Photos

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Maps

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1902, Lowcross Hill Ref. RNC768664
1902, Lower Carden Ref. RNC768884
1902, Lower Threapwood Ref. RNC769809
1924, Aldersey Green Ref. POP621273
1902-1903, Wharton Green Ref. RNC866895
1902-1903, Whitegate Ref. RNC868579
1902-1903, Willaston Ref. RNC870358
1902-1903, Wimbolds Trafford Ref. RNC870873
1902-1903, Wimboldsley Ref. RNC870874
1902-1903, Wincham Ref. RNC870901
1923, Ashton Ref. POP627880
1921, Brown Knowl Ref. POP652978
1902-1903, Crowton Ref. RNC685064
1902-1903, Davenham Ref. RNC688893
1902-1903, Burton Ref. RNC657089
1902-1903, Greenlooms Ref. RNC721691
1902-1903, Hand Green Ref. RNC726334
1902-1903, Handbridge Ref. RNC726340
1902-1903, Fullers Moor Ref. RNC710096
1902-1903, Gatesheath Ref. RNC712318

Books

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Memories

2,051 memories found. Showing results 721 to 730.

Heather And Gorse Clog Dancers Entertain In Totnes

Tuesday 11th December was a frosty clear night but the crowds of late night Christmas shoppers filled Totnes town centre to enjoy the candlelight, carol singers, buskers and stalls lining both ...Read more

A memory of Totnes in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

My Dirty Old Town

I was born in Widnes in 1939 and lived there until I married my Dutch husband in 1969. I go back about once a year and always do quite a few long walk-abouts, as I can't find my way anymore by road. Some things have hardly ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1955 by Lyn Wolff Jones

Wartime Childhood In Tooting

Upper Tooting Road 1950 (ref: T201002) Year: 1943 Wartime Tooting The picture of Upper Tooting Rd showing the Mayfair Cinema, and on the left hand side of the street, the RACS shop (Royal Arsenal Co-Operative ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1943 by Mike Dennis

Wading In The Bristol Channel

It is quite possible that the the little boy to the right in this picture is me at age six. My family used to stay at a friend's caravan in the park above the cliffs. During the summers of 1954 through 1958 we ...Read more

A memory of Lavernock in 1955 by Phillip Armour

Good Young Memories

At nine years old unfortunately I had to leave the area of my birth to which I had so many good memories. My name is Patrick Alexander, born 1947 and first lived as a baby in Kings Rd opposite my grandparents' house which was No ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1954 by First Name Last Name

Stonehills Wgc

This view is looking north from the west side of Stonehills towards the Cherry Tree Public House. Just out of view on the left was the old Police Station (the site of which has still not been developed) whilst across the ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1958 by Alan Vacani

Springhead Terrace

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

Cross Street 01

The large corner "shop" on the left was the showroom of North West Gas where you could pay your gas bill. This is now Dawsons music and instrument shop. The corner shop on the right was Hawkins tailors, on two floors. This is now a MacDonalds restaurant.

A memory of Altrincham in 1960 by Bob Cleary

World War Ii

I was born in West Kirby and lived at 5 Dunraven Rd. I remember being a young choir boy at St Bridget's. My father, great grandmother, grand mother, Aunt and Uncle are all buried in St. Bridget's. Inside the Church is (was) a ...Read more

A memory of West Kirby in 1946 by John Andrews

An Industrial Village

Having grown up in Birstall I have a fondness for this little market town in West Yorkshire, situated approximately 8 miles from Leeds and centrally placed for easy access to other major towns Bradford, Huddersfield and ...Read more

A memory of Birstall by Jennifer Ineson

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 1,729 to 1,752.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street 1948

The View North-West This thoroughfare was originally lined with workers' cottages, but from about 1865 many of these dwellings were converted into shops.

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral Quire 1891

The photographer was standing below the high altar to take this view, which looks westwards the length of the quire and nave to the great west window.

Caption For Chawton, Manor House 1897

When he died in 1914, The Times wrote that he was 'one of the best known and best loved figures among the country gentlemen of Hampshire'.

Caption For Loughborough, C1955

Towards the north-west lies the mound of Beacon Hill.

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Hancock & Wood and Roberts shoe shop are almost all that remain of this 1950s scene.

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1965

On the left, next to the Lloyd's Bank branch, is the fashion shop of Renee Shaw, with Fuller's tea shop, Dewhurst's the butcher's, and John's menswear shop further down the hill.

Caption For Nottingham, University, Hugh Stewart Hall C1955

In the1920s Jesse Boot, founder of Boots the chemists, gave land to the west of Lenton, and University College moved here out of the city centre.

Caption For Corby, High Street C1955

The trees and gate piers on the right have been replaced by a 1960s close of old people's bungalows, named St Andrew's Walk.

Caption For Launceston, Church Street C1949

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

Caption For Launceston, Church Street C1949

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

Caption For Little Bookham, Little Bookham Street C1955

The Bookhams and Fetcham retain old cores amid the great suburban expansion which occurred after World War II; they are in effect western suburbs of Leatherhead across the River Mole.

Caption For Abertillery, General View C1955

This town was almost completely formed and defined by the production of coal.

Caption For Upton, The Village C1955

Protected from overwhelming traffic by the encirclement of the Upton by-pass to the west and the M53 motorway to the east, Upton has changed little since these views were taken.

Caption For Kington St Michael, The Church C1950

We can see the porch attached to the west tower, and also the good proportions of the building.

Caption For Earl Shilton, St Simon And St Jude C1965

Visible evidence of medieval Sultan is sparse, but remnants of the castle motte survive to the west of the parish church.

Caption For Wakefield, Cross Square C1955

Opposite the Cathedral's west door was a jeweller's shop displaying the City Time Ball.

Caption For Stapleford, The Roach C1955

The second section of this chapter starts to the west of the city in Stapleford, close to the Derbyshire border, which follows the River Erewash southwards to the River Trent.

Caption For Sudbury, Trinity Chapel 1895

The Gothic west front with a Decorated-style window and the gable tower were added in 1891 in white brick, almost masking the earlier red-brick 'preaching-box' behind.

Caption For Redbourn, The Aubreys C1955

On the level ground to the south-west of the town stands the almost ploughed-out remains of an ancient double-ditched camp called The Aubreys.

Caption For Bere Regis, North Street C1950

Run by Victor Lock and his son, with telephone number Bere Regis 1, this was the post office from 1927 till 1973, when it moved to West Street.

Caption For Gisburn, Main Street 1921

The River Ribble is one of the major rivers in the north-west of England.

Caption For Teddington, Houses In The Grove 2005

Hickson (later the TV Miss Marple) and Jack Hawkins.

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Gardens, Trendell's Ruins C1945

Edwin James Trendell, who had presented the Queen Victoria statue to the town to commemorate her 1887 Golden Jubilee, lived in Abbey House, and laid out its grounds, Abbey Gardens, in the 1880s.

Caption For Whitby, 'gemini' 1891

East side or west side?