Maps

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Books

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Memories

2,732 memories found. Showing results 631 to 640.

Moving Here

Moved here to Rossington back in 1979. Lived at 42 Streatfield Cres, the end house. I rented the house from the N C B but a year later was offered to buy it from them. I paid one thousand 800 pounds for it, the morgage was 12 ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1979 by Keith Scott

Lost Family Knowledge

My maternal grandparents (Hales) lived in Rectory Cottage, Wootton, and my mother was married from there in St George the Martyr Church, in the village, to a local man John (Jack) Evans on December 26 1938. I ...Read more

A memory of Wootton in 1930 by David Evans

Blackmill

My name is Beth McMillan - Mckay then. Now living in New Zealand. We lived in Glyn-Llan but I spent many a hour walking up and down that road to Blackmill, getting the shopping in the Co-op and little shop/post-office on the corner. ...Read more

A memory of Blackmill by Beth Mc Millan

Highgate Village In The 1960s

What I am most interested in writing about is how Highgate Village has changed so much since my school days, growing up there in the 1960s. Today most of the shops are coffee shops, ...Read more

A memory of Highgate in 1965 by Robert Molesworth

The Amazing Vaughan Family

Stan and Helen Vaughan met me at the Leicester Train station after my long journey from California. I had won a Rotary International Scholarship and the Vaughans were my host family. I was a scared young girl and I ...Read more

A memory of Desford in 1986 by Donna Rose Houchen

Memories Of Walthamstow

My memories of Walthamstow are mainly of other people - but here goes! My son was born in 1965 in Thorpe Coombe Hospital, where some of the people who have posted memories on this site were born. Before 1934 my ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1965 by Diana Dioszeghy

Car Intoxicated

Kilbirnie man, James Fairly, better known as JIMMY went on a camping holiday with four others to Fort William. We had car trouble on the way and had to pay the cost of that. This left us with reduced spending power and on the way ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1965 by John Allan

Wartime In Bournemouth With The Post Office Service

My mother,Margaret Newell was employed at the Mount Pleasant Post Office HQ, London. In 1940 she was moved to Bournemouth where I believe the Forces Postal Service had been headquartered. ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Martin Newell

Visiting Uncle Fred And Auntie Stina Ashfield.

Growing up in the late 40s and 50s, a highlight of my visits to relatives was the trip to Horseheath to see uncle Fred and Auntie Stina at the post-office. I was always drawn to the large greenhouse ...Read more

A memory of Horseheath in 1955 by Christopher Wright

Searle The Boatbuilder

In the row of cottages on Pill Creek mentioned by Malcolm Macmeikan lived "old Searle" who built small boats in a shed on the quay on the opposite side of the creek. At age 11 or 12, I painted one of them, a rowing boat ...Read more

A memory of Feock in 1930 by Philip Woodward

Captions

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Caption For Southport, London Square 1902

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

Caption For Rhyl, The Pavilion And Victoria Pier C1867

A poster on the pier pavilion proclaims that 'Chris Reynolds and his Splendid Band' are playing tonight. The pier was demolished in 1972.

Caption For Sheffield, The Town Hall 1896

In 1898 the city accountant broke the news to the rate payers that the building had cost over £182,000.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

The promenade seen here was built in the 1880s at a cost of £350, but it was destroyed in the catastrophic 1953 floods.

Caption For Warwick, The Old Bridge 1922

In c1790 the Earl of Warwick offered to pay most of the cost of a new bridge, which was to be erected upstream.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach 1890

The promenade seen here was built in the 1880s at a cost of £350, but it was destroyed in the catastrophic 1953 floods.

Caption For Kingswinford, The Shopping Precinct C1965

In 1967 a dozen eggs cost 4s 1d; 2lb of sugar 1s 9d; potatoes were 5d a pound; a pint of milk 10d; streaky bacon 3s 6d a pound; and for the well off, sirloin was 6s 10d a pound.

Caption For Bognor Regis, From The Pier 1890

The Local Board have expended £14,000 on a sea-wall and fine esplanade, and the pier, 1,000 feet in length, cost £5,000.

Caption For Penarth, Alexandra Park C1955

The 1950s proved somewhat of a flat period for the park. 1951 witnessed the scrapping of its bandstand – a £62 repair estimate was deemed too costly, while 1956 saw the removal of its weather station.

Caption For Swindon, Victoria Road To Regent Circus C1955

This was built in 1896 at a cost of £10,000 on land presented by W V Rolleston.

Caption For Belfast, Methodist College, Mc Arthur Hall 1897

A Limerick architect provided the design of the building, though his estimates of cost proved to be low - help from the all-powerful American Methodists was welcome.

Caption For Lepe, The Beach C1955

In the 1970s a six-bedroom property with staff cottage in Lepe cost £70,000.

Caption For Southport, Cambridge Hall, Art Gallery, Library And Bank 1887

The complex was built on a site previously occupied by a row of cottages adjacent to Cambridge Hall, and opened in 1878 having cost around £14,000.

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge C1900

This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London's river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street 1893

To its right stands the cathedral-like front of the Baptist church, built by George Morgan in 1877 at a cost of £4200. The huge wheel window over the double porch is flanked by twin towers.

Caption For Exmouth, The Pier And The Steamer 1922

The vessel we see here took trippers along the cost of Lyme Bay, visiting other resorts along the way.

Caption For Maybole, Culzean Castle 1904

Patterson's other work included Chillingham Castle (1803) and the rebuilding of Brancepeth Castle (1817) for William Russell of Sunderland at a cost in excess of £120,000.

Caption For Cambridge, River Cam C1965

This is still one of the main punt hiring stations in Cambridge today, although the modern-day prices reflect the passage of time - at the time of this photograph, it cost 3s 6d to hire a punt and 3s a

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

Caption For Greenock, Princes Pier 1904

The pier and railway station were rebuilt and extended between 1892 and 1894 at a cost of over £62,000.

Caption For Milford On Sea, C1955

In 1960 a new 3-bedroom bungalow with a garage and two WCs cost £4,700.

Caption For Louth, Mercer Row C1955

The town is more famous, though, for its superb and grand church, crowned by its 295 feet high spire, built in the early 1500s at a cost of £305.

Caption For Bournville, Mary Vale Road 1949

Initially 143 homes were built, which were sold at cost price. A 999 year leasing arrangement ensured that gardens and open areas could not be built on.

Caption For Cardiff, Roath Park Lake 1902

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.