Books

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Memories

8,147 memories found. Showing results 251 to 260.

Mini Fishing

I remember fishing here with our mini bottles. Catching minows with wine bottles with the bottom knocked out ( hard to find ). Remember once being trapped under these arches with the river rising and being surrounded by the ...Read more

A memory of Shipston-on-Stour in 1960 by Michael Bailey

Baglan A Wartime Paradise

My Dad did his army training adjacent to Baglan during WW2. The hastily built barracks did not have enough bathroom facilities and asked local residents for permission for soldiers to have a bath in their houses. A super-kind ...Read more

A memory of Baglan

Childhood Holidays

We stayed in a ramshackle bungalow on the Warren and Miss Doyle, the owner, stayed in an outhouse while she rented the place to us for the week! We had the most wonderful times there and went every year for a long time. Sunny ...Read more

A memory of Gronant in 1958 by Elizabeth Egerton

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

Along Row From Home

I n 1965 my parents retired to Saltash and my father built himself a small boat. As it was moored off the end of the garden. He looked around for a dingy to get to and fro and eventually found one in Gunnislake. Guess who got ...Read more

A memory of Gunnislake by Chris Scott

Boyhood Memories Of Lymington

My parents, Edward (Jack) and Mavis Byard and myself and German Shepherd Dog Julie, moved from Poole, in Dorset, to live in a de-commissioned British Power Boat Motor Torpedo Boat, 451, in November 1947. My father ...Read more

A memory of Lymington by Michael Byard

Russells And Dowdings

My mother, Edith Lucy 'Dot' Jeffery, was born in Penge in 1927, to a Lucy Russell, nee Dowding. She married in 1949 and moved into Queen Adelaide flats, and had me in 1950, before moving to Sidcup in 1955. Since that time, she lost ...Read more

A memory of Penge by Kevin Jeffery

Childhood In Withyham

We moved to 2 Bower Cotts Balls Green about 1950. My dad was employed by the owner of Duckings, the farm situated opposite the entrance to station road. Nos. 1 and2 Bower Cotts were up on the bank almost opposite the school ...Read more

A memory of Withyham by iobs

The Beatty And Us

Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1987 by Peter Van Vroonhoven

Ashtead Resident Finds Herself In 1925 Caterham Bus Photo

The above photo is the pond which is close to Dorothy Connor's current home in Glebe Road, Ashtead. This area has not changed so very much since the time the Frith photo was taken in ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead by Elisabeth Connor

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 601 to 624.

Caption For Tideswell, The View From The Church Tower C1960

We are looking down on the Pot Market, where pots and pans were once bought and sold, and along Queen Street, the main shopping street of this small town on the White Peak plateau.

Caption For Twickenham, King Street C1960

Also scheduled for redevelopment was the remaining old part of the town between Church Street and the river, which had suffered bomb damage in the war.

Caption For Uley, The Village C1960

The landscape here is a fine example of the continuing denudation of the Cotswold Scarp; it is of great interest to geologists, as the outlying peaks and downs were once connected to the

Caption For Norwich, Cathedral C1874

The Lady Chapel became ruinous in the 16th century and was pulled down.

Caption For Downham, The Village 1921

The scene, little changed over the last hundred years, has been a location for 'Whistle Down the Wind' and a BBC drama.

Caption For Polegate, The Horse And Groom C1965

It was built in 1936, and is a popular stopping place for day-trippers to the Downs and the coastal resorts. It was usual to have a drink on the outward and homeward journeys.

Caption For Doncaster, Baxtergate 1903

It was down Baxtergate that Freeman, Hardy & Willis had their branch, and where those who had signed the pledge could find a room at the Albany Temperance Hotel.

Caption For Kilnsey, Crag 1900

The village below the Crag was once owned by Fountains Abbey, and was the site of a manor court. The Crag itself is probably Wharfedale's most famous landmark.

Caption For Weymouth, The Sands 1918

The larger machines shown here ran down to the water on rails, and had a number of cubicles. Affluent visitors would hire single-cubicle machines for themselves.

Caption For St Ives, High Street 1922

In summer months there is an atmosphere of palpable excitement here, as an endless stream of people winds its way down the hill into the heart of the town, turning at the old granite church of St Ia into

Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

This labour-intensive work was done by poor London families coming down for their annual paid holiday.

Caption For Norwich, Westlegate 1890

It is difficult to equate this tumble-down cobbled street with today's unattractive Westgate.

Caption For Hadleigh, High Street C1955

Looking in the opposite direction from the Coffee Tavern, this view of Hadleigh's High Street shows the George public house and, further down on the same side, the White Lion Hotel.

Caption For Horning, A Mansion On The Bure C1965

Well-tended gardens lead down to a private mooring and boat houses. This property has the added attraction of a waterside summer house.

Caption For Beer, Beach 1898

The crew, it is said, settled down at Beer, married the local womenfolk and repopulated the community.

Caption For Harnham, The Village 1906

This picture is taken at the top of old Harnham Road, looking back down towards the bridge.The cottages on the right are still there today, but much else has changed—and not many people would sit

Caption For Norwich, Westlegate 1890

It is difficult to equate this tumble-down cobbled street with today's unattractive Westgate.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, High Street C1960

This view down the High Street towards St. Ives shows little change.

Caption For Sawston, The Village C1965

The garage (left) beyond Queens Road, now owned by Vindis, has expanded, and traffic calming measures have attempted to slow down the local traffic.

Caption For Richmond, Millgate 1913

At the lower end of the market square, leading down to the Swale Falls, is Millgate - little changed today.

Caption For Cowes, The Queen Mary C1950

The old Pier, shortly before it was taken down, has a forlorn air about it.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Gap 1912

The shop awnings are down and the men are wearing their boaters. Smartly-dressed holidaymakers are wandering up the slope from the Promenade, perhaps to take a genteel cup of tea at the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Grasmere, Red Lion Square 1926

The two cyclists meandering down the middle of the road would not be able to do so for long today!

Caption For Northampton, St Giles Street C1955

This view down St Giles Street has the Guildhall tower in the distance and the 1938 Co-op on the right, a building in Art Deco style.