Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
181,031 maps found.
Books
442 books found. Showing results 7,249 to 7,272.
Memories
29,049 memories found. Showing results 3,021 to 3,030.
Building The Wooden Bridges At The Waterfall In 1985
Was tasked (with my fellow sappers) with the building of 2 wooden bridges with my colleagues of 103 Field Squadron RE. I would love to know if they are still standing and what the area where ...Read more
A memory of Sanquhar in 1985
A Yokels Tale
A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more
A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by
Ickenham In The 1940s
I was baptised in St Giles's Church in March 1943, having been born in Hoylake Crescent. My paternal grandparents also lived in Hoylake Crescent. I went to Breakspeare Primary School from 1948 to 1952 when the family ...Read more
A memory of Hillingdon in 1943
The Milk Bar In South Street
We used to go in there often, and I remember one time being very confused when asked whether I wanted lemonade, cherryade, limeade or Whipsnade, 'cause I knew that was a zoo and I didn't quite get the idea of puns. ...Read more
A memory of Dorchester in 1974
Manor Road Sidcup
I was born in Farnborough hospital in June 1956. My mother is Austrailian and my father grew up in and around Bridgwater in Somerset. From the period of 1956 -1960 we lived in the top flat at 12 Manor Road (now sadly gone), the ...Read more
A memory of Sidcup in 1956 by
Band Meeting Place
I can remember in my youth, meeting here as a member of the Basildon drum and trumpet corp, we used to march up the slope and into the town square where we did our display. That was in the 1970s.
A memory of Basildon by
Ardern's Carpets At The Bottom Of Castle
At the bottom of Castle, going down towards the bridge on the left was Ardern's Carpets. this belonged to the father of my friend Mary Ardern, she would have been about 10 in 1960. If anybody knows where ...Read more
A memory of Northwich by
Family Picnics In 1950s
In the 1950s my family made regular summer trips to a scenic and elevated spot somewhere in the general area of Aylesbury for family picnics. I have a few b&w snaps - one of which shows a road wide enough for two ...Read more
A memory of Aylesbury in 1955 by
Further Afield
Osterley Park became within striking distance of my Hounslow home once I had a bike and from about the age of 12 (1960) would cycle there with a school friend with our bottles of pop and jam sandwiches, to roam the grounds and ...Read more
A memory of Hounslow in 1960 by
My Memories Of Cromer
Born in 1947 in Suffield Park, as was, Cottage Hospital on Overstrand Road. Lived in Links Avenue until 1959. My memories are vast. I went to school in the centre of Cromer which is now converted to senior citizens ...Read more
A memory of Cromer in 1952 by
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Captions
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At the south end of the High Street Frith's photographer looks northwards beside the turning on the right into Hawleys Lane.
The main shopping areas of Broad Street and Church Street have not changed too much in character since the camera clicked on this scene.
Here is a village at ease with itself, in the heart of stone country. On the extreme right is a single-decker bus which would now be an asset to any transport collection.
A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.
Seaton developed as a resort in the 1850s, and in the years that followed a number of hotels were built to cater for the town's popularity with visitors.
This Gothic arched doorway was originally the front door of The Mount, which was where Stanley Baldwin lived as a boy. The 19th century house is now a hotel (the Stourport Manor Hotel).
Pentewan was developed as a port in the 1820s for shipping ores and china clay, which were brought down from St Austell on a railway built in 1829.
The parish church of St Michael is one of the most interesting in the Lake District.
Here we see the gatehouse and the moat of the tower-keep. As a professional soldier, William Herbert had fought for and been knighted by Henry VI.
impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added in 1832, after the collapse of
We can see the corner of the 13th-century castle in the top right of this photograph. The house dominating the picture was built by Thomas Mansel-Talbot in the 1770s.
The course of the canal meant that a section of the L&NWR line to Liverpool via Warrington and Speke would have to be re-routed; this resulted in the building of Latchford Viaduct.
On the B1368 road a mile or so north of Braughing stands the small community of Hay Street.
This attractive village stands in the beautiful valley of the River?Darent north of Sevenoaks. Here we see an empty street scene before motor traffic was commonplace.
We are at the foot of the Downs by the route of the London to Brighton main line railway.
The college was founded in 1509 and takes its name from the form of an ancient brass door-knocker.
As well as the tower of St James' church, a number of industrial chimney stacks punctuate the town skyline, hinting at Dursley's manufacturing past.
Part of the Trafalgar Square scheme included Pall Mall East, which was laid out to link it to Nash's Regent Street at Waterloo Place.
Overlooked by the slopes of Box Hill and the sweep of the North Downs, this delightful village acquired its name from the badgers whose setts were by the River Mole.
The blacksmith's workshop, along with the church, pub and local store, was an essential component of a village's existence prior to the arrival of the internal combustion engine.
Originally called Cambridge Town, in honour of the Duke of Cambridge who founded the Army Staff College here, its name had to be changed to avoid confusion within the postal service with its university
The relatively large, early 16th-century Church of St Beuno dominates the small village of Clynnog in Caernarfonshire – this scene has altered little since this photograph was taken.
This scene is virtually indistinguishable today: even the tear-shaped flower bed has survived decades of traffic management. The Panton Arms (left) is named after a local antiquarian, Paul Panton.
There are still many reminders of this view visible today if one looks north from the entrance to the war memorial gardens.
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