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 673 to 7.
Memories
29,016 memories found. Showing results 281 to 290.
The Empire Exhibition 1938. The Tower
This was our last pre-war family holiday - a week in Glasgow with Dad's brother [Somerville Drive, Mount Florida] and three wonderful weeks in Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, with mum's parents. I have clearer ...Read more
A memory of Glasgow by
Mr George Jones Coalmerchant
I remember your grandad George Jones well. He was our coal merchant. He was always a welcome sight with his coal lorry, especially during the war when coal was short. I was born in 1938 and moved to Lawrence Avenue when ...Read more
A memory of Heath Town by
An Early Memory.
1946. When the war ended and my father came home, my parents brought me to Hiram from Bournemouth to see his parents. They lived in one of the small cottages just up from the hotel on the Heathfield Road, on the opposite side from where ...Read more
A memory of Horam by
Brightlands
My grandfather worked as a chauffeur and then a gardener for a family called Edwards who lived at this house in the 1930s and 1940s. My grandfather had a cottage in the grounds. When we visited and the Edwards were not at home, we were allowed to play on the lawn at the back of the house.
A memory of Reigate by
Fatso & Friend
It was 1970 before I found myself working in this enclosure with 'Fatso' the male lion and his mate, whose name I, unfortunately, cannot remember. I began working at Dudley zoo in 1970 as the Giraffe Keeper and was moved to the 'Cat ...Read more
A memory of Dudley in 1970 by
This Was My Grandmas House As A Child
This house was where my grandma grew up, and her father before her. Her father was a gardener and her mother was a seamstress, she grew up to be a nurse. She currently lives in Bromley and is now 72 and has ...Read more
A memory of Farningham in 1930 by
That's My Mum!
That's my Mum pushing my younger sister, Rosie, into the newsagents. We lived in Northwood Avenue from when the house was built in 1958 until the early 80s - although I still drive through Purley on a regular basis. A couple of doors ...Read more
A memory of Purley by
Saturday Morning Pictures At The Odeon
School days were OK but on Saturday morning the walk/run from Croxley Green down into Ricky was always an adventure. We would go down Scots Hill or down the track opposite the church at the bottom of the ...Read more
A memory of Rickmansworth in 1950 by
Chisholm Cottage
My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more
A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by
Happy Childhood Holidays
I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has ...Read more
A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by
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Captions
29,161 captions found. Showing results 673 to 696.
Nestling under the steep southern slope of the Sussex Downs, Funtington is typical of the inland villages of the coastal plain.
The survival of the green helps Tettenhall retain just a hint of its village character, though it is very much part of Wolverhampton now.
St Catharine's was founded by Robert Woodlarke in 1473, then the third provost of King's.
North Stoneham Church c1960 North Stoneham Church was rebuilt at the end of the 16th century in the Gothic style.
This sprawling riverside village lies between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.
None of these buildings survived the 1960s.
The weatherboarded Chequers pub is tucked away in a corner of the dog-leg at the top of the village street, with the early 15th-century church tower rising above the surrounding tiled roofs.
Carrog, or Llansantffraid Glyndyfrdwy, is in the heart of the lands of Owain Glyndwr, the marcher lord.
One of the important historic buildings of Yarm, this mansion was built in 1770 on the site of the ancient Friary, using some of the stones from the original building.
The book of 'Hampshire Treasures' states that the 'Bentley Book' on the left was 'designed by Lord Baden-Powell for the Daily Mail competition for village signs in 1923.
We are looking back up Crown Hill, with the sign of the Crown on the left.
The church of St Mary has some parts that are medieval, but most of what can be seen today dates from its rebuilding between 1859 and 1860 under the supervision of Henry Woodyer.
The second of the Pier Head buildings was the Royal Liver Building. This must be one of the most recognisable buildings in Great Britain.
The rebuilding took nearly twenty years, and the craftsmen tried to put only the best and finest materials back into Manchester's chief house of God. 192 new traceried panels were fitted to
Here it is at the northern end of Charles Street, the architects' and planners' vision of utopia a la 1950s and 60s; dominat- ing the photograph to the left, in a Midlands-Miesian style, is Epic
The town of Runcorn is behind the bridge; the retaining wall of the Manchester Ship Canal can be seen along the edge of the River Mersey.
This broad open space is a kaleidoscope of noise and colour on market day.
The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.
Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.
Protected from overwhelming traffic by the encirclement of the Upton by-pass to the west and the M53 motorway to the east, Upton has changed little since these views were taken.
This stretch of country used to have three major hospitals, the most famous of which was Cane Hill, built as a lunatic asylum in 1882.
Here we see the priory ruins viewed from the south as in the view of 1885; but by the time of this photograph, Margaret, later first Lady Gisborough, along with her head gardener, Kew-trained
The Triangle is at the centre of Cinderford.
Tetbury's Town Hall, or Market House, is one of the grandest of its kind found in the Cotswolds, and for centuries has been at the hub of the town's life and business.
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