Maps

1,865 maps found.

1919, Park Ref. POP800436
1919, Park Ref. POP800437
1945, Park Ref. NPO800435
1946, Park Ref. NPO800438
1909-1911, Park Ref. RNC801565
1947, Park Ref. NPO800436
1898, Park Ref. RNE800436
1898, Park Ref. RNE800438
1919, Park Ref. POP800438
1897-1899, Park Ref. RNC800436
1900, Park Ref. RNC800437
1899-1900, Park Ref. RNC800438
1895, Park Ref. RNE800437
1898, Park Ref. RNE800435
1946, Park Ref. NPO800437
1898-1900, Park Ref. RNC800435
1919, Park Ref. POP800435
1896 - 1913, Dinsdale Park Ref. HOSM43253
1902 - 1903, Summerfield Park Ref. HOSM45810
1884 - 1885, Ettingshall Park Ref. HOSM44969

Books

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Memories

4,360 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Timber

I lived in Malvern Road and remember the winter of '47 when we had six weeks of snow and wonderful tobogganing on the slopes. My dad was the manager of Park&Brown Jeffery Street and a skilled wood man who was able to build me an ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by Michael Barton

Harrow Driving School Rayners Lane 1985 1986 Approx

Memories of getting the tube from Arnos Grove to Rayners Lane and then the long walk up Imperial Drive - until reaching the driving centre. The set up included traffic lights, zebra crossings, ...Read more

A memory of Harrow by John Walmisley

High Street Wilburton

This is the other side of the road from the Post Office, with a very old car parked in front of Hazel's shop, which sold all sorts of things including penny chews and sweets. You can see the old tree, and the bus stop and the ...Read more

A memory of Wilburton by Sandra Shaw

Names Of People And Buildings.

Here we are looking down West Street with the village school visible at the end. On the left is Tetts Farm with the milk churns, while next is Manor Farm, farmed by Reg Newick. The thatched building before the ...Read more

A memory of Hinton St George

Childhood Memories

Knutsford holds a special place in my heart as I was born there in 1956 and spent nearly eight years of my childhood growing up in this then safe and close community. I have very strong memories of family, home, school and ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford in 1962 by Julie Nunn

"Hoylake Baths"

I recall happy memories of the Bathing Pool. It had two fountains spurting over fake rocks. We used to climb on these to cool off. In those days the Summers seemed to go on forever. The baths used to attract large attendances in those ...Read more

A memory of Hoylake in 1957 by Ron Mcshane

My Early Years In Salford

I was born in Salford, at 15 School Street in 1951. My first school was Stowells Memorial, I think the headmistress was a Miss Dent. There was a butchers shop one the corner with the same name as our family, but I don't ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jacqueline Timperley

Part Of My Childhood

I spent many enjoyable school holidays in this town.  My Uncle had a store called Staggs the Drapery and clothing store.  Back then we used to spend many an hour wandering over to the Quay & the Priory.  We also used to ...Read more

A memory of Christchurch in 1953 by Raymond Garfield

The 50s And 60s

I lived with my parents,  Ralph and Joan, "Bindy" and sister Judy,  on Birchway, off Ack Lane East, then we moved to 17 Atholl Road.  There were several families with children who my sister and I  spent a lot of time with - Johnny ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall by Richard Caville

My Grandad Jim

My name is Kerry & my favourite memory of Coalville when I was younger is my Grandad, his name was Jim Watts. He was a coal miner for quite a few years & he was also Mayor of Coalville. I remember going to the dog track ...Read more

A memory of Coalville by Kerry Tucker

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Captions

2,180 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.

Caption For Sheffield, Endcliffe Woods 1893

In 1893 the Council controlled five parks.

Caption For Belfast, Ormeau Park 1897

100 acres was considered enough for a park, and the rest was made available for what was to become Park Road with North and South Parades.

Caption For Dublin, Phoenix Park 1897

A view along Chesterfield Avenue, the main drive through Phoenix Park .

Caption For Macclesfield, West Park 1903

Opened in October 1854, the park covered around sixteen acres, eight of which comprised the old Town Field; the remainder was purchased from an adjoining estate.

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, Thomas Town Park C1960

In 1900 Thomastown Park, built on the site of an old quarry, was the first public park in the Borough.

Caption For Salford, Peel Park, Peel Statue 1889

This is a wonderfully patriotic photograph of the monument to Lancashire lad Sir Robert Peel, standing in the park named after him.

Caption For Preston, Miller Park 1893

Alderman T Miller presented the land for the park (11 acres) in 1864.

Caption For Sheffield, Rivelin Valley C1955

For most of the century the city's parks retained their popularity and were maintained meticulously, only in the last quarter of the century suffering from a lack of management and care.

Caption For Blackburn, Queens Park Lake 1923

Here we see an almost deserted Queen's Park, with just one customer for a rowing boat on the park's lake.The park opened on 20 June 1887 in Queen Victoria's Jubilee year.

Caption For Romford, The Broadway, Elm Park C1950

From 1935 the station and the Broadway were the hub of the Elm Park Estate.

Caption For Cheam, Cheam Park House Lodge 1938

This building at the foot of Park Lane, with its stuccoed walls, pedimented porch, and ornamental iron gates, was built around 1820 as the lodge to Cheam Park House.

Caption For Manchester, Trafford Park 1897

Trafford Park, and Trafford Hall in the park, was the family home of the Traffords and later the de Traffords from 1770 until 1870.

Caption For West Bridgford, The Park C1960

East of the Central Avenue/Bridgford Road junction is Bridgford Park; the house's extensive grounds are now a very popular public park.

Caption For Darwen, Bold Venture Park 1895

An ornate 19th-century fountain graces the park.

Caption For Streetly, Entrance To Sutton Park C1965

Sutton Park is surrounded on all sides by suburbia.

Caption For Burnley, Scott Park 1906

This photograph shows Scott Park when the plantings had yet to come to maturity.

Caption For Newbury, Victoria Park C1955

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre.

Caption For Blackburn, Queens Park Lake 1923

Here we see an almost deserted Queen's Park, with just one customer for a rowing boat on the park's lake.

Caption For Overstone, Lake Side C1955

Overstone Park has for years been a leisure facility for nearby Northampton.

Caption For Basildon, Town Centre C1965

Both the town centre and the High Street in general face increasing competition in the form of 'out of town' shopping, following the creation of the retail park.

Caption For Streetly, Entrance To Sutton Park C1965

Sutton Park is surrounded on all sides by suburbia.

Caption For Newbury, Victoria Park C1955

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre.

Caption For Hoylake, Queens Park C1965

The park is a pleasant interlude between Birkenhead Road and Meols Parade on the seafront.

Caption For Lancaster, Williamson Park 1912

Williamson Park was begun in the late 1860s as a scheme for the unemployed; they were to turn the bleak moorland and the quarries, that had once provided so much stone for the building of Lancaster