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Places
14 places found.
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- St Ives, Cornwall
- St Ives, Cambridgeshire
- St Ive, Cornwall
- St Ives, Dorset
- St Ive Cross, Cornwall
- St Ives Head, Cornwall
- Conington, Cambridgeshire (near St Ives)
- Trewartha, Cornwall (near St Ives)
- Longstone, Cornwall (near St Ives)
- Joppa, Cornwall (near St Ives)
- Whitecross, Cornwall (near St Ives)
- Island, The, Cornwall (near St Ives)
- Church End, Cambridgeshire (near St Ives)
- Church End, Cambridgeshire (near St Ives)
Photos
829 photos found. Showing results 61 to 80.
Maps
127 maps found.
Books
57 books found. Showing results 73 to 96.
Memories
628 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.
Greenford Gardens
We moved to 1 Greenford Gardens in 1936 from Northolt; it was a great place to grow up. Spent most of the time in Ravenor Park playing football/cricket, went to Bethams then Costons Junior with Mr Blount the Headmaster who ...Read more
A memory of Greenford in 1940 by
Wallsend 1954 68
Born in the Green Maternity Hosp 1954, lived in Windsor Drive, Howden, Sandown Gardens, Howden and Prospect Ave. I remember being taken to the Masons Arms at Bigges Main in a pushchair, parked outside the corrugated iron lean to ...Read more
A memory of Wallsend by
Happy Days 1950s And 60s
I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham by
Valence Park
During the 1940's my Mother worked as a part time Park Keeper at Valence Park, I and my older sister spent many hours in the park, it was the safest place to be during an air raid, I remember the doodle bug hitting the houses in ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1944 by
The Bus To Bredurst
The Bredhurst bus did indeed pass the Jezreels but it was a number 38 (not 8). I was at Gillingham Grammar School from 1948 to 1955 and used regularly to catch that bus to my home in Forge Lane, Bredhust. I have vivid ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham in 1948 by
The Odeon
I lived on Lancaster Ave from 1941-58 and spent many happy Saturday afternoons at The Odeon theatre at "the matinees". I also worked at Perks grocery store from the time I was 13 until I left school. Perks would have been in the left hand ...Read more
A memory of Slough in 1950 by
During The Second World War
This story is a memory during the Second World War. My father Samuel Fredrick Richardson was the air-raid warden. There was a brick shelter, built on the village green. Most of the village used to use it. One ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green in 1940 by
Earith Was In Huntingdonshire And Still Is
I was born in St Ives in 1939 but lived in Earith at what is now number 43. Next door was my Grandad's grocer's shop - Bert Russell. I moved to Peterborough in 1958 where I still live in Werrington ...Read more
A memory of Earith in 1940 by
The Keelings 1940 Evacuees
My sister, Joy, elder brother, Richard and myself, John Keeling, were evacuated to Llanharan in June 1940. After a short time Richard and myself were placed with a lovely old lady at 12 Seymour Avenue, Mrs Surridge. I ...Read more
A memory of Llanharan in 1940 by
Those Were The Days 6
Continuing up the street on the right was a long parade of various shops and we come to Salisbury Ave on the corner was a large modernistic furniture shop later the shop nest door became a KFC and across the street next to ...Read more
A memory of Barking in 1950 by
Captions
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A similar bridge chapel survives at St Ives further downstream.
We cannot see the clock; it was made by J R Ingram of St Ives. The white house called The Green was an inn.
This tower mill could be seen working from the St Ives to Cambridge train in the 1950s.
With such a fine view across the bay to St Ives, it is little surprise that holidaymakers should have come to camp at Hayle Towans.
St Ives is seen from Draycott Terrace, overlooking cottages in Primrose Valley below and the curving sweep of the railway station beyond, most of which is now a car park.
The High Street, earlier called the Great Street, is lined either side with Georgian buildings which sit at the head of earlier burgage plots, much the same as at Uxbridge, Middlesex or St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Members of the St Ives lifeboat wear the cork life-jacket designed in 1854 by Capt John Ross Ward. Cumbersome though it may look to us today, Ward's jacket worked.
They moved to St Ives in 1988, and their site (the sheds and large building, left), which was derelict for many years, has now been redeveloped with Dutch-style houses in a courtyard setting.
The scenic St Ives branch railway follows the coast, with a four-arched viaduct crossing the little valley behind the beach; the station platform is just beyond.
St Ives mackerel and pilchard drivers were of a similar design, the latter being the smaller version. Both were carvel-built.
We have moved further west to the junction with St Ives Road, looking east. The Bear Hotel on the left has an early 19th-century stucco front; further on are the Chapel Arches.
The explanation was to harness the river to drive watermills, but the real reason was to block navigation to Huntingdon, and increase their own rents and tolls from St Ives, which then became the head
It fell out of use when the St Ives to Cambridge railway was built in c1850. The house with the 'Sold' sign was the Swan Inn; like the other houses it was built on a bank above the dock.
The bridge across the Ouse at St Ives was built in medieval times.
The letters SS denote a boat registered in the port of St Ives. The midships wheel, lying fore and aft, was used to make easier the back-breaking task of hoisting sails.
The letters SS denote a boat registered in the port of St Ives. The midships wheel, lying fore and aft, was used to make easier the back-breaking task of hoisting sails.
This prominent rock formation stands high up on the St Ives estate over the river; before the age of the car it was holiday treat to walk up here for the exercise and fresh air.
This prominent rock formation stands high up on the St Ives estate over the river; before the age of the car it was holiday treat to walk up here for the exercise and fresh air.
Today, the river traffic has declined, and the Ferry Boat, once busy with waterborne customers, is a popular place for evening refreshments with the people of St Ives and the surrounding villages.
Cromwell had lived at St Ives from 1631 to 1635, and the townsfolk took the project to heart. The globes in the photograph were made of copper, and were part of the original design.
On non-market days, the centre of St Ives was a quiet and unhurried place.
On non-market days, the centre of St Ives was a quiet and unhurried place.
The village, with its partner Wyton, developed along the road leading from Huntingdon to St Ives.
northwards towards Crown Street along what is now called The Pavement, we see that the frontages of the shops have changed little over the past fifty or so years, although many of the old St Ives
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