Places
19 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Hill of Mountblairy, Grampian
- Hill of Banchory, Grampian
- Hill of Fearn, Highlands
- Rocky Hill, Isles of Scilly
- Hill of Beath, Fife (near Dunfermline)
- Hill of Drip, Central Scotland
- Hunny Hill, Isle of Wight
- Quarr Hill, Isle of Wight
- Quine's Hill, Isle of Man
- Kite Hill, Isle of Wight
- Broom Hill, Avon
- Merry Hill, West Midlands
- Rose Hill, Derbyshire
- Cinder Hill, West Midlands
- Barton Hill, Avon
- Spring Hill, West Midlands
- Golden Hill, Avon
- West Hill, Yorkshire
- Oak Hill, Staffordshire
Photos
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Maps
4,410 maps found.
Books
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Memories
3,572 memories found. Showing results 721 to 730.
Post War 45 47 As A Child Born In 42
I recentlty went into the Burtesett Village hall, had a cuppa, with my three sisters, and looked at the memorbilla and photos around the room. We had a great time. Spent some 45-60 minutes reminising. My father ...Read more
A memory of Burtersett by
Orange Hill School
I too went to Orange Hill School and whilst there were occasions when I was frightened of the headmistress Miss Wood I did respect her rules and the way in which we were taught. There have been many times that I have been ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak by
St Mary's On Parrots Rd. 1951
Hello...my name is Joe Farrugia and, along with my younger brother Godfrey, lived at St Mary's from1951 to 1957. I recall very well the times with Fr Baker (think we nicknamed him Fr Backi) with his small black car ...Read more
A memory of Gravesend by
Mothers Home
blaen has always been special to me as it is the first thing you see when you walk into the house as mountain row is immediately above the railway station in ferndale and the big tip is above ferndale on the llanwonno road it used to ...Read more
A memory of Blaenllechau by
Childhood Holidays In Orford
Looking at these photos of Orford, my main impression is how little Orford has changed over 70 odd years. Add modern cars and some colour and these views would still look the same. Our family spent many happy holidays in ...Read more
A memory of Orford by
Wolmer Gardens
I was a friend of Bernard Lock who lived in Wolmer Gardens Edgware about 1949. I was also friendly with Daphne Fowler. who also lived in Wolmer Gardens. Does anybody remember them I lived in Stanway Gardens and went to Orange Hill School
A memory of Edgware by
Wartime Memories Of Wincanton
I arrived in Wincanton as an Evacuee in 1940/41 and lived for a while with my Uncle Frank and his family. My uncle at that time owned Bayford Garage. I was only about 6 yrs of age and quite naturally missed my mother ...Read more
A memory of Wincanton by
Allonby Reading Room
My Auntie and Uncle lived in a wing of Allonby Reading Room; it was called Melville House. Their surname was Hill and their Christian names were May and Joseph. I spent many summer holidays in the 50s and early 60s with them and ...Read more
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Family History In Langwith
I have a photograph taken about 1950 of myself about 4 years old on a three wheeler bicycle with my parents next to the garage and opposite the gate hotel.I remember having my haircut at the shop at the bottom of pit Hill. ...Read more
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Correction
This photograph is not of Lavenham Road but is actually the Park Tavern in Merton Road, London, SW18. It stands at the junction with West Hill Road. Most of the buildings shown still exist today. My family lived in a house ...Read more
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Captions
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The charters of Henry VIII allowed a fair to be held at the feast of Corpus Christi.
Offilers' Ales have long disappeared from the re-named Wheatsheaf. This view towards the market shows the wide variety of small independent traders that still flourish in the town.
In 1768, Sir Francis Blake Delaval, canvassing for election as MP, and his agent Kellynge invited the Mayor and Corporation and the Colonel and Officers of a local billet to a grand dinner athte George
The Devon is in reality a branch of the Trent, but it played a vital role in Newark's commercial success.
In various travel guides, Bourton is billed as either 'the Queen of the Cotswolds', 'the jewel in the Cotswolds' crown', or 'the Venice of the Cotswolds'.
Portland Bill juts out into the English Channel at the southernmost point of the island. The Pulpit Rock is just one of the many unusual and dramatic rock formations in the vicinity.
It is coming up to ten minutes to eleven by St Peter's clock as one of the new electric tramcars rattles along Bridge Street on its way to Saltney.
Longfords Lake was created in 1806 as a reservoir to feed the large nearby cloth mill run by the Playne family. Originally 15 acres in extent, it is now much silted up.
The Arena, built below the sea-front promenade, was billed as the 'premier open-air theatre of the north'.
Before any building on the right, it was called Domans Meadow, and was the site of Bronco Bill's Circus in 1917. Camberley Football Club used to play there as well.
There are a number of old posters sticking to the walls - these days there is a discreet sign which tells us that 'Bill Posting is now Prohibited'.
The paddling pool in front of it is a precursor of the modern day Sun Centre, perhaps. The coats and the empty pool reveal few takers for its delights – it must be a cold day.
The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.
Leysdown is a popular holiday resort on the Isle of Sheppey, reached by crossing the Kingsferry Bridge.
On the right is a former chapel, or possibly a Quaker Meeting House. More recently it was used by Bill Jaggard for producing wooden decoy pigeons.
The village green was known as the heath, and on the left we can see the Heath Engineering Works. In the centre is the Institute, and the shop with the blind down was F Bromley, a butcher's.
Bottomley did not pay his bills on time, and sometimes not at all, but he played the role of a genial squire with gusto; besides building estate cottages, he also bred race horses.
The name of the 16th-century half-timbered Grantley Arms in the centre of the village reflects the former dominance of the family whose seat was at nearby Wonersh Park.
Plans were requested for a Town Hall costing about £20,000, but by its opening on 27 September 1871 the bill was £160,000. W H Crossland designed the 88ft-long building.
The junction of Castle Street and Water Street, outside the Town Hall, has always been one of the busiest in Liverpool, and a natural meeting place.
During the mid 19th century, proposals were put forward to build a railway line to connect the town with the south of England.
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