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Maps

729 maps found.

1899, Bale Ref. RNE630846
1921, Bale Ref. POP630846
1901-1902, Bale Ref. RNC630846
1947, Cale Green Ref. NPO659591
1896, Cale Green Ref. RNE659591
1903, Cale Green Ref. RNC659591
1923, Cale Green Ref. POP659591
1885 - 1901, River Cale Ref. HOSM48984
1924, Dale Ref. POP687744
1925, Gale Ref. POP710645
1898, Dale Ref. RNE687745
1898, Dale Bottom Ref. HOSM54478
1879, Two Dales Ref. HOSM47314
1923, Coplow Dale Ref. POP677192
1921, Dale Abbey Ref. POP687746
1925, Dale Bottom Ref. POP687753
1920, Dale Hill Ref. POP687805
1920, Dale Hill Ref. POP687806
1923, Darley Dale Ref. POP688675
1947, Tivy Dale Ref. NPO848990

Books

37 books found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Memories

721 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

My Memories Of The Coronation 2nd June 1953

My memories of the Coronation-2nd June 1953 While I was studying at the Bridgend Preparatory and Commercial School two events happened which changed the course of history for Great Britain. In ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig in 1953 by Catherine Delahay

Ymca 1967

Myself and a few others from N. Wales stayed at the YMCA for a couple of years 1966 onwards. Some of us attended the Technical college just up the road. We were young apprentices working for Etchells forgin and fasteners in ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich by Bryn Roberts

Edward Lloyd

My great grandfather, Edward Lloyd, emigrated to the United States from Ffestiniog. He was a famous tenor in his day and had high ranking with the Eisteddfod both in Wales, and later, in upstate, NY. I am told by a cousin, ...Read more

A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1900 by Dawna Robertson

Lawrence Shops Bethcar St 40’s 60’s

My Grandmother Linda May lawrence owned 3 shops in Bethcar st - one was a hair and beauty salon and I believe one was a tobacco shop but unsure of the other. I would love to know more. I remember being in the flat ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale by Liz Lawrence

Home

My memory goes back to the time my mother and father lived in Ponti and it was a very happy time. My father passed away in 1956, killed in Bristol and my father asked my mother to marry him in the bandstand in Ponti Park and they had a good ...Read more

A memory of Pontypridd in 1940 by William Watkins

Eastry Childrens Home

I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by John Boston

Mother Stay At Hut Hotel

When my Mother died in 2000 we found a letter saying my mother nee Mary Kingston and her friend stayed at the hotel . The lake had frozen and they went skating on it at Christmas time . She would have been about 12 at the time ...Read more

A memory of Wisley by Barry Woodward

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

Oakhanger, Hampshire

Grew up in Oakhanger and enjoyed the freedom of exploring the common in the centre of the village. Some good times were had sledging down a hill on the common in the snow. Also, finding and catching tadpoles in the pond ...Read more

A memory of Oakhanger

Captions

411 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Bangor, High Street And Clock 1908

Looking across the Menai Straits to Anglesey, the city of Bangor is the largest town in the north-west corner of Wales, the former principality of Gwynedd, and home to an ancient diocese and the University

Caption For Teddington, St Mary's Church 1899

Frederick, the Prince of Wales, who was personally interested in science, made visits, and later Hales became chaplain to the Princess Dowager of Wales for a time.

Caption For Norwich, Post Office And Prince Of Wales Road 1896

Prince of Wales Road was cut through the town in 1862 to provide a fittingly grand route from Thorpe Station. On the right, the old Crown Bank of 1866 became the post office.

Caption For Conwy, Camp And Deganwy 1908

North Wales has been a popular venue for the annual army camps for regulars and for the Territorial Army from around the turn of the 20th century.

Caption For Bridgend, Ogmore Castle 1898

Here was built one of the earliest stone keeps in Wales, a rectangular affair of two storeys, later raised to three.

Caption For Blackpool, View From Palatine Hotel 1890

By the mid-1890s, most Lancashire cotton towns enjoyed a full Wakes Week.

Caption For Neath, Victoria Gardens 1898

The town has, in fact, a long industrial background: it was once a centre for the production of copper - South Wales's first smelter was built here in 1584.

Caption For Rodborough, The Fort 1890

The eye is drawn further afield to the distant Severn Estuary, the Black Mountains of Wales and Exmoor.

Caption For Portreath, Rough Sea C1965

Ore was taken to the smelters of South Wales, and the same ships returned with coal to power the mines.

Caption For Knighton, Knucklas Viaduct C1960

Ornamental towers at each end adorn the viaduct, which carries the railway over the River Teme into Wales.

Caption For Hengoed, The Viaduct 1952

Dating from 1857, this viaduct once carried one of the busiest railways in South Wales.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall And The Post Office 1889

The Guildhall (left) and Municipal Buildings (right, containing the Lord Mayor's Parlour) were opened in 1874 by the Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VII.

Caption For Andover, Ladies Walk 1906

In 1863, 121 trees were planted along Ladies Walk to commemorate the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra. In 2001 heavy undergrowth was cleared.

Caption For Southport, Prince's Park Bowling Green C1960

The area was then landscaped and turned into a park, which was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1921.

Caption For Carmarthen, The Training College 1906

This college is the second-oldest institution of higher education in Wales: it was founded in 1848 to train teachers for Church schools.

Caption For London, Tower Bridge C1895

The lifting bridge was opened by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, in 1894. During the first year of operation it was raised more than 6,000 times for shipping.

Caption For Bradford, Town Hall Square C1950

A crowd of 70,000 cheered the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were also here to open the Bradford Exhibition at Lister Park.

Caption For Barry, The Gorsedd Stones, 1920 Eisteddfod 1931

This circle of stones, known locally as the Druids Circle, was placed in the park and used for the proclamation ceremony of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales in Barry in 1920.

Caption For Porth, The Village And Sands 1887

This schooner may well have been unloading limestone, which was shipped from South Wales to be fired in the lime-kiln that still stands at the side of the beach.

Caption For Ynyslas, The Golf Course 1938

Just inland of the sand dunes is a golf course - it was established in 1885, and may be the oldest in Wales. Beyond it is possible to see the Dovey and the hills of Merionethshire.

Caption For Poole, The Park And War Memorial 1931

Shortly after it was dedicated in 1927, the Prince of Wales (the future Duke of Windsor) came from Bournemouth to lay a wreath in the presence of schoolchildren.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From The Railway 1890

The South Wales Railway reached the town in 1854.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

Its foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales in May 1921, and the memorial was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall before a huge crowd on 30 October 1921.

Caption For Launceston, Square And War Memorial C1922

Its foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales in May 1921, and the memorial was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall before a huge crowd on 30 October 1921.