Places
32 places found.
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- Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
- Kensington, Middlesex
- Chelsea, Middlesex
- Sloane Square, Middlesex
- Kensal Town, Middlesex
- Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire
- Easton Royal, Wiltshire
- Hook Green, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- Tollard Royal, Wiltshire
- Studley Royal, Yorkshire
- Notting Hill, Middlesex
- Royal's Green, Cheshire
- Manor Royal, Sussex
- Mancot Royal, Clwyd
- Park Royal, Greater London
- Royal Oak, Durham
- Royal Oak, Lancashire
- Royal Oak, Yorkshire
- Royal British Legion Village, Kent
- Preston, Wiltshire (near Royal Wootton Bassett)
- Hawkenbury, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- Stone Cross, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- Lower Green, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- Green Hill, Wiltshire (near Royal Wootton Bassett)
- St John's, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- Lower Green, Kent (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- The Common, Wiltshire (near Royal Wootton Bassett)
- Park Corner, Sussex (near Royal Tunbridge Wells)
- West Kilburn, Middlesex
- Knightsbridge, Middlesex
- South Kensington, Middlesex
- North Kensington, Middlesex
Photos
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Maps
158 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 97 to 2.
Memories
992 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.
Southall Memories
My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. ...Read more
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Rest & Recuperation During World War Ii
Throughout our childhood our Mother talked about Whitby. During WWII she served as a gunner (Ack Ack girl) operating a predictor machine in the ATS. Her unit started protecting Felixstowe docks, then Sutton ...Read more
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Wonderful Times Growing Up In South Ockendon
It’s been a real pleasure to read all the various memories of South Ockendon back in the 50s and 60s. I was born in Brixton and moved to West Norwood. My Mum & Dad both wanted to move out of ...Read more
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Only The Spire Remains Of This Church
Most of the church was demolished to make way for Royal & Sun Alliance to put up their offices. The church was 'relocated' to a site further out of town near Holbrook Primary School. This is the view from the Carfax.
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Crossing The Moor
My secondary education was completed after spending 4 years at Irvine Royal Academy. The school was broken into two buildings known as the old school (pictured) and the new school in Kilwinning Road. Classes were conducted between ...Read more
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Furnace To Fusilier
Arthur William Matthews born 1880, Sedgley, Staffordshire and Emma Jane Marks born In Tipton, Staffordshire married at Saint Deiniols on 16th January 1905. He worked as a furnace man at Shotton iron works. When war broke out ...Read more
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Rosewood Avenue
Hi all I moved to Elm Park in 1950 and moved into a newly constructed house at 75 rosewood avenue. My dad Bert worked at Ford Dagenham, my mum Doreen was a dinner lady at my school Ayloff. It has only recently become evident that my ...Read more
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After The War
I do not know the exact year that Doncaster had its first Royal visit after the Second World War had ended but all the school children in the parish were required to put on their best bibs and tuckers for school ...Read more
A memory of Intake in 1946 by
The Royal Daffodil
I can still remember waiting on this pier for the 'Royal Daffodil' or the 'Royal Sovereign' during my childhood, for our day trip up the river. We would do this trip regularly whilst on holiday with my Grandparents in Northfleet. It was one of my favourite days out. Julia (Weekes)
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The Market Square
I went through the Market Square going and coming home from the Grammar School. I also went on to work in a Bank which faced onto the Market Square. One memory I have is when The Queen and Prince Philip came to open the new Shopping ...Read more
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Captions
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The war memorial (centre left) commemorates the Royal Welsh Fusiliers of two World Wars so that 'their names will live for evermore'.
The war memorial (centre left) commemorates the Royal Welsh Fusiliers of two World Wars so that 'their names will live for evermore'.
The view takes us along The Parade, with the Royal Pump Room on the left and the campanile of the town hall in the centre of the picture.
The board on the 'Keep Left' sign refers to a Royal Army Ordnance Corps exercise.
Also, the Royal Navy gunnery teams used an extension of this gear to run a field gun barrel across a 'chasm' during Royal Tournament competitions - now, alas, no more. Polperro
The 1405ft long concrete four-span Royal Tweed Bridge, designed by L G Mouchel & Partners, was built in 1925-28 to take traffic off the old stone bridge that still stands nearby.
The endowment was eventually confirmed by a royal charter of Henry II.
Only Perth and Aberdeen have the Royal Tressure of Scotland on their arms.
Further back, to the right of the triangular buttress, is the site of the Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club and beyond that, the Cattewater.
This exquisite Royal church was designed and erected by the architect James Gibbs in the 1720s.The expansive portico is generally admired, but the heavy steeple is said to lack elegance.
Sandringham has been a royal palace since 1861, when Prince Albert purchased the estate to give his son, the Prince of Wales, a country estate with good shooting, well away from the temptations of London
George IV had the lodge converted and by 1835 it had become known as the Royal Lodge.
This is a flourishing view of the High Street with its flags and buntings, possibly celebrating the Festival of Britain or a Royal occasion.
On the right is horse-drawn cart of the Royal Mail.
Until 1279 a Royal Mint of the Norman and Angevin kings stood on the site.
The Royal Navy once had much stronger ties with Liverpool than it does now.
Note the signs on the right to the Petrifying Wells, to the boats on the River Derwent, and to The Royal Museum, no longer there.
Mevagissey pilchards were supplied dried to the Royal Navy and known as 'Mevagissey Ducks'.
Originally built as a mansion for William Cunninghame of Lainshaw in 1778-80, it was remodelled in 1827-28 as the Royal Exchange, then became Stirling's Library in 1954; it is now the Gallery of Modern
The Gloucester Royal Hospital now stands away from the city centre, and its architectural style might be described as modern and daunting.
On the left are the remains of the Chapel Royal, which is in fact the nave of an abbey founded in 1128.
North Street's commercial grandeur is interspersed by older buildings, including the porticoed former Clarence Hotel of 1785 and the Chapel Royal.
On the right is the Royal Leamington Bath and Pump Rooms, with swimming pool and Turkish baths.
The royal family still enjoy their Christmas every year at Sandringham. Most of the family get together, and they can enjoy themselves in complete privacy in this their favourite retreat.
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