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Shrubbery Off High St, Uxbridge Road Off North Rd.

Anybody know of Dr Steward? The big house, The Shrubbery, 1850's to 1900's. Today seen old wall parts, arches, shapes....may have been left after demolition. It was his home, but a few asylum ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Yvonne Butler

Portmanmoor Road Memories .

My nan used to own the florists at 28 Portmanmoor Rd - Mrs. Cox . Next door Mrs.White had a shoe shop . Her son was Tony White . Further on down Portmanmoor Rd was Canns - a hardware shop . Opposite was Edna Stones fruit and ...Read more

A memory of Splott by wedyroan54

The Village I Called Home

Cwmllynfell is the place that I call home. I was born there in 1944 and lived on Gwernant Road with my aunt Marie and mam and dad. At the age of about five we moved down the hill to number 12 Gwilym Road which was next ...Read more

A memory of Cwmllynfell by alanatcpm

The Queen's Visit

There was I sitting on the Esso petrol pumps of Dad's garage (Croker and Farrell) next to Trinity Church, waving my little union jack and watching the Queen go by. So many happy memories of growing up there, such as tea over the ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by tony.brown

The Duke Of Kent Northhumberland Heath

I was born and lived in Hengist Road opposite Collindale Ave near Brook Street and the Rec as we called it, I'm Tony Messum and I shared with my Brother Michael, and Sister Patricia and my buddies ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath by thekentishman

Evacue

I purchased this photo in a gentlemans clothes shop in Grange-Over-Sands as i believe the two children sitting on the wall could be my mum and uncle who were evacuated there during the second world war,so i wondering if the date could ...Read more

A memory of Grange-Over-Sands

Elm Park

Interesting to see Windermere Avenue mentioned. I lived at #57 Windermere from 1941 until I married in 1957. When we moved in and throughout the war, our house was 4th from the end of the avenue - the others were built after the war. Our ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by eewatts

166 Easthill Memories.

born in 62, lived at 166 easthill, went to st faiths primary school from 67 to 73, used to sit on the wall watching the scrap lorry reverse all thw way up the side of our wall and gover cricket school entrance and park up to ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Peter Mason

I Join The Railway.

I Join the Railway In the summer of 1953, my Aunt and Uncle were staying with us for their holiday. It must have been my Uncle who first spotted the advertisement in the Dartmouth ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

Burseledon Annexe

I was only 3 when I stayed here, convalesing after meningitis. According to my Dad's photographic records, I stayed there for two months, (April / May 1975). I have three memories of the place, which are mixed. Firstly, of crying ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon by igmiller

Captions

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Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1906

curtain); Haverfordwest (some demolition); Monmouth (dismantle works); Montgomery (demolish, material to be sold for paying costs); Newcastle Emlyn (negotia- tions with owner for assurances it will

Caption For Clitheroe, The Castle 1927

The Inner Keep is on the right, with holes knocked into its 9ft-thick walls.

Caption For Grantham, St Wulfram's Church, The Chained Library 1889

Isaac Newton was fond of carving his initials, sun dials or even his name on walls, and his name can be seen on one of the window sills in the Old School.

Caption For Loughborough, All Saints Parish Church C1950

main fabric of the present building is known to date from the 16th century, there is internal evidence in the roof beams and fireplaces, and in the large use of timber on one of the external walls

Caption For Carlisle, The Millennium Bridge 2005

Of course, however improved the transport links continue to become, Carlisle will always appear to be somewhat isolated and is unlikely to ever grow to be a great metropolis.

Caption For Stafford, The Windmill, Broad Eye 2005

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

Caption For Stafford, Former Library, Grapes Corner 2005

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

Caption For Carlisle, Shaddon Mill From The Victoria Viaduct 2005

By 1841 35,000 people called Carlisle home and many of these were weavers, drawn to live close to the spinning mills that supplied them with thread and bought their woven cloth for finishing.

Caption For Luton, The Andrew Carnegie Public Library 1924

Rapid expansion meant that jerry-building was inevitable (it is thought that the term may derive from the poorly built walls of biblical Jericho, which were so easily knocked down by Joshua's army

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1898

With the money raised by these taxes, the townsfolk should maintain the walls of the town and build a pier to defend the harbour, and it is thought that Tenby had the earliest pier in Wales.

Caption For Epsom, Sculpture, Evocation Of Speed 2005

A tall, marble-paved concourse runs behind a sheer glass wall that looks out onto the entrance square.

Caption For Fareham, The Quay C1950

The workers in Miltall's and Palmer's factory reported supernatural activities such as desk lamps rising in the air, tools mysteriously transported from place to place, and an ethereal figure walking

Caption For Waltham, The Mill C1960

(The stone he threw still lies within the walls of Lincoln Castle). Havelock gains the reputation of being the strongest man in England.

Caption For Petersfield, High Street, Clare Cross 1898

Petersfield had adopted the village to help with its reconstruction, and a letter thanking the town for gifts of parcels of clothing and coloured wall maps to brighten the schoolroom was signed

Caption For Epsom, Bowdens 2002

Bowden made them for Tom Walls, and for Geoff Lewis when he won the 1971 Derby on Mill Reef. These silks are supplied direct to the owner, not the jockey.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier 1899

In the centre of this picture is the Time Ball Tower, used for supplying the correct time to the anchored vessels.

Caption For Widnes, Ball O'ditton, Liverpool Road C1965

There was once a pub in this area which was called the Ball which may be where the name Ball o' Ditton comes from.

Caption For Wakefield, Cross Square C1955

On the left is the Grand Clothing Hall, a well-loved outfitters, built in 1906. A market cross was here in 1707, but it was demolished 160 years later.

Caption For Mullion, Golf Links 1911

Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.

Caption For Dorking, High Street 1922

This was closed as a livestock market in the early 1960s and has been replaced by the new Saint Martin's Walk with shops.

Caption For Annfield Plain, Front Street 1951

Ransomes & Marles brought jobs to the town when they opened a ball-bearing plant.

Caption For Sutton On Sea, The Beach C1965

With deck chairs, buckets, spades and ball, everything is set for an ideal day at the seaside.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Recreation Ground C1950

In this quintessentially English scene, one can almost hear the sound of bat hitting ball, followed by the ripple of applause from the knowledgeable spectators.

Caption For Marlborough, Kingsbury Street C1950

A schoolboy's attention has been caught, perhaps by the girl running after her ball in front of the Kingsbury Arms Hotel.