Maps

167 maps found.

1946, Warren Heath Ref. NPO860991
1940, The Warren Ref. NPO846562
1940, Crowborough Warren Ref. NPO684849
1945, Hatch Warren Ref. NPO728290
1899, Newborough Warren Ref. RNE790654
1947, Old Warren Ref. NPO797251
1945, Shirley Warren Ref. NPO830425
1898, Manton Warren Ref. RNE774133
1940, The Warren Ref. NPO846561
1898, The Warren Ref. RNE846561
1895, Warren Row Ref. RNE861072
1902-1903, Warren Ref. RNC860878
1901-1912, Warren Ref. RNC860881
1898, Sullington Warren Ref. RNC842580
1946, Dawlish Warren Ref. NPO688973
1920, Sullington Warren Ref. POP842580
1919, Shirley Warren Ref. POP830425
1919, Hatch Warren Ref. POP728290
1947, Manton Warren Ref. NPO774133
1895, Hatch Warren Ref. RNE728290

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Memories

199 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

My Beginning...

My name is Russell Ham. I was born on May the 10th, 1962. I was adopted at about the age of six weeks, I think. The best thing that ever happened to me. I arrived at number 5, Thomas Street, in the summer of 1962, to the home of ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1962 by Russell Ham

Tintwistle Days!

My recollections are from the mid 1950s to early 1960s. These were happy days wandering the Longdendale Valley and the Torside Reservoir, usually with guitar slung over my shoulder in the company of Olwen Brown, a local 'Tinsel' ...Read more

A memory of Tintwistle in 1956 by Malcolm Povah

Grandfathers Memories

My grandfather was born in Cobham on Painshill. My memory is that it was on a slight hill with a slight bend, the Greenline bus used to stop near the old home, it was a cottage with a porch and had a very thick door with big ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1946 by Alan Rosher

Ww2 Fearnana Refuge In The Storm

A hush lies over Fearnan now except for the songbirds.  No cockerels greet the morning. The once abundant fields are barren; many of the cottages are used only for vacations and are shuttered in winter.   The 100 ...Read more

A memory of Fearnan by Alastair Barnett

Ashford Cottage Hospital

RE Photo 60335 - Sorry, but this photo is of the building that replaced the original Hospital built (circa 1890) in Station Road (formerly Marsh Street) a few doors from the Baptist Church and next to the town's Gas ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1940 by Peter Oliver

Camping At Broadstone Warren With The 3rd Sevenoaks

I was a Cub and Scout Leader with the 3rd Sevenoaks Scout Group in the 1970's and remember a hot summer camp in 1975 at Broadstone Warren. It was at the end of July and we took the ...Read more

A memory of Ashdown Forest in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

Evacuee

My Grandmother rented a cottage (Era Goch) during the war and I went to live with her as a sort of evacuee. I used to attend the one room school in Dwyran. I played with my friends on the beach. I don't know how we did not drown as we would ...Read more

A memory of Dwyran in 1940 by Joyce Sheard

Cottages On Warren

Many, many, happy memories of holidays in a cottage on the Warren located next door to old Tynans (sorry if not spelt right) bakery. Waking up to the smell of pies and bread, while being sent to the stand pipe on the old dusty ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by Paul Clarke

The Warren.

I remember when I was nursing at Ashford, Hothfield and Willesborough hospitals. We use to have to go to the Warren for some lessons. I can still remember my shock at seeing rows of `Iron Lungs` that were no longer in use. Also seeing ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1968

Memories Of St Peters And Broadstairs

I was born at 19 Church St, St Peters, where my grandfather owned the butchers shop. My first memory is of playing on the lino floor just inside the front door. My father, who served in the RAF during the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1950 by Ronald Taylor

Captions

63 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pavilion C1955

As we look at this busy Bournemouth scene from the 1950s, it is hard to imagine that all this was a wild and barren heathland, deserted except for fishermen and smugglers, only 150 years before.

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The rather barren appearance of the High Street exemplified in this photograph sets the tenor of this large mainly red-brick village.

Caption For Portland, Fortuneswell 1894

On this barren rock, surrounded by salt water, such wells were hard to come by and exploited to the full when they were.

Caption For Portland, Rufus Castle 1890

On this barren rock, surrounded by salt water, such wells were hard to come by and exploited to the full when they were.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Holy Well 1896

The well had the reputation of curing barrenness in women, and offerings of bent pins were sometimes left there.

Caption For Tiptree, Messing Maypole Mill C1955

Tiptree Heath was 'a miserable barren piece of land' haunted by tinkers, squatters, and horse-racing fans.

Caption For Clee Hill, C1960

This remote barren countryside would seem to be very uninviting.

Caption For Treherbert, View From The New Road C1955

Below the barren and glaciated escarpment lie the dying collieries of the Glenrhondda district of Treherbert.

Caption For Aylesford, The Countless Stones C1960

Now known as Little Kit's Coty House, the stones were believed to help barren women to conceive.

Caption For Aylesford, The Countless Stones C1960

Now known as Little Kit's Coty House, the stones were believed to help barren women to conceive.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King Stone C1960

It was considered a magical stone where barren women would press their breast against the stone in hope of a child!

Caption For St Annes, St Annes Road 1906

At this time, 'Round the Coast' reported that 'amidst wild sandhills a beautiful town has taken the place of a bleak, barren waste'.

Caption For Chipping Norton, The Rollright Stones, The King Stone C1960

It was considered a magical stone where barren women would press their breast against the stone in hope of a child!

Caption For Morcombelake, Old Cottages 1904

This discreet little settlement in the parish of Stanton St Gabriel occupies a web of small lanes on the south-facing slopes of Hardown Hill and derives its name from three Old English words: 'mor' (barren

Caption For Accrington, Broadway Gardens C1955

Derelict land on both sides of Broadway was screened by wooden hoardings and there were many complaints about this barren and unsightly part of town.