was built in 1887 by the somewhat quirky Nottingham architect Watson Fothergill.
Owned by the Glasgow & South Western Railway, the pier was rebuilt and extended between 1892 and 1894, and more than £20,000 was spent by the company on alterations to the pier railway station.
Most were rebuilt or covered over and replaced by the modern heated indoor pool.
Judging by the way the sand is churned up, the little horse has had a few gallops up and down. The boy with his hands in his pockets seems fascinated by the animal.
Owned by the Glasgow & South Western Railway, the pier was rebuilt and extended during 1892-94 and more than £20,000 was spent by the company on alterations to the pier railway station.
It was rebuilt by the art collector Thomas Hope who had inherited it in 1807, and Disraeli wrote most of 'Coningsby' here in 1844.
Once used as a holiday home by the sixteen-year-old Beatrix Potter and her family, the castle was later acquired by the National Trust, and has for many years been used as a training centre for marine
Built in the mid 1950s, it was followed into the town by the Ford Engineering Research Centre at Dunton.
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