Photos

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Maps

524 maps found.

1897, Llwydarth Ref. RNE759478
1907-1908, Bridgend Of Lintrathen Ref. RNC650111
1905-1907, Daill Ref. RNC687516
1905-1906, Waterfoot Ref. RNC861647

Books

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Memories

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My Local Shops

These were my local shops. We used to live in the flats adjacent to these shops called 'Morden House', then there was the 'White Bridge' which went over the railway lines to the underground sheds. The first shop on the corner I ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1962 by Tony Rivers

Saved By The Police

One day I went to Porthcawl with my friend, we had a lovely day there except that I lost one of my shoes in the sand. My friend's dad was staying at a caravan down there so we went to visit him, he made me a sort of mule type ...Read more

A memory of Tondu in 1962 by Eira Waite

Glendale Avenue

I lived at 2 Glendale Avenue with my mam and dad, Martin and Peggy, and my two sisters, Margaret and Maureen, and my brother Martin. My grandparents lived at number 10 Glendale. My earliest memories revolve around playing in the ...Read more

A memory of Bebside in 1962 by John Gaughan

Tiddler Fishing

My grandparents lived in Park Road, and as children myself and my sister used to go tiddler fishing under the suspension bridge. My sister's cat, Danny, used to follow us and join us in our endeavours. And my cat, Honey, got ...Read more

A memory of Builth Wells in 1962 by Verena Lewis

Harbour Memories

I have very dear memories of Portrush in the 60's. My mum was born there. She lived with her Mum and Dad and two brothers and one sister in Harbour Road. Mum and her sister came over to England in the 50's. We used to go to ...Read more

A memory of Portrush in 1962 by Angela Swiffen

My Very Happy Childhood In New Haw Road!!!

We originally moved in 1957 when I was 5 from Thornton Heath in Surrey to Burleigh Road in Addlestone because my dad had started working for Peto Scott (TV makers) near Weybridge. Then in December 1957 my ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1962 by Robin Hope

Delivering The Post In Northwood Hills

I worked for the post office as a "Christmas Casual" in 1962 and the crafty regular postmen dumped all the unpopular rounds on the young students doing a couple of weeks casual work.  I was given an ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills in 1962 by John Howard Norfolk

Pinner Sorting Office

The photographer is standing on the road just outside Pinner sorting office. I worked for this post office as a "Christmas Casual" in 1962 and the crafty regular postmen dumped all the unpopular rounds on the young students ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1962 by John Howard Norfolk

A First Illicit Drink

After leaving school I worked for a short time at Walsall Co-op in Bridge Street. One of my colleagues was a rather raffish young gentleman and 'man about town'. One day he invited me, which I thought a great honour, to have ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1962 by Michele Alberto

River Roding

The bottom of Silver Street on the other side of the bridge ended at the river with some railings over a drainage outlet.  This was a good place for children to get into the river from the middle of the village and paddle upstream ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1962

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 625 to 648.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Station 1894

The iron bridge (demolished in 1978) brought the line from Exeter, and did not run parallel to the road bridge.

Caption For Leatherhead, Bridge Street C1955

We are looking up Bridge Street past the North Street junction.

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 Gisburn, The Bridge 1921

This strong two-arched stone bridge spans the River Ribble at Gisburn. Note the two farm carts with shafts designed for sturdy horses to the right of the yeoman farmer's dwelling.

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 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 Maidenhead, View From Bridge 1925

Looking south-east from Maidenhead Bridge, Bond's boatyard with its balconies is on the left. To its right, the Maidenhead Rowing Club's superb new headquarters, completed in 1998, now stand.

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene 1952

Here we see the attractive 1934 bridge with the power station rising up behind it.

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 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 Staines, The Bridge 1907

The refined and somewhat austere rusticated three-arch bridge of 1829-32 by John Rennie, the architect of old Waterloo Bridge, has been marred by a widening in 1958 in which footways were cantilevered

Caption For Brandon, River Ouse 1925

Parts of this bridge may date from the 1670s, when the river was made navigable. The Borough of Thetford had the right of tolls until 1872 and was responsible for its repair until 1950.

Caption For York, Barges On The Foss Navigation 1885

The first recorded wooden bridge was built in 1583, and was destroyed during the siege of York.

Caption For London, London Bridge 1890

The Monument and the tower of St Magnus's Church stand side by side - we are looking from the centre of the sixty-year-old London 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 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 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 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 Sudbury, The Croft Bridge 1900

This bridge over the Stour leads from The Croft (adjacent to St Gregory's Church on the right) to Fullingpit Meadows, part of Sudbury freemen's land, on the left.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Toll Bridge C1955

Built by the Wharton family of Skelton Castle for ease of access across Saltburn Glen, the toll bridge was completed in 1869. It stood 120ft high at the centre.

Caption For London, Cannon Row, Westminster C1856

This drawdock on the north side of Westminster Bridge disappeared in the 1860s when Victoria Embankment was built. The carts were for carrying coal landed from the river.

Caption For Rickmansworth, The Canal 1897

The Grand Union was created in the 1920s from a network of independent canals linking London with the industrial towns of the West and East Midlands.

Caption For Harden, Goit Stock Falls 1923

We are a few miles out of Bingley between Harden and Cullingworth. Gone these days are the bridge, the rustic seat and the picnic table, but the tranquillity of this beauty spot remains.

Caption For Tilford, Bridge 1909

Two arms of the River Wey meet here, and an ancient bridge spans each arm. The bridges were almost certainly constructed by the monks of nearby Waverley Abbey, which was built in 1128.