Places
20 places found.
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- Hinkley Point Power Stations, Somerset
- Lyne Station, Borders
- Perranwell Station, Cornwall
- Ferryhill Station, Durham
- Nantyronen Station, Dyfed
- Station Hill, Cumbria
- Station Town, Durham
- Widdrington Station, Northumberland
- Eggesford Station, Devon
- Bedlington Station, Northumberland
- Meopham Station, Kent
- Mintlaw Station, Grampian
- Ratho Station, Lothian
- Uphall Station, Lothian
- Alne Station, Yorkshire
- Hart Station, Cleveland
- Otterham Station, Cornwall
- Udny Station, Grampian
- Balfron Station, Central Scotland
- Ruthwell Station, Dumfries and Galloway
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I Remember The Primary School And Merrys Motors In Station Road
I lived in the house on the corner of Station Road, near to the level crossing, and opposite the house was a garage and sign saying "Merry's motors mean many more merry miles motoring". ...Read more
A memory of Egham in 1949 by
Steam Trains
If I was out with my mother in the town as a small boy in the 1950s, I would pester to go to the station to see the steam trains through the railings. The journey home would take us up Windmill Hill past Enfield Chase station, but you couldn't get as near the engines there.
A memory of Enfield by
Ackworth
My grandparents (Mr and Mrs Scorah) used to live in Town End Avenue, Low Ackworth. I remember visiting them with my mother, while my dad was at war. We used to catch the bus from Scunthorpe to Waterdale, Doncaster. Then we would ...Read more
A memory of Ackworth in 1940 by
Wwii Billet
My mother, Maude Doyle was billeted at a farm in Outwell while stationed at searchlight battery at Sutton Bridge that served as RAF base. Fighter aircraft used the gun butts there to adjust their cone of fire I understand. The farmer's ...Read more
A memory of Outwell in 1940 by
Whit Lane
My parents owned a fish and chip shop just off Whit Lane at No1 Kent Street. The shop was damaged during the blitz, Dec 1940. Dad was away in the RAF, we were under the stairs sheltering when the bomb hit us. We were very lucky and ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1930 by
Christmases And Wwii Years In Skelmanthorpe
I was born in Leeds Yorkshire, but my maternal grandmother and other relatives lived in Skelmanthorpe. My earliest memories are of being the first grandchild and visiting grandma every Christmas ...Read more
A memory of Skelmanthorpe in 1930 by
Memories Of Sandy
I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy ...Read more
A memory of Sandy by
Draycott Police House
I was born in the Police House, my parents had moved into it from new. My older brother David, and my Dad (Constable Hind) made a garden swing for me out of railway sleepers. I can remember going to Sunday school and having ...Read more
A memory of Pear Tree in 1959
Phillips Memorial
I worked at Smiths Industries and when it was nice weather some of the other girls and I would take our lunch and sit in by the fish pond. I often wonder what happened to the others when Smiths moved. It was previously Waymouth Gauges near Godalming Station.
A memory of Godalming in 1966 by
Blyth Then And Now
I was born in Newsham in 1952 and then moved to Malvins Close shortly after my sister Joyce was born at the end of 1953. I t was a great place to live and Ken Dawson and I roamed all over the place: the beach, ...Read more
A memory of Blyth by
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Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park, and recreation grounds, its imposing town hall - one of the finest in the kingdom - in the Portsmouth up-to-date, which only requires a new railway station
The press announced that 'the Council Chamber has a share of oil paintings by the Victorian artist Richard Ansdell, who has given his name to a district and a railway station!'
Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park, and recreation grounds, its imposing town hall - one of the finest in the kingdom - in the Portsmouth up-to-date, which only requires a new railway station
Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park, and recreation grounds, its imposing town hall - one of the finest in the kingdom - in the Portsmouth up-to-date, which only requires a new railway station
Manor Street was developed from 1847 to provide a link road from the centre of town to the new railway station, which was situated on a new road - Railway Street; the railway line to Witham opened in
It was a custom for the newly married couple to be saluted with piercing shrieks from the engines passing through Pitsea station; this was how the train drivers added their congratulations to the
Sir Joseph had his own private railway station close by at Hutton Gate, and he laid out an imposing driveway to the Hall to mark his son's 21st birthday, known today as the Avenue.
A casualty station was set up there during the air raids on Cowes on the night of 4 and 5 May 1942.
Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park, and recreation grounds, its imposing town hall - one of the finest in the kingdom - in the Portsmouth up-to-date, which only requires a new railway station
In 1954 the old railway station buildings (where the car park is today outside the Albany) were replaced by the present booking office on London Road, and the platforms moved up to the other side
On 4 January 1859 the railway arrived; it was to join Godalming and Havant stations, and as a consequence, it was possible to travel from London Waterloo to Portsmouth direct.
Since 1838 Fleetwood had had a theatrical pavilion in Dock Street, and a daily conveyance at Poulton met the Fylde Union coach to and from Fleetwood's new bathing station, but it did not have a pier.
Next to the draper's shop on the left is Walmsley's Stationers and Bookshop. The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.
'Antelope' had been sold in 1913, but by March 1920 the surviving sisters were back on station for the GWR, though both were used for cargo runs only.
By looking first at the Fryerns Neighbourhood, then Lee Chapel North, followed by more recent building near Laindon Station, you can see the changes that have taken place over the years.
A fire engine house stood at the entrance to Gadebridge, and a new Fire Station was built on the site in 1905. The building, part of a pseudo-Tudor block, still stands in Queensway.
Finally a branch line from the GWR line at Dauntsey to Malmesbury was opened in December 1877, linking the town to Paddington; the station was built east of the town.
Many local activities did manage to continue during the war years, and some new things were introduced to the area by soldiers who were stationed locally.
The war memorial, incorporating a statue of a Greek maiden, was originally sited on the corner of Station Lane and Pitsea Broadway but was shifted to Howard Park to ease traffic problems.
Built at the bottom of Threadneedle Street, it was given a new service road - Market Road - that cut through the open land between the Corn Exchange and the railway station.
She lived at Laindon Station, where her father was stationmaster.
The town's two stations were built side by side, but the Bute Street link to Dunstable was closed during the short-sighted Marples era at the Transport Ministry in the 1960s - Ernest Marples employed
at the livestock market site next to the railway station.
This was true, the council wanted the land for '… road improvements, public offices, a fire station, baths and washhouses and sanitary conveniences.'
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