Places
36 places found.
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- Brook, Kent
- Brook, Surrey (near Haslemere)
- Timperley Brook, Greater Manchester
- Brook, Surrey (near Guildford)
- Mellor Brook, Lancashire
- Brooke, Norfolk
- Stockton Brook, Staffordshire
- Brook Green, Greater London
- Brook, Isle of Wight
- Brooks, Powys
- Brooks, Cornwall
- Brook, Devon (near Dunsford)
- Brook, Dyfed
- Brooke, Leicestershire
- Brook, Hampshire (near Totton)
- Brook, Hampshire (near Romsey)
- Brook, Devon (near Tavistock)
- Brook Hill, Hampshire
- Brook Street, Essex
- Brooks End, Kent
- Load Brook, Yorkshire
- Ecton Brook, Northamptonshire
- Kingswood Brook, Warwickshire
- Wymans Brook, Gloucestershire
- Clayton Brook, Lancashire
- Brook End, Buckinghamshire
- Brook Hill, Nottinghamshire
- Brook Waters, Wiltshire
- Brooks Green, Sussex
- Brook End, Hertfordshire
- Brook Green, Suffolk
- Quina Brook, Shropshire
- Lower Brook, Hampshire
- Halton Brook, Cheshire
- Holly Brook, Somerset
- Knuzden Brook, Lancashire
Photos
354 photos found. Showing results 141 to 160.
Maps
453 maps found.
Memories
519 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.
2up And 2down!
My father was born in Ford Street Hockley Brook Birmingham in 1936. He was the youngest of 6, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Ford Street consisted of a row of houses on one side and factories on the other side. The houses were 2 up ...Read more
A memory of Birmingham in 1940 by
Bernard Knowles Brook
My grandmother was Lydia Brooks, her father was Bernard Knowles Brook. She lived with my mum and me at Burton Agnes Hall gatehouse until her death in 1949. My mother was Eedna Brook Wilson, born in 1904. Lydia Brook married ...Read more
A memory of Keadby in 1900 by
Central House Kemerton
My father Raymond John Price, known as John, was born in Central House on the 8th 0ctober 1918, his father was George Price and mother was Sophia Jane Price. My father was called up to served in the Royal Navy during the ...Read more
A memory of Kemerton in 1952 by
St Andrews Church
I can remember the old St Andrews in Brook Road, which was demolished and the new church built in its place. Wonderful old building, tiny spiral stairs to the balcony level, beautiful. Shame I have no pictures.
A memory of Thornton Heath in 1960 by
Brook Side
I lived by the brook as a child and spent time catching sticklebacks which I then brought in to watch TV! The brook used to regularly flood the cottages at ground floor level. But recall many happy times in the village and at the village school.
A memory of Rolleston on Dove
Keir Hardie Way
I grew up in Keir Hardie Way, near Barnhill School & The Greenway from 1953 - 1966 (we then moved to Surrey). I went To Hayes Park School then Mellow Lane School. Keir Hardie Way, Atlee Road, Bondfield, Kingshil Avenue etc.. ...Read more
A memory of Southall by
The Cross
Most of the names state the obvious. This is an important crossroad. Turn right to go to Mill Green along Mill Lane. Turn left to go to Vye's Stores (pre-1960) and then to the Church in Church Lane or down Brook Lane, where we assume the ...Read more
A memory of Eastry by
Staying
My nan and grandfather lived at Lindsay Cottage, Milton Combe. My grandfather was head gardener at Drakes Abbey, a short walk. I stayed with them every year for ten years from 1960. My nan used to send me up for milk at the dairy ...Read more
A memory of Milton Combe in 1960 by
Ten Happy Years
I moved to Watchfield in 1940 and left in 1950. My dad, Mr Woolman, worked for the army and had his office in Homelees Farm in the camp. What a change has taken place at Watchfield. Gone are the places we could play in safety. ...Read more
A memory of Watchfield in 1940 by
Lyndhurst School
Well, about 1959 ish! The headmaster was Mr Fennel, teachers Mr Anderson, Mr Philips and Mr Ladds, air force moustache and all! who was my class teacher. Classmates Bernard Dunden Dave Catt. PE teacher taught nothing but ...Read more
A memory of Borehamwood in 1959 by
Captions
253 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.
The brook here somehow appears to be little cared for, with its chipped concrete posts arrayed along weedy banks.
In the chapter house is the tomb of Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke.
In front of the high altar is a brass to John Brooke and his wife Johanna. She was the daughter of Richard Amerycke, collector for Customs and patron of John Cabot.
On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.
Now it is known as the Brook Theatre. The architect who designed it, G E Bond, also built the Grade II listed Chatham Theatre Royal in Manor Road in 1899.
The Rising Sun pub (right) still stands alongside the Allen at East Brook.
Note the Brooke Bond Tea advertisement – its packets included picture cards, collected eagerly by myself and numerous other children in the 1950s.
This charmingly-situated little watering-place lies in a sheltered valley, and its garden-girt villas are further beautified by a sparkling brook, spanned by numerous rustic bridges.
Brooke Cottage was the place to visit for parents and children alike if they had a sweet tooth, for it was formerly the village sweet shop and store. Next door there was a shoe shop and cobbler's.
This point - where Grace's Walk crosses Sandon Brook - has a ghost story attached to it: Lady Alice Mildmay (d1615), child-bride of Sir Henry, supposedly drowned herself in a pond here after he was unkind
On the horizon, beyond the similarly derived Mill Brook Road, stands the imposing Ardwyn.
Today, it is still almost entirely enclosed by water - the English Channel lies to the south-east and south-west, Pagham Harbour to the north-east, and a brook, known as the Broad Rife, to the north-west
Brook Street, however, was largely demolished, as we can see from the void in the distance.
On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.
Then, the tall building belonging to Brooks & Sons the Drapers, who boast of being established in 1831, has been replaced by the Post Office, which has a datestone GR 1938.
We are looking towards the corner of Island Road, with Brook and Williams's printers and bookbinder's shop and works on the right; this block of shops later became one of the first department stores in
The line of concrete lamp standards, surmounted by the new sodium streetlights, delineates the edges of the A24 as it ascends from its crossing over the Pyl brook towards Morden.
Since 1909, Brooks and Sons and the house to its left have been demolished, and the Arches Way road formed. To the right, the finial belongs to The Avalon Club of 1897.
On the right by the pillar box is a circulating library; across the street is the Lantern Bakery, next door to H Brooks, grocer and Italian warehouseman.
Beside Sabden Brook stands the church of St Nicholas, built in 1846. A countryside of varied beauty accounts for the caravan site.
Here we see the By Brook flowing placidly past the rows of exquisite cottages, with their steep stone-slated roofs and dormers. A man sits on the bank with his granddaughter enjoying the tranquillity.
James I awarded it to Sir Fulke Greville, who was also given the title of Baron Brooke of Beauchamp Court.
Otterton's brook seems to be dry in this photograph, as it sometimes is during long dry summers.
The 16th-century stone bridge steps quietly by way of its five arches across the reedy Rothley Brook; the original roadway into the village is now reduced to a footpath.
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