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Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards

Maps

1,865 maps found.

1921, Boley Park Ref. POP645551
1923, Bowring Park Ref. POP647393
1899, Westbury Park Ref. RNC865323
1903, Woodhouse Park Ref. RNC873504
1897-1898, Woodside Park Ref. RNC874072
1919, Bitterne Park Ref. POP641285
1923, Aughton Park Ref. POP628964
1925, Axwell Park Ref. POP629313
1899-1900, Stow Park Ref. RNC841081
1924, Broughton Park Ref. POP652806
1920, Burlish Park Ref. POP655837
1898-1900, The Park Ref. RNC846485
1920, Burwood Park Ref. POP657254
1920, Camden Park Ref. POP660188
1919, Carey Park Ref. POP661309
1922, Gunton Park Ref. POP723639
1924, Croslands Park Ref. POP684204
1920, College Park Ref. POP675510
1921, Cheadle Park Ref. POP667142
1920, Claremont Park Ref. POP669500

Books

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Memories

4,383 memories found. Showing results 261 to 270.

Boyhood Memories

I was born in 89 Abbot Street, just off Sunderland Road, in 1932, then we moved to the Gateshead end of Redheugh Bridge. When the Second World War started we moved to 20 Brussel Street. The Davidson family lived in the flat ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Allen Flynn

Things I Remember

Greenford market, that's where the buses terminated. If you were quick you could jump off the back of a bus at the corner when it turned into Windmill Lane, that way if the bus was going further than the market it saved you ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1975 by Terry Tomlinson

46 Bridge Road, Cove

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

Childhood In Moodiesburn

I remember staying in Beechgrove just at the begining of the electric scheme, we had some very happy memories of the glen, Bedlay Castle, and going for walks down the luggie for a swim. Mr and Mrs Brown stayed in ...Read more

A memory of Moodiesburn by William Rafferty

Old Southall Remembered

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

Park Lane Stables

Does anyone remember the stables at Park Lane? There was a horse there called Appollo owned by a girl called Jackie, her mother owned the stables. Jackie and I were good friends, we hung out a lot, if anyone remembers her please let me know, I'd love to hear from you.

A memory of Aveley in 1967 by Gillian Woodford

Life As A Kid

I used to go to Usworth Park to play football or go bird nesting down the planton at Waterloo. I also used to go round collecting bottles to take back to shop and get the money for the pictures. We had 3 picture houses in ...Read more

A memory of Washington by Harold Lowden

Gladstone Park

Our family moved from Churchill Road, Willesden to the country right out to Dudden Hill, in Normanby Road. The entrance to the park was just down the end of the road near the old iron bridge. There was a rather short ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1961 by Jim Rabbitts

Birchington & Minnis Bay

I was partly raised in Birchington during the 1950's, my Nan & Grandad and Aunts & Uncles also lived there, I would spend all my summer holidays there at my Nan's house in Park Avenue ...happy days, I still think ...Read more

A memory of Birchington in 1950

High School, Clifton Park And Jazz Clubs

Many memories of Rotherham Girls High School, Dance Halls and Jazz Clubs from late 1950s. If you were there too, email me smp5449@live.com

A memory of Rotherham in 1957 by Susan Parsons

Captions

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Caption For Godmanchester, Post Street C1955

This view, towards Huntingdon, has changed little except that the garage has been replaced by a large car park with riverfront access.

Caption For Haddenham, The Green C1950

The green now boasts a locally crafted village sign, and no parking is allowed!

Caption For Cambridge, Car 1933

An Austin 'Chummy' 7, parked in King's Parade outside the gatehouse which leads into the Front Court of King's College, built in 1828 by William Wilkins.

Caption For Southport, Prince's Park Bowling Green C1960

The area was then landscaped and turned into a park, which was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1921.

Caption For Ashford In The Water, The Old Pump C1955

Note the milk lorry loaded with churns parked in Buxton Road, which leads off to the right.

Caption For Tillington, The Village 1912

It is thought to have been named after the regiment billeted in nearby Petworth Park during the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

Originally in Cowholme Meadow, this unofficial dovecote is now within the well-treed riverside walk park.

Caption For Grangetown, Paddling Pool C1960

A rather less likely facility in the same park area is the children's playground, which includes an attractive paddling pool. Water has always had a fascination for the young.

Caption For Marske By The Sea, Slip Way And Sands 1938

In 1938, visitors to the beach could park their car at the bottom of the slipway for 6d.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place 1961

This picture shows the booming town centre—up to 1,400 cars were parked there on a Saturday afternoon.

Caption For Petersfield, Police Station 2005

The Petersfield and Selsey gas-works were in Hylton Road; but all that is left on the site of the gas-works, now Tesco's car park, is a regulator valve in a compound next to the pathway into Hylton

Caption For Poole, Peoples Park 1898

St Mary's church at Longfleet is seen from the lake in the new Poole Park.

Caption For Wigston, Memorial Park C1960

In the angle between Long Street and Chapel Lane lies this absolutely classic example of a municipal memorial park.

Caption For Maldon, River At Beeleigh 1906

Here we see Maldon’s famous promenade— now Promenade Park—with a fine array of fishing boats; the tower of St Mary’s church, with its landmark little white spire, can be seen in the background.Today

Caption For Barnstaple, The South Walk 1894

The area to the right is Rock Park. Beyond, the elegant town houses that once had rear gardens down to the river can be picked out through the trees.

Caption For South Cerney, The Water Park C1965

There are over 130 lakes in the Water Park, making it the largest man-made complex of its kind in Britain.

Caption For Helmsley, The Square C1955

The ancient, ivy-covered Black Swan Hotel dominates this view of The Square at Helmsley, the attractive castle-crowned capital of the North York Moors National Park.

Caption For Cartmel, Cavendish Street 1914

On the left, two locals discuss the forthcoming Exhibition Club of Cark-in-Cartmel, which would include sports in Holker Park, £25 in prizes and a dance.

Caption For Broughton Astley, The Memorial C1967

The surroundings are fairly bleak, with two circular flowerbeds in close-cropped grass and two rather uncomfortable park bench

Caption For Glasgow, Sauchiehall Street 1897

This part is now pedestrianised. Most of the buildings shown here have gone, and there is a large indoor shopping complex and car parking facilities where the clock tower appears.

Caption For Sheffield, Crookes Valley Park C1955

The lake at Crookes Valley Park is in fact one of Sheffield's older reservoirs, converted for use as a boating lake and for fishing.

Caption For Hadleigh, Rectory Road C1966

In complete contrast to photograph H167008, here we have a rainy morning in downtown Hadleigh by the Rectory Road shops.A pram is parked outside the butcher's shop, whilst on the opposite side of the

Caption For Halstead, High Street 1952

the Colne in the north of the county about five miles from Braintree, was once famous for its silk and crepe.This wonderful post-war view looks up the High Street, with a motorbike and sidecar parked

Caption For Kendal, The Castle 1896

Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and surviving wife, was born here in 1512; at that time the castle was in the hands of Sir Thomas Parr.