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Maps

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1898, Shoscombe Vale Ref. RNE830704
1898, Woolley Ref. RNE874286
1898, White Cross Ref. RNE867691
1898, Tadwick Ref. RNE844351
1898, Temple Cloud Ref. RNE845849
1898, Thicket Mead Ref. RNE846653
1898, Upper Weston Ref. RNE857929
1898, Wall Mead Ref. RNE859834
1898-1899, Rush Hill Ref. RNC822839
1919, The Common Ref. POP846334
1919, Stanton Prior Ref. POP838523
1919, Sion Hill Ref. POP831621
1919, Temple Cloud Ref. POP845849
1919, West Harptree Ref. POP864322
1919, White Cross Ref. POP867691
1919, Upper Weston Ref. POP857929
1919, Woolley Ref. POP874286
1919, Widcombe Ref. POP869915
1899, North End Ref. RNC793228
1899, North Widcombe Ref. RNC794083

Books

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Memories

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Rothesay In Wartime

My father, 'John' Johnson, was a chaplain in the Royal Navy from 1943-46. He was based on HMS Cyclops, the submarine depot ship, in Rothesay harbour The family accompanied him to Rothesay and we lived at 2, Desmond Bank for a ...Read more

A memory of Rothesay in 1943 by Martin Johnson

Lovely Memories Of Godstone

My Mum and Gran came to Godstone with me as a baby, we moved from Croydon because of the Second World War. My granddad, Alfred Sreatfield, now dead, had helped to build 13 Salisbury Road. I was christened at St ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1944 by Rosemary Jacobs

Mom And Dad

My mom and dad were married in the congregational church in Wonersh she was a war bride and her maiden name was Leigh. She married a Canadian soldier in June of 1944. My sister Barbara was born in England and my mom and sister ...Read more

A memory of Wonersh in 1944 by Carole Morin

Woolacombe Bay Hotel

I was a boarder at Adelaide College, while my father lived in London, my mother worked at Montebello Hotel. I recall the town then was crowded with American service people, who as I can remember were very generous with ...Read more

A memory of Ilfracombe in 1944 by Brian Williams

War Time

During the WW2 war my dad was posted at R A F Finningley and we his family lived in the village at a small holding across the road from the school. I can still see in my mind Wilf the owner who lived there too with his wife. Also the ...Read more

A memory of Finningley in 1945 by Andrew Darling

Childhood Memories

I first visited Weymouth as a small child during the second world war to see my rather strict widowed maternal grandmother who lived at 10 Carlton Road South, within walking distance of the beach. I particularly recall the ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth in 1945 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

Leaving School

So! Back to 11 Woburn Place, back to school on Hope Chapel Hill back to Hotwells golden mile with its 15 pubs. The War was still going on but there was only limited bombing and some daylight raids, the city was in a dreadful ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1945 by Arthur Cottrell

Futers Family

Hello. My grandparents and family lived at No 5 Whitehall Street opposite from West Park. The houses were originally `well to do` and had been transformed into upper and lower flats. The fronts had bay windows. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1945 by Muriel Redd

A Long Happy Association

My family has had a long association with Dymchurch since the 1890s, first at Barn House and later at Grantchester Cottage in Sycamore Gardens. Six of my family are buried in the churchyard and two are named on the war ...Read more

A memory of Dymchurch in 1946 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

The Son Of A Preacher Man

1946 to 1951 - my father was the vicar at St Nicholas Church. The vicarage was a huge place in nearly two acres of land, with a quarter of it wild and rambling. Loads of trees and bushes to make a delightful ...Read more

A memory of Thames Ditton in 1946 by Patrick Wilds

Captions

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Caption For Groby, The Church Of St Philip & St James C1960

The church, which dates from 1840, lies to the south of the castle motte, and close to the busy A50 bypass.

Caption For Rhossili, St Mary's Church 1901

The village overlooks the often windswept Rhosili Bay on the western edge of the Gower Peninsula. Tradition has it that the village is named after St Fili, who was possibly a son of St Cenydd.

Caption For Harrow On The Hill, Harrow Schools 1914

Apart from the demolition of the late 18th-century house, in the centre, little has changed visually.

Caption For Rhossili, St Mary's Church 1901

The village overlooks the often windswept Rhosili Bay on the western edge of the Gower Peninsula. Tradition has it that the village is named after St Fili, who was possibly a son of St Cenydd.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, The Motor Boat 1923

Many of the Morecambe Bay boats had names suggesting that they were bigger vessels, such as the 'Queen Mary' in the foreground -but she predated the Cunarder.

Caption For Porlock, 1923

This view, from Parson's Hill between the deep tree-filled Hawk Combe and the A39, looks across the small town below to Hurlstone Point.

Caption For Wimborne, West Borough 1908

Note the first-floor bay window on the right.

Caption For Pegwell, Coastguard Cottages 1907

This row of diminutive, white cottages provided accommodation for the Coastguards maintaining a watch along this busy stretch of the Kent coastline with its treacherous offshore sandbanks.

Caption For Aberystwyth, From Constitution Hill 1897

This is a very popular view of the town, showing the three bays separated by rock outcrops. The pier was built on one of these outcrops in 1865, only to be damaged in a storm the following year.

Caption For Weymouth, The Sands 1909

It was the early use of bathing machines that made Weymouth such a popular resort for sea bathing.The larger machines ran down into the water on rails and consisted of a number of cubicles.

Caption For Aylesbury, Tring Road C1965

This view looking towards town captures well the flavour of interwar development along the Tring Road itself.

Caption For Garstang, The Canal Wharf C1955

Lancaster's beautiful canal, with its magnificent sea views of Morecambe Bay, was originally the vision of the factory owners of the locality, who were eager to connect their mills with the national canal

Caption For Nether Wallop, St Andrew's Church C1965

The Church of St Andrew is special. In the centre is the original church of about 960, which consisted of a nave and chancel with choir stalls and an 1880 organ. The church extends in all directions.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, On The Sands 1898

Of the fine climate of Colwyn Bay there can be no doubt whatsoever. Flowers bloom here until well on towards Christmas, and are out again in some profusion in February.

Caption For Rugby, North Street 1922

North Street was mainly residential in the early 20th century, with some splendid houses, including thatched cottages. They became derelict in the 1920s and were demolished in 1933.

Caption For Harlaxton, 1890

Gregory Gregory, a bachelor, was probably responsible for as much of the design as his architects, Anthony Salvin and later William Burn, as it rose slowly throughout the 1830s and 1840s.

Caption For Abergynolwyn, The Dysynni Valley 1895

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal-y-Llyn and Tywyn.

Caption For Oban, The Railway Station And The New Pier C1900

The town of Oban is only a little more than 200 years old. It owes its origins to when a fishing station was established here by the government Fishery Board in 1786.

Caption For Wells, Market Place 1890

Little has changed here: the cannon has gone, and the buildings between the gatehouses now have dormers.

Caption For Scalford, St Egelwine's Church, The Nave C1955

The basic fabric of the church can be no later than the end of the Early English period, around 1300. The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb 1922

This view looks southwards across Lyme Bay from the main path through Langmoor Gardens, which were given to the town by James Moly of Langmoor Manor, Charmouth.

Caption For London, Victoria Embankment And Cleopatra's Needle 1890

A steamer, with a party of sightseers on board, has just left the quay heading down river. The women cluster at the stern under parasols. A little further along on the left is Cleopatra’s Needle.

Caption For London, Victoria Embankment And Cleopatra's Needle 1890

A steamer, with a party of sightseers on board, has just left the quay heading down river. The women cluster at the stern under parasols.

Caption For West Bay, Village And Beach 1922

This is a detail of the chalet zone which sprang up behind the 1897-built Esplanade (right), between the waterworks and the Salt House on Pitfield Marsh (left).