Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
181,031 maps found.
Books
442 books found. Showing results 15,361 to 15,384.
Memories
29,040 memories found. Showing results 6,401 to 6,410.
My Dads Childhood Memories
I grew up in Davenham and so did my dad, Terence Littlemore. He's now in his late eighties and loves telling us stories about when he was a small boy and how hard life was then...but very enjoyable. Before he went to ...Read more
A memory of Davenham in 1930 by
A Year Away From The Colonies
I lived in Ilford in 1963. My father had won a scholarship to study chest disease in London, so he and Mom packed us up and carted us off to England. Ilford offered the cheapest acceptable lodgings close to London for ...Read more
A memory of Ilford in 1963 by
Life In Marbury As A Child
My surname was Campbell when I was born in Marbury in 1952. My sister Christine told me about this memory page and I was really excited because I remain fascinated by Marbury even though it is 48 years since I left. I go ...Read more
A memory of Marbury in 1952 by
North Road And The Treacle Hole.
I was at the local junior school, the headmaster of which was Mr Ronald Pearson,when this photo was taken.He lived just beyond and to the right of the area of the photo,in Hallas Road.My uncle Jim Wroe was at ...Read more
A memory of Kirkburton in 1950 by
Bedfont Hotel
My husband and I have great memories of Clacton when we worked at the Bedfont Hotel for disabled. We worked as house parents for about 3 years and had a wonderful time looking after many adults and children, it was a very ...Read more
A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1972 by
Childhood In Boweryard
I have just read the article written by Ethel Jones in 2008. It brought so many happy memories back for me. When I moved to Ironbridge I went to live at 79 Waterfall Cottage, Boweryard. It was 1946 and I was 10 months ...Read more
A memory of Ironbridge in 1946 by
The Best 53 Years Of My Life
I came to know Drummore when I met my husband in 1957. We married in 1960 and this year is our Golden Wedding. My memories of Drummore include Crawfords shop, The Queen's hotel with the great family feeling you got ...Read more
A memory of Drummore in 1957 by
Schooldays
I was born in Broken Cross and went to the old infant school when Mrs. Richards, Miss Lomax and Mrs. Frith were the teachers there. I seem to remember school concerts being held round the corner in a building ...Read more
A memory of Broken Cross in 1940
A Haunted Cottage
About 10 to 15 years ago I remember reading an article in the Sunday Post concerning a haunted cottage in Auldgirth. Apparently there was a considerable amount of poltergeist activity and eventually a clergyman was called in to ...Read more
A memory of Auldgirth
Looking For A Lost Friend
Hello, I'm looking for a dear friend, his name was Robert Smith and he had a brother by the name of Peter Smith. I took Bob Smith to Australia in 1973, but I returned in 1975, leaving Bob out there. Later ...Read more
A memory of Bradfield St George in 1973 by
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'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and
'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and
Church Street is so named because it lies next to the church yard of 'the most magnificent parish church in England'.
The church of St Andrew with its distinctive wooden spire was restored in 1862. The south aisle with its square-headed windows was rebuilt in 1887 by a bequest of William King.
St Laurence's Church is just below the hill and the steeple of Trinity Methodist Church in the distance indicates the position of High Street.
Dedicated to St John the Evangelist, the main part of the church was built at the Parkers` expense at the end of the 18th century, but the tower is an 1840s addition by their successors the Dixons.
In the 1930s, traces of the mound covering the stones could still be traced.
Compare the detail of this photograph of the High Street with the one taken in 1906. Apart from the car having replaced the horse, little has changed.
Westgate has many of the hallmarks of a medieval defensive work, including 'murder holes' from which heavy weights or boiling oils and molten lead might be dropped during an attack, while the slits
The rocks looking out over the Leven estuary are at an angle, which was caused by pressure millions of years ago. The rocks will have been passed by all the vessels leaving Greenodd.
In 1824, Baines said that the hall was 'plain, comfortable and commodious', and that the exterior had recently been renovated with a coat of Roman cement.
The railway runs along the embankment in the centre of the picture, and the Ulverston Canal passes in front of the ironworks on its way to the Leven Estuary beyond.
Some 30 years after No 31158, above, many of the fishing boats are now powered by motors. The days of sail were really over, and the boats were either converted or replaced with new craft.
The granite and brick arched St Austell or Trenance Viaduct was completed by the Great Western Railway in the year of this photograph to replace I K Brunel's timber fan viaduct of 1858.The latter can
A pony and trap (just visible, centre) pass behind a shady haven at the crossroads junction of St Blazey Road, St Andrews Road and Middleway.
A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.
Early visitors preferred to stay in the hotels and villas in this area, within easy walking distance of the sea.
The castle was originally ordered by Edward I, but it was finished in the custody of Reginald de Grey, Justiciar of Chester, in 1284.
A recent grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund will enable Hampshire County Council, under the guidance of English Heritage, to carry out repairs, survey the site, improve access and increase public
In the time of James I, the leafy grounds where this celebrated royal place now stands grew mulberry bushes, intended for the silk industry.
As a memento to the worst degradation of the coal-mining century, and to the Industrial Revolution in general, this awful scene of the leftover debris is as bad as it gets.
An interesting and unusual view from the church looking across the Ypres Tower to the mouth of the River Rother. The marshes stretch towards Dungeness on the left.
This turn-of-the-century picture shows that it was just wide enough to accommodate the traffic of that period. These days, not surprisingly, Lombard Street is pedestrianised.
Situated a mile or so from Midhurst, the King Edward VII Sanatorium was conceived in 1901, the year before the King's coronation, 'for the care of educated persons of limited means who were suffering
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