Places
11 places found.
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- Seaton Burn, Tyne and Wear (near Ponteland)
- Burn's Green, Hertfordshire
- Burn, Yorkshire
- Burn Bridge, Yorkshire
- Luggate Burn, Lothian
- Burn Naze, Lancashire
- Remony Burn, Tayside
- Barrow Burn, Northumberland (near Shillmoor)
- Blaydon Burn, Tyne and Wear
- Denton Burn, Tyne and Wear
- Burn of Cambus, Central Scotland
Photos
97 photos found. Showing results 81 to 97.
Maps
405 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 97 to 2.
Memories
764 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.
Robblins Sweet Shop
I remember Mrs Robblin used to keep a sweet shop in her pantry, which you had to walk through her living room to get to. I lived in Hill Park and as children we would walk up to the top of Coxhill and her house was tucked in on ...Read more
A memory of Narberth in 1972 by
Denise Nee Young Now Jackson
I remember Wilton Gardens prefabs, and playing with all my friends every school holiday, down the burn and sliding on cardboard down the banks and walking along to the bingo to meet my nana (Edna Young) with her ...Read more
A memory of Boldon Colliery in 1972 by
Great Nights Out
I had the best nights out of my life in the George Inn after working at Greenfield Estate where I met my late wife Beth Connel. We married at Hubberholme Church in 1984 and moved to Horton. The George was full of local ...Read more
A memory of Hubberholme in 1971 by
Caerau In The 60`s And 70`s
Born in 7 George Street, in 1963. So many great, wonderful memories of Caerau. Mort`s the fish shop. Tom the Barber. Wendels.Station Cafe. Library, Monkey Hotel. Con club, where every year during the summer they would ...Read more
A memory of Caerau in 1970 by
Barbaraville My Childhood Home
I was born and brought up in Barbaraville, spending the first 27 years of my life there before moving to Inverness. I will always remember it as an idyllic place to grow up in.. Many a happy hour was spent ...Read more
A memory of Barbaraville in 1970
Bobs Ferry Disaster At Irlam
DISASTER AT BOB'S FERRY This account was researched and written by Duncan Hamman (bikedunc@aol.com). It has appeared in the Partington & Carrington Transmitter Community Newspaper. On Tuesday April 14th 1970 ...Read more
A memory of Irlam in 1970 by
Wimpy Bullring
I went to Wakefield where I called at the wimpy Cafe. I was the only customer. There were two young girls, one manning the till, the other was cleaning the tables and then wiping the table tops down. I had ordered a Wimpy burger and ...Read more
A memory of Sandal in 1970 by
My Childhood In Seaton Burn
Hi, my name is Margaret Thomas and before I was married I was Irving. I was brought up by my grandparents, Norman and Rosie Turnbull. They lived at number 2 Office Houses, which were pit houses. One of my ...Read more
A memory of Seaton Burn in 1970 by
Methilhill Primary 67 78
Stayed in Elmwood Road (35), that strange bit that was Methil but everybody thought was Methilhill. I was the one wi the big, black, daft alsation with the bad ear. Anyway my memories in no particlar order, the ...Read more
A memory of Methilhill in 1970 by
Secondary School
I grew up in School View opposite the secondary school. Great memories of Easington Lane and school, especially being in the athletics team. Favourite teachers were Mrs Hudson, Mr Anderson and Miss Bunker. Sadly the school burned down years later. I now live in Hetton. Mr John Hope
A memory of Easington Lane in 1970 by
Captions
276 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.
Here the Burn winds its way through lavender-covered salt marshes to the sea; here the sand dunes stretch away to Holkham in the east and Scolt Head island to the west.
Tyre burning polluted the reservoir in 1975 and it has not been used for drinking water since.
When lead was discovered in Weardale, the mining rights were granted to the bishops of Durham; by the 13th century, mining, smelting and charcoal burning and so on were on a large scale for the period.
It did not, however, stop them from burning it to the ground in 1215 and 1217.
Burne-Jones (1833-1898), a frequent visitor to the manor, is said to have painted a piano there.
Note the building and heaps of lime in the foreground of the picture - Middleton Dale was once the site of many lime-burning kilns.
The factory burned down in 1963.
As Bishop of London during the reign of Mary Tudor, he earned the name 'Bloody Bonner' for his part in sending so many Protestants to be burned at the stake.
Further up the road is the Victorian parish church, which replaced one of 1791 which itself replaced the medieval one, apparently burned down in the Civil War.
The church's most famous vicar was John Frankish, one of the martyrs of 1555 burned at the stake in Canterbury.
This could have come from pyres on which bodies were placed, or perhaps from burning autumn stubble.
Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.
The Scots failed, but for centuries afterwards traces of the burning could still be seen.
Mercifully, some might say, it burned down in 1926.
A quay has been constructed in front of Quay House on the left, where there appears to be a good fire burning in the grate.
Following the burning of Rye in 1377 and of Winchelsea in 1380, Bodiam Castle was built in 1385 because of the imminent threat of invasion by the French.
They failed, but for centuries afterwards the traces of the burning could still be seen.
In case of fire, there were very long rakes which could remove the burning roof.
The Blue Pool at Furzebrook, the best known of Purbeck's former heathland claypits was dug by Watts, Hatherley and Burns of Newton Abbot, in 1846.
Edinburgh fell, Holyrood was burnt.
The stained glass chancel window of the four evangelists is by Burne Jones, and executed by William Morris & Co.
The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and
The Scots failed, but for centuries afterwards traces of the burning could still be seen.
In 1689 most of the town was again burned to the ground when another fire swept through it.
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