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Memories

381 memories found. Showing results 91 to 100.

Tottenham Royal

Barry Watkinson I remember the Royal. I was born in Tewkesbury Rd. When I was 10/11 we moved to Tottenham Hale. We visited the Royal regularly - there was a young teens on a Saturday afternoon. We had some old friends from Tewko ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham

Yesterday's Birch

I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE ...Read more

A memory of Birch by franciscaine7

Town Bridge

A few of us youths made small lofts, and got the idea we would have pigeons as a hobby. The trouble was we didn't have money to buy any. We hatched a plan, we could get all the pigeons we want, the only catch was they roosted under the ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Bob Marriott

Yeading Lane, White Hart Pub...

Yeading Lane, White Hart pub...when new roundabout just before 1980 approx..3 times hearse around old little roundabout..thought prob landlord died and respect tribute 3 times passed pub on way to funeral ruislipwhite hart pub..was farm..west end 1700s 1800s..myself family 1900s to now middx

A memory of Northolt in 1960 by Yvonne Butler

My Early Years

I remember you, Paul Smith from Chapel Hill School and High School. I also remember you going to New Zealand. I see John Mews occasionally in the White Hart at Braintree having morning coffee so I shall ask him if he remembers ...Read more

A memory of Braintree by Delia Norfolk

Aerco

Aerco was started by my grandfather, Thomas Ricketts after the war. He was an engineer and Aerco sold and repaired early radios and the first TVs, hence the name Addlestone Electrical Radio Company! I believe there were two locations for ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1949 by Adele Hall

Chelmsford Tindal Street 1906.

For many years this was known locally as Back Street. Out of shot to the right would have been the Corn Exchange; originally used by farmers. However later in life it became the dance hall where you could go and ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

Sam The Peanut Man And My Holidays In The 60s

I love Leysdown. In fact when our boys were little we used to take them there. They in turn go there now. My dad couldn't drive so our uncle used to have a caravan on Harts Farm and we used to ...Read more

A memory of Leysdown-on-Sea by Sandra Church

My Home Town 1947 1969

I was born in Liebenrood Road Maternity Hospital Reading in 1947 and for my first 5 years I lived in Salisbury Road, moving to Whitley until I left in 1969. I remember as a young child having many photographs taken at ...Read more

A memory of Reading by Wendy Fegan

My Very Happy Childhood In New Haw Road!!!

We originally moved in 1957 when I was 5 from Thornton Heath in Surrey to Burleigh Road in Addlestone because my dad had started working for Peto Scott (TV makers) near Weybridge. Then in December 1957 my ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1962 by Robin Hope

Captions

275 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Downderry, 1894

The subject of her conversation with the equally stern-looking woman with the donkey cart is probably not last night's party.

Caption For Puncknowle, The Watercart 1939

A cart delivers fresh water around the village of Puncknowle. The water came gushing from a grotto in the middle of the village.

Caption For Cark In Cartmel, The Bridge 1897

Note the upturned cart by the bridge. The village takes its name from the Old Welsh 'carreg', meaning rock or stone.

Caption For Helston, Wendron Street 1913

Here, country people are awaiting the carriers' carts that will transport them back to their farms and villages. The thatch covering the rubble cottages on the right has seen better days.

Caption For Walberswick, Village 1919

A trader is about to make a sale, but he will not make a fortune from this cart unless all of Walberswick turns out.

Caption For Taddiport, The Village 1923

The old hay cart, however, is now a fond memory.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 1896

Note the tram just behind the statue, the boys in uniform (centre right) and the various hand- and horse-carts.

Caption For Helston, Coinagehall Street 1913

On the left Martin and Son, Wholesale and Retail Grocers are making a delivery by horse cart.

Caption For Duntisbourne Abbotts, The Village C1960

It was doubtless used to swell up the felloes of cart and wagon wheels, for in hot, dry weather they contracted, and the metal tyres became loose.

Caption For Chatsworth, And Italian Gardens C1870

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth, where a team of gardeners with their carts full of bedding plants are working on the Italian gardens.

Caption For Southport, Marine Lake 1902

It pumped sea water, which was used both in local water carts for street cleaning, and for flushing out the town's sewerage system.

Caption For London, Old Waterloo Bridge C1900

A hackney carriage and a horse-drawn cart pass under the first Waterloo Bridge.

Caption For Kettering, Gold Street 1922

town centre in the 1920s and 1930s when policemen, with arms outstretched, directed what little traffic there was, errand-boys cycled through the streets loaded with baskets of parcels, and horses and carts

Caption For Merrivale, Bridge 1910

The horse and cart are approaching the old packhorse bridge, which was later to be by-passed by a new road bridge.

Caption For Hornchurch, High Street 1909

Its landlord, from 1889 until 1928, was the famous George Heath, who also provided stabling and had carts and carriages for hire.

Caption For Holmwood, The Donkey Cart 1909

The photographer clearly found the sight of these two children in their donkey cart as appealing a sight as it still is to us today.

Caption For Ringwood, Market Place 1890

Also over on the right stands The Red Lion Hotel, and just near it is a coal cart. The market in Ringwood dates back to 1226, when Henry III granted a charter here.

Caption For East Worldham, Hill 1907

The heavy roller on the front broke off, and a caravan and water cart on tow overtook the steam roller and overturned. The road was closed for four hours!

Caption For Newington, The Village 1903

The Village 1909 A handsome farm cart stands in the yard of a timber-framed two-storey building, in this small hamlet on the road between Tenterden and Hythe.

Caption For Mundesley, Fisherman's Gangway C1955

Originally a rough roadway through the cliffs to the beach known as Cart Gap, the Gangway was constructed in concrete in 1898 by Steward & Patteson brewery, the owners of the Ship Hotel.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

On the left is the City Luncheon Bar, and in the foreground a fleet of carrier's carts owned by Henry Drapper.

Caption For Tillington, In The Village 1912

In the shadow of the 13th-century church of St Mary, to the south of Petworth House, the two young girls and the driver of the horse and cart pose for the camera in one of the innumerable nooks and crannies

Caption For Manchester, Market Street 1889

Then, as now, trams were a mainstay of the city's transport, but pulled by horses like the omnibuses and carts that also line the street, whilst hatted business men with canes and shoppers walk the pavements

Caption For Weybridge, Baker Street 1903

With the High Street to the left, and two little girls (right) posing with all the assurance of modern models outside the villa adjoining Dale's ornamental shop entrance, a cart stands at the beginning