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Places
14 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Coates, Lancashire
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Coates, Lincolnshire
- Coat, Somerset
- Coates, Gloucestershire
- Coates, Nottinghamshire
- Coates, Cambridgeshire
- Coates, Sussex
- Coates, Lothian (near Penicuik)
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Devizes)
- Great Coates, Humberside
- Salt Coates, Cumbria
- Little Coates, Humberside
- North Coates Airfield, Lincolnshire
Photos
49 photos found. Showing results 241 to 49.
Maps
88 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 289 to 1.
Memories
1,490 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.
My Childhood Garden Part V
Beside the strawberry bed grew a large cooking apple tree that produced enormous green apples. We had a variety of both eating and cooking apple trees in the garden, the fruit from which was harvested and then ...Read more
A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by
Growing Up
I was born in the former Mechanics Institute in Derwent Street, Blackhill in 1946 where my grandfather was the caretaker. My name was Ann Wall and my grandparents' name was Redshaw. My mother lived with my grandparents in the ...Read more
A memory of Blackhill in 1946 by
Childhood In Benham Valence
It was in April 1950 that I was born in the Victorian wing of Benham Valence - actually in the flat above the garages - a very primitive dwelling with no bathroom or indoor toilet. Unfortunately the whole wing was ...Read more
A memory of Benham Park in 1950 by
Alan & Hilda
Alan and Hilda Slater were my Uncle and Aunty and lived at the post office for many years and were quite possibly the funniest people I ever knew. Stanhill Post Office is reputedly haunted and Uncle Alan took every opportunity to use ...Read more
A memory of Stanhill by
Fleur De Lys
My mother grew up in Lowsonford, her parents owned the Fleur de Lys, it was a wedding present from my great-grandad. My grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Tarplee, started to make steak pies at the pub for the passing boats. My mother had ...Read more
A memory of Lowsonford in 1920 by
Wonderful Memories Growing Up In Bassaleg
I lived in Bassaleg from the age of 3, (1955), when Church Crescent and surrounding area was being developed. I lived in Church Crescent with my family until I left for Manchester in 1976. I went to the ...Read more
A memory of Bassaleg in 1966 by
Henry Wilder And Son {Boathouse]
I am the great-granddaughter of Henry Wilder. I think in this photo the boats are in front of the boathouse which belonged to my family. Henry died about 1910 so it passed on to the childrem, Henry, Charlotte and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was my grandmother.
A memory of Maidenhead in 1930 by
Caerau Square
Looking at this photo of the Square at Caerau brings back some happy memories of when the steam train would pass over the bridge in all its glory with the steam coming out of its funnel. The big billboard before the bridge was the ...Read more
A memory of Caerau in 1955 by
Heswall Childrens Hospital Circa 1979 1980
I was in this hospital for a couple of years when I was around 4 years old! (Hence the vagueness.) I recall the wards (dorms) and I recall bouncing from one bed to another along the entire length of the ...Read more
A memory of Heswall in 1979 by
Those Were The Days 6
Continuing up the street on the right was a long parade of various shops and we come to Salisbury Ave on the corner was a large modernistic furniture shop later the shop nest door became a KFC and across the street next to ...Read more
A memory of Barking in 1950 by
Captions
1,649 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.
Jobson's business included boat building and boat hire.
Many were used as pleasure craft, but these were working boats, used as tugs and pilot boats.
The rowing boat in this view is approaching the boat slide, the abutment of which is just visible on the far left. The huge weeping willow beyond is on a small island.
This small and delightful riverside town has a bustling quayside with a mix of pleasure boats and commerce in the shape of boat builders and repairers.
A hard way to make a living at this time was ferrying holidaymakers to and from pleasure boats out in the bay.
Gone too are the once numerous pilot boats and boat yards.
By the mid 1960s the boat hire business has boomed, judging from this photograph. Also the pleasure boat rides are increasingly popular, as they are to this day.
Although still labelled Dunton's, the ferry and boat-building business now belongs to the Davy family.
The Hove boating lake, which is an eastwards continuation of the lagoon on which Shoreham harbour stands, has been beloved by generations of children.
Sheringham fishermen gather round a lobster boat for the camera. They ventured out in open boats in all weathers.
The river still pro- vided scope for pleasure boating and Shapland & Petter's factory had grown to its full size. Today, boating is but a memory.
The line of skiffs and rowing boats indicates the popularity of such a holiday pastime. This must have been a quiet day out of season.
During the second half of the 19th century it became common practice for boats to go into south-east Irish waters and fish for mackerel from March to June, to return to Man for the herring season,
In contrast, an evening scene further along the cut shows holidaymakers enjoying the company of other boat people whose boats are moored alongside.
There are swing boats and roundabouts for the little ones. Some of the visitors are taking a boat trip out on the bay, while others are enjoying a paddle in the calm sea.
Taken from the south bank promenade, this view looks west past the eight-oar racing boats on their stands.
The delightful steam boat is the 'Maid of Athens'. A trip round Waterloo lake was 2d for adults and 1d for children.
Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town. The wooden stumps (bottom left) are known as strapping posts, and were used to tie up boats.
Villagers wait with their baskets for the boats to come in with their catches of herring.
Trip boats cruise above, pleasure boats below: and ne'er the twain shall meet.
Whilst most of the boats appear to be pleasure craft, 'Rose' - nearest to the camera - was probably a fishing boat.
The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.
The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.
The Rising Sun public house is ideally situated to refresh visitors who moor their boats alongside the well-kept common.
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