Photos

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Maps

316 maps found.

1897, Pentre-Piod Ref. RNE804488
1947, Pentre Cilgwyn Ref. NPO804336
1947, Pentre-Cefn Ref. NPO804405
1922, Pentre Berw Ref. POP804332
1922, Pentre Galar Ref. POP804356
1920, Pentre Hodre Ref. POP804361
1922, Pentre Isaf Ref. POP804364
1921, Pentre Llifior Ref. POP804370
1923, Pentre-Chwyth Ref. POP804409
1923, Pentre-Dwr Ref. POP804429
1923, Pentre-Gwenlais Ref. POP804448
1919, Pentre-Piod Ref. POP804488
1923, Pentre-Poeth Ref. POP804491
1947, Pentre Broughton Ref. NPO804334
1947, Pentre Llanrhaeadr Ref. NPO804368
1947, Pentre-Dwr Ref. NPO804429
1897, Pentre Broughton Ref. RNE804334
1897, Pentre Llanrhaeadr Ref. RNE804368
1898, Pentre Morgan Ref. RNE804376
1902-1903, Pentre Ref. RNC804285

Books

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Memories

1,253 memories found. Showing results 51 to 60.

St John's Gate Broad Street

St John's Gate in Broad Street in Bristol is the only surviving medieval city gateway, at one one time there were seven gates into the old city. Fortified gateways pierced the town wall at intervals. St John's Gateway, ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bristol Blitz

The High Street - the scene of many stirring events in Bristol's history and the heart of the city - was destroyed and lost forever during the Second World War. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Uppermount School

I went to Uppermount School, it was my first school, and my teacher was called Miss Brown. We used to sing 'The Farmer's in his Den' and stand in a circle calling children into the centre for small forfeits. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1955 by Jo Burton

Bristol's Cabot's Tower

Bristol's Cabot's Tower, and the penny pinching Council. Bristol's most prominent land mark, the Cabot Tower, was 100 years old in 1998. But the official opening was marked by a disastrous fire, a confidence trick and ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1890 by Paul Townsend

Victorian Horse Drawn Omnibus On The Park Street

This shows an early Victorian horse-drawn omnibus on the Park Street, Clifton, City Centre Bristol Zoo route. The fleet commenced with various horse trailers, totalling 109 with 678 horses. These ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1900 by Paul Townsend

A Day At The Seaside Littlehampton C 1955

I cannot remember how old I was when we started going to the south coast of England for a Sunday trip, but it was when my father sold his Norton motorbike and bought a Golden Flash with a sidecar ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1955 by Carole Baldwin

Childhood Memories

Hello, I was born in Builth Wells hospital in 1957, we were living in the village of Tirabad at the time. My uncle and auntie, Ellis and Dot Topliss, plus my cousins also lived here. My father and uncle worked for the forestry ...Read more

A memory of Tirabad in 1957 by Ian Topliss

Ealing 1962 Onwards

I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1962

The Eleanor Cross At Geddington

The two girls seen in this photo of the ford at Geddington in the mid 1950s aren’t me and my sister, but they easily could have been! We used to visit my grandmother at Geddington regularly around this time, and ...Read more

A memory of Geddington in 1955 by Julia Skinner

Hounslow 1970's

I was born in West Mid Hosp and we lived in Worton Way which was technically Isleworth but very close to Hounslow High Street. Our surname was Pritchett. I went to Spring Grove Infant School in Star Road from 1962-1969 and then ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Christine Callow

Captions

3,593 captions found. Showing results 121 to 144.

Caption For Lincoln, Silver Street C1950

Almost all went on the right, in sequence: the Stonebow Centre, then a five storey office block replacing the tall Italianate building with urn finials, and then beyond is now the Silvergate Centre

Caption For Exning, The War Memorial C1955

A visitor from 1955 would be rather confused by this view (taken from the gateway of Cotton End House), as the war memorial was moved in 2001 from the centre to the right-hand side of the road and

Caption For Lymm, The Dingle C1955

Today Martin's Bank (centre left) is occupied by an estate agent, reflecting Lymm's status as a housing hot spot, whilst Barclay's Bank (centre) trades from a less harmonious modern building.

Caption For Wakefield, Kirkgate C1965

Woolworth's store, seen here at the end of this section of Kirkgate (centre), draws shoppers down this precinct past the shops on the right, built in the early 1960s.

Caption For St Neots, Market Square C1965

The Bridge Hotel, the white-painted building to the left, is now a Beefeater pub, and Boots (centre right) has become Lloyds, reflecting a prosperous retail shopping centre.

Caption For Swavesey, High Street C1965

The centre of the village is located around the White Horse public house (centre right).

Caption For Basildon, Allders Liquidaton, The Eastgate Centre 2005

Since 1958 when the first shops began opening, Basildon town centre has been the home for a whole host of differing consumer needs.

Caption For Glasgow, George Square 1897

In the centre of the square the column of Sir Walter Scott dominates. The large building in the centre background is the Merchants' House, opened in 1877. Upper storeys have since been added.

Caption For Ormskirk, Victoria Gardens C1965

Granted a charter in 1286, Ormskirk was an important market and industrial centre.

Caption For Stourbridge, Town Hall And Market Street C1960

In the 1980s it was cleaned and renovated and partially incorporated within the Crown Centre shopping complex.

Caption For West Lulworth, C1965

Behind the buildings of Hambury Farm (foreground) are Church Road and Bindon Road (centre) with Main Road snaking through the picture.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1965

We are looking eastwards along Bridge Street to the Guildhall (centre) and Guildhall Cottage (centre left).

Caption For Hawkshead, The Square 1929

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.

Caption For Southwold, High Street C1955

The cinema (in the distance, centre left) was soon to be closed, but the imposing furniture shop of James Ward (centre) may still be found, though under new management.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Square 1929

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.There have been a few changes here since the

Caption For West Bay, Village And Beach 1922

The latecomer amongst Dorset's holiday haunts (the author Thomas Hardy called it Port Bredy), West Bay hamlet grew up around historic Bridport Harbour (centre) and its double piers, which protect a ship

Caption For Richmond, Castle Hill 1929

In the centre is a fish and chip saloon; to its right is the narrow wynd called The Bar, and on the railings is an advertisement for wet fish on sale in the basement of No 1 New Road.

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1955

As the county and assize town of Kent, as well as its chief agricultural centre, Maidstone is also a busy market and shopping centre, and many of its older buildings are overshadowed by the commercial

Caption For Corby, Forest Gate Road C1965

Taken from Coronation Park, this view looks north, away from the town centre.

Caption For Hawkshead, The Square 1929

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From The Torrs C1870

Despite the lofty heights surrounding Ilfracombe, the town centre is low- lying and prone to flooding.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1950

Promotional material published about Redditch tells us that the existing town centre was `re-planned`, an innocuous-sounding word which, in this context, really means `destroyed`.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1965

Garth Dawson's Camera Cabin, located behind the clock (centre, behind the bus), has had several locations around the centre of Accrington, and is now sited round the corner on Blackburn

Caption For Ambleside, The White Lion And Royal Oak Hotels 1912

We are in the centre of Ambleside; Lamb's Royal Oak Hotel is on the left, and the White Lion Hotel is in the centre.A coach-and-four has pulled up outside the White Lion, while bustle in the main street