Photos

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Maps

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Books

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Memories

9,942 memories found. Showing results 821 to 830.

Yr Gof Cynwyl Around 1960

Yr Gof Cynwyl. (I’m no verra guid at the Welsh I doubt) It would be around 1960 that I used to get jobs done at the Cynwyl blacksmith shop. Mr Jones was a good man although crabby at haymaking time. I went there ...Read more

A memory of Cynwyl Elfed in 1960 by Alun Bush

The Stone Family Of Margate

What wonderful memories I have of my childhood holidays in Margate. Reading others memories bring them all racing back. The children born just after the war were so lucky. Although we really had nothing as regards money ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1880 by Pauline Stone

Bramley In The Years 1935 To 1941

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

Childhood Days

I was evacuated to Reepham from London, when the war was going on. I lived in the high street with a Mrs Tonn, and a Mr & Mrs Mason on their farm. The days of freshly made butter and milk! Farm animals as pets! I ...Read more

A memory of Reepham in 1940 by Shirley Ring

My Grandad Humphreys Thomas John1875 1965

Grandad Humphreys, he was a carpenter making and restoring the Lockgates on the Montgomery Canal. Born in Welshpool 1875-1965. I remember the little trains running across Church Street as a boy of 8 ...Read more

A memory of Welshpool in 1954 by Keith Bedford

I Lived In Midford

The family moved to Midford when I was 15 (1966)... We lived in The Laurels, as you go down Midford hill heading away from Bath our house was to your right over the valley.... I used to work in Bath (David Gregs) and rode a ...Read more

A memory of Midford by Keith Jarvis

Synagogue

Brynmawr, my home town, although I haven't lived there for nigh on 40 years, it's still home. I have good and bad memories of Brynmawr. I was always regarded as a blacksheep, rebel, so the bad memories are of my own making. But ...Read more

A memory of Brynmawr by Colin Bennett

Barking Road, C1965

The photograph on Barking Road c1965 brought back some childhood memories. I was born in Dukes Court in 1955. I can remember the shops in the photo, the Fish & Chip shop, Johns the Greengrocer's, Walkers, Aflecks, the Dry ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1965 by Valerie Bethell

Southdown Cottages

My paternal grandmother`s sister, Aunt Lil (Lily) and husband Uncle Perc (Percy) Noakes lived down the narrow pathway in the middle of the Southdown Cottages. As a child we used to visit them and I remember they had a cottage ...Read more

A memory of Willingdon by Pauline Gander

Childhood Memories

My mother and I came from the USA to Port of Ness in the summer of 1939. We lived in Port of Ness and I went to Lionel School until I was in Class 2. These were the war years, but we were relatively safe in Port of Ness. ...Read more

A memory of Port of Ness in 1940 by Christine Pratt

Captions

2,019 captions found. Showing results 1,969 to 1,992.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Church And Town 1890

The original church, dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, was cruciform in plan.

Caption For Loughborough, Market Place C1965

Loughborough University is at the cutting edge of science and technology yet, at the same time, it has a high reputation in sports that themselves stretch back to the ancient world of the original

Caption For Epsom, High Street 1907

The old church, which went back in parts to the 12th century, was swept away in 1824.

Caption For Billesdon, Market Place C1955

In this north-western sector of a remarkable parish it is possible to go back two thousand years at a glance, from the ancient trackway to an abandoned railway line, courtesy of Dr Beeching.

Caption For Jersey, St Helier, The Harbour And Ss Gazelle 1893

'Antelope' had been sold in 1913, but by March 1920 the surviving sisters were back on station for the GWR, though both were used for cargo runs only.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1965

The impressive edifice of the Midland Bank, number 12 Westgate, is second from the left.

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

The Sudell family can be traced back to the reign of Edward VI.

Caption For Alderley Edge, The Wizard Inn 1896

All the local farming families tried to get back to Alderley for Wakes week in the third week of August.

Caption For Rugby, Clifton Road C1950

middle of the 19th century, the third (curfew) bell was rung daily at five in the morning and eight in the evening, warning householders to extinguish their fires until morning; this custom dates back

Caption For Guisborough, Hutton Hall 1891

There was a fernery, an orangery and a grotto, and the size of the head gardener's house, with its back stairs and maids' accommodation, illustrates the size of the household and the importance of the

Caption For Glasgow, Atlantic Quay 2005

of the 1990s Springfield Quay had been transformed yet again, emerging as the foremost leisure and entertainment areas of the city, with an Odeon multiplex cinema and a score of restaurants, bars

Caption For Rugby, Market Place, High Street And Sheep Street 1932

When the High Street was built up, a tunnel was created to maintain access to the court, which has now been opened up onto Little Church Street at the back.

Caption For Luton, George Street C1950

So just look at this picture, and imagine you are back in a time of laughter!

Caption For Luton, George Street C1965

So just look at this picture, and imagine you are back in a time of laughter!

Caption For Ipswich, Ancient House 1893

The brick gateway, with its barely discernible royal cipher, is all that remains.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Rupert Gates On Marlow Hill 1906

Going back to the beginning of the 19th century, Loakes Manor together with its park was sold in August 1798 to the Right Honourable Robert Smith, Lord Carrington, a prosperous banker and friend

Caption For Minehead, Church Town 1929

The oldest cottages are based on what is known as a 'cross passage' design, whereby a passage runs straight from front to back door, dividing the house.

Caption For Pilton, Tithe Barn C1955

In the yard at the back there is a rare survival, a dovecote dating from the 13th or 14th century.

Caption For Chelmsford, Children, High Street 1898

From then on, Conduit Square and Back Lane became Tindal Square and Tindal Street, respectively.

Caption For Bedford, High Street C1955

Wells furnishers were related to the brewing family of the same name; the Green Chair sign over the shop is intended as a hark back to the craftsman guilds of medieval times.

Caption For Margate, The Harbour 1906

RECORDS of a harbour in Margate go back to the 14th century, when it appears to have been a small wooden structure sheltering the local fishing vessels.

Caption For Luton, Chapel Street 2005

Geoff Cox said: 'I think the negative image goes back to Lorraine Chase and the Luton Airport advertisement (for Campari); it led to the naff town idea.

Caption For Fareham, St Peter And St Paul, Parish Church 2005

He received a severe contusion in the back part of his head, and was otherwise severely bruised.

Caption For Epsom, Horton Manor 1890

He was pleased with the rest of Epsom, too, giving respectful attention to Durdans, which had been rebuilt after a fire in 1759, and to Woodcote Park, which had been also been replaced in modern