Places

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Maps

65 maps found.

Books

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Memories

4,575 memories found. Showing results 281 to 290.

100 Melody Road. Wandsworth S.W.18

In 1943/4 My mother, brother and myself were bombed out of our home in Summerly Street. In that house we had a Morrison shelter and the night the bomb hit, a few houses away from our house, it affected our shelter ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by jcunife

Cheslyn Hay 1960 1977

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

A Real English Village

My parents moved to Wickham Bishops in 1948 to help friends run the village Post Office Stores which sold everything - stamps, paraffin (you brought your own can and it was filled from a barrel at the back), vinegar ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Bishops in 1948 by Carol Argyris

1960's Tunnel Memories

I clearly remember these Land Rover "Tunnel Patrol" vehicles although I was only 7 in 1965.  I thought that they were real Police vehicles (were they labelled "Tunnel Police" I wonder?) and I remember being puzzled by the ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1965 by Brian Jones

Shops In Wigston

Hi I’m looking to find out what year the Co-op came to Bell Street Wigston and where it was first situated in the street , and also along Leicester Road in Wigston up near where the Wigston Chinese is now there used to be two ...Read more

A memory of Wigston by Susan Kirk

Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!

Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by tobypaws2002

Progress And Change

Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Denman Lalonde

Swimming Lessons At Reedham

From 1959 to 1963 I went to school at Whyteleafe County Primary, Maple Road, whence the older boys and girls were taken by (very old) coaches to Reedham's pool for swimming lessons. It was a bit odd, because we never saw any ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Allen Williams

The Other Coronation At Collingwood!

My memories of Collingwood began with my very first day there, in 1948, when I was l was left alone in a big empty hall, not knowing what to do! Eventually one of the teachers came in, saying crossly, " Why are ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by Gillian Bryan

All My Childhood Holidays

As a 6 year old in 1954 we began holidaying in Par, staying with Mr and Mrs Batt at Par Green, next door to Brewers. For the next 10 years, often twice a year, we came back to stay with the Batts - a wonderful couple, so kind ...Read more

A memory of Par by Christine Collins

Captions

926 captions found. Showing results 673 to 696.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

Each weighs about thirty tons - they possibly came from the quarries at Knaresborough.

Caption For Wallasey, St Hilary's Church C1950

This is explained by a need to accommodate the hundreds of summer visitors who came to this area, and who needed to attend church on a Sunday.

Caption For Rochdale, John Bright's Statue 1898

Then along came Alderman Richard Cobden.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, St Laurence's Saxon Chapel 1900

He came across references to it in a text dated 1125.

Caption For Colaton Raleigh, Village 1906

The first links with the Raleigh family, from which the village now takes the second part of its name, came in 1346 when Peter de Raleghe owned certain manorial rights.

Caption For Ilkley, Denton Park From The Cow And Calf Rocks 1914

The stone came from a quarry on the estate's land.

Caption For Thornton Dale, Beck Isle Cottage C1965

Trade here came from corn milling, spinning and weaving, and paper manufacture.

Caption For Empingham, Highfield Close C1960

At first they were council houses, and later private developers came in.

Caption For Empingham, Crocket Lane C1960

attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash, landscaped by Dame

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Caption For Ripley, 1923

Oliver Cromwell once came to spend the night at Ripley Castle, home of Sir William and Lady Ingilby.

Caption For Freshfield, The Grapes Hotel And Ryeground Lane C1965

The young men by the bike outside seem to be in uniform, so they probably came from the airbase.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1930

King Charles II came here September 23rd 1651.'

Caption For Clitheroe, Church Street C1960

Spring water in cans at 5 old pence was hawked about the streets by one enterprising native before piped water came.

Caption For Belfast, Custom House 1897

It had an added fame in those years when the flight of steps provided an open-air dais for speakers on religion, politics and strike action.

Caption For Middleham, The Castle 1893

The castle eventually passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.

Caption For Hambleton, The Creek C1960

The ancient ports of Wardleys and Skippool near Hambleton Creek handled slaves and ships from Russia. 19th-century visitors to the creek came for 'Hambleton hookings', large mussels which sometimes contained

Caption For Surbiton, Victoria Road C1955

The one on the left was built in 1904- 05, when electricity came to Surbiton, so it was given the name Electric Parade.

Caption For Surbiton, Brighton Road C1955

The one on the left was built in 1904- 05, when electricity came to Surbiton, so it was given the name Electric Parade.

Caption For Chelford, Macclesfield Road C1955

The Westminster Bank and the Dixon Arms were both there to serve the farmers who came to the market.

Caption For Kettering, Library And Sheep Street C1965

It then moved to Silver Street, and finally came to rest here in 1904.

Caption For Burnley, Mechanics' Institute 1895

Queen Elizabeth II came and re-opened the restored, re-designed Mechanics Institute on 12 November 1987.

Caption For Eype, The Chalets, Seascape Bungalets C1955

They came up with 'bungalets', a concept that the planners preferred as an alternative to chalets, a building type from the 1930s whose image was unfashionable.

Caption For Abertillery, General View C1955

This massive increase came from those seeking work in the town's coal mines, both from other parts of Wales, industrial and rural, and from the west of England, particularly Somerset and the Forest of

Caption For Gresford, The Plough C1960

This led to Sir Stafford Cripps demanding the nationalisation of the industry, which ultimately came in 1947.