Maps

1,865 maps found.

1925, Manor Park Ref. POP773963
1921, Manor Park Ref. POP773967
1924, Newton Park Ref. POP791961
1919, Old Park Ref. POP796990
1947, Hampton Park Ref. NPO726255
1945, Grove Park Ref. NPO723036
1947, Old Park Ref. NPO796982
1946, Old Park Ref. NPO796990
1945, Leigh Park Ref. NPO754826
1946, Park Corner Ref. NPO800483
1947, Park End Ref. NPO800508
1946, Park Gate Ref. NPO800925
1940, Park Hill Ref. NPO801006
1946, Park Town Ref. NPO801258
1947, Manor Park Ref. NPO773965
1945, Manor Park Ref. NPO773971
1946, Manor Park Ref. NPO773972
1940, Moor Park Ref. NPO783209
1945, Moor Park Ref. NPO783210
1898, Queen's Park Ref. RNE812313

Books

1 books found. Showing results 1,129 to 1.

Memories

4,384 memories found. Showing results 471 to 480.

Cracknells

Going to my nan and grandad's every week; Frank and Ellen Cracknell. Meeting all the family there, going strawberry picking, swimming in the ford, cutting across to the Wellington Country Park through the back way, going to Sunday ...Read more

A memory of Bramshill by Deborah Ayres

Off Licence

My mum used to run the off licence...she started working there the year my older sister turned 11 and passed her 11+. My mum ran the off licence until she had to leave in 1979 when my dad had his first heart attack. Dad is still alive ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell in 1966 by Sue Blay

Park South

I can remember 1963 very well. I lived in Kingsway Close. My father was an insurance agent named Reg Dady and later became an assistant manager. I attended Swindon College and then joined my father as an insurance agent for United ...Read more

A memory of Swindon in 1963 by Barry Dady

Bury Road

I well recall helping to pull the 40th Epping Forest Scouts trek cart with its iron shod wheels loaded with camping gear, along here on the way to Gilwell Park.

A memory of Chingford by Ted Dowling

Bomb Blast `siding` Margaret Street/Victoria Street.

I recall as a young boy of 7 or 8, that I was among a group of friends playing on the siding at the bottom of Margaret Street. We, as friends, found the bomb on the Rhigos Mountain and carried ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1943 by Ben Thomas

Born On Sutton Flats

I was born on Sutton Flats (now demolished) Pendleton in 1941. My first vague memory was sitting under a table with a blanket draped over it and a lit candle (must have been an air-raid on at the time). My first real memory ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Edward Ashton

Collyhurst Flats, Southern Drive

Lived at 17 Southern Drive, went to St Oswalds. One of my memories was helping Harry the firewood lad; he used to sell firewood from his handcart. Marco real ice-cream. Harry Wilkinson in the chip shop - if you ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1952 by Jimmy Jones

My Life In Battersea

We used to live in Henning Street in Battersea, we were always in Battersea Park and "the jungle" which was a playpark for teenagers with ropes and pulleys, my brothers had great fun in there whilst my friends and I were ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1960 by Margaret Cheeseman

Colville Road, Sparkbrook

I was born at 4 Back, 34 Colville Road in January 1950. These back houses were very small with a shared outside toilet. We had all manner of creatures that lived there too, massive spiders, blackbats and beetles that ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook in 1950 by Janet Devine

Barking Lake

Not sure of the date; one of my memories is being over the park the whole day fishing and catching a jar full of stickle backs. The were so packed in I think when I got them home they were nearly all dead.

A memory of Barking in 1942 by Maureen Salle

Captions

2,179 captions found. Showing results 1,129 to 1,152.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1893

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

Caption For Laindon, View From St Nicholas Church C1960

Although these houses are little changed today, the view from St Nicholas's car park across Markhams Chase is barely recognisable now.

Caption For Romford, Warren Drive, Elm Park C1950

Warren Drive with its neat bungalows and semi-detached homes provides the northern border of the Elm Park Estate, an impressive residential development inspired by the extension of the District Line

Caption For Romford, The Entrance To Raphael Park 1908

Since 1902 Raphael Park has provided Romford people with a place of relaxation and recreation.

Caption For Coulsdon, The Recreation Ground C1955

The trees by the entrance to the ground, left, have been replaced by an expanded parking area.

Caption For Chipstead, Hogs Cross C1955

The fence on the right marks the extent of Shabden Park and its disappearance now gives a much more open appearance across attractive downland.

Caption For Stafford, Victoria Park C1950

Later, the level of some of the surrounding land was raised, and Victoria Park was opened in 1908.

Caption For Ranworth, St Helen's Church 1934

The road has widened little since 1934, and there is now a small area where two or three cars can park.

Caption For Ingoldmells, Vickers Point And Beach C1955

Inland, Ingoldmells is very much kiss-me-quick hat country, with vast caravan parks, amusement arcades and a fun fair whose piece de resistance is the Volcano.

Caption For Waddesdon, The Five Arrows Hotel 1901

Baron Rothschild transformed a bare hilltop near Aylesbury into a wooded park, crowned with a spectacular French-style chateau. In the valley he built Waddesdon, an estate village.

Caption For Hove, The Parade 1921

Behind the spacious promenade are the superb 1820s stucco compositions of Brunswick Square and Terrace and Adelaide Terrace beyond, all rather like Nash's Regents Park in London.

Caption For Belton, Belton House 1904

North of Grantham, set in its seven hundred acre landscaped deer park, Belton House was begun in 1685; it is architecturally conservative for that date with its cupola and balustraded flat roof.

Caption For Petworth, House 1898

The west side, with its balanced Renaissance design, overlooks the lake, which with its meandering curves and seemingly natural islands forms part of the adjoining walled park, landscaped by Capability

Caption For Odiham, High Street 1903

Go there today and you will find a delightful little town with handsome buildings, lines of busy shops and pubs and many cars parked at the roadside - all of it creating a colourful, bustling community

Caption For Clumber Park, C1955

Clumber Park, like Rufford, is heavily wooded; it was enclosed out of Sherwood Forest, that great forest that extends from Worksop southwards almost to Nottingham.

Caption For Southampton, The Stag Gates 1908

A rather complex road junction now marks the spot where these gates once stood.The gates, signifying the entrance to the Bevois Mount Estate, date back to 1844, but were removed before World War Two

Caption For Eastleigh, The Town Hall C1960

The old Town Hall is a dignified building of mellow brick with a clock beneath an elegant cupola.The building looks just the same now as it did in about 1960; nowadays, part of it is a dance and

Caption For Morden, Looking North East C1965

In preparation behind Morden Court is a car parking area, and beyond that are the carriage sheds for the Northern Line underground.

Caption For Camberley, High Street C1955

Notice the Police Officer on his bicycle to the left, examining a parked vehicle.

Caption For Buscot, The Village C1950

Close by is Buscot Park, famous for its walled gardens, extensive grounds and lake, and the Faringdon art collection. It is open to the public under the National Trust.

Caption For London, Marble Arch C1890

Marble Arch, in the corner of the picture, was placed in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in 1851. It had been built in 1827, when it stood outside Buckingham Palace.

Caption For Cardiff, City Hall And Law Courts 1906

Objectors to the audacious scheme suggested alternative sites in the Arms Park and Temperance Town.

Caption For Flookburgh, Market Street 1903

The only traffic is a cart parked by a barn on the right of the road, its shafts up in the air (right). To its left is the Crown Hotel.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Market Place C1955

Notice the old Whieldon's green bus parked outside.