Places
24 places found.
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- Croft-on-Tees, Yorkshire
- Croft, Lincolnshire
- Croft, Leicestershire
- Croft, Cheshire
- Croft, Hereford & Worcester
- Kiel Crofts, Strathclyde
- Higher Croft, Lancashire
- Pool Crofts, Highlands
- Black Crofts, Strathclyde
- Hendra Croft, Cornwall
- Roskear Croft, Cornwall
- Rinsey Croft, Cornwall
- Cairnleith Crofts, Grampian
- Croft Mitchell, Cornwall
- Croft Outerly, Fife
- Crofts, The, Yorkshire
- Perry Crofts, Staffordshire
- Tresevern Croft, Cornwall
- Crofts Bank, Greater Manchester
- Three Crofts, Dumfries and Galloway
- Mesty Croft, West Midlands
- Crofts of Dipple, Grampian
- Crofts of Haddo, Grampian
- Crofts of Kingscauseway, Highlands
Photos
132 photos found. Showing results 141 to 132.
Maps
92 maps found.
Books
3 books found. Showing results 169 to 3.
Memories
272 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.
St Bedes
I was born and bred in Ormskirk and attended St Anns School in Hants Lane. When I was 12, St Bedes School opened and I went there. I remember it being very big compared to St Anns. Mr Collange was the Headmaster, other teachers were ...Read more
A memory of Ormskirk in 1957 by
Clyde Street, Salford
I remember living at no 6 Clyde Street and at the end of the street was Mrs Grant's shop. I was the eldest of four (me) Mandy Derbyshire, my brothers Jason and Paul, and my sister Kelly. I remember being part of the filming ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1970 by
My School To
I also went to Tylers Croft Girl's School, from 1959 /1963 I can't remember much about my time there, other than the first teacher I had was very young, I think her name was Miss Fielding - she married not long after I started but ...Read more
A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by
Childhood Memories Of Linshader
During my childhood we went to Linshader every summer holiday and stayed at my auntie's house (No 7). It was great ... we enjoyed collecting eggs, putting the cow out to pasture, helping to make haystacks with my ...Read more
A memory of Linsiada by
Smallthorne As A Child
I was born at 27 Croft Court, Smallthorne, in 1948, my father was born at 8 Back Crof in 1920. From when he left school in around 1934, he went to work in the coal mines. During the war years he went to join the army ...Read more
A memory of Smallthorne by
Palmers Green
My grandmother lived at 50 Old Park Road, opposite Bloomfield Park, and I went to school at Franklin House School in Palmerston Road from 1955 to 1960, then the Winchmore Hill Collegiate School from 1960 to 1962. I used to ...Read more
A memory of Palmers Green in 1959 by
Saturday Mornings
Saturday mornings was when my mother and I would join the family next door for our day out, down to the Tarpots Corner and a bus into Wescliff by the playing fields and then a dancing lesson at Mimi Greens School of Dancing ...Read more
A memory of Great Tarpots in 1946 by
Tennis Courts Portway Bristol
These Clifton Tennis Courts alongside Bristol's Portway road were built just after the road was opened. The new built Portway from Bristol to Avonmouth a very modern road in its day. The wide A4 Portway trunk road ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1930 by
Fantastic Township
I have very fond memories of Coldbackie. It’s one of those fantastic undiscovered gems in Sutherland. My grandparents bought a croft there in the 1950s and I spent much of my childhood playing at the beach, in the woods, or ...Read more
A memory of Coldbackie in 1990 by
Urquharts At Grange Banffshire Scotland
Robert (Bob) and Margaret (Maggie) Urquhart left the Parish of Boharm for the Parish of Grange, about 1916. They possibly had more than one address in the Parish, according to what I have ...Read more
A memory of Grange by
Captions
334 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.
Fowey, although packed in the summer with leisure craft, does retain the atmosphere of a bustling, working port.
The man steers his craft to pass astern of the boys' boat, whilst the fishing boats provide an impressive backdrop.
Along Hall Quay are clustered craft of every kind: flat-bottomed barges, wherries and fish- ing boats—it is still the age of the sail.
This house was built in the Arts and Crafts style around 1910.
This was itself rebuilt around 1900 as the Crown Hotel in an Arts and Crafts style.
Thence it was a short walk to Shepperton Lock, where one could watch the progress of craft up and down the Thames to Chertsey or Walton.
The almost Arts and Crafts Deane Parade on the far right of the photograph is typical of his pleasant but unexciting buildings.
There could be no harbour, so only coal vessels and small sea-going craft ever unloaded their cargoes on the sand here.
This assault craft-type ferry belonged to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Orford Ness, 1959-71.
It is now conserved complete, and is open to visitors as part of a craft workshops site.
We can almost imagine the conversation between the man in the craft and those on the jetty.
Pottery is one of the traditional crafts of the area; this pottery is named after the River Ewenny, which also gives its name to the priory founded in 1141 by Maurice de Londres as a cell of the Gloucester
Besides a thriving complex of craft workshops and a large exhibition space, the centre also provides an entertainment venue that attracts internationally regarded performers and thousands
This ornate pleasure craft looks perilously low in the water, but the throng of passengers seem quite oblivious of the rising water levels.
On the left is the Five Arrows Hotel, a splendid Arts and Crafts building with elaborate moulded brick chimneys, built in 1887.
A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.
Here the workmen are carrying out their highly-specialised craft surrounded by the tools of their trade.
A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.
The ladder, leaning apparently so precariously against the hull, is quite safe – there will be no sudden movement of the vessel, thanks to the taut breast and stern ropes with which the craft
This picture shows how effectively it provides safe shelter for the limited number of craft it can hold.
This ornate pleasure craft looks perilously low in the water, but the throng of passengers seem quite oblivious of the rising water levels.
Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, they set up business in a former silk mill in Sheep Street.
This view shows Southwold harbour on the other side of the river, with sailing craft, repair shops and landing stages.
In 1950 there was still some trade, but it is now solely used by leisure craft and the warehouses on the right have gone.
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