Maps

1,622 maps found.

1901-1902, Upper Street Ref. RNC857826
1899-1901, Upper Street Ref. RNC857827
1919, Broad Street Ref. POP650816
1920, Brook Street Ref. POP652009
1920, Cackle Street Ref. POP658338
1920, Cackle Street Ref. POP658339
1919, Green Street Ref. POP721131
1920, Green Street Ref. POP721134
1921, Green Street Ref. POP721137
1921, Cock Street Ref. POP672899
1921, Dunn Street Ref. POP695588
1920, Fen Street Ref. POP704344
1920, Park Street Ref. POP801231
1920, South Street Ref. POP835292
1920, South Street Ref. POP835293
1920, Stone Street Ref. POP840402
1920, Street End Ref. POP841618
1920, East Street Ref. POP697904
1919, Hook Street Ref. POP739948
1920, Horn Street Ref. POP740386

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 541 to 550.

The Bottleneck

This view of Goerge Street was taken before the "bottleneck" was re-developed. The store in the right in the foreground was demolished and a new Tesco was built there in the early 1960s. The "bottleneck" was not wide enough for 2 ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Robin Morgan

Ye Olde Gate House

This picture is of the Old Gate House, taken from the West Street side.  The sign over the front door was "Ye Olde Gate House".  It was a very old house and is shown on some of the old maps of Wilton. It had two addresses - The ...Read more

A memory of Wilton in 1920 by Wendy Ross

193940 School Days

I remember the Town Hall at Cowbridge.  In those days there was no one way system around it like today.  The school boy interest was the Merryweather Fire Engine that was kept in a garage at the side of the Town Hall. Great fun ...Read more

A memory of Cowbridge in 1940 by Roy Newton

Chattin And Horton Shopping Store

IWAS FIVE IN 1964 AND IN THE HIGH STREET WAS A LARGE SHOP CALLED CHATTIN AND HORTON.   IT WAS A WONDERFUL SHOP ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN FATHER CHRISTMAS USED TO BE THERE WITH HIS SACK OF TOYS.   YOU ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1964 by Jackie Thompson

Pinner Fair

I was born in Ruislip Gardens in 1939, we were moved to Pinner in 1940 due to the war and living next to Northolt Aerodrome. I lived in the area for 20 years before emigrating to Adelaide, South Australia in 1967. On a visit to UK in ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1940 by Gordon Tomlinson

Goldthorpe In The Fifties

I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by swamidhyan

My Subsequent Visit 29.10.2008

My wife and I had pre-arranged to meet my sister and her entourage in the Fox and Hounds at midday yesterday. The long and winding lane from Eynsford became muddier and narrower with each passing mile and we ...Read more

A memory of Romney Street in 2008 by Peter Collihole

Wheatley Hill

Hi, my name is Shirley Cross, my name was Shirley Stokoe and I lived in Thornley. My dad's nme was Robert Stokoe, he has now passed away. My memories of Wheatley Hill are nice. I remember spending a lot of time there growing up. ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill in 1966 by madamclaire

Slough, Bucks And Denham Middlesex

I was born in Slough in 1938. It was in Buckinghamshire then. I eventually lived in Denham, Buckinghamshire (see my posting for Memories of Denham in the Middlesex listing). Since I left England in 1959, the ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1955 by w.m.smith

Ladd Family 1878

My grandfather Ernest Ladd, born Eastry 1878, is buried in the churchyard. Although as a child when visiting my grandmother we would tend the grave and put flowers on it, I only have a vague recollection of its location. My mother ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1950 by Carole Jewett

Captions

5,381 captions found. Showing results 1,297 to 1,320.

Caption For Maidenhead, King Street And Clock Tower 1911

The name Maidenhead means "the maidens' landing place"; this photograph depicts King Street and the town's splendid clock tower.

Caption For Northampton, The Drapery 1922

Note the many shop awnings and the trams further down the street, a reminder of town centre public transport.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village 1902

This photograph looks northwards up the High Street to Donkey Lane and the 17th-century thatched Dormouse Cottage on the corner (centre).

Caption For Harpenden, High Street C1960

The A6 road runs across the Common at Harpenden, under the 'Baa Lamb' trees and into the High Street.

Caption For Shipston On Stour, Church Street C1960

The parish church was designed by G H Street.

Caption For Bradford, Tyrrell Street 1903

Electric street tramcars were introduced in the city from 1898 and ran until 1950.

Caption For Gravesend, High Street C1955

The excessively narrow High Street runs down to the town pier and the passenger ferry across the River Thames to Tilbury.

Caption For Edinburgh, The Canongate Tolbooth 1897

In the great days of the Old Town, Canongate Street was where members of the Scottish aristocracy had their town houses.

Caption For Bradford, Tyrrell Street 1903

Electric street tramcars were introduced in the city from 1898 and ran until 1950.

Caption For Rugby, Market Place, High Street And Sheep Street 1932

When the High Street was built up, a tunnel was created to maintain access to the court, which has now been opened up onto Little Church Street at the back.

Caption For Burnley, Fulledge Chapel 1895

In Eliza Street, a number of children are at play.

Caption For Mundesley, High Street 1921

Looking west along the High Street, we see buildings which are characteristic of North Norfolk: flints set in mortar, with brick facings.

Caption For Fakenham, Norwich Street C1955

Traffic congestion is still waiting to hit Norwich Street. Even the postman is using a hand-pushed cart to make his deliveries.

Caption For Bakewell, The Church C1955

This view of the church is taken from South Church Street, probably within the garden of what is now the house 'Braeside'.

Caption For Mundesley, High Street 1921

Looking west along the High Street, we see buildings which are characteristic of North Norfolk: flints set in mortar, with brick facings.

Caption For Moorsholm, High Street C1960

The High Street becomes Freebrough Road and leads out on to the

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1890

The late 15th-century half-timbered Chequers Inn, with its gabled frontage and a swinging sign said to have been put up in the reign of Elizabeth I, stands on the west side of this busy street.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1890

The late 15th-century half-timbered Chequers Inn, with its gabled frontage and a swinging sign said to have been put up in the reign of Elizabeth I, stands on the west side of this busy street.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

In the street is Mrs Kate Foss wuth Kathleen Mary Foss, holding everyone's attention in the pram. The latter would marry Wilf Symes and become the village postmistress.

Caption For Newton Le Willows, High Street C1965

These opposing views of the High Street are photographed at five year intervals.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1904

This lively low-angle shot, virtually from ground level, looks north-eastwards along the Market Place and the northern side of East Street at its western end.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, The Hospital And St Peter's Church C1965

This road is still open to Westgate Street and has two-way traffic. The balconies on the hospital were added in 1908.

Caption For Fareham, West Street C1955

West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.

Caption For Coningsby, High Street C1965

As with the other streets in the village, the High Street has also had more than its fair share of change. The Lincoln Co-op (left) has gone along with part of the building.