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
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
29,022 memories found. Showing results 6,591 to 6,600.
Grandparents
My late grandfather Edward and his wife Elizabeth lived in High Harrington in the 1940s. He was a policeman. They had two sons, Gordon and William (Bill) both of whom sadly are now dead. Bill was my father. I understand they lived at Meadow View. Does anyone recall the Winters?
A memory of High Harrington by
World Famous Dormansland
I livedn and was bonn at 123 Hollowlane,D ormansland. Brother Andrew, mother Margaret, who was school teacher of Maths and Physics. My dad died when I was 10. His name was Arthur and he worked in East Grinstead and ...Read more
A memory of Dormansland by
The Lion And Lamb Inn
Amazing to see the photo of the Lion and Lamb, I worked there as a cocktail barmaid in 1962 or 1963, the manager was Harvey Storch. I have a lot of fond memories from my time there and to see it has hardly changed is ...Read more
A memory of Brentwood in 1962 by
My Father
My father, ARTHUR PERCY CRUMP, was born in 1898 in London, but orphanned in 1901. He was sent to Heacham with his older sister, EDITH. The 1911 Census shows him living with foster parents....Samuel Groom, his wife, daughter and 2 ...Read more
A memory of Heacham in 1900 by
Looking For Alan Johns Webb
Looking for info on a local man. Alan Johns?? Alan Webb?? Born 1940-1947 in the Holsworthy area. Went to live in Pyworthy shortly after his birth. We think he was an only child. We know the Johns parents have both ...Read more
A memory of Pyworthy in 1946
Moving To Graianrhyd
My parents Joyce and Ellis Jones moved into the village shop and cafe, Y Fron, during the last week-end in October, 1969. My brother, David, and I had viewed this move with varying degrees of intrepidation as we were ...Read more
A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1969
Lotus Factory
I remember back in the early 1960s walking along Dalaware Road and looking into the open doors of the Lotus factory while they were assembling Lotus Cortinas. This meant nothing to me then, but now I am a petrol head and like cars.
A memory of Cheshunt by
The Six Bells Handcroft Road
I'm not a native of Croydon, but I remember visiting The Six Bells when my uncle was the landlord there during the 1960s. I was in the army at that time, based in Harrogate, Yorkshire and when heading for home in ...Read more
A memory of Croydon by
Giants Table
As a child I loved walking the River Goyt. On the way there was a huge sort of building we called the 'giant's table', I never knew the history of it. I lived at Tangshutt Cottages. It was situated on Compstall Road, at the entrance ...Read more
A memory of Romiley by
Real Ice Cream!
Grimwoods was the best ice cream in the world. It was smooth and coloured cream - delicious! They had a shop on the circle and peddled their ice cream from a Bedford van around the Davyhulme area. The shop was on the right of the detached property in picture D104001.
A memory of Davyhulme in 1955 by
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Captions
29,158 captions found. Showing results 15,817 to 15,840.
This is a remarkable view—not least because of the 'kreemy toffee' advertised on the left, showing that incorrect spelling has been used in advertising for many years.
Our clock tower is showing signs of age in this photograph from half a century ago. The marked two colours of brick are not so easy to distinguish fifty years on from our earlier photographs.
The ladies' long frocks in this photograph must have been impossible to keep free of stains.
The Moot Hall, in the middle of the picture, was built c1435 by a member of the D'Arcy family.
The Moot Hall, in the middle of the picture, was built c1435 by a member of the D'Arcy family.
Gweek was at one time a port of some significance at the head of the tidal Helford River, which lies between the buildings and the wooded hillside.
A young girl with a pram stands outside the gates and vanished lodge house of Cane Hill Hospital, built in 1883.
The fishing hamlet of Worbarrow (upper left), is seen here with Hill Cottage below Gold Down and Sea Cottage boathouses facing Worbarrow Bay.
Here, from the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal of 1812, Abergavenny can be seen in the distance.
Rowswell's is still there and carrying on the same trade of paper, tobacco and sweets, but is now also an outlet for Lottery tickets.
Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.
At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.
We are a little closer to the railway station, and an Aldershot and District bus can be seen turning out of the bus station, now Pembroke Broadway.
This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. Hammerton Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the grounds.
Houses at the hardly-a- hamlet Lower Hilcot still reflect the general style of Colesbourne.
The dominant tower of the Port of London Authority building in Trinity Square was completed in 1922. The architect was Sir Edwin Cooper, who looked back to the pre-Great War Edwardian era.
If Torquay always saw itself as rather upper-class, Paignton cheerfully catered for the hoi polloi. To this day, it is a candy floss and funny hats sort of place: cheap and cheerful, very cheerful.
This is the building on the far left of picture W97078, but this time was taken in an age before the motorcar was to change the look of our streets for ever.
About eight miles west of Reading, beyond the M4, Englefield House sits in extensive parkland grazed by fallow deer and beside a fine church by George Gilbert Scott of 1857.
Woodbury is one of Devon's largest parishes, and it occupies the great vale between Woodbury Common and the flood plains of the Exe.
This busy junction had cars battling for right of way.
On the hill is the monument to Sir John Barrow, which is a replica of the Eddystone lighthouse.
The ability of some landowners to capitalise on the demand for cheap accommodation after the war led to a large number of caravan sites, such as Winkups, springing up around the Welsh coast
Spennithorne is situated just to the south-east of Leyburn. Part of the church was built from stone taken from Jervaulx Abbey after the Dissolution.
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