Maps

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Books

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Memories

8,147 memories found. Showing results 301 to 310.

The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Croydon

My first time visiting this site and a message from "Simon" prompted me to add a message. I too remember with fond memories the old Parish Church Infants School. I remember my first day to Facing the church was a pathway on the left leading ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Carol Day

Swimming Pool /Pond, My Childhood

We always went to the Gallion swimming pool because it was cheap, maybe one penny ? I don’t remember. But the Sugar bowl was expensive for us, a half crown, I believe . We used to go to the pond to get spawn, which ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Valerie Ford

Wartime Finchampsted Ridges And Fishers Copse... The Potties!

As a child in the late 1960s and early 70s I frequented the Ridges regularly. I was taken there for a walk one day by my parents and with my elderly neighbour Alex who was interested in ...Read more

A memory of Finchampstead by Andy C

The Lawrence Children's Home, Situated In King Harry Lane

From the age of 2 in November 1949 until December 1953, due to my mother's very early death, I found myself enrolled as a resident at The Lawrence Children's Home in King Harry Lane, St ...Read more

A memory of St Albans by Peter Thompson

I Was An Evacuee.

I remember Wrens Warren camp vividly as I was one of many sent there during W.W. 2. It was a happy period in my life as a young boy in the 1940's. I and my friends spent many hours exploring the surrounding woods, making a ...Read more

A memory of Colemans Hatch by John Thomas

Burgess Hill 1957 1968

My parents moved from Durham to Burgess Hill in the mid-fifties. I was born in 1957, at Cuckfield hospital, and at that time lived in West Park Crescent. Both my brother and sister were also born in Burgess Hill. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by David Storey

First School

I lived in skelton nr york from 1951 to 59 at bur tree lane opposite old village school.it was my first school, I had a friend called John Thorpe that lived in a great big house ,in the village we had a old lady who was the ...Read more

A memory of Skelton by Anthony Loftus

Saturday Morning Pictures

I remember the Odean down on the high street at the bottom of Mellison Rd. We went every Saturday morning and were amazed by the organ that would rise from beneath the screen as we sang “the little white bull” and other Kidde songs while we waited for the cartoons and other features to start.

A memory of Tooting by Neil Anderson

Living Aboard

Living Aboard Boats A Memory of Maldon. I moved aboard a small 2 1/2 ton yacht named Gulldreen in Dixon Kerlys yard along the Downs Maldon in the 1960's. This was while I was serving my apprenticeship at Hoffmanns in Chelmsford. I ...Read more

A memory of Maldon by David Squires

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 721 to 744.

Caption For Ash, The Village C1965

this pleasant view looks down the main street from the path beside the church. On the left-hand side of the road we can see the Ship inn, and also a sign for Regent petrol.

Caption For London, The Embankment From Temple Pier 1890

The delightful Temple Gardens once extended right the way down to the river.

Caption For Madingley, Hall C1955

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda

Caption For Ambleside, Sweden Bridge 1912

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge further down the valley).

Caption For Bingley, Boating On The Aire 1923

The view from this side of the river includes the industrial gasworks, but further down river past the weir is the rather more pleasant Myrtle Park, which opened to the public in 1908.

Caption For Edinburgh, The Castle From Johnston Terrace 1897

Alexander, Duke of Albany, managed to kill his gaolers and escaped down a rope made of sheets.

Caption For Accrington, Cottage Hospital 1899

The need for Cottage Hospitals was great a century ago, but with the advent of more advanced equipment and specialised nursing, these cottage hospitals, like the isolation hospitals, closed down.

Caption For Allithwaite, Lane End C1955

The view was taken looking down Church Road from Cartmel Road by the crossroads, and is still much the same in appearance.

Caption For Gorleston, The Beach 1904

In this quintessential holiday scene a pleasure craft hoists its sail ready to carry a party of trippers up and down the coast.

Caption For Mells, Little Green C1950

These cottages lie on the road down from the school, one of the first church schools in Somerset. The thatch looks so picturesque today.

Caption For Corringham, One Tree Hill C1955

Formerly Bennitts Hill, One Tree Hill was named after the large ash that stood here until the First World War (when it blew down in a gale).

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Britannia Pier C1955

The Britannia Pier has had a exciting life, having been burnt down at least three times, once by suffragettes. In front of the pier is a 'Noah's Ark' fun ride.

Caption For Maidstone, Bank Street C1955

This photograph looks down Bank Street towards the High Street and the River Medway. This street is known for its fine timber buildings, many with a conspicuous overhang.

Caption For Grantchester, Byron's Pool C1946

This haven of tranquillity lies just a quarter of a mile from the main road down a wooded path, but many people feel that it has been spoilt by concrete buttresses and notice boards.

Caption For Newbury, St Nicolas' Church C1960

Even the weathercock was pulled down.

Caption For Shrawley, The Monastery C1960

Shrawley is a very ancient settlement, its woodlands sloping down to the River Severn.

Caption For Cambridge, 1st Eastern General Hospital C1918

Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance.

Caption For Cambridge, Trinity Street 1914

Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance.

Caption For Harrogate, Cambridge Crescent C1955

'The Prisoner of Zenda' was showing at the Regal Cinema in the elegant North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate when this picture was taken.

Caption For Staithes, High Street C1955

The narrow cobbled streets of Staithes still wind down to the North Sea just as they did in the 1950s.

Caption For Wadebridge, The Platt C1955

Sailing ships from Bristol once plied up and down its channel and berthed at the town wharves.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament 1886

This 'superb temple of legislation' in Tudor Gothic was built to replace the old medieval Palace which burned down in 1834.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Promenade 1920

A paddle steamer loaded with trippers has just left for a voyage down the estuary.

Caption For Wetherby, North Street 1909

Further down the street Continental Motors are the local Michelin agents.