Books

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Memories

8,155 memories found. Showing results 291 to 300.

Happy Times

I lived not very far from Beaumont park and as a child I used to go there along with friends, my sister or my brother, I remember the huge slide that was there and the long metal rocking horse that was on the field. The park was ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield in 1973 by Jayne Harris

Feeling Homesick

You know I haven't come across anyone who did their 8 weeks' training at Vindi in the summer months, most people you talk to remember most of all the severe winters. I am no exception, I remember going down to the ship from the ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1960 by Allister Jones

River Row

My family lived in the end cottage in River Row,our garden backed on to the river and railway line beyond.My brother and I were aged 3 and 4 years old and I can remember waving to my father as he went to work in the pits, the train ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1951 by Patricia Greenacre

The Farnborough Puddle

I used to love The Puddle, I used to go there every weekend during term time from when it opened at Easter every year, until in closed in October. I would try to go every day during the summer holidays, but I didn't ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1964 by Jean Cargill

Memories Of Sneinton

Betty and I were brought up in Davidson Street, Sneinton just before the Second World War. It was a small back-to-back terraced house with an outside toilet. One of my first recollections was being bathed in the small kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Sneinton in 1930 by Fred Pearson

Those Lovely Days

These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and ...Read more

A memory of Greylake in 1955 by Marilyn Kick

Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s

Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway.  Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Danny Robinson

Wonderful Memories

I have wonderful memories of Fowey, as a teenager I used to go and stay with a lovely lady in a cottage leading down to the centre. She had a son and daughter but I think they had left home, one to go nursing and the other in the ...Read more

A memory of Fowey in 1955 by Dawn Cocking

Cheadle In The Second World War

I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by Terry Brooks

St Michael And All Angels Church Of England School

I would love to hear of anyone who went to Tatenhill school around the late 1940 into the 1950s. It was such a magical time with Miss Read our teacher who inspired us and fired our imagination. ...Read more

A memory of Tatenhill in 1948

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Harbour 1901

The town relied on the sea for employment, and it was once an important rival of Holyhead for the Irish ferry.

Caption For Chelmsford, High Street 1892

It tapped the water from the Burgess Well (now under Fairfield Road car park) and released it in an open channel down the High Street.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Lodge 1906

Down the lane to the left, on the other side of the castle green, is Northgate and Doomsdale, the prison which included among its inmates the Catholic martyr St Cuthbert Mayne, the Quaker George Fox, and

Caption For Tring, Pendley Manor C1955

The present Pendley Manor replaced a complex medieval and later house which burnt down in 1835.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, From Noss Mayo 1890

Down river, the village now runs past the house with the quay all the way to the next point, on which stands the Yealm Hotel.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Market Street 1897

This revealing glimpse looks down Market Street towards the High Street.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate 1908

Characterised by pointed arches and fine stonework, the old gate is also renowned for its statue of George III gazing down the High Street, dressed as a Roman and wearing a toga.

Caption For Oxford, Magdalen College 1890

Magdalen College from the Bridge 1938 During the Civil War Royalist forces defended Magdalen Bridge by throwing rocks from the top of the bell tower down on the heads of Parliamentarians below

Caption For Beachy Head, Lighthouse 1912

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

Caption For Morecambe, West End Promenade 1899

The tide is well in and horses have been taken down to soak their legs in the salt-water.

Caption For Pin Mill, The River Orwell 1909

Arthur Ransome described Pin Mill with its 'crowd of yachts and its big brown sailed barges and steamers going up to Ipswich or down to the sea'.

Caption For Ewell, High Street 1924

In the background, against the trees, the surviving spire of the 15th-century church looks down on this straggling village on the Romans' Stane Street linking London and Chichester.

Caption For Bishop's Waltham, High Street C1955

Further down the High Street are the gas showrooms. Bishops Waltham is still remembered for having the only privately owned bank in the country.

Caption For Bransgore, C1960

Further down the road is the 19th-century church of St Mary.

Caption For Maenclochog, The Village Shop C1955

The railway station is Maenclochog was also constructed of corrugated iron and outlasted the railway itself, which closed down completely in 1949.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar 1911

The figures that now look down are Nicholas Langton, a Lord Mayor, a mason holding a model of the bar and a medieval knight.The coats of arms are the Stuart Royal Arms and the City Arms; these were

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1915

The railway line to Huncoat and Burnley crosses the road here.There was at one time another line down to Rawtenstall, joining what is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.As well as having three

Caption For Lulworth, The Beach And A Steam Boat C1955

They are about to walk the plank down to the shingle beach beside the cafe (bottom left). Lulworth was a favourite stopping point on services between Weymouth and Swanage.

Caption For Braintree, High Street 1902

Down the street, just to the right of the white canopy, was the entrance to West's brush factory - one of Braintree's key industries.

Caption For Hessenford, C1955

We are looking west as the A387 drops down into the hamlet to the bridge over the River Seaton at the bottom of the hill, before the road climbs up the other side on its way to Looe.

Caption For Shere, Village 1903

This gem of a village is situated between the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge.

Caption For Coulsdon, The Avenue C1955

The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.

Caption For Chideock, Gathering The Hay 1922

This was taken from the slope below Newfoundland Coppice, looking south-eastwards to Eype Down (centre), with Doghouse Farm in the dip below (right).