Photos

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Memories

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Childhood On Castleford Road

I remember the fields and Beckbridge prefabs. I and my sister attended the infants school , set back from Castleford road sadly no more except the walls remain .Swam in the old Baths where asda, s store now stands.I ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1961

Brentford Arriving By Bike Along The Canal.

I am cycling along the canal and have just passed under the railway bridge. I pass under the great metal warehouse. Quickly there is a rattle as I cross the little bridge by the gauging lock, which is ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1961 by Nick Beard

M2 Bridge Worker In St. Bart's Hospital

I remember being in St. Barts Hospital in 1961 or 1962, aged 11 or twelve, to have my appendix removed. At that time there was a construction worker recovering from a very serious injury received while ...Read more

A memory of Rochester in 1961 by Keith Mungham

Holidays In Northlew

Re the photo of Northlew Bridge, I am sure this is me, the tallest girl, my sister the smallest girl and the other is my cousin. My grandparents lived in Northlew and we went down from Bolton to visit for holidays.

A memory of Northlew in 1961 by Pauline Hamill

The Boat

The Boat is the name of the Inn on the left of the picture. As children we used to walk across the top of bridge wall and, as a further dare, across the pipes which ran just below the parapet, above the water.    Once, when I was serenely ...Read more

A memory of Gnosall in 1961 by Penny Trueman

Days Gone By

It was lovely to browse through the Allendale pages, as I was sitting thinking about 'sunny' holidays in Allendale with mam and dad, who are sadly gone now. The Heatherlea was the favourite hotel, with the 'gong' for mealtimes, ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town in 1961 by Lesley Richardson

The Pub In The Centre Of Dartford

There was a pub near the railway bridge on Overy Street called 'The 3 Tuns' was that the one? I was born in a house in Dartford Road in 1955, the family moved to a new bungalow, no. 6 Tuffnail Road, tel. 23838, ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1961

Tideford's New Road

This photograph shows Tideford after the new A38 had been built through the middle of the village to serve the new Tamar road bridge. A number of properties had to be demolished for the new road. The shop in the foreground on ...Read more

A memory of Tideford in 1961 by Nick Serpell

Steeper Than It Looks

It was every school summer holiday that my sister and I used to come with our parents to spend a week or so with grandma Annie Penhorwood. If we had any money we would go to the bakery shop near the bottom of the High Street ...Read more

A memory of Bideford in 1961 by Heather Uden

Old Manor Cafe

My memory of Blackwater started when I was 14, for those of you who don't know what the Old Manor was, it was a transport cafe, which stood on what is now a supermarket site, on the right, at the junction with Rosemary Lane. In ...Read more

A memory of Blackwater in 1960 by Graham Davis

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge C1900

This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London’s river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have suggested

Caption For Fakenham, Hempton Mill 1921

One in desperation has left his gear on the bank and has paddled into the river to assist the other hopefuls in an attempt to locate some fish.

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge C1900

This fine bridge is one of the most dazzling structures spanning London's river and was constructed in 1862 at the cost of £250,000.With the waters at low tide as they are here, critics have

Caption For Cheam, The Bridge And Upper Mulgrave Road 1928

We are looking north down the slope to Station Way, and the bridge which dates from the opening of the railway in 1847.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street 1911

Nearby is the site of the forthcoming 1930s Woolworth store and 1980s redevelopment. Down past the latticed railway bridge is the new road over the bridge to Middleton.

Caption For Loughor, The Bridge 1936

A double-decker bus can be seen crossing the Iron Bridge, which spans the River Loughor close to its estuary. In the background is the industrialised shoreline leading to Llanelli.

Caption For Bridgwater, View Across Bridge 1890

Fore Street heads east from the Market Place to cross the River Parrett on the iron bridge dated 1883; this replaced an early Coalbrookdale cast-iron bridge of 1795.

Caption For Belfast, Canal Wharf And Queen's Bridge 1897

Most of the traffic was coal, which was loaded in the harbour beyond the bridge and taken to the linen mills along the river, but there was also a steady flow of sand downstream to this wharf.

Caption For Bedford, The Suspension Bridge 1898

This is downstream beyond the 1813 Ouse bridge to the Embankment area, with a view of the parks and gardens mostly laid out during Joshua Hawkins's mayoralty in the 1880s.

Caption For Maidenhead, Turnpike 1899

Until 1903, Maidenhead Bridge was a toll bridge with its neat pyramid- roofed lodges either side of the gate.

Caption For Grinton, View From The Church Tower C1960

From the 16th-century tower of St Andrew's Church, established by monks from Bridlington some 900 years ago, we see the bridge over the Swale and the white Bridge Inn (centre). 17th-century cottages stretch

Caption For Maidenhead, Boulters Lock Bridge 1906

The view looking towards the bridge to Ray Mill Island (or, as some people call it, Boulters Lock Island) is the same that Edward Gregory painted in his famous 'Boulters Lock, Sunday Afternoon' (1882

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Mill And Bridge 1890

The Checker and its associated ranges probably survived because they were close to the mill stream and the industrial heart of the medieval town with its watermill, and thus they soon found alternative

Caption For Stirling, The Bridge Of Forth 1899

Stirling is the last place where there is a bridge over the Forth before the river widens into an estuary. The town and its castle have therefore been fought over on numerous occasions.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge. The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Caption For Stirling, The Bridge Of Forth 1899

Stirling is the last place where there is a bridge over the Forth before the river widens into an estuary. The town and its castle have therefore been fought over on numerous occasions.

Caption For Cowan Bridge, C1955

Petrol pumps and the small village shop stand next to another café advertising cigarettes and the ubiquitous Wall's ice cream. The signpost points to Casterton.

Caption For Preston, Old Tram Bridge 1893

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants to build a canal; they saw it as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and transporting other goods out into towns in the heart of Lancashire.

Caption For Newport Pagnell, The M1 Motorway 1962

Newport Pagnell Services is now (2002) run by Welcome Break, but it is architecturally very little changed, with the glazed bridge a distinctive feature.

Caption For St Neots, The Bridge And Bridge Hotel C1955

In 1964 this beautiful and historic bridge, built in 1617, finally bent to the increase of traffic and was demolished and replaced with a modern concrete structure.

Caption For Worksop, Victoria Square C1955

From Bridge Street we head north towards Victoria Square over the Chesterfield Canal, whose bridge parapets are in the foreground.

Caption For Aylesbury, Canal And Hills And Partridges Lock 1897

This view looks south-west along the canal past the last lock, No 16, Hills and Partridges Lock, to Park Street Bridge. (Hills and Partridges works have now long gone.)

Caption For Congleton, Colley Bridge Mill C1965

Now we move two or three miles upstream to Colley Mill Bridge. This bridge is old and narrow, and was already controlled by traffic lights when this picture was taken.

Caption For Llanrwst, Y Bont Fawr Bridge And The Victoria Hotel 1892

This beautifully proportioned stone bridge (Y Bont Fawr means 'the big bridge'), built over the Afon Conwy in 1636, has been a well-known beauty spot and subject for artists for centuries.