Maps

1,622 maps found.

1946, Round Street Ref. NPO820823
1946, Plot Street Ref. NPO807623
1945, Pollard Street Ref. NPO808188
1946, Pooley Street Ref. NPO808841
1946, Pottergate Street Ref. NPO810111
1898, Stanton Street Ref. RNE838527
1898, Street Ash Ref. RNE841610
1897, Street Dinas Ref. RNE841615
1898, Wilde Street Ref. RNE870228
1895, Shingle Street Ref. RNE830230
1898, Short Street Ref. RNE830622
1898, Snow Street Ref. RNE833780
1895, Union Street Ref. RNE856765
1896, Washbrook Street Ref. RNE861289
1945, Johnson Street Ref. NPO745208
1946, Kingshall Street Ref. NPO748092
1947, Street Lydan Ref. NPO841655
1946, Streetly End Ref. NPO841674
1947, Swingfield Street Ref. NPO843907
1946, Teynham Street Ref. NPO846218

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 251 to 260.

Happy Days In St Albans Road, Late 40's And 50's.

I lived at 90 East Hill just by the corner of St Albans. In St Albans lived all my little pals; Robert Ball, David Shaw, Peter Richardson, Frankie Taylor and Graham Wilson. We played in the street ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1948 by David Large

Eastern Electricity Board Apprentice Training School

I attended the 'boards' training school based at Harold Hill, along with 79 other apprentices during 1960/61... I shared lodgings at Collier Row for the first year of the apprentice training ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1960 by Colin Crane

Family Tree

My grandmother and mother were born at Adwick Le Street. Lucy Simpson in 1916, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Simpson. Lucy married John Sargent from Thyristor and my mother Joyce was born in 1937. They emigrated to Australia where our family is today.

A memory of Adwick Le Street in 1910 by Traci Goering

Highgate Village In The 1960s

What I am most interested in writing about is how Highgate Village has changed so much since my school days, growing up there in the 1960s. Today most of the shops are coffee shops, ...Read more

A memory of Highgate in 1965 by Robert Molesworth

1948 To 1965

My name is Margaret Saunders. I was born at 3 Theobald Street, but at sometime we moved to 18a Theobald Street. I went to Furzehill Infant and Junior schools, then on to Lyndhurst. We lived over the shop that was the stationers, ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1948 by Margaret Wilson

My Childhood In Erith

My sister Wendy and I went to school at The Sacred Heart Convent on Erith Rd in the early '50s. I remember being taught by nuns in traditional nun's habits. But one teacher who wasn't a nun I remember because she was called ...Read more

A memory of Erith in 1954 by Marian (Aka Brooke) Lydbrooke (Nee Cope)

Canterbury Street From Paget Street Downwards

shops going down towards the high street

A memory of Gillingham in 1955

The Rec

The "Rec" was the place to be in the 1970's when you lived on the Cedar Rd Estate. We lived just round the corner on Elmdale Rd and had a garden which backed on the Rec. This was a good short cut into the Rec. Lived there as a young ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton by Andrew Christon

Memories Of Walthamstow

My memories of Walthamstow are mainly of other people - but here goes! My son was born in 1965 in Thorpe Coombe Hospital, where some of the people who have posted memories on this site were born. Before 1934 my ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1965 by Diana Dioszeghy

George And Dragon, Ashton Under Lyne

My mum and dad ran the George and Dragon. It was my dad's first pub after leaving the RAF. I'm almost certain we were the last ones in there before it was demolished. I have very vague memories of ...Read more

A memory of Ashton by Andrew Holden

Captions

5,381 captions found. Showing results 601 to 624.

Caption For Merriott, Lower Street C1955

Lower Street is the part of the square of Merriott's main streets nearest the Parrett. It has many old Ham stone cottages, some thatched, and some with stone mullioned windows.

Caption For Machynlleth, Maengwyn Street 1899

It is hard to imagine a town with a population of 2,000 being short-listed for the Welsh capital when it consists essentially of two intersecting streets.

Caption For London, Ludgate Hill From Fleet Street C1886

Fleet Street had been 'the street of ink' ever since Caxton's assistant Wynkyn de Worde set up his press next to St Bride's Church in 1500.

Caption For Newquay, Bank Street 1931

Bank Street is set back from the front and meets Fore Street at the town square.

Caption For Dorking, South Street 1907

South Street has been less spoiled than other streets in Dorking, and many of its old buildings remain.

Caption For Stroud, George Street 1910

A farm trap and a carriage with a liveried coachman make their way along George Street past the imposing façade of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, on the left, and the Brooklyn Cycle Depot across

Caption For Braunston, High Street C1950

An interesting mix of architectural styles characterises Braunston's High Street. Some of the houses are built of brick, some of stone.

Caption For Taunton, Park Gates 1906

Crossing Mary Street from the southern end of the High Street brings the explorer of Taunton to Vivary Park.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate 1951

Further along the street on the right stands the Empire Theatre.

Caption For Stroud, King Street 1910

A pair of ladies in fashionable Edwardian costume stroll along the raised pavement of Rowcroft on their way to the shops of King Street. A little ahead of them is a gas lamp standard.

Caption For Guildford, Market 1908

The livestock market was originally held in the High Street on Tuesdays, before being moved to North Street in 1865; thirty years later it moved again to this site in Woodbridge Road.

Caption For Welton, The Cross Roads C1955

It is on the top edge of the village: the road to the left leads out of the village towards Watling Street, and the one to the right takes you into the village street.

Caption For Ramsey, High Street C1955

The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.

Caption For Kettering, Montagu Street C1950

From the junction with Silver Street and Gold Street you can spot the distinctive tall tower of a former boys school, now an educational centre.

Caption For Lostwithiel, North Street 1906

The absence of traffic allows the children to loiter safely in the street.

Caption For Aldershot, Union Street 1935

One of the main shopping streets of the town, this photograph of Union Street conveys something of the bustling nature of the area.

Caption For Gainsborough, Silver Street C1950

Silver Street led from the Market Place to the river, which was lined by the warehouses and factories of this once busy inland port, including my grandfather's Rose Brothers, a packaging machinery

Caption For Sheffield, Angel Street C1965

The High Street was one of the principal shopping areas of the city to be damaged during the air raids of December 1940.

Caption For Llandudno, Mostyn Street 1890

Mostyn Street is one of Llandudno's main shopping streets; we see it here pictured in bright sunlight.

Caption For Dublin, Sackville Street 1897

A view of O'Connell Street looking north with O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey in the foreground.

Caption For Dublin, Sackville Street 1897

At this time, O'Connell Street was still known as Sackville Street. The monument to O'Connell is in the foreground and the Nelson Monument to the right.

Caption For Coventry, Hertford Street C1955

Broadgate was always the hub around which Coventry revolved, and Hertford Street was once one of the main streets running into it, though it was constructed only in 1912.

Caption For Kingswinford, Summer Hill C1965

The four roads which meet at the Cross are Moss Grove, Market Street, High Street, and Summer Hill, which are part of the main roads linking Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton.

Caption For Lincoln, Guildhall 1890

This wonderful atmospheric view looks through Stonebow into the continuation of High Street which follows the line of the Roman road to London, later known as Ermine Street.