Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Poplar, Middlesex
- Bow, Middlesex
- Bethnal Green, Middlesex
- Stepney, Middlesex
- Alton Towers, Staffordshire
- Isle of Dogs, Middlesex
- Limehouse, Middlesex
- Spitalfields, Middlesex
- Barjarg Tower, Dumfries and Galloway
- Bromley, Middlesex
- Stratford Marsh, Middlesex
- Tower Hill, Merseyside
- Tower Hill, Essex
- St George in the East, Middlesex
- Wapping, Middlesex
- Globe Town, Middlesex
- Old Ford, Middlesex
- Cubitt Town, Middlesex
- Tower Hill, Cheshire
- Tower Hill, Surrey
- Bow Common, Middlesex
- Mile End, Middlesex
- Millwall, Middlesex
- Ratcliff, Middlesex
- Warmley Tower, Avon
- Tower Hill, Hertfordshire
- Tower End, Norfolk
- Tower Hamlets, Kent
- Tower Hill, Devon
- Tower Hill, West Midlands
- Blackwall, Middlesex
- North Woolwich, Middlesex
- Hackney Wick, Middlesex
- Shadwell, Middlesex
- South Bromley, Middlesex
- Tower Hill, Sussex (near Horsham)
Photos
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Maps
223 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 1,273 to 1.
Memories
637 memories found. Showing results 531 to 540.
Bulford Camp 1945 To 1947
We lived in Bulford Camp from about 1945 till father left the army in about 1947. Father was in the RAMC and was stationed at the MRS opposite the Kiwi School near to where the Catholic Church now stands. I attended the ...Read more
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Von And Len''s Memories.
WOW! I am Yvonne Blake (ne Hoare) the memories here are wonderful and yes we remember the Odeon where my sister Shirley and brother David went while I went to Burtons for ballroom dancing lessons. We lived at ...Read more
A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1955 by
From Melbourne To Coldharbour
In May 1971 my mother (Jeanne Grenville) brother Chris and I rented 'Ruffeys' at Coldharbour. We had just arrived from Melbourne, Australia and we were to make our home in the UK. Chris and I were so homesick for ...Read more
A memory of Coldharbour in 1971 by
The Hobo Manifesto
You can take the boy out of south London, but you can't take south London out of the boy. The songs on this album, 'The Hobo Manifesto', were inspired by growing up in London and the music that influenced me as a ...Read more
A memory of Streatham by
The Traffic Light Box In The Clocktower Roundabout
I was a policeman in Newmarket from 1962 -1970 and well remember having to stand in the glass tower in the middle of the roundabout controlling the traffic using the part-time traffic lights on ...Read more
A memory of Newmarket in 1964 by
Caught In A Storm In 1948
When I was 4 years old I lived on an ex troop carrier which we named the Rembrant (its name was originally the Martello, I think). There was a storm and the moorings gave way and we were adrift at the mercy of rough ...Read more
A memory of Thundersley in 1940 by
Fort Or Folly Near City Lawn Tennis Club
Can anyone please shed any light on what was (or is) an old fort or folly in woodland behind the Lawn Tennis club off Maidstone Road? I have a photo but I'm not sure it would come out well scanned. I ...Read more
A memory of Rochester by
War
The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1940 by
Crossdown School
Both my brother and I (twins) started school in the 1950's - Miss Akins, Miss Houth(?) F.Ford (the headteacher) had a dog. We played in the yard and the school had its own garden. We would go to the St Cross church on holy days. ...Read more
A memory of Knutsford in 1951 by
York Minster
Some time in York I'd spend an hour or so within the Minster itself, and for me it was not fascination that brought me into the place; it was because its past history which was revealed. Take the Jews, many of which had came from Israel ...Read more
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Captions
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With the towers of the Minster in the background, this street lined with red brick and white-rendered Georgian cottages has a pleasing elegance and symmetry.
The distinctive central tower was hit during the Second World War.
A clock was installed on the tower to celebrate the Millenium in 2000. The huge chestnut tree has disappeared, as has the garden where the children are playing.
The characteristic tower and open air pulpit of the Congregational church dominates the centre of this view.
The great Norman crossing tower has windows high up, which flood the crossing with light. Beyond the crossing, the network of 15th-century vault ribs recedes into the distance.
Set in Heysham Towers, which was formerly the home of the Knowles family, it was open from 1925 until 1972, except for a period during the war years when it was conscripted by the military
The Park Hill estate towers above Sheffield Midland station.
The regimental museum in Tower Street has displays of medals, uniforms and weapons, and models showing the battles that both this and other Yorkshire regiments fought in many parts of the world
The original railway station building with its clock tower, the terminus of the line from Ulverston, looks down Lake Windermere.
The Park Hill estate towers above Sheffield Midland station.
The lone tower dates back to the rebuilding of the 1530s, the rest of the church having been demolished in 1760.
Holy Trinity Church tower is prominent; to its left is a conical shaped roof. This was the pottery works of Charles Brannam, makers of Royal Barum Ware.
This imposing brick gateway, surmounted by a clock tower, was built 1860-62. A soldier stands to the right of the gate.
In the background the tower of the Town Hall dominates the street. Trowbridge was famous for its cloth trade; the Bristol Drapery company is on the right.
At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the cathedral, whose modest spire (added when the tower was rebuilt in 1904) rises behind
Dating from the 8th century, All Saints also has a 15th-century tower; the church was restored in 1871. The nearby vicarage was built in 1821.
Originally there were six postern towers; the one at Fishergate is now the only one that remains unaltered. It once overlooked the King's Fishpool.
It has a low tower, nave and north aisle, with a south transept on the far side. Within, a curious niche in the west wall may be the entry to an anchorite's cell of c1400.
The church is of flint, with a Perpendicular ashlar-faced tower.
In the distance, across the water meadows, the spire-topped tower of St Lawrence's church beckons.
The splendid Perpendicular tower of All Saints, Youlgreave, is one of the finest in the Peak District, and commands this view down Church Street.
Its tower is a noted land- mark over the city.
Rounded flanking towers can be seen in the photograph, and two lions stand either side of the pointed arch.
Constructed in 1080, its floor plan is half as big again as the White Tower's. It stands above a temple dedicated to Claudius's victory of AD43.
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