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My Family In Woolston

My Grandparents lived in Oakbank Road, My Aunt lived in Laurel Road. I can remember going to work with my Nan in the evenings. She used to be a cleaner for Knaptons Bookies and Malizias Bookies (Bridge Road). My Aunt worked ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1959 by Jan Wills

Wannock Gardens Tea Rooms

I have very fond memories of the Wannock Gardens Tea Rooms in the 1950s (and maybe into the 1960s). My dad was a Brighton coach driver who took trips of old ladies out for afternoon excursions and tea there. My sister ...Read more

A memory of Wannock in 1959 by Mary Funnell

Streatham Common Station

As a boy I was shipped off in the summer holidays from the family farm in Kent to stay with Grandparents at 15 Ellison Road. I soon developed a fascination for the trains and would spend most days on the station ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1959 by Lynn Woods

One Of My Favourite Fishing Spots

There used to be a bridge over the river here, but the bridge was blown up by the army around 1958. It was a fantastic sight and we rushed over to the river after the explosion to see all the dead fish.

A memory of Hersham in 1959

Schools And Shops

I was born at the hospital in Shorncliffe but lived first in the 'stone block' then in the tin town bungalows at Reachfields. All of the army families who lived there were happy as the bungalows were comfortable. Reachfieds was ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1959 by Kathryn Anson

Cycling Through Brentford

Cycling over Kew Bridge I turn left towards Brentford. I feel anticipation of passing through an interesting town. First on the left is the Gasworks. I get a liitle bit of soot in my eye. I pause at the big green ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1959 by Nick Beard

Small Boy Memories.

I lived as a child in Down Road, Alveston (at Barton Cottage - now demolished) from 1959 to 1964 and have great memories of Thornbury. Having no car in those days the family would march down the hill into Thornbury to Mass on ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury in 1959 by Paul Martin

Pitlake Bridge

Maybe a bit later but I remember a shop on Pitlake Bridge that sold unusual foreign plastic kits and Toys - There was another in Southbridge Road as well, or maybe the same one moved there.. I also recall going into a sort of ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1959 by Graham Garner

Bathampton Tea Gardens

This is a view of the Bathampton Tea Gardens which occupied the old buildings of Bathampton Mill, and the picture is taken from Bathampton Bridge. On the O.S. Somerset sheet XIV Revision of 1930 with additions in 1938. The ...Read more

A memory of Bathampton in 1959 by First Name Last Name

Holidays Around 1959?

I am sure I am right. I have the fondest memory of this place. We were sent on holiday there by the Country Holiday Fund. We were inner city kids. The place was so beautiful and every one so kind. Obviously to ...Read more

A memory of Lechlade on Thames in 1959

Captions

1,770 captions found. Showing results 913 to 936.

Caption For Clifton, The Suspension Bridge 1887

The bridge has a total length of 1,352ft, while the distance between the piers is 702ft.

Caption For Norwich, Cow Tower And River Wensum 1896

Traversed by a dozen bridges, the Wensum clutches the old city in a tight embrace.

Caption For Matlock, Bridge 1892

This sturdy gritstone bridge has spanned the mighty River Derwent in the centre of Derbyshire's county town for five centuries, although it has been widened and strengthened to take modern traffic.

Caption For Stanford Bridge, The Bridge And Mill Farm C1955

A bronze tablet removed from an earlier bridge reads: 'Pray for Humfrey Pakynton Esquyer borne in Stanford which payde for ye workemanshepe and makyng of this brygg the whiche was rered & made the first

Caption For Sudbury, Lady's Bridge 1923

Before the creation of Ladies Island, as a result of straightening the River Stour in the 1950s, Ladies Bridge carried the footpath from Cornard Road over the river.

Caption For Clapham, Brokken Bridge C1955

Two little girls walk arm-in-arm across the tree-shaded ancient packhorse bridge which crosses Clapham Beck in the centre of the village.

Caption For Dulverton, High Street And The Cottage C1965

We are looking towards Bridge Street and the River Barle. Across the river on the hillside is The Cottage, a mock-Tudor house with plaster pargetting standing amid rhododendrons.

Caption For Haverfordwest, County Theatre And Picton Place 1950

Note the absence of road markings and the apparently low volume of traffic that enables motorists to park on the bridge itself. Picton Place is named after the Picton family, referred to later.

Caption For Devonport, Halfpenny Bridge 1904

The attractive Halfpenny Bridge is so named because of the charge to cross it.

Caption For Flatford, Bridge Cottage 1907

It was Flatford and nearby East Bergholt which provided the young John Constable with the inspiration for many of his fine paintings.

Caption For Newport, The Bridge 1893

This bridge over the River Usk is situated near the site of the old castle.

Caption For Bristol, City Centre C1950

St Augustine's Parade is just out of sight on the left, and Broad Quay is seen on the right. The area is known locally as 'The Scilly Isles'.

Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

It was a popular place for holidays, even though the village had been spoiled by the ruins of an alum works and an iron bridge that carried the railway line between Whitby and Saltburn.

Caption For Devonport, Torpoint Ferry Bridge 1890

Torpoint is actually in Cornwall, and its ferry still makes regular journeys across the Tamar, taking workers across to Devonport Dockyard and the City of Plymouth.

Caption For Dartmoor, The Warren House Inn 1931

The Warren House Inn, at over 1400 feet above sea level, has the distinction of being the highest pub in Devon and one of the highest in the country.

Caption For Clifton, Leigh Woods 1887

The view from the suspension bridge towards Leigh Woods.

Caption For Tilbury, Riverside C1960

Before the building of the Dartford tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, the Tilbury ferry was an important means of crossing the Thames for motorists in this part of Essex.

Caption For Saundersfoot, Coppet Hall Sands C1955

The people to the right are enjoying a walk along the miner's route of the Stepaside line, which transported anthracite from the Stepaside area via Wiseman's Bridge, first by horse-drawn

Caption For Clydebank, Glasgow Road C1900

The tramway system in Clydebank was operated by Glasgow Corporation, and on certain routes in this burgh single-deck trams had to be used to enable them to negotiate the low railway bridges.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill And Post Office C1955

Lower Slaughter is an artist's and photographer's paradise, with its picturesque stream flowing under attractive little stone bridges.

Caption For Northwich, Bull Ring 1903

one of those places where pedestrians took their lives in their hands, having to dodge scores of ICI workers as they freewheeled four, five, even six abreast down Winnington Hill, through the Bull Ring and

Caption For Colchester, The Weir C1960

Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Clare House Pier 1896

Also, there is no ramp yet up to the bridge crossing the railway line and leading to Clare House Lane – it was built in 1904.

Caption For Waterbeach, The Bridge Hotel, Clayhithe C1960

Originally called the House of Lords, this public house was enlarged by the Bridge Company when the ferry closed. It was renamed the Clayhithe Ferry in the 1880s, and by 1916 had become a hotel.