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Lady Publican

In the UK Census of 1881 it shows the publican of the Bridge End Inn to be a Jane Rayson aged 68 years old. She lived with her sister Margaret aged 52 and her nieces Emma aged 15 and Fanny aged 32. Fanny's occupation is shown as ...Read more

A memory of Dalston in 1880 by Philip Rayson

Chester In The 1960s And 1970s

Chester for me, in the 1960s, was, first, the Museum.  It was a full day out.  The C4 or C3 bus from Overpool or the C6 from Rivacre, small pack of sandwiches and some orange squash in my school haversack and I could ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1964 by Stephen Owen

The White Horse

I was born in the "White Horse" on 7th October 1937. Mrs Woolard helped in the pub and looked after me when my Mum and Dad were busy. Mrs Woolard and her husband Alf lived on the other side of the Green. There were lots of ...Read more

A memory of Potter Street in 1930 by George Nicholson

Growing Up In Purley

When I lived in Purley, there weren't many stores.  I can remember when Sainsbury's opened across from Purley Fountain.  There was a toy shop in the High Street called Morgan's.  I stole a whistle from there when I was not very ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Liz Williams

Patricroft Shops

There was an ironmonger's shop on Patricroft Bridge ( the Eccles side) owned by a man called Richmond, whose daughter May attended Eccles Grammar School - though she was too nice a girl to have anything to do with a yob like me! ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1946 by Robert Dale.

Seedhill Cottage

The house in the foreground is known as Seedhill Cottage.  My family lived there from the mid sixties to late seventies. My father was the gamekeeper for the local shoot and water baliff for Whitewell area. My mother was the ...Read more

A memory of Whitewell in 1967 by Ian Idiens

Great Place Lost.

Grange Farm was the place to go for all teens.   You could swim or just hang around with friends.  To get there we walked across the fields and over the bridge across the Roding.  Now of course this place is no more.  A great loss.

A memory of Chigwell in 1957 by Kathleen Rice

Visit To Blarney Cork 2007

My ancestors came from Cork to England. Whether this means that they sailed from Cork Harbour during the 1850's, or whether they lived in Cork, I am not sure, however my husband and I had an enjoyable few days there this ...Read more

A memory of Blarney in 2007 by Susan Winwood

Graham Clive Cale James

Between 1938-1949 I lived in Llanarth Road then at Bryn Road 1949-1959. There was no Springfield Estate (only Springfield Villas, about 6 houses). Tradespeople at that time were Davies the bakers with door to door ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1940 by First Name Last Name

Seventh Of The Seventh

All the sevens - the seventh of the seventh of the seventh. 7th July 2007 was the lucky sevens date chosen by Amanda and David for their wedding. Family and friends were invited to The Two Bridges Hotel on Dartmoor for ...Read more

A memory of Two Bridges in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

2,231 captions found. Showing results 1,657 to 1,680.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

Stickle Ghyll, which flows down from Stickle Tarn, passes under the bridge in this view, which looks towards the 2,403 ft summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the pikes.

Caption For Gnosall, Wharf Bridge C1955

The Boat Inn stands beside the bridge.

Caption For Great Haywood, The Canal C1955

This delightful old stone pack-horse bridge has stood here since the 16th century. It is named after the Earls of Essex, who lived at Chartley Hall.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Temple Island 1899

From the bridge northwards, first was the Red Lion, once a great coaching inn which adapted to the changing times by rebuilding most of its stable block as boathouses in 1888 - the stable blocks

Caption For Dublin, Christchurch Cathedral 1897

The cathedral was renovated in the 1870s, when its partly ruinous fabric was restored by Henry Roe, who also built the Synod Hall (on the left) and connecting bridge.

Caption For Barnstaple, From Anchor Woods 1919

Anchor Wood is a narrow band of trees with a pleas- ant walk overlooking marshy ground downstream of the Long Bridge and at the foot of Sticklepath.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

Caption For Glasson Dock, The Docks C1950

Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1930

Trees partially obscure Bridge Cottage, By the Stream and Apple Tree Thatch (centre).

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1888

This close-up of Bridge Street gives a clear picture of the Rows for which Chester is so famous.

Caption For Odiham, Wharf 1908

Adjoining the bridge is the Cricketers, owned by Crowleys of Alton, which closed as a public house the year the photograph was taken.

Caption For Quemerford, Lower Quemerford Mill C1955

Taken opposite Lower Quemerford Mill, this view shows Marden Bridge and the Mill House on the right.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge.The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Caption For Pilling, The Old Mill C1960

The mill is situated on the Broadfleet river near Broadfleet Bridge, where tradition has it that the devil, angered at being outwitted by the Cockerham schoolmaster, left the mark of his cloven hoof.

Caption For Ironbridge, Bridge From The River 1892

He had announced his intention to launch an iron boat onto the Severn near the bridge. Everyone knew iron was heavier than water, so the boat must sink. It didn't.

Caption For Buckingham, Palladian Bridge, Stowe School C1955

Copied by James Gibbs from the one at Wilton House in Wiltshire, this bridge from 1738 crosses the end of the Octagon Lake in the grounds of Stowe.

Caption For Liskeard, Lamellion 1907

The photograph is taken from a bridge over the Liskeard to Looe railway - Lamellion still boasts the tiny platform of Coombe Junction Station.

Caption For Aberdeen, The Bridge Of Dee C1900

The bridge was built to designs by Alexander Galloway, Rector of Kinkell, started in 1521 and widened by John Smith, 1840. The upstream facings were removed and replaced on the widened structure.

Caption For Sheffield, Fitzalan Square 1902

The single-deck trams were used on routes with low railway bridges. Note also the wooden stalls used as tramway stops.

Caption For Grays, Dartford Tunnel 1963

Since then and the completion of the M25, the twin tunnels are one way; vehicles crossing from the Essex side use the graceful Queen Elizabeth II suspension bridge which soars above the river.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

Stickle Ghyll, which flows down from Stickle Tarn, passes under the bridge in this view, which looks towards the 2,403 ft summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the pikes.

Caption For Leeds, Duncan Street C1955

The stalls were set up on the old bridge that spanned the Aire.

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge And Embankment Gardens C1960

The large inscription attached to the Suspension Bridge, 'Villa Bedfordia', has been removed: not many Latin-speaking sailors come this far upstream.