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Maps

88 maps found.

1896, Coates Ref. RNE672652
1945, Coat Ref. NPO672629
1923, Great Coates Ref. POP719760
1923, Coates Ref. POP672649
1923, Coates Ref. POP672650
1919, Coates Ref. POP672652
1898, Coate Ref. RNE672638
1899, Coates Ref. RNE672650
1899, Coate Ref. HOSM41366
1885, Coates Ref. HOSM41371
1898-1899, Coate Ref. RNC672638
1947, Salt Coates Ref. NPO824514
1947, Coates Ref. NPO672648
1947, Coates Ref. NPO672650
1940, Coates Ref. NPO672653
1924, Coates Ref. POP672648
1922, Coates Ref. POP672654
1898, Coate Ref. RNE672639
1898, Coates Ref. RNE672648
1899, Coates Ref. RNE672649

Books

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Memories

1,490 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

East Terrace

I used to live in #1 when I was about 6 years old and have memories of climbing out of a window and sitting on the roof and looking out to sea. I also used to cycle off to school each day along this street. My father was ...Read more

A memory of Budleigh Salterton in 1948 by Michael Braund

Happy Days In The Sun

This was my idea of heaven. For 7 years during my early childhood we went to Nefyn for 2 weeks during the summer. Dad always rented a beach hut to "brew up in" and hold the deckchairs and swimming stuff. The highlight of the ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn by Helen Neaves Wilde

Lydia And Wendy

I worked in the big hotel in Sandown, and a couple of hotels on the very seafront with two girls from Binstead, what fun we had, laughter and tears went together. I've lost touch with them but would love to hear what they are up to ...Read more

A memory of Binstead in 1973 by Patricia Hamilton

Holiday In Carbost June 2008

My friend and I spent a very enjoyable holiday in Carbost this year - pity there are no old photos of the place. We stayed in the Old Inn, and later on in the Langal guesthouse, as the Old Inn was ...Read more

A memory of Carbost in 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy

Post Office

I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post ...Read more

A memory of King's Caple in 1960 by Andrew Hodges

Visiting The Isle Of Man Railway

Two of my friends i(Bob and Tony) n our Manchester University Hall of Residence were both train buffs and motorcyclists so one early summer weekend in 1967 we rode our bikes on a Friday evening down the "East Lancs ...Read more

A memory of Douglas in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

Personal Reflections

I was born in Sandleaze, Worton in 1957. I was brought up at 1 Mill Road near the Marston boundary. I remember many things about the village especially the Rose and Crown Pub and the Mill. I remember with pride the ...Read more

A memory of Worton by Teresa Lewis

Clog Morris Dancing At Torquay Harbour On An August Evening

This view of the harbour taken in 1888 has by chance captured dead centre the very spot where 120 years later the dancers and musicians of Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers turned out to ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Frees Post Office And Grocery Longworth

Having spent the first seven years of my life in Longworth, I remember Free's shop vividly. The Frees were friendly, welcoming people. Mr Free had curly hair and wore a tan-coloured kind of overall-coat. ...Read more

A memory of Longworth in 1960 by Liz Jarrett

Its Panto Time! Oh Yes It Is!

You ever been to a panto? Oh yes you have!!! Remember! You go into a large packed hot old theatre full of sticky shouting children and adults trying to look as if they are not enjoying themselves. The house ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by David Hinge

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Captions

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Caption For Harborne, Boys' House, Birmingham Blue Coat School C1955

The first Blue Coat School opened in central Birmingham in 1724. It was a charity school whose pupils wore blue coats.

Caption For Harborne, Boys' House, Birmingham Blue Coat School C1955

The first Blue Coat School opened in central Birmingham in 1724. It was a charity school whose pupils wore blue coats.

Caption For Swindon, Coate Water C1955

Looking West to the Diving Board Coate Water was originally constructed in 1821-22 as a reservoir, and was designed to overcome water shortages on the canal system around the town when

Caption For Conwy, Plas Mawr 1892

The building has recently been restored, and now has a complete coat of lime plaster. If the castle is examined closely, the remnants of a plaster coat can also be discerned.

Caption For Gloucester, Southgate Street And Robert Raikes House 1948

Note the man outside the hotel in trench-coat and hat - a typical fifties outfit.

Caption For Salisbury, View From High Street C1955

The coat of arms above the High Street Gate is that of James ll.

Caption For Salisbury, View From High Street C1955

The coat of arms above the North Gate is that of James ll. Parking is beginning to present a problem.

Caption For Launceston, Greystone Bridge C1875

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

Caption For Kettering, Parish Church C1960

The Roughton Memorial gates are decorated with a coat of arms on the left-hand pillar and a brief history of the family's connection with Kettering on the right-hand pillar.

Caption For Warminster, Market Place C1965

On Barclays Bank, left, is a sign for the Warminster Journal, which is still produced by Coates and Parker next door.

Caption For Launceston, Greystone Bridge C1875

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

Caption For Launceston, Greystone Bridge C1875

Greystone Bridge is 'the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together', according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in 'Old Cornish Bridges and Streams'.

Caption For Paisley, Dunn Square 1897

Coats & Clark manufactured thread, and Brown & Poulson corn-flour.

Caption For St Annes, St Anne's Road West 1901

The hardware store has had a pre-season facelift: a new awning, a coat of paint, and the relocation of the shop-sign from the ground to the second floor.

Caption For Hathersage, The George 1919

In this photograph, an early automobile chugs down the street, past a white-coated delivery boy pushing a handcart outside the inn.

Caption For Coxwold, Fauconberg Arms C1960

The Fauconberg Arms was built in 1662, and carries the name and the coat of arms of Earl Fauconberg of the nearby Elizabethan Newburgh Priory.

Caption For Melton Mowbray, South Prade C1960

In this predominately 19th-century street, it is the once-familiar that takes the eye: the delivery boy with his white coat and bicycle basket, and the unattended pram outside Mason's shop - in today's

Caption For Rockingham, Cars At The Castle C1960

The 16th-century family coat of arms is visible above the triple- based stone canopy which overhangs the main entrance.

Caption For Marlborough, Town Crier C1900

This rather stern-looking gentleman wearing his best frock coat and gaiters is Isaac Waylen, Town Crier and School Attendance Officer between 1889 and 1911, who lived in St Martin's.

Caption For Morley, Queens Street C1965

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

Caption For Morley, Queens Street C1965

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

Caption For Corsham, Almshouses 1906

Note the Baroque pediment and coat-of-arms over the entrance. Two jauntily-dressed young men pose for the camera.

Caption For Hutton, C1947

The right-hand house, converted from an old barn, bears the coat of arms of Christopher Kenn over the doorway. The other buildings in this photograph are 16th- and 17th-century in date.

Caption For Haddon Hall, Garden Front C1860

A top-hatted and frock-coated gentleman surveys the garden front of Haddon Hall.