Places

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Maps

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Memories

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Chance Finding Hotel Atlanta, Tintagel

I have discovered that this hotel, Hotel Atlanta, Tintagel, was owned by my 2nd cousin twice removed on my maternal side of the family circ. 1950's/1960's. Mr Cyril and Mrs Grace Ayles are my ancestors. I ...Read more

A memory of Tintagel by Dawn Hill

The Bungalow

I lived in New Malden until my early 20s. We lived in Connaught Road, Number 20 and then Number 21. Our final home was The Bungalow 164 Kingston Road. My mother was a keen gardener and we used to have masses of daffodils. My sister and ...Read more

A memory of New Malden by Jennifer Pulling

Elmdon Airport 1939 Onwards

These early memories were passed down to me by my grandparents (Bridgwater) who lived in Elmdon House Farm from 1936. Two of their sons worked on the building of the airport and I believe some of the workers ...Read more

A memory of Elmdon by Marion Perkins

Going To The Shops...

As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Peter Taylor

Whetstone Hey Shops

I remember the triangle of shops at the top of Whetstone Hey in(1962), when I was about 7 years old. If you came up Whetstone Hey, from Valley Drive, on your left was Wartons Newsagents (what we called The Paper Shop). It ...Read more

A memory of Great Sutton by John Harrison

Oakbank 1954 55

Strange to read all the memories of Oakbank in the 50s which are so similar to mine! I remember being taken there by my mum and gran in August 1954, excited at the 40-mile bus journey but then downcast at realising I would not be on the ...Read more

A memory of Seal by Philip Johnson

The Bakery

In my school days I used to go to the bakery with my school pal George. It was owned by Mr Rhodes, George's father. Helping to make all the bread-cakes-pork pies, Mr Rhodes would put a pork belly joint in the oven for our breakfast. Can ...Read more

A memory of Hinstock by John Heeley

Evacuation To The Country

My sister Maureen and I were evacuated to Worlington Rectory, Worlington, Suffolk during World War 2. Although I was very young, we were looked after by a wonderful woman called Mrs Whitehead whose husband, I ...Read more

A memory of Worlington by Victor Buzzing

Growing Up At Tombuie Cottage

My name is Drew Ramsay and my father retired from Calcutta India back home to Dundee in 1963 when I was 13 years old. He leased Tombuie Cottage for 5 years as a holiday home which came complete with a little over ...Read more

A memory of Tombuie Cottage by Drew Ramsay

Bennys Book .

My relatives came from Hatfield Broad Oak and Bush End . My grandfather was gamekeeper on the forest . I have pictures of him and his wife with 9 of their children . His first wife had 16 children . My grandmother ,his second ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Broad Oak by Brian Matthews

Captions

926 captions found. Showing results 553 to 576.

Caption For Burton Upon Stather, High Street C1955

For the pub to be advertising a 'large car park' at this date suggests that the clientele came from outside the village, and that they were somewhat up-market to be car owners in the '50s.

Caption For Tring, Pendley Manor C1955

This architecturally busy Tudorbethan house, built after 1871, is now (in 2000) a hotel and conference centre set in tranquil parkland; that parkland came into being through the 1440s destruction of a

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Caption For Porth, 1907

Porth means 'harbour', and sailing traders came in here to be beached and unloaded at low tide.

Caption For Burton On Trent, Station Street 1961

The railway came to Burton in 1839 with the opening of the Birmingham & Derby Junction.

Caption For Barnstaple, North Walk 1890

North Walk was destroyed when the Lynton and Barnstaple railway came through in 1898.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Beach And The Yorkshire Pierrots 1912

The show came to an end when a gale destroyed the stage in August 1912.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Beach 1896

The anchor to the right would hold the boat in the foreground in place when the next tide came in.

Caption For Margate, C1955

A tablet on the Pier commemorates nine seamen of Margate lost in 1857 when the 'Victory', a lugger, went to the assistance of the American vessel 'Northern Belle', which came ashore on the Foreness

Caption For Great Dunmow, Church End C1960

Until the 1540s, much of the church`s revenue came from its troupe of resident players, who put on shows at Christmas, May Day and Corpus Christi.

Caption For Malvern Wells, The Holywell 1904

Dickens, Carlyle, Gladstone and Florence Nightingale all came to Malvern to 'take the cure'.

Caption For Worcester, The Cross 1923

Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine were crowned in the Cathedral, King John is buried there and his son Henry III came in great state for the re-dedication of the building.

Caption For Wotton, The Church Of St John The Evangelist 1890

Under a stone in the chancel is the body of John Saintpyere, who was rector here before the Armada came.

Caption For Pleasington, Priory Church 1894

The money for its construction came from John Butler, the squire of Pleasington Hall, who was almost killed in an accident nearby.

Caption For Odiham, High Street 1908

Many of Odiham's houses are a mixture of Georgian and Tudor; some are timber-framed, which was common before local bricks came into general use in the 18th century.

Caption For Arundel, The Black Rabbit 1898

It served riverside traffic - initially boatmen, and later excursionists from Arundel to Littlehampton; they came in large numbers to view Arundel Castle and to enjoy dancing, bowls, croquet and the tea

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square 1901

Now owned by the National Trust, Waddesdon Manor is a massive French chateau deposited on a windswept hilltop for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, famed for its superb porcelain collection, fittings

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1923

Now owned by the National Trust, Waddesdon Manor is a massive French chateau deposited on a windswept hilltop for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, famed for its superb porcelain collection, fittings

Caption For Stamford, George Hotel 1922

Nationally, coupés and tourers outnumbered saloons by about seven to one, and they appear to be doing the same in Southport.

Caption For Sidmouth, Looking West 1924

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

Caption For Penarth, Alexandra Park C1955

In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.

Caption For Eaton Bray, The Church C1955

Taking its name from the wife of Edward VII, the park was officially opened on 25 June 1902 – the date scheduled (but not kept) for his coronation.

Caption For Bedford, St Paul's Church C1955

The Brays came and gave the place its name in 1490.

Caption For Fleetwood, Bold Street From The Mount 1901

Inside, Bedford's chief historical treasure is the brass to Sir William Harpur and his wife, Dame Alice.