Maps

181,006 maps found.

1897, Bellshill Ref. HOSM37461
1897, Warenford Ref. HOSM63413
1879, Bullbridge Ref. HOSM39433
1907, Bembridge Ref. HOSM34143
1882, Breadstone Ref. HOSM38757
1879, Hinton Ref. HOSM48608
1880, Rockhampton Ref. HOSM57927
1902, Dagnall Ref. HOSM42780
1897, Bowsden Ref. HOSM38501
1897, Scremerston Ref. HOSM58733
1897, Spittal Ref. HOSM59895
1899, Rhydlydan Ref. HOSM70860
1898, Caulcott Ref. HOSM40388
1898, Fritwell Ref. HOSM45855
1886, Gammaton Ref. HOSM45993
1884, Abington Ref. HOSM35587
1882, Dunton Ref. HOSM44067
1900, Langford Ref. HOSM50712
1882, Northill Ref. HOSM55361
1895, Billericay Ref. HOSM34160

Books

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Memories

29,057 memories found. Showing results 3,641 to 3,650.

Good Old Days In Salford

I was born in Salford, one of six children to Edith Casey and Ken Casey, their other children consisted of Linda, Alan, Barry, Ken, Paul and of course myself. We lived at number 50 Bury Street which was off Ellor Street. ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1955 by Nigel Yates

My Early Days At Longmoor

I was born at the Louise Margaret Hospital at Aldershot while my father was RSM at Longmoor, then of course the home of the well known Longmoor Military Railway. I was christened at the St Martin's Garrison Church. ...Read more

A memory of Longmoor Camp by Richard Hodder

Halton Village

I arrived in Halton in 1957 age 6 .My memories are the shops and pubs in Halton. Harold fish shop was the most popular fish shop in Halton. There was Halton Institute where I went to dancing class, Miss Fraser ran it - she ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1960 by Heather Bogg

Life In Silverdale 1946 T0 1949

I moved to Silverdale from Bradford in 1945/6 at the end of the war, with my father, Leslie Waddington, and my grandmother Mary Waddington. We bought Swiss Cottages down Townsfield from Tommy Taylor the joiner ...Read more

A memory of Silverdale by Peter Waddington

Raf Herscha Hill

I, along with two others at any one time, was posted to the RAF fixer station on Herscha Hill. We stayed with Miss Bella Scott at a house called Noranside, halfway up Kintore Street. I was there from 2 Feb 1954 to mid-November ...Read more

A memory of Auchenblae in 1954 by Michael Pollitt

Midfield Way

We lived at 24 Midfield Way from 1940 until 1950, when we moved to Sidcup. When I was a boy we used to catch great crested newts in the pond at Greys Farm, and scrump apples around the back, from the orchard. I watched the ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1940 by Richard Whitten

1960s

I loved the shops that were around - J&BS Hodgsons, Wilkinsons and many more. Dewsbury had plenty of shoe shops. I started working at Freeman Hardy Willis - my first job after leaving school in 1969. I enjoyed a weekly treat in ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Sylvia Foster

Fallin Primary School

I remember the old school which was opposite the kirk and also Tortilano's ice cream shop. I started school in 1951/52 I think it was, and Capt Gracie was the Headmaster who ruled as though he was still in the army. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Fallin in 1952 by Matthew Ford

Ann Diamond My Mum

My mum is from Eltham, Ann Diamond, born 1935. Her dad, Frank Diamond was one of 11 and his mum, my great nan, lived till she was nearly 100, in the same house I believe. I was the 89th grand-child, so no doubt there are a lot ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1940 by Debbie Richards

Cottage Grill

The whole Swiss Cottage area has changed beyond recognition. There seem to be few photos of how it was till the late 1960s, when the Cottage Grill, my father's restaurant, was demolished. This building gave it's name to the ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage by Tony Papard

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 8,737 to 8,760.

Caption For Blackburn, The Market And Town Hall 1894

Here we have a busy and bustling view of Northgate. The Town Hall did not need or get a clock, because the Market Hall had the town's clock on a free-standing tower in front of it.

Caption For St Ives, The Square C1965

On non-market days, the centre of St Ives was a quiet and unhurried place.

Caption For Abergavenny, Llanwenarth Church 1898

St Peter's stands in meadows beside the Usk, to the left of the A40 and just beyond the western outskirts of Abergavenny.

Caption For Moreton In Marsh, Manor House Hotel C1955

Moreton was a market town for the woollen industry in centuries past, and it was also an important centre for the linen weaving industry and a coaching town in the days of horse-drawn travel

Caption For Bottesford, St Mary's Church, The Earl Of Rutland's Monument 1890

Approach from the south, over a brook and through trees, to the 15th-century tower and slender recessed crocketed spire of St Mary's, standing over 200 feet high.

Caption For Woodhouse Eaves, Main Street C1955

This fine pink granite church, mainly of the 15th century, is well sited at the head of Church Street. Its solid clasping buttressed and battlemented tower rises in four stages.

Caption For Ainsdale, The Lido C1965

Despite a number of attempts at regeneration, the Lido at Ainsdale was an early casualty of the national move to overseas holidays.

Caption For Richmond, The Falls C1960

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865

Caption For Richmond, The Falls C1960

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865

Caption For Harewood, Harewood House C1886

The foundations of Harewood House were laid in 1759, and work continued for the next 23 years. Gawthorp Hall was demolished, and its foundations now lie beneath the lake.

Caption For Loch Leven, The Castle C1890

The entrance to the tower is on the second floor and reached only by a ladder. Loch Leven has a small irregular courtyard, known as a barmkin, which is enclosed by a curtain wall.

Caption For Bridport, The Convent 1903

Many would remember their best friends as, say, `Six` or `Twenty-three` for the rest of their lives.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1930

Detail abounds in this more intimate shot of the row of shops immediately east from the Town Hall and the Greyhound Hotel. All the windows are full of offerings from floor to ceiling.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, High Street 2005

In 1984 Dacorum District Council, under the leadership of Councillor John Buteux, successfully petitioned the queen and borough status was awarded in May 1986.

Caption For Lowestoft, Croquet At The Convalescent Home 1887

Here some of the staff and patients are having a game of croquet on the front lawn while others look on, perhaps enjoying the benefits of a sunny day.

Caption For Port Erin, Fleshwick 1895

Nestling between Bradda and the lower slopes of Cronk-ny-Irree-Laa, Fleshwick Bay is less than two miles north of Port Erin and reached by way of Ballaglonney.

Caption For Fleetwood, Mona's Queen 1904

The IOMSPCo's 'Mona's Queen' eases out of Fleetwood on a summer sailing.

Caption For Grasmere, Red Lion Square 1926

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

Caption For Ashington, Milburn Road C1955

Ashington is just one of hundreds of places in England that owes its existence to the age of industrialisation.

Caption For Pwllheli, The Turnpike 1921

In the days of horse-drawn coaches, this quiet lane would have seen considerable traffic.

Caption For Hutton, C1947

The buildings on the right were once part of Middle Farm and date back to Tudor times.

Caption For Abbotsbury, Market Street C1955

The mostly 15th-century church of St Nicholas rises above the narrow street of stone cottages.

Caption For Alton, The Ideal Cafe, Lower Village C1955

When W H N Nithersdale wrote his book on the Highlands of Staffordshire, he was impressed by the number of public houses in the village, all of which did a roaring trade during the summer months and at

Caption For Great Haywood, Essex Bridge C1955

All the way across the bridge are pedestrian refuges built atop each of the bridge's triangular- section cutwaters.