Maps

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Books

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Memories

826 memories found. Showing results 491 to 500.

This Was The View From My Nana''s Window On Castle Street

This view of the Town Hall brings back wonderful memories of vacations at my grandmother, Charlotte Thomas's, house. She lived on Castle Street and her house looked down this street. On ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1959 by Sharwynne Drennan

Childhood Memories In The 1950s And 1960s

I was born in Dartford and at the age of three I was adopted and brought up in Westgate. I can recall the good old days of the steam trains running through Westgate from London and I can remember ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Rodney Richardson

The 1950s And Early 1960s

I lived in Hopwas from 1952 to 1964 and attended QEGS from 1955 to 1962. These street scenes are very familiar to me. I found the town very 'small', not so much in size but in its cultural and intellectual dimensions. I ...Read more

A memory of Tamworth by Geoffrey Harrison

Castle School Stanhope

Well, I have been reading some articles posted on this website, about Castle School in Stanhope from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Well, I was in Castle School from 1958 - 1962. I was in because I was a badden, lol, ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope by Dave Haddock

Old Boys

I can remember pupils attending: Malcolm Airey, Clive/Bill Needham, Christopher Strother, Antony Meager, Pinkerton, Baxter, Kimberley, George Wallace, Ward, Philip Lacey, my brothers Stephen and Mark Pink. I am John Pink. Staff I can ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1957 by john.pink

Childhood

My dad Les Witty was born in York. After he came out of the Army we settled in York, firstly we had a house in Hanover Street, then moved to Chudleigh Road where my grandad had a house just 2 doors away from us. I spent a lot of time with ...Read more

A memory of York in 1963 by Michelle Muir

Shrublands Maternity Home

Re Shrublands my son was born there in September 1958 when it was in a large house in Morgan Avenue just up from Castle Circus. The house is still there but it is now a drug rehabilitation centre.

A memory of Torquay in 1954

The Castle School Stanhope 1977 1980

I went to Castle School in 1977 till about 1980 and have some happy memories of the place. I was sent there because I was a handful at 11 years old, and no local school would take me! Some of the kids there ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1977 by Michael Purves

Life On The Wimpey Estate

8 Manor Court Road. I used to live there as a child, up to the time shortly before my mum died. We had moved to Carr Vale by then. I always remember Auntie Elaine next door and that the kids all called me Mister Softie ...Read more

A memory of Bolsover in 1969 by Kevin Parker

Privateers And Pirates

The Llandoger Trow - It is rumoured that Daniel DeFoe had met Alexander Selkirk ( shipwrekced sailor who had been rescued by a Bristol ship) in the Llandoger, on whose story he based his book 'Robinson Crusoe'. The ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Captions

1,894 captions found. Showing results 1,177 to 1,200.

Caption For Chepstow, The Castle From The Bridge 1893

The castle stands on a narrow ridge high above the River Wye.

Caption For Llansteffan, Castle 1893

Various members of the de Camville family altered and enlarged the castle, and at one point it was owned by Jasper Tudor, nephew of Henry VII.

Caption For Edinburgh, Black Watch On The Castle Esplanade 1897

The part of the castle buildings on the left is the palace (reconstructed 1617); then comes the Half-Moon Battery and Forewall Battery.

Caption For Kirby Muxloe, The Castle C1965

Begun by William, Lord Hastings in 1489, and never finished, Kirby Muxloe is an early example of the use of brick in castle building.

Caption For Newark, Castle Undercroft 1904

Though it looks Norman, it is 13th-century; given the then layout of the castle, it was almost certainly used as a guardroom.

Caption For Hastings, Beach C1955

Perched at the cliff top, the castle-like structure belongs to the East Cliff Railway.

Caption For Rochester, View From The Castle 1889

It was rebuilt by the Normans, who also built the castle. The town retains its ancient High Street, with many fine buildings including College Gate. Charles Dickens knew the city well.

Caption For Edinburgh, Castle From Princes Street Gardens 1897

The loch and an area of marshland formed a part of the castle's defences, but they also inhibited Edinburgh's expansion.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Market Street 1897

The Town Hall, built in 1872, is on the right, with an advertising placard promoting an Agricultural Show at Berkeley Castle attached to its frontage.

Caption For Newcastle Upon Tyne, Quayside 1896

In this picture the late 19th-century skyline of Newcastle is dominated by the 15th-century tower and spire of St Nicholas' Cathedral and the imposing bulk of the castle keep.

Caption For Barnstaple, North Walk 1890

The raised bank followed the Taw from Castle Quay and turned right to follow the Yeo to Braunton Bridge. This area was another example of the work of R D Gould, the borough surveyor.

Caption For Watermouth, Harbour With Vessels C1871

tidal surge of 1910 which so severely damaged the seafront at Ilfracombe is recorded to have thrown ships like these hundreds of yards inland and left them high and dry not far from the castle

Caption For Raglan, The Church C1955

The Somerset chapel on the left is the last resting place of several of the Earls of Worcester, masters of Raglan Castle.

Caption For Netley, The Castle C1955

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.The original castle, built by Henry VIII in 1542 as part of his many coastal defences, has all but disappeared, and

Caption For Castle Bromwich, Hurst Lane C1965

From the late 19th century the agricultural estates of Castle Bromwich were sold off for house building to accommodate overspill.

Caption For Tealby, Bayons Manor C1955

Uncle Charles was determined to underline the family's lineage and added the name 'D'Eyncourt' to Tennyson and built himself a medieval castle in the 1830s, vulgarly bedecked with coats of arms and heraldic

Caption For Greystoke, Castle 1893

During the 17th and 18th centuries the castle was extended, and in 1839 Anthony Salvin designed and supervised the erection of a mock-Elizabethan front.

Caption For Arundel, The Black Rabbit 1898

It served riverside traffic - initially boatmen, and later excursionists from Arundel to Littlehampton; they came in large numbers to view Arundel Castle and to enjoy dancing, bowls, croquet and the tea

Caption For Dover, Marine Parade C1965

With the Castle and the Saxon church of St.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

Aberdour in the Kingdom of Fife, lying between Burntisland and Dalgety Bay, is described in the 1906 Baedeker as 'a favourite little sea-bathing place, with an old castle and the ruins of a Norman church

Caption For Arundel, The Castle And Town Hall 1923

There are various family portraits inside the castle, some of them dating back to the Wars of the Roses.

Caption For York, Law Courts 1893

The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower.The site of the old gate is now a car park.

Caption For Wallingford, Bowling On The Lawn At Castle Priory C1955

Castle Priory, which was built for Judge William Blackstone, Recorder of Wallingford, in the mid 18th century, has again reverted to being a private house.

Caption For Cranborne, Castle Street 1954

Castle Street is named for a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork on the wooded hill above the village. The Fleur-de-Lis hotel stands to the right.