Places

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Photos

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Maps

53 maps found.

1895, Breach Ref. RNE649106
1945, Breach Ref. NPO649104
1898, Breach Ref. RNE649103
1919, Breach Ref. POP649103
1921, Breach Ref. POP649106
1895, Breach Ref. RNE649104
1897-1899, Breach Ref. RNC649104
1902, Codnor Breach Ref. RNC673225
1946, Codnor Breach Ref. NPO673225
1899, Breach Ref. RNC649103
1919, Breach Ref. POP649104
1946, Breach Ref. NPO649103
1946, Breach Ref. NPO649106
1921, Codnor Breach Ref. POP673225
1895, Codnor Breach Ref. RNE673225
1897-1898, Breach Ref. RNC649106
1925, Bleach Green Ref. POP644007
1946, Bleach Green Ref. NPO644008
1897, Bleach Green Ref. RNE644007
1898, Bleach Green Ref. RNE644008

Books

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Memories

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Princess Christian College

26 Willbraham Road used to be the home of the Princess Christian College of Nursery Nursing where I spent a happy if hectic 18 months - in those days my surname was Smith. We used to be able to go out through the back ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1968 by Rosemary Chalmers

Memories At The Crows Nest Bungalow

During the mid 1960s I spent many a happy childhood holiday staying at the Crows Nest Bungalow at Reighton Gap. This bungalow was sited near the cliff edge, by the gorge overlooking the distant caravan site. ...Read more

A memory of Reighton by Simon Goddard

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

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

St Marys Church

We lived in an upstairs flat in South Ealing. The tube railway line ran behind our flat, and beyond that, allotments. We also had a good view of St. Mary's church. It was wonderful to hear the bells ring on Sunday mornings. I ...Read more

A memory of South Acton in 1960 by Averil Branson

Burns Pit Disaster

From his seat, by the fire, my grandad could see the great mound of the spoil heap of Stanley Burns Pit. It was the site of a horrific explosion, on 16th February 1909, in which 168 men and boys lost their lives. He would ...Read more

A memory of Stanley in 1900 by e5484.suddes

Memories Of Sandy

I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy ...Read more

A memory of Sandy by Sue Horne

The Davidsons And The Cunninghams

My Grandparents - David C. Davidson and Isabel Cunningham were from Slamanan and came to the U.S. in 1906. David was a coal miner alongside of George Cunningham who came to the U.S. with David; my Grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Slamannan in 1900 by June Maxwell Mc Clain

Belleville School

A lady writing on here mentioned a couple of places in Battersea that bring back memories. First of all, she mentioned Meyrick Road. I never lived there, but my mum and dad did when my mum was carrying me. My mum and dad were Mr. and ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by s.fomes

I Remember Richmond

I attended the Frenchgate School (1954). The head mistress was Nan Woodwark, a tall Viking of a woman who would oftentimes speak of her Norse heritage. I managed to find her obit on a website I came across. She lived to the ...Read more

A memory of Richmond

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Captions

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Caption For Lulworth Cove, 1925

Stair Hole (bottom right) and the contorted strata behind its breach in the seaward ridge show the forces generated by a collision of the Earth's tectonic plates.

Caption For Helston, Loe Pool 1890

The plan, which would have involved breaching the Loe Bar and running a canal inland all the way to Helston, was priced at £118,523; not surprisingly, it was never carried out.

Caption For Sea Palling, Golden Beach Restaurant C1950

Most of the buildings behind and beside this restaurant took the brunt of the assault when the water breached the gap in the dunes, and were wrecked.

Caption For Poole, The Town Cellars 1887

They were breached in about 1778 when Thames Street was cut through to the quay. They are now occupied be Poole Waterfront Museum. Salisbury Street has now become Sarum Street.

Caption For Selsey, The Beach 1930

The coastline is still being eroded, and as each winter storm breaches the vulnerable unprotected beach, the sea threatens to make Selsey an island again.

Caption For Charmouth, The River Char C1960

The pebble beach beside Lyme Bay acts as a dam at Charmouth, and prevents the River Char from having a conventional estuary.

Caption For Bamburgh, The Castle C1955

Bamburgh also holds the distinction of being the first castle to be breached by gunfire. During the Wars of the Roses Bamburgh was besieged by the Yorkists in 1461 and again in 1464.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From The Torrs C1870

In 1910 the sea breached the sturdy sea wall above Cheyne Beach (centre) and caused a surge which flooded Ropery Meadow and damaged roads.

Caption For Little Missenden, The White Cottage C1955

In the distance is Breaches Wood, a typical Chiltern beech hanger.

Caption For York, The Station And The Hotel 1907

The wall had to be breached and an arch built in order to allow the tracks to enter the city.

Caption For Harlech, Castle Entrance 1933

To reach the inner courtyard attackers had to breach an outer wooden door, two portcullises, a second wooden door and a third portcullis, whilst running a gauntlet of crossbow bolts and arrows fired through

Caption For Bamburgh, The Village And Castle 1954

Bamburgh holds the distinction of being the first castle to be breached by gunfire, when forces loyal to Edward IV deployed two large cannon.

Caption For Raglan, The Castle 1906

for assurances it will not be used against Parliament); Raglan (extensive demolition, all materials to be sold to best advantage of the State); Powis Castle (out- works to be demolished, walls breached

Caption For Hever, The Castle 1891

The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

Caption For Clifton, The Clifton Rocks Railway 1896

The spa could also be reached from Avonmouth by the trains of the BP&PR, whose terminus can be seen on the extreme left of the picture.

Caption For Exminster, Turf Lock 1906

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

Caption For Laindon, Wash Road C1955

Reckitts Blue—advertised on the fence—was a well-known bleaching agent of the time.

Caption For Herne Bay, East Cliff 1897

The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

Caption For Haytor Vale, Hotel And Rocks 1906

Building a hotel here in the 19th century must have been something of an act of faith, for the nearest railway station was four miles away at Bovey Tracey and the hotel could only be reached by coach.

Caption For Matlock Bath, Fishpond And Heights Of Abraham C1955

On the horizon, in the right distance, we can see the tower which stands at the summit of the Heights of Abraham, which today can be reached by cable car.

Caption For Eastbourne, Holywell Retreat 1910

It is here that the sea can be reached, albeit by a steep path, in a break in the cliffs enlarged by quarrying.

Caption For Windsor, Romney Lock 1906

Characterised by its granite steps, Romney Lock lies on a reach of the Thames renowned for its close proximity to the playing fields of Eton.

Caption For Combeinteignhead, Coombe Cellars 1925

It is built on a spit of land to the south side of the Teign estuary, and can be reached by only one road. It is immensely popular with visitors, and on a Sunday lunchtime it is very crowded.

Caption For Fowey, Pont Quay 1893

The quay at the head of Pont Pill, a branch of the Fowey river off Fowey harbour, could be reached at high tide; it was an important trading place with warehouses and limekilns.