Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Brentwood, Essex
Photos
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Maps
181,045 maps found.
Books
7 books found. Showing results 481 to 7.
Memories
29,016 memories found. Showing results 201 to 210.
Happy Days
I went to Wescott Road school in 1950 then St Crispins 1956. I can recall quite a few shops. Herrings furniture where you could buy on HP with no checks, as Mr Herring assessed whether or not you looked trustworthy. NSS newsagents. Next ...Read more
A memory of Wokingham by
Stanmore 1950 52
Hallo , my name is Cliff Bowley. My family moved to Stanmore in 1950 to a very large house called "Belmont Lodge " on the corner of Denis Lane and London Road junction. Does anybody remember it? It was knocked down for development, ...Read more
A memory of Stanmore by
Bradford House
My daughters and I lived happily at Bradford House for seven years in the late 1990's ... The house was originally two 17th century cottages at right angles to each other. The Victorians then re-modelled one of the ...Read more
A memory of Bradford-on-Tone by
Queen Elizabeth
Seeing this beautiful liner reminds me that my father used to work on both. These ships would cross the Atlantic within 3 miles of each other. He took a photo of the Queen Mary as they were in the height of a severe storm. The bridge of The Mary was under water, the props exposed.
A memory of Hythe by
The Leeds And Sunderland Cup Final
I watched so many cup finals on black and white television when I was a boy never dreaming of the day that I might actually be there. But it happened in 1973! Would you believe my neighbour was a long retired ...Read more
A memory of Wembley in 1973 by
Where I Was Brought Up
I was 2 years old when we moved in, in 1950. My dad was the Lock Keeper, Alan Mclean Tait, my mum Florence (Always called Elsie)my sister Christina (Chris), me, Eddie & our spaniel Judy. We also had chickens and a cockrel. ...Read more
A memory of Harlow in 1950 by
"The American University"
The school was converted for use as the campus for The United States International University in Europe. I was fortunate to be working as a Careers Advisor in nearby Watford whilst it was operating as a university and so I had ...Read more
A memory of Bushey in 1989 by
Boot Inn 1955, Now The Old Boot, A Private House
Ceased operation as a pub in 1959. Now (2007) privately occupied by the Beran family. Previous owners were a builder who divided the land, the village schoolmaster, and the Jarvis'. A few relics ...Read more
A memory of East Hagbourne by
A Visit With A Great Aunt And Uncle
In 1970 my Grandparents (Mr & Mrs Harold Hall of Winnipeg, Canada) and I spent some time with my Grandmother's sister, Ethel Mills and her husband John. We had a family reunion and dinner in a restaurant. ...Read more
A memory of Earby in 1970 by
School Carol Concert
This was where my mother and father were married in 1937. I used to walk up to the Church with the whole of Minehead Grammar School for our annual Christmas Carol Service. Our lovely music teacher, Mr Langdon, used to play the ...Read more
A memory of Minehead in 1958 by
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Captions
29,161 captions found. Showing results 481 to 504.
A small village just south of Devizes, Potterne still has some famous and wonderfully ancient buildings. It was once a manor of the Bishop of Salisbury.
By the time that this photograph was taken, very little of Barry Castle remained.
Two girls play with a hoop on the banks of the Thames, not far from Staines. Historically, Staines marked the end of the jurisdiction of the City of London over the river.
In 1584 much of the town was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding has left Nantwich with a number of late-Tudor buildings, one of the most interesting of which is the Crown Hotel.
The magnificent late 12th-century priory church of St Mary and St Michael dominates this view of Devonshire Place.
A view of the River Wye as it flows through the limestone gorge of Chee Dale, between Bakewell and Buxton.
Much of the quietness of old Powick was lost for ever in the 20th century when a new road from Malvern to Worcester was cut through the parish.
By contrast, Argyle Street, belonging to a previous generation of building, had no green spaces at all, and the solitary tree that towered over the tenements of Sandyford is believed to have begun
A tiny coastal hamlet in the parish of Symondsbury, Eype was provided with its own 350-seat chapel of ease, dedicated to St Peter, in 1865 (right-hand skyline).
Of this chapel only the archway into it from the church survives, the rest being rebuilt, enlarged and extended in the 1860s, 1880s and in 1906.
Once controlled by a simple set of three traffic lights, the junction of George Street, Wellington Street (left) and Manchester Street (right) now requires a multi-function system complete with laning,
The east front of the Archbishop's Palace, pictured prior to the insertion of the modern window and the change in the roofline of the central porch.
This splendid church was conceived by Sir Edmund Beckett, who as well as being a barrister and amateur architect designed the clock mechanism of Big Ben.
This splendid church was conceived by Sir Edmund Beckett, who as well as being a barrister and amateur architect designed the clock mechanism of Big Ben.
The King's Head is one of Aylesbury's architectural treasures; it is tucked away off the Market Square. This view shows the 15th-century great hall window, ten lights wide with arched upper lights.
Westmorland Avenue is one of the roads laid out for residential development between Tring Road and Wendover Road.
Looking eastward, this view shows one of the town's saddest architectural losses: Colebrooke Terrace, a shallow crescent of four pairs of Regency stucco villas.
The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.
The narrow high street leading to a small square boasted a varied selection of businesses at the turn of the last century.
The cries of traders echo through the expansive square, planned by Inigo Jones.The scene has been described by a contemporary guidebook: 'All night long the rumble of heavy wagons seldom ceases,
Eastbourne owes its development to the seventh Duke of Devonshire: after the railway arrived in 1849, he enthusiastically developed his estates here into a huge resort, with nearly three miles of seafront
Ballaugh is in the Sheading of Michael.
Without doubt, Pembroke is one of the most impressive defended sites in Wales.
West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.
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