Maps

181,031 maps found.

1905, Padgate Ref. HOSM56078
1886, Warwick Ref. HOSM35381
1886, Beausale Ref. HOSM37322
1886, Haseley Ref. HOSM47769
1885, Sherbourne Ref. HOSM59049
1885, Wasperton Ref. HOSM63479
1885, Wellesbourne Ref. HOSM63647
1895, Albany Ref. HOSM36225
1887, Treborough Ref. HOSM62251
1908, Catherington Ref. HOSM40358
1910, Finchdean Ref. HOSM45407
1884, Blackford Ref. HOSM37943
1884, Clewer Ref. HOSM70169
1884, Latcham Ref. HOSM50821
1884, Middle Stoughton Ref. HOSM59524
1899, Bozeat Ref. HOSM38595
1884, Finedon Ref. HOSM45515
1903, Hockworthy Ref. HOSM48655
1884, Bleadney Ref. HOSM38082
1884, Panborough Ref. HOSM56038

Books

442 books found. Showing results 4,393 to 4,416.

Memories

29,047 memories found. Showing results 1,831 to 1,840.

1950s/60s

My mum, Kay Walford, was at Solihull Girls' School and Malvern, and I've found some of the magazines from the late 1950s/early 60s. Would anyone be interested in them? Or does anyone know of an ex-pupils group or local history group who ...Read more

A memory of Solihull by F Morgan

Ealing

All memories 1930 to 1980 of Ealing...see free site southallkowhere message board daily pages 31 photo boards

A memory of Ealing by Yvonne Butler

Windsor Sundays

I remember always being taken by the parents to walk around Windsor Castle on a Sunday afternoon, just walking in then, not security checks or admission fees! And we were so bored of going to see the Dolls House which now you have ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by Caroline Moore

Lord Mayor Treloarcripples Hospital And College Hayling Island

I spent some six months at the Hayling Hospital in 1950, receiving treatment for TB of my neck glands. I was originally at the Treloar Hospital in Alton and returned there at ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1950 by Brian West

The Happiest Days Of Your Life

Brambletye school, well set between the beautiful Ashdown Forest and thriving town of East Grinstead on the Sussex/Surrey border was a paradise on Earth for any schoolboy with an aesthetically romantic (!) ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1959 by Giles Daubney

School

I went to Crulivig Public School, started there in 1950, had to walk 1 mile there and back during all seasons, there was no tarred road then. We were all happy there - I hope - taught by the late Cathie Nicholson from Lochs. Pity that ...Read more

A memory of Crulivig in 1950 by Elma Morrison

Great Memories Of This Area

Really it was 1961-66. I worked as a Geologist for the United Steel Companies based in Rotherham. I visited Haile Moor and Beckermet Mines every two or three weeks for 5 years and came to love the area and its people ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1961 by Geoff Potts

High School, Clifton Park And Jazz Clubs

Many memories of Rotherham Girls High School, Dance Halls and Jazz Clubs from late 1950s. If you were there too, email me smp5449@live.com

A memory of Rotherham in 1957 by Susan Parsons

Childhood Memory,

My dad used to work at Dagless'es the yacht builders. I have many fond memories of walking to meet him after work together with my mum and baby brother! I can still remember the smell of the wood and workshops...

A memory of Wisbech in 1962 by Anna Mansawi

Penybont Farm, Llwynon,Glanamman

My great grandparents Thomas Thomas and his wife Eleonor Thomas lived in the area. They had about 10 children and I'm hoping that someone from the Thomas family still lives in the area. My grandfather, also ...Read more

A memory of Glanaman in 1910 by Lizzie Potts

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 4,393 to 4,416.

Caption For Abergavenny, Below The Sugar Loaf C1955

The symmetry of the ploughman's furrows consign the hills of Bryn Arw and the Sugar Loaf to a background role.

Caption For Polesworth, Market Square 1958

Like the nearby village of Alvecote, Polesworth was once a mining area.

Caption For Newbury, Northbrook Street C1960

The Tudor Café, seen on the left, was a popular attraction with a great many of Newbury's citizens as well as large numbers of visitors to the town.

Caption For Nantwich, Parish Church Nave East 1898

Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1500s, this became the parish church for the town.

Caption For Bitteswell, The Old Smithy C1960

The advent of the internal combustion engine saw the demise of the village blacksmith, although the art is making something of a comeback with the demand for decorative railings and gates.

Caption For Rothley, Town Green C1965

We are south-west of the village centre, and the photograph exudes a strange feeling of well- cared-for neglect.

Caption For Linton, The Fountaine Inn And Linton Hall C1955

This view of a corner of the village's rectangular green shows the Fountaine Inn on the left, named after Linton's most famous son, Richard Fountaine, who became an alderman of the City of London in the

Caption For Bengeo, St Leonard's Church 1929

This fine example of Norman architecture was in a derelict state, and the church of Holy Trinity in New Road, consecrated in June 1855, took over as the place of regular worship.

Caption For Sharpness, The Shipyards C1955

In the years following the end of the second world war, John Harker Ltd built several estuarine tankers on the foreshore at Sharpness. One of them might be in the background of this picture.

Caption For Burton, The Church C1960

The parish church of St Nicholas, like many of Wirral's fine buildings, is constructed from local red sandstone.

Caption For Holywell, Church Of St John The Baptist 1898

The parish church of St John the Baptist overlooks the water meadows of the Ouse; the sunsets from here on a winter's evening are wonderful.

Caption For Orford, Church Street C1960

We are looking east from the Market Square; the battlements of the church can be seen to the left of Church House (extreme left).

Caption For Newton Le Willows, Crow Lane East C1960

Another of the town's important roads, Crow Lane East was extended in the 1960s with the addition of a library, the original Technical School and a large estate of social housing.

Caption For Wallasey, Leasowe Road C1960

As an approach to Junction 1 of the M53 motorway, Leasowe Road (A551) is now dual carriageway for much of its length.

Caption For Trowbridge, County Cricket Ground Pavilion 1907

In June 2001, The Wiltshire Times described it as 'one of the town's hidden treasures'.

Caption For Clayton West, Long Lane C1955

Clayton West was typical of many South Yorkshire coalfield villages in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Thrapston, Chancery Lane C1955

Sir John Washington, who was knighted by Charles I and was buried in the local churchyard, was the brother of Lawrence Washington, whose son John emigrated to America and became the great-grandfather of

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Churchgate 1929

This photograph shows the more residential character of this street. A rare tin sign for Arthur Rozier, tin and zinc worker, is on the 16th-century jettied building to the left.

Caption For Abergavenny, From The Church 1898

It closed in the 1990s, and has since had a number of uses, including those of fur- niture showroom and museum of childhood.

Caption For Needham Market, High Street 1922

Needham, on the main road from Ipswich to Stowmarket, was in ancient times a hamlet of Barking, but only became a parish in 1901.

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 Sheffield, The Crimean Monument 1893

Sheffield was once described by Horace Walpole as 'one of the foulest towns of England in the most charming situation'.

Caption For Tenby, South Sands 1890

Tenby stands on a tongue of limestone rock, ending a green promontory, which is crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly laid out with walks which serve at once as pier and promenade

Caption For Dorchester, High West Street 1930

The tower of the medieval St Peter's Church, seen here on the left, dominates much of Dorchester's High Street.