Photos

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Maps

195 maps found.

1947, Bolton Town End Ref. NPO645676
1896, Townend Ref. RNE851131
1946, Townend Ref. NPO851130
1947, Townend Ref. NPO851131
1903-1904, Town End Ref. RNC851010
1925, West End Town Ref. POP864102
1947, West End Town Ref. NPO864102
1925, Kearby Town End Ref. POP745538
1901-1902, Town End Ref. RNC851016
1897, West End Town Ref. RNE864102
1947, Kearby Town End Ref. NPO745538
1947, West-End Town Ref. NPO865417
1922, West-End Town Ref. POP865417
1901-1904, Town End Ref. RNC851004
1897-1898, Town End Ref. RNC851015
1898, Bolton Town End Ref. RNE645676
1902-1903, Townend Ref. RNC851131
1897 - 1913, Town End Ref. HOSM52440
1898 - 1913, Town End Ref. HOSM64352
1903-1904, Bolton Town End Ref. RNC645676

Books

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Memories

3,719 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Pedestrian Shopping

I was born on Yeovil in 1945, and my memories are of growing up in a pleasant market town. The George was a wonderful timber framed building that I remember being demolished because, apparently, it hindered traffic flow. Shortly ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil by Jack Lewis

The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

Madeley As It Was

I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more

A memory of Madeley in 1949 by First Name Last Name

A Town Of Inbreds

1) Highest known amount of people infected with chlamadia in one place. 2) Most teenage pregnancies in all of Britain 3) EVERYONE here is on some kind of drugs, usually pills 4) This includes is right now, and we are primary ...Read more

A memory of Banbury by Brogan And Fred

Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s

What memories your comments conjure.  How I loved the 'rec'  as a child.  We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout.  The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Lee

My Memories Of Calne As A Small Boy

Please visit www.moonrakers.com/memories.pdf where you can download my humorous account of my rathe mischievous childhood in Calne in the 50's and 60's. A copy of this book is lodged with the town library.

A memory of Calne by Mike Caswell

I Remember...

I remember Huntingdon's High Street in 1965. I was only a little girl then, holding on to my grandmother's hand.  My grandparents were Kate and Reginald Wayman and they lived in Hartford Road opposite the River Ouse.  Nanna and I ...Read more

A memory of Huntingdon by Gillian Shaw

Growing Up In Lower Belvedere

My first real memory of Belvedere was that of starting school at St Augustines Primary around 1954. I can recall a wind up gramaphone which the teacher would frantically wind up to keep the music playing, even a ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by Ken Mulley

East Ham In The 1960s

In February 1963, when I was six and a half, my parents bought their first house, in Thorpe Road, East Ham. It was and had been a very cold winter, and when we moved in we had difficulty opening the back door, as there was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1963 by Jackie Craig

Summer Of 1965

I have happy memories of a summer spent with my Nannie and Grandad Gibbs. I remember walking down this street, passing 'Auntie Martha's' to the post office every day with Grandad. He used to buy me chocolate cigarettes every day. I ...Read more

A memory of Moorsholm in 1965 by Sheryl Jordan

Captions

5,054 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Richmond, Millgate 1913

At the lower end of the market square, leading down to the Swale Falls, is Millgate - little changed today.

Caption For Sedbergh, Market Place 1894

Sedbergh is a pleasant little market town on the southern edge of the lovely Howgill Fells.

Caption For Newark, Town Lock C1965

Town Lock is one of two mechanised locks; the other is Newark Nether Lock at the northern end of the branch.

Caption For Southwell, The Minster C1960

The route leaves Newark and heads six miles west to the small and delightful town of Southwell, whose minster church had been founded by the Archbishop of York before AD956.

Caption For Eastleigh, The Town Hall C1960

The Urban District Council of 1895 needed a home, and in 1899 the council offices were built and occupied. In 1928 it was decided to add a town hall and modify the western end of the building.

Caption For Bedford, St Peter's Square C1960

At the opposite end of the High Street from Town Bridge, John Bunyan's staue complements that of John Howard in the Market Place.

Caption For Ormskirk, Market Place 1895

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

Caption For Pontefract, Market Place 1964

Pontefract was a major coaching town, and many inns were established for this trade.

Caption For Poole, Bridge 1931

When this photograph was taken from the end of the quay, the bridge linking Poole town and Hamworthy was only four years old.

Caption For Middlesbrough, Linthorpe Road 1913

Linthorpe Road was at one time the town's only road south.

Caption For Watlington, The Town Hall C1950

Thomas Stonor built the Town Hall in 1664 to commemorate the restoration of the monarchy at the end of the Civil War.

Caption For Stroud, High Street 1910

A bustling town, Stroud still attracts shoppers from far afield, as it did when this photograph was taken at the end of the Edwardian era.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Cross And Green 1898

This popular seaside town was built around a mill and an old village. The cliffs rise to about 70ft, and are the seaward end of the chalk ridge which stretches right across Norfolk.

Caption For Chipping Campden, High Street C1955

Chipping Campden is a centre of fine craftsmanship to this day; this is a legacy of the architect Charles Ashbee, who in 1902 brought 100 silversmiths, furniture makers and other craftsmen

Caption For Uppingham, High Street C1965

We are looking towards the centre of this pleasant market town. A

Caption For Bideford, Bridge 1899

We are looking from the town towards East-the-Water. The 15th-century bridge had not been widened when this view was taken.

Caption For Ipswich, Buttermarket 1921

Up until 1810, Ipswich's Butter Market was indeed the scene for the sale of butter and other products. At this time, it is one of the main shopping streets in the town.

Caption For Sheffield, The Mappin Art Gallery C1965

Reference has already been made to the rapid expansion of Sheffield's east end - Brightside, Attercliffe and Darnall - to accommodate the tens of thousands of new workers in the heavy steel industry

Caption For Desborough, Rushton Road C1955

Rushton Road, at the east end of Station Road, is a mix of Victorian terrace housing and factories.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle Square 1906

Dominating Castle Square ('Y Maes' in Welsh) at the west end of the town stands the great bulk of the castle. The structure covers two and a half acres and is in the shape of an irregular oblong.

Caption For Basildon, Woodlands Girls' School C1960

Amongst other things, this spelt the end of the town's two highly-regarded grammar-technical schools, Fryerns and Barstable.

Caption For Blandford Forum, The Crown Hotel C1955

The Crown Hotel, situated at the west end of Blandford's market place, was refaced in its original Georgian style in 1938.

Caption For York, Little Shambles Market C1960

At the Pavement end of the street stood the town pillory - anyone found guilty of treason was beheaded here. Little Shambles is called so because it is only a few yards in length.

Caption For Hardrow, Church And Lychgate 1925

At the southern end of the Buttertubs Pass, Hardrow is just a mile outside the market town of Hawes. Hardrow Force waterfall has long enchanted visitors.