Maps

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Books

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Memories

8,155 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

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

Happy Youth

I first found out about when I moved to Great Horton in Bradford about 1952. I met a boy called Philip Tempest who lived in a house near by, we became life long friends. His parent took me on holiday with them to a cottage they owned ...Read more

A memory of Nesfield in 1950 by Donald Rumbold

The Horse And Cart

I had the perfect Job for me when I was 10. John (Jacky) Robinson had me working for him on the horse and cart. Fridays and Saturdays you could hear us walking the streets of Easington - our famous yell was "ANY ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1969 by Kevin Wilson

Happy Little Boy

Hi, I have been looking for a site like this so I could look back at Pinehurst. I was the longest serving boy at the home - went in at 8 and came out at 16. 1979 was when I started a good life there. I have so many great ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1979 by Bruce Ingles

Waterhouses Bleak Winters

l remember the pit tubs running under the houses to the colliery where my dad worked down the mines, and when we used to chuck his snap over to him when the tub ran past. Also remember the bleak cold winters ...Read more

A memory of Waterhouses in 1860 by Brenda Cumberbatch

Home

i was brought up on big Cullamores Farm in the 50>s and 60<s , which borders the downs banks. I have many happy memories of roaming the Downs with school friends, it was our play ground. I am at the moment researching the farm and ...Read more

A memory of Oulton Heath in 1959 by Pat Mason

Pauldens Fire

My mum and dad married in September 1950. They had their reception at Pauldens. The week after, they were back, at the funeral of my dad's dad who passed away the day after the wedding. My mum said Pauldens burnt down ...Read more

A memory of Hulme by Gail Prestwich

Childhood

I was born July 1951, my parents were Dorothy (nee Moore) and Eric Almond, we lived at 156 Warde St. It was my grandparent's house, my grandfather Thomas Almond had died in 1950, so we moved in with Gran Clara (nee Cheetham) ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1951 by Gail Prestwich

Captions

2,242 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Dungeon Ghyll, Dungeon Ghyll Force 1888

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

Caption For Downholme, Bridge 1913

Downholme, where stone houses slope down to the Swale, lies 5 miles west of Richmond. In the village is a 13th-century Norman church.

Caption For Ockley, The Windmill 1906

However, it was abandoned in 1912 and finally fell down in 1944.

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, running from the western ends of Oxford Street and Piccadilly, was a narrow road down the side of Hyde Park.

Caption For London, Euston Square C1950

A view east down Euston Road. To the right we can see the cupola of St Pancras's Church peeping above the Friends' Meeting House.

Caption For Clovelly, Main Street 1894

Donkeys ply up and down the steep-stepped street, carrying goods on panniers. The New Inn is still there, offering rest and refreshment to visitors.

Caption For Totnes, Totnes Castle At The Landing Stage 1896

Trips down the river were as common then as they are today. It is regrettable that steam has given way to the internal combustion engine. Note the covered carriages waiting on shore.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Fore Street And Bank 1896

This old town is at the heart of a region of fertile farming country known as the South Hams. This view looks down the main street towards the tidal estuary extending up from Salcombe.

Caption For Hereford, Cathedral, South West 1891

The original west front collapsed along with its tower on Easter Monday 1786, bringing down much of the nave with it. The massive noble central tower dates from c1325.

Caption For Deal, The Bandstand And The Pier 1906

Birch's pier was a victim of the Second World War: only the tollhouses remained after the damaged structure had been pulled down to assist the needs of a coastal gun battery.

Caption For Cootham, The Village 1894

Here the photographer has gone down Clay Lane to look north-east across the field towards the school seen in photograph No 34412.

Caption For Weymouth, The Parade 1898

As time went by, these machines were replaced by single-sex saloons that ran on rails down to the water, each with a number of cubicles.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Esplanade 1894

The yawls parked on the beach were organised into two companies, the 'Up-towners' and 'Down-towners', with their respective headquarters at the lookout towers.

Caption For Wetherby, North Street 1909

Further down the street Continental Motors are the local Michelin agents.

Caption For Gorleston, The Sands 1894

The ports of East Anglia have suffered continual erosion down the centuries.

Caption For Gorleston, The Beach 1904

In this quintessential holiday scene a pleasure craft hoists its sail ready to carry a party of trippers up and down the coast. Children paddle in the shallows clutching their buckets and spades.

Caption For Filey, On The Beach C1950

Filey Bay runs down from the prominent coastal feature of Filey Brig, which juts out into the North Sea.

Caption For Bucklers Hard, The Village C1960

The tiny settlement of picturesque cottages looking down towards the Beaulieu River has hardly changed at all since the most famous ship built at Bucklers Hard, Nelson's 'Agamemnon', was launched here

Caption For Washington, The Village C1960

In this relatively unspoilt village the buildings are of various materials, including brick, flint, clunch (chalk) and sandstone, which reflects its location on the border between the South Downs and the

Caption For Chipping Norton, Market Street C1960

The inscription described her as a 'rat catcher who has lodged in many a town and travelled far and near. By age and death she is struck down to her last lodging here.'

Caption For White Colne, From The Green C1955

This road makes its way down to a bridge over the River Colne, from which this village also takes its name.

Caption For Bath, The Paragon 1911

Continue down Lansdown Road to The Paragon, a superb terrace of twenty-one houses set between two roads on steeply differing levels, their stables and vaults fronting Walcot Street far below.

Caption For Keyhaven, The Harbour C1955

An artist (left) settles down to capture some of this marvellous scenery on canvas. A small selection of boats can be seen moored here.

Caption For Lindford, The Village C1955

The previous owners were bakers, but the bakehouse in the garden was pulled down. Opposite is the pub. Bottled milk was delivered to villagers' doorsteps by Mr Souter, the milkman.