Photos

40 photos found. Showing results 501 to 40.

Maps

520 maps found.

1947, Bryncethin Ref. NPO653975
1947, Bryncoch Ref. NPO654004
1897, Llangewydd Court Ref. RNE758889
1897, Kenfig Hill Ref. RNE746090
1947, Waun Y Gilfach Ref. NPO862242
1897, Cymdda Ref. RNE687324
1897, Brackla Ref. RNE647716
1897, Blackmill Ref. RNE642742
1897, Blaengarw Ref. RNE643258
1947, Wig Fach Ref. NPO870044
1947, Wild Mill Ref. NPO870213
1947, Tondu Ref. NPO849887
1947, Pont Rhyd-Y-Cyff Ref. NPO808551
1897, Pantygog Ref. RNE1190879
1897, Waun Y Gilfach Ref. RNE862242
1897, Tylagwyn Ref. RNE855517
1897, Wig Fach Ref. RNE870044
1907-1908, Bridgend Of Lintrathen Ref. RNC650111
1905-1907, Daill Ref. RNC687516
1905-1906, Waterfoot Ref. RNC861647

Books

2 books found. Showing results 601 to 2.

Memories

1,924 memories found. Showing results 251 to 260.

Happy Days

I have lived in Australia for 42 years now, But I started my married life in Mitcham, Our first home was in Glebe Court and my inlaws lived a floor above us. I loved the area around the Fair Green, I worked part time in Huttons Fish ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1954 by Daphne Sheppard

Researching The Mummerys

I am researching my family, the Mumerys, who lived at 24 Elm Road and owned a bakers which was bombed out in the Blitz on Bridge Road. If anyone could tell me anything else about them I would be really grateful. My ...Read more

A memory of Litherland in 1940 by Alasdair Barratt

Blackmill

I lived in Glyn-Llan (Penny McKay) 1 of 6 girls. I loved spending my summer days down the Dimbath, building dams so we could swim and build forts. We would take a picnic and off we'd go all day and our parents never worried about us ...Read more

A memory of Blackmill by Penelope Underhill

Entertainment In The 1950''''''''s

Uxbridge was blessed with 3 cinemas; The Odeon, the Regal and the Savoy (the oldest of the three it stood on the corner of Vine St and the High St). The Odeon, I think, had the biggest productions as it had a wider ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

Uxbridge, Windsor Street

I had forgotten Suiters 'quirky' cash system but I do remember another store called Manettas which was to the right of Uxbridge station. In 1966 it caused an uproar in town as it displayed a topless dress, which was the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Kathy Mc Nally

25 Parkgate Road

I was born in Battersea 1950, son of Mr & Mrs Redpath (Wally & Edith) I had two other brothers Terry & Garry. Fond memories of Battersea Park and of spending many days in and around the park with other kids from ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Allan Redpath

My Grandparents Lived In 2 Tanyard Cottages

I used to visit my grandparents (Gran and Robert Pearce) in 2 Tanyard Cottages when I was a small boy between 1949/55. I can remember the cottage next door was owned by Mr and Mrs Lindsell and their ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1950 by Bob Newton

Twickenham In The 60's

I lived and worked in Twickenham from 1962 and 1969. I lived at 125, Staines Road and worked for the Metropolitan Water Board, based at a small depot in Nelson Road, close to the fish and chip shop. I was what was ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham by Alfred Winkworth

Halcyon Days

As a teenager, myself and friends would holiday here for weeks at a time. Parents of two of my pals had holiday accomodation in the field upriver of the old bridge over the Ribble. We would spend hours fishing for trout in the ...Read more

A memory of Stainforth in 1964 by Michael Steward

High Bridge

When I was very young, just before 1950, I can remember High Bridge was like this without the footbridge beside it. Without so much traffic it was safe to walk over the main bridge. Then the river was tidal and had banks of mud on ...Read more

A memory of Spalding in 1955 by Barbara Taylor

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 601 to 624.

Caption For Eamont Bridge, 1893

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

Caption For Colne, Wycoller, The Pack Horse Bridge C1960

The mechanisation of weaving in the early 19th century robbed the village of both its industry and population, and the hall, the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, was

Caption For Chelmsford, The River Can 1906

Museum Terrace, just to the left of the iron bridge in New London Road, was built in the 1840s.

Caption For Lincoln, High Street 1923

The ornate obelisk of 1763 commemorates a chapel that once stood on High Bridge.

Caption For London, London Bridge 1890

London Bridge is thronged with cabs, carriers, brewers’ drays, hay wagons, omnibuses and carriages. A dense procession of top-hatted gentlemen hurry along the pavement to their city offices.

Caption For Burton On Trent, C1960

The 32-arch, 470-yard-long bridge of character was built in 1864 to replace a medieval crossing of the Trent's flood plain, which featured in the Civil War during 1643.

Caption For Bakewell, Bridge 1923

Bakewell Bridge has coped with ever-increasing traffic for six centuries, and remains one of the finest 14th-century town bridges in the country.

Caption For Saltash, The Royal Albert Bridge From Fore Street C1955

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's masterpiece of 1859 brought the mainline railway across the Tamar into Cornwall, and it still carries rail traffic today.

Caption For Pontrhydfendigaid, The River And Bridge C1960

Pontrhydfendigaid means 'bridge of the blessed ford', and this is that bridge. By it is the village shop.

Caption For London, Houses Of Parliament 1890

From the south bank, near Westminster Bridge, completed in 1862, this view shows the bell tower known universally by its great bell, Big Ben.

Caption For Gainsborough, Bridge Street C1955

Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul's was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul’s was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

Caption For Gainsborough, Bridge Street C1955

Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1891

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

Caption For Buntingford, River Green Bridge C1955

This bridge over the River Rib was built by Charles Gray in October 1852 at a cost of £95. In 1994, it was found to be unsafe and was totally rebuilt.

Caption For Bedford, River Ouse C1955

Taken from the bridge, this view looks along a busy Embankment to Embankment Gardens in the distance with its tree-lined river bank.

Caption For London, Waterloo Bridge 1895

Gulls forage for food in the frozen wastes.The ice has broken and the waters of the river released.

Caption For Warrington, The Knutsford Road Swing Bridge C1960

Whenever the Chester Road and Northwich Road swing-bridges are opened to allow ships to pass along the Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington grinds to a halt; traffic tails back for hundreds of yards either

Caption For Barmouth, The Railway Bridge 1908

This shows the 2,253ft long bridge with a train heading north.

Caption For Warrington, The War Memorial C1960

The memorial was appropriately sited at Bridge Foot, the scene of many battles in Warrington's past.

Caption For Bath, Cleveland Place And Bridge 1929

Beyond Walcot Parade is Cleveland Place, which forms a forecourt to Cleveland Bridge across the Avon.

Caption For Hambleton, Shard Toll Bridge C1960

Although the River Wyre is here quite wide, it could be forded at low water, and Shard derives from a dialect word meaning 'cattle crossing'.

Caption For Abingdon, The Boat House 1890

We are looking upstream from the centre of the 14th-century stone bridge across the Thames where it crosses Nag's Head Island.