Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Bonchurch, Isle of Wight
- Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
- Seaview, Isle of Wight
- Brading, Isle of Wight
- Godshill, Isle of Wight
- Blackgang, Isle of Wight
- Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
- Bembridge, Isle of Wight
- Totland Bay, Isle of Wight
- Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
- Alum Bay, Isle of Wight
- Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight
- St Lawrence, Isle of Wight
- Niton, Isle of Wight
- Brighstone, Isle of Wight
- Osborne House, Isle of Wight
- St Helens, Isle of Wight
- Fishbourne, Isle of Wight
- Whippingham, Isle of Wight
- Shalfleet, Isle of Wight
- The Needles, Isle of Wight
- Binstead, Isle of Wight
- Wroxall, Isle of Wight
- East Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Shorwell, Isle of Wight
- Whitwell, Isle of Wight
- Newchurch, Isle of Wight
- Calbourne, Isle of Wight
- Freshwater, Isle of Wight
- Wootton, Isle of Wight
Photos
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Maps
714 maps found.
Books
5 books found. Showing results 25 to 5.
Memories
452 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
Barnstaple, Bear Street C1955
The parked car is outside my great uncle's cobbler and shoe shop. When I was eight, I spent time 'working' in the shop for a few pennies The church opposite was where the local Brownies met weekly of which I was one.
A memory of Barnstaple by
3 Eardiston View Menith Wood
I was around six when we moved from Bliss Gate to Menith Wood and left Menith Wood when I just turned fourteen. For the eight years to me Menith Wood was the best place in the world just a peaceful hidden clean ...Read more
A memory of Menithwood by
The Boats We Looked After
While my family lived in the lock house 1950 - 1961, my father rented the rowing boats out and also the fishing permits. This is only one place where they were moored. At various times they were both sides of the bridge and ...Read more
A memory of Harlow in 1950 by
The Eight Bells Uxbridge
Does anybody remember the Eight Bells pub used to be opposite the Methodist Church End of Uxbridge high street. It was run in the early 60s by Mrs Edges .
A memory of Uxbridge by
Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more
A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by
Raf
As a trainee aircrew member of the RAF I was posted to Bridgnorth in 1943. I don't recall the exact location of the ITW (Initial training wing), but there we learned radio and morse code procedures, aircraft recognition and gunnery during an ...Read more
A memory of Bridgnorth in 1943 by
Gorse Park Primary School Stretford In The 1950's
Now, this is a long shot, but does anybody remember going from Gorse Park Primary School in 1956 or 1957 to do a P.E. demonstration in London? We went by train with MR. FLOOK and stayed one or two ...Read more
A memory of Stretford by
Bank Street
We lived in an old Victorian house on the Bank, I was eight years old. I remember a shop on the corner of School Street owned by a man named Ted Weihton and on the other corner Tates fish shop, the owner was a friend of my Great Aunt ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead in 1954
Graces Road
My Mother was born in Graces Road in Aug 1893 in her parents house with her eight Bros/Sisters until she married my father in 1918, on leave from France. In 1920 they moved to Green Lane, Thornton Heath. I was Born in 1930. On special ...Read more
A memory of Camberwell by
A Hot Summers Day.
My name is Paul.D.Dean. I am the little boy in the photograph. I was eight years old at the time. The year was 1953, Coronation year. It was a hot day in the school summer holidays. My house can be seen in the background to the ...Read more
A memory of Davenham in 1953 by
Captions
333 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
Having travelled by train from London to Gosport, it was from here that Queen Victoria used to set sail for Osborne House, her beloved summer home on the Isle of Wight.
There are a number of excellent country walks in the area, many of them boasting wonderful views across to the Isle of Wight.
Ryde is the Isle of Wight's largest holiday resort.
A decade earlier the Isle of Wight had known the hostile use of air-power, being one of the first areas to be bombed during the Battle of Britain.
The great chasm of Blackgang Chine was an early tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight, with its dramatic waterfall and eroded colourful cliffs.
The Isle of Wight has been amongst the unluckiest areas for piers, with only four of its original structures now standing.
The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are concerned.
Having travelled by train from London to Gosport, it was from here that Queen Victoria used to set sail for Osborne House, her beloved summer home on the Isle of Wight.
Given the Isle of Wight's popularity as a holiday and residential paradise, it comes as no surprise that the famous and well-to-do arrived at this charming resort.
Although it styles itself Great Yarmouth to distinguish it from that small Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight, its usual associations are less with greatness than with bigness, boisterousness, and a joviality
This eastern end of the Isle of Wight enjoys a milder climate than the busy towns on the north coast, and health- conscious early visitors came for the quality of the air.
The high cliffs and startling rock formations - perhaps the most dramatic scenery on the Isle of Wight after The Needles - brings visitors back again and again.
Ryde is one of the Isle of Wight's important access ports, with ferries crossing the Solent each day.
Ryde is one of the Isle of Wight's important access ports, with ferries crossing the Solent each day.
In the background is the Isle of Wight.
The coastal village of Keyhaven was at the centre of a controversial debate before the First World War, when plans were drawn up to create a tunnel between here and the Isle of Wight.
Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.
Its buildings are both picturesque and smart and have obviously developed at the whim of individual owners, rather than uniformly as with some other towns on the Isle of Wight.
Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.
Lymington serves as an important access port, offering one of the shortest passages across the Solent to Yarmouth and the Isle of Wight.
This part of the coast offers some of the safest bathing on the Isle of Wight.
Sir John Oglander, who died in 1655, wrote an early history of the Isle of Wight.
Brockenhurst is a railway junction well-known to travellers to Southampton, Bournemouth, Lymington and the Isle of Wight.
Walking is one of the very best ways to explore the delights of the Isle of Wight.
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