Places
14 places found.
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- Coates, Lancashire
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Coates, Lincolnshire
- Coat, Somerset
- Coates, Gloucestershire
- Coates, Nottinghamshire
- Coates, Cambridgeshire
- Coates, Sussex
- Coates, Lothian (near Penicuik)
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Devizes)
- Great Coates, Humberside
- Salt Coates, Cumbria
- Little Coates, Humberside
- North Coates Airfield, Lincolnshire
Photos
49 photos found. Showing results 1,141 to 49.
Maps
88 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 1,369 to 1.
Memories
1,483 memories found. Showing results 571 to 580.
National School
I lived in 26 Caledonia Street, from 1944 till 1953. I went to the National School in George Street. To get to school we had to pass Sadie Bells hens that she kept in her back yard but let them out in the back lane. They ...Read more
A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1950 by
Ultra Violet Treatment
I lived in Millwood Road and went to Chatsworth Infants and Juniors. I remember going to the clinic for treatment for a pidgeon chest, mum took a photo of me wearing my goggles; it was also used for asthma or chest ...Read more
A memory of Hounslow in 1954 by
Battersea
I was born in 1930 in Chelsea but moved to Haines Street, Battersea (demolished to make way for New Covent Garden in the 1960's) in 1933. Moved to No.3 Sleaford Street Battersea in 1935 and went to Sleaford Street School until 1939 (Mr ...Read more
A memory of Battersea in 1930 by
Dynea, Glamorgan Canal
Can anyone remember upper and lower boat? I was told that my grandparents lived in the lock keepers cottage at Dynea and I know my grandmother Dora Bateman/Jones was born in Pencoed with the rest of her ...Read more
A memory of Rhydyfelin by
Pickmere Boating Lake
My wife came across John Baylies memories of Jack Spence. I was the little lad who also helped bring water from the spring. I only lived over the fields and was always down the lake, I remember the rowing boats blue & ...Read more
A memory of Pickmere in 1958 by
Boating On The Lake
I spent many happy hours in Horton Park in the late 1940's and early 1950's, particularly when the lake had paddle boats on it. During many winters the lake froze over and we went sliding on it. One winter I learned a valuable ...Read more
A memory of Bradford by
Always My Home.
Barnes was the place no matter what year I grew up there from 1951 born in Cleveland rd, I remember the pond freezing over and walking to the Island slipping and sliding on the ice...floating my boat.. with my dad..feeding the ducks ...Read more
A memory of Barnes in 1962 by
Kingswear, Me, And My Dog.
He was only a few weeks old when he came to us, my mother had got to know about him and thought he was just the thing I needed to cheer me up. I was fourteen years of age and had not long moved home; my parents had decided ...Read more
A memory of Kingswear
Wartime Prefabs At Upper Boat.
I have just read a memory of this extate from Brian Williams, I lived there from 1943 to 1945, at which point my father returned to his pre-war workplace at Croydon Airport. I remember a Brian Williams, I wonder if its the ...Read more
A memory of Upper Boat by
Wartime Prefabs At Upper Boat.
I have just read a memory of this extate from Brian Williams, I lived there from 1943 to 1945, at which point my father returned to his pre-war workplace at Croydon Airport. I remember a Brian Williams, I wonder if ...Read more
A memory of Upper Boat by
Captions
1,648 captions found. Showing results 1,369 to 1,392.
Every day the pilot boats thread a winding path between the yachts, leading in huge vessels that seem impossibly big for such a relatively narrow waterway.
No doubt the kiosk sold tickets for the boats at the end of the pier, but for a generation which knew nothing of cars it also led to a railway system opening up the delights of County Down.
At one time Bardsea was part of Lancashire, and could only be reached by boat or by a dangerous route over the shifting sands of Morecombe Bay.
Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.
The bay windowed building is Hampton House, whilst the Royal Oak, on the other side of St Ann`s Lane, continues to provide refreshment to the boating fraternity.
Along Hall Quay are clustered craft of every kind: flat-bottomed barges, wherries and fish- ing boats—it is still the age of the sail.
We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.
The two octagons of the tower can be seen for miles around, and were used as a beacon by those travelling by boat through Willingham Mere.
In the foreground, Mum and Dad watch over their children who are sitting in a small fishing boat.
In this peaceful scene we see two boats tied up waiting for visitors in the shallows of Semer Water.
We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.
The military vehicle is used to pull boats belonging to the fishermen to a safe and easier spot to unload their catch.
Model sailing boats ply back and forth across the pool.
In the foreground are several pleasure boats - the 'Monarch' and the 'Angler'.
Pleasure boats are anchored in the shallows, and the large hulk of the old 'museum' ship, the 'Eliza', is higher up on the beach.
Sheltered by the nearby island of Cumbrae, Largs is a popular place for messing about in boats.
It is a popular centre for yachting and for boating trips in the Firth and to the Kyles of Bute.
Seahouses managed to hang on to its smaller sailing fishing boats until the 1920s, when motor-driven drifters began to be used.
Jerome K Jerome describes a classic journey in his 'Thee Men in a Boat'.
The two men pose in the wooden flush-built boat, 'White Heather'.
Both boats are flying the standard of Robinsons Boatyard.
The family in the boat are enjoying sailing on a light breeze, and the boy on the bank is fishing, probably for tench, although eel catching is more popular.
From here children could play safely, and the fishermen could prepare their nets and their boats.
The tea gardens prospered after the Second World War and became a popular and convenient stopping-off place for boat trips along the Thames to and from Oxford and elsewhere.
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