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Places

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Photos

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Memories

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Happy Days At Port Ann

I lived in Port Ann for 16 years. I have a lot of memories of Port Ann, I would go to the blue rocks and go swimming - be there all day and sit under the bridge and hide when you get called in for your bed, or even ...Read more

A memory of Port Ann

Ty Gynn Caravan Site

Hi, My family used to holiday in a caravan on Ty-gynn (sorry unsure of the spelling) camp site, we holidayed there from the late 1960's to about 1974. The caravan belonged to the mother of a work mate of my late father, the ...Read more

A memory of Towyn in 1968 by Rosemary Sleigh

Woodley Village As It Was

I was brought up in Woodley in the 1960's when Woodley was a tight knit community. My parents had a shop on Hyde Road, "Kelsall's". It was a sweets and tobacconist shop and at the back of the shop there was ...Read more

A memory of Woodley in 1964 by Harry Kelsall

The Tarry Beck

I remember pulling George Thompson from the beck at high tide. The streets were Prospect Place, Customs Row, Cargo Fleet Lane, South View, Bristol Street, Dover Street, Chester Street, Cambridge Rd and one I don't remember. I ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Donald Bennett

Early Years In Hindley

What - no memories of Hindley? I was born in 1935 (nee Pennington) at a house in Liverpool Road, just up from the Strangeways Pub (The Paddock). The area was called Navvies' Lump, and although the address was "Liverpool ...Read more

A memory of Hindley in 1930 by Edna Booth

Walnut Cottage

My Grandparents ran the post-office at Moorland when I was young, we used to visit every Sunday. I loved the atmosphere and the peacefulness of the village. My grandad was Charles Kitch, also named 'Fido', but I can't find out why. ...Read more

A memory of Moorland in 1962 by Linda Kitch

Air Raids

These memories are as fresh in my mind as if they happened last week. Boston had its share of air raids, the first one was on a rainy Monday, it was July, the first day of our summer school holidays. It would be about 7.15 am when we ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

The Sun

The building on the left is the Sun pub, which we used to visit when in the sixth form at Stanborough school in the 1970s . Our teachers used it too as it wasn't far from our school so we used to go there more on weekend evenings... We ...Read more

A memory of Lemsford

School At Burslem Junior Tech

I lived in Blythe Bridge and travelled to school at the Burslem Junior Technical College in Moorland Road, Burslem over a period between 1943 to 1945. The journey by train on the old loop line was a lot of fun. I ...Read more

A memory of Burslem in 1944 by Roy Allen

Captions

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Caption For St Ives, The Broadway 1901

It is three years after No 41278, and little has changed; the memorial is still a year away. On the left is the North Hunts Constitutional Club, now the offices of Ewing Reeson, photographer.

Caption For Belfast, Castle Place 1897

The company was now ready to bring in electric trams, and had an act of parliament approving the work. However, this was subject to having the agreement of the Corporation, which was not forthcoming.

Caption For Huddersfield, Westgate 1982

were in fact pricing themselves out of the market, producers replied '… with increasing taxation, social benefits, insurance, high interest rates and increases in almost every item of expense, there

Caption For Henley On Thames, Elizabethan Houses

However, by 1847 James Thorn could write in 'Rambles by Rivers' that 'there are several large inns, to which was formerly a considerable posting trade attached, but it was almost destroyed by the

Caption For Ramsgate, The Harbour From West Cliff 1887

We are looking towards the inner harbour-now the yacht marina—with a paddle steamer and three brigs at moorings.The chimney on the left of the Admiral Harvey pub probably belonged to Ramsgate's

Caption For Horrabridge, The Bridge 1898

There has been a bridge over the Walkham here since the 11th century.

Caption For Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge further down the valley).

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street 1913

The bridge was not always as level, strong and wide as this.

Caption For Blakeney, The Severn Railway Bridge C1950

There were only two other bridges on British Railways that were longer than the Severn Bridge: the second Tay (10,711 ft) and the Forth (8296 ft).

Caption For Aylesford, C1960

A close-up of the bridge taken downsteam of the previous pictures. There is a magnificent prospect of the church, which looks over the eight brick gables of the cottages.

Caption For Richmond, Three Bridges 1899

There are boat rollers by the Isleworth bank on the right, and Richmond Lock is on the left. This and the stylish pedestrian bridge date from 1892-4.

Caption For Runcorn, The Locks C1955

There were ten locks at the end of the Bridgewater Canal linking it with the docks below; figures for 1883 show that in that year alone 60,300 craft passed up and down.

Caption For Bocking, Church Street 1902

The wooden road bridge had to be replaced in 1926: it was rotting, and traffic was becoming heavier.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge 1910

Tower Bridge has become a virtual symbol of London, and it is certainly a very striking and remarkable structure.

Caption For Cambridge, Clare College 1890

Here we see Clare College from Clare Bridge, which dates from 1640: it is the oldest surviving bridge in Cambridge.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, The Bridge 1897

The bridge spans the River Eea, which was used by the mill close by. In the 1780s the roads through Cark were minor tracks, and stepping stones were used to cross the beck.

Caption For The Broads, The River, Wayford Bridge C1935

The river near the new bridge now has rows of wooden houseboats moored along the right bank, where Wayford Farm has been developed into the Wayford Bridge Hotel.

Caption For Runcorn, The Basin C1965

Compare this photograph with R67001 - the new bridge carries one of the approach roads to the Jubilee Bridge. Today the canal comes to an end near here.

Caption For Hodder River, Lower Hodder Bridges 1858

Here we see the pack-horse bridge at Hurst Green. The newer road bridge, built in 1826, is behind it. Clitheroe and Great Mitton are to the right, and Stoneyhurst to the left.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, The Promenade C1965

This is the view looking back towards the bridge. It would appear that there is a queue of people waiting to buy tickets for a ride on the pleasure boat.

Caption For Runcorn, Church Street C1965

Although the Transporter Bridge had opened in 1905 vehicular crossing wasn't easy and the presence of the bridge did not, at that time, encourage growth within the town.

Caption For Betws Y Coed, Waterloo Bridge 1892

There was little going on in Betwys-y -Coed until the road was improved for the Irish Mail in 1808.

Caption For Penny Bridge, 1921

Penny Bridge over the River Crake was a creek port under the control of Lancaster; there was a quay by the bridge.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, High Level Bridge 1949

Trams are no longer crossing the bridge at the time of this photograph, but cyclists and pedestrians are well in evidence, and cars have now started to appear.