Places

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Photos

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Maps

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1947, Packwood Gullet Ref. NPO799354
1921, Packwood Gullet Ref. POP799354

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Memories

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My Grandparents

My grandparents George and Elsie Wood lived on Landells Road for most of their married lives. They had two daughters, my mum Elsie and my auntie Bibby (Vivian). When my parents and I moved to Derby around 1965 (when I was about ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich in 1967 by Elise Wharrad

Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

St.Matthias Youth Club 1950s

I was born in December 1939 in Redhill Hospital which then changed to Edgware General. My parents Bill and Gladys Wyness lived in Marlow Court, Colindeep Lane and my maternal grandparents lived in Chalfont Court also in ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by sandymills03

Northolt Wonderland

I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Philip Yorke Edgell

Happy Days

I came to live in Northwood Hills in 1946, aged 16 months. I attended Pinner Road Primary School and then on to Potter Street where I was a prefect in my final year. I had my tonsils out, aged 6 in the lovely old Cottage Hospital, ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills by Barbara Rayment

St Joseph's Convent School

I note that a couple of people have mentioned St Joseph's Convent School. Having attended that school from 1960 to 1966, I can confirm that the location was opposite Hoadley's and the building did indeed curve alongside ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill

A Long Way From St Pauls Road

Hi, my name is Susan Thompson, formerly Hawkins and I'm 54, I was born in the above address and lived there for 18 years although my parents lived there for over 40 years. I went to Brook St. school finally ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1967 by Susan Thompson

The Blue Cap Hotel

My Grandparents Jack and Edna Williams ran The Blue Cap Hotel in Sandiway during my youth and my fondest memories are there, of Rooms 6 and 7, which would be allocated to my sister and I during our stays. There were garages out ...Read more

A memory of Sandiway in 1964 by Anita Healey

High Wycombe 1956 On

I was born in the Shrubbery Nursing home in 1956. I grew up in Lane End, about 5 miles away. I have photos of me looking awful in baggy knickers on the Rye (the park in Wycombe town) as a toddler. There was a play area on ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Vicky Searle

My Playground As A Child

My name is Ron Sargeant and I lived at 52 Worcester Crescent Mill Hill from 1939 until 1964 when I married the girl across the road from number 51, Barbara Snelling, and moved to Harrow Now as to the picture. On the ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Ron Sargeant

Captions

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Caption For West Runton, The Roman Encampment 1922

Either way, it is nice to relax and have refreshments among the wooded hills, especially after driving there in convertibles such as those parked at the gateway.

Ref. E128021
Caption For Evershot, C1960

These woods around Melbury Park lay at the heart of the Fox-Strangways family lands of the Earls of Ilchester.

Caption For Abingdon, The River C1960

This view was taken from immediately by Burford Bridge, in the public park on the Oxfordshire bank.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns

Caption For Waddesdon, The Five Arrows Hotel 1901

Baron Rothschild transformed a bare hilltop near Aylesbury into a wooded park, crowned with a spectacular French-style chateau.

Caption For Clumber Park, C1955

Clumber Park, like Rufford, is heavily wooded; it was enclosed out of Sherwood Forest, that great forest that extends from Worksop southwards almost to Nottingham.

Caption For Hope Under Dinmore, The Village C1955

The word 'hope' was an old Welsh word meaning a valley and so here we have the settlement in the valley under the hill fort, 'mawr' being a reference to the ancient hill fort at one end of the hill

Caption For Middleton, The Parish Church C1960

We view it here from Jubilee Park, which opened on 6 July 1889.

Caption For Borehamwood, Theobald Street C1955

Next to the car park of the Crown public house on the right, the creeper-covered cottage advertises the services of the local coal and coke merchant J W Roberts.

Caption For Kippax, The Leeds Road C1960

KIPPAX was a small estate village servicing Kippax Hall and Kippax Park for three centuries before developing rapidly in the mid 19th cen- tury with the discovery of coal reserves.

Caption For Hope Under Dinmore, The Village C1955

The word 'hope' was an old Welsh word meaning a valley and so here we have the settlement in the valley under the hill fort, 'mawr' being a reference to the ancient hill fort at one end of the hill

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

Here we see the local bobby returning to his beat - his cycle is parked under the signpost.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

Here we see the local bobby returning to his beat—his cycle is parked under the signpost.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Stormy Point C1955

This is another viewpoint on the Edge, from which it is usually possible to see the Cage in Lyme Park.

Caption For Croxley Green, 1897

Croxley Green lies east of the River Chess, separated from Rickmansworth by the open space of Rickmansworth Park and Croxley Hall's woods.

Caption For Tadworth, Cross Road C1955

This view was taken at the crossroads of Woodfield Road, Barnett Wood Lane and Craddocks Parade, the 1930s three- storey flats over shops.

Caption For Glastonbury, Wearyall Hill 1896

The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots.

Caption For Belvoir Castle, 1890

Beyond the thick wooded cover, the more open land of the deer park is corrugated by the medieval ridge and furrow of open field cultivation.

Caption For Belvoir Castle, 1890

Beyond the thick wooded cover, the more open land of the deer park is corrugated by the medieval ridge and furrow of open field cultivation.

Caption For Hampstead, Heath From Parliament Hill 1898

The view has altered dramatically in one hundred years - a mass of buildings has sprung up on the facing hill slope, and the Heath has become literally a wooded park with lakes.

Caption For Plaistow, The Village C1955

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods.

Caption For Hutton, The Village 1891

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

Caption For Burnley, Towneley Park Gate 1895

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.